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Post by 2whl on Mar 20, 2020 17:14:14 GMT -8
How did you get the "Gurney Westlake" lettering so precise? The valve covers are white metal. So I painted them semi-black and very carefully sanded on the lettering until the white metal showed through. You can see the sanding stick I used in the top of the picture.
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Post by arcticwolf on Mar 20, 2020 17:23:04 GMT -8
How did you get the "Gurney Westlake" lettering so precise? The valve covers are white metal. So I painted them semi-black and very carefully sanded on the lettering until the white metal showed through. You can see the sanding stick I used in the top of the picture. I like it. Are you going to clear coat them?
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Post by 2whl on Mar 20, 2020 17:47:01 GMT -8
I'm not planning to. I've got other white metal pieces that were polished years ago and show no sign of oxidation.
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Post by arcticwolf on Mar 20, 2020 18:23:38 GMT -8
I'm not planning to. I've got other white metal pieces that were polished years ago and show no sign of oxidation. I tried that trick a couple of times, but with paint. Paint the valve covers white, then red. Then carefully sand the raised "Ferrari" letters so the white shows.
It didn't work.
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Post by Joel_W on Mar 21, 2020 5:36:39 GMT -8
2whl, One thing that I noticed is that Gurney opted for the older complete frame with the engine being cradled in it. I guess that the chassis was designed before that concept became generally available. In any case, your engine bay looks fantastic.
Joel
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Post by arcticwolf on Mar 21, 2020 8:37:54 GMT -8
2whl, One thing that I noticed is that Gurney opted for the older complete frame with the engine being cradled in it. I guess that the chassis was designed before that concept became generally available. In any case, your engine bay looks fantastic. Joel You are quite correct Joel. The Eagle is a 1966 design, the "engine as a stressed member" arrived with the 67 Lotus - Cosworth. The DFV was designed with being a stressed member right from the beginning, it actually made the car possible in a way. Also the Eagle design was intended as both an F1 chassis and an Indycar chassis, so it had to accept whatever was dropped into it motor wise. That ended up being a 4 cyl Climax, 12 cyl Weslake, 4cam Ford V8, 4 cyl Offy, maybe even a pushrod Ford or Chevy......
Len Terry was a pretty smart cookie!
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Post by Joel_W on Mar 21, 2020 11:49:48 GMT -8
Paul, Len Terry was pretty cool for sure.
Joel
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Post by 2whl on Mar 21, 2020 13:03:25 GMT -8
I'm not planning to. I've got other white metal pieces that were polished years ago and show no sign of oxidation. I tried that trick a couple of times, but with paint. Paint the valve covers white, then red. Then carefully sand the raised "Ferrari" letters so the white shows.
It didn't work.
I've tried that on plastic kits before. The only way it works is to either carefully paint the letters. Or to paint the the part first in white with lacquer, then overspray with red in acrylic. When dry, use a q-tip dipped in acrylic thinner to remove the red.
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Post by 2whl on Mar 21, 2020 13:08:01 GMT -8
2whl, One thing that I noticed is that Gurney opted for the older complete frame with the engine being cradled in it. I guess that the chassis was designed before that concept became generally available. In any case, your engine bay looks fantastic. Joel Thanks Joel. The engine as a stressed member was yet another innovation introduced by Chapman. The only cars that used the engine in such a way before the 49, used the BRM H-16 which was way to heavy and un-reliable.
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Post by Joel_W on Mar 21, 2020 13:29:55 GMT -8
2whl, Kind of sounds like me. Joel
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Post by pg265 on Nov 15, 2020 14:38:40 GMT -8
Hi,
Stunning kit and beautiful build so far! I just finished mine today, 1/20 and would have loved to own the 1/12th kit... Can’t wait to see more.
Pascal
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Post by 2whl on Nov 15, 2020 16:48:49 GMT -8
Thanks Pascal. I saw the pics of your build on Facebook. It's gorgeous.
I really need to get back to this build.
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