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[Rick]

DUH, this is easy. The buyer can buy one or two, problem solved.

[Lucky Me]

Final version for scrutiny. To keep Duffy happy and make it short, inboard pins to locate on the jig. 6 pairs of hole on ither side to accomidate builders and one set is correct for Parma/Champ length clips. Sort of solves the retro problem of getting pin tubes always the same, chassis to chassis, build after build. TY Duffy for the great idea.

And I thought my regular cam (batteries are dead) was the worst on the planet, I had to snap this pic with an old web cam. Now I am convinced I have to worst TWO cams on the planet. LOL

But you'll get the idea.

Great idea Duffy,
Rick, was there any thought when creating the pin hole spacing to "kit" type cars? (JK spec,,JK f-1,,Warmac,,Slick-7 f-1 and Can Am, ect.....). Just wondering because there are so many of these type builds being raced. I made a little jig based on JK Spec spacing, and thats what I use for all my Can Am builds. Makes swapping bodies very easy.

[Duffy]

Rick, was there any thought when creating the pin hole spacing to "kit" type cars? (JK spec,,JK f-1,,Warmac,,Slick-7 f-1 and Can Am, ect.....).

VERY good point. Can you throw a caliper across those and post, so Rick can compare??

Dpwwy

[Rick]

VERY good point. Can you throw a caliper across those and post, so Rick can compare??

Dpwwy

Wait he said.....................



PS: what the hell, give as many chassis spacing mounting holes you have and this will be a universal tool. The Duffy Pinner version 1.2 LOL

[dc-65x]

Hey Duffy,

While you've been prototyping neato fixturing I've done been a build'n a Lost Cause Lotus 19 Special (body from Mike Swiss)............"Scoop The Poster"!











Thanks for the inspiration Duffy and thanks for the neato body Mike!

[Noose]

Sweet!Gorgeous. Fantastic looking.

[Bill from NH]

Nice looking red paint Rick! Whose did you end up using? That's a great looking car.

[MSwiss]

Ditto.
Super job.

[dc-65x]

Thanks! I really love this style of car.

Bill, I used Testors RC metallic red paint. The pictures don't do the color justice.

[Duffy]

Darn. Lookitthat. Pretty damn gorgeous, huh? But you gotta at least put "This Space Available For Advertising" on the back of the spoiler. (Actually, in the early 70s, I made a T-shirt with that on the front as a gift for an amply-endowed woman friend; even in that time of brittle, strident Feminism, she totally Got It and wore it defiantly.)

After a day of not-choosing kitchen backsplash tiles and not-prevailing against arthritis in mastering the toughest five bars of Christopher Tye's Sit Fast, looks like Dolorous Duffy should do a little self-empowerment and lay out bits&pieces for a Lotus 11. It's time.

D

[Duffy]

Well, in a desperate effort to wrestle some time away from re-doing kitchens, I laid up pieces of a Lotus for a first vanity shot. Hope this gets me going.

The body's a Howmet repop of one Fate supplied, I dunno the pedigree--and the motor you see here may not be the final choice, it wants some new bushings and I may not have lathe access in time. Beater wheels are Swiss rims, cut to Fate's "64" rule: 7/8 x3/8 rear, 3/4 x 1/4 front.

The rest--it will be rod. It will be green.

Duffy

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[Prof. Fate]

Hi

The venue is Dubro repopped by Mike Gillett in the 80s. It came out of a discussion Gillett and I had back then about cars we did for fun like the Lotus 7 and 11 that could never be intended to be competitive. Part of the discussion was having revell track and racing smaller 1/24s on it.

Fate

[Duffy]

Some progress. I'm too busy with Real Life and have very little Me time, but I slapped together a frame for the Lotus.

I went pretty much JailDoor here, and used a TSRF 3215 motor for the first try because I wanted to deal with one variable at a time--this'll be a beater, I'll get more geeky later. Bracket and guide widget by me.

The chassis has nothing out of the ordinary 'cept maybe the drop arm--I got to playing with my R-Geo bender and came up with the interesting Fromage-Fourchette structure you see here.

Wanna have the body painted & mounted by Saturday for Buzzies. The rubber for this is Fate's-rule 7/8x3/8 rear, 3/4x1/4 front; "Silongies" in this size may be a later addition.

Good to be working on something again.

Duffy

[dc-65x]

Oh Duffy........Lotus 11's.........yummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm....................

Looking great! When my Bob Emott car is done, the Lotus 11 is next

[Duffy]

While we're on the subject--any subject, I don't care!--I got a LOT of bodies from Howmet and some of you may need some. Seems I've become the Under Assistant Right Coast Promo Man for Lost Cause Bodies... and if you're the first to name the orig. source for that title, I ship free...otherwise, it's postage plus $1/body.

What's here? Lotus 11 (too silly to build IMO), Gurney/Pacesetter Lotus 19, Ferrari 33P2 (Russkit resurrection), Maserati 300S, Aston-Martin DBR1, Cooper King Cobra.

Duffy

[dc-65x]

The Rolling Stones!

[dc-65x]

OK......so maybe the Rolling Stones weren't the first to use the phrase....I was first to post........does that count

[Howmet TX]

Go Mr D! Those sweet curves look so right for that cuddly Lotus.

[Duffy]

OK......so maybe the Rolling Stones weren't the first to use the phrase....I was first to post........does that count

No, you don't count because I ALREADY ship free to you! So--whaddaya need?

Mostly I'm just happy anybody else'd recall that little bit. I'ts lonely being a music dweeb.

Duffy

[Prof. Fate]

Hi

Have I seen Howmets Ferrari P2? We had a non-race last weekend after the "proper" race just among the geeks for these. There is a local track used for womps and I-32s with 3" lane centers. Meaning no "proper" 1/24s!

So, did a race with a Aston Martin DBR1 with a dynamic frame and pittman 706, a Maserati 300s with a 706, a Cooper king Cobra with a Cox 36d inline. My tifosi friend was complaining I had not gotten around to restoring that Dino I have!

Fate

[Duffy]

Have I seen Howmets Ferrari P2?

You will in a few days. --D

[Duffy]

Played hooky this afternoon & after paying bills I mounted pin tubes on the Lotus chassis; my first try with the Duffy Pinner, worked pretty much like I figured. Clamped the frame down, ran 1/32 wire with the 1/16 tube bits through the pinner rails and laid little rods up against, soldered; rubberbanded the body to the jig and pushed pins in, done.

If I'm not concerned about mudane stuf like work, I'll have this ride ready to paint next week. Wonder what color--green, y'think?

Duffy

[dc-65x]

Cool Duffy . I've been gathering pictures of Lotus 11's for my build. Fun stuff, I can't wait! John and Duffy, thanks again for making and distributing these bodies .

[macman]

Extremely cool thread... Keep up the good work ... That red body of the Bardhal special is Da Bomb!!!

[Pete L.]

fellas,

Anyone making progress on these cars ?