NickD

Hi Sean, Really enjoying your build. You've picked a variant I have a soft spot for and one people don't build very often. LR422 is of particular interest, as my dad flew as navigator in it on two occasions: 19/6/44 - 07:00 - Sylt - Rostock - Swinemunde - Berlin - Borkum - 5 hours 15 mins 10/8/44 - 11:55 - Railway Recce. Tours - Poitier - Anguoulette - Bordeaux - Santes - 3 Hours 50 mins The second flight was two days after his 21st Birthday. Thanks again for sharing and keep up the good work. Regards Nick

Dan, So are the cylindrical things at the joints grease points for the joint? Or are they something else? Nick

Harvey, I bet a whole load of armchair warriors wading in with advice is just what you want. With that in mind, I thought I'd wade in anyway. (egg-sucking alert) The only joint we have any sort of clear view of is the connection between the rear of the longitudinal steering arm and the arm out of the side of the steering box. Looking at it again, in the view from the right rear corner I saw something I hadn't noticed before. The tube appears to end in a way that I had always assumed was just an open tube. Looking at it really magnified there are 2 highlights on the circumference 90 deg apart. I wondered whether this might have been some form adjuster. Which perhaps supports Dan's comments above. Something also protrudes out of the bottom of this joint. So even after all this time, I've just realised just how complicated this detail is As this is the only information that exists, you are safe to do as you please but as the others have said, it seems likely that these joints were as exquisitely engineered as rest of the car's details (like the brake adjuster). All the best Nick

Hi Harvey, Fantastic as always. Great to see the car from new angles. This view for example just highlights for me how little structure held the wheels on. No wonder they had some stiffness issues. I just want to add some more components to make it work properly. A top wish-bone perhaps. But then what do I know. Thanks again Nick

Hats off to your ambition sir, very impressive.

Not much to add except that I'm enjoying having my mind well and truly boggled. ATB Nick

Hi Harvey, While I have been following on all summer, life gets in the way sometimes. I love the B&W pics above. As the others have said, it's magnificent. I particularly felt Codger captured it well. Keep up the good work. Bring on the spoons! ATB Nick

Dan, Awesome as always. One of the fascinations for me is the way a high class build like this showcases the original engineering. It looks like it was an amazing machine. Thanks for sharing. Regards Nick

Harvey, Beautiful as always. Very excellent hammering indeed. Fellow Fiat Fans, In case you had not spotted it, this week's Autosport carries the following wonderful picture of the great man on a busy day at the office. https://www.motorsport.com/f1/photos/pietro-bordino-fiat-804-pitstop/41908394/ Certainly worth another look. Though the date should be 1922 not 1918. A weathering opportunity extraordinaire -after scratchbuilding the car of course. Last weekend's German GP was pretty eventful but the drivers clearly have it easy compared to Bordino's generation (and so many of those that followed). In the race above, 3 Fiats started. All apparently had a rear axle fault. Biagio Nazarro lost control of the car when a rear wheel came off and was killed. Bordino had a similar failure but safely stopped the car. Felice Nazarro won. 2 weeks later Bordino won and Nazarro came second in Italy. Having watched GPs most of my life, I still cannot understand how individuals can risk so much (which is why I sit and watch). I am sure at least some of our current GP stars would have been up for the challenge. However, I am grateful that, mostly, they are protected enough that they can exhibit their supreme skills week in week out. For me the fascination with the 806 is partly about understanding the lost engineering and partly about commemorating a time when superheros drove vehicles that were marginal even in the dry and must have been terrifying in the wet. Thanks in advance for your indulgence for this little diversion. Regards Nick PS Autosport's coverage of the German GP is also excellent!

Yep

Hi Harvey, Really enjoyed your recent posts. This is taking the mick. You have not used any form of computer at all. There's no way this should work. There should be laws about exhibiting this amount of skill in a built up area. Who'd have guessed they used an enormous spoon to shape the headrest LoL! Just Fab Like the posts from today too. Looks convincing to my eye. Not that I suspect you need my endorsement. Great effort. All the best Nick PS Feel stingy about only being able to give one like per post.

Thanks for the kind thought. Not sure summer is quiet at ours though. Really don't know where the time goes. ATB Nick

Hi Dan, I love watching how you will match your high ambitions with such apparently effortless skill. Regards Nick

Hi chaps, Life has been very distracting so it is 8 weeks since my last post... Sorry to hear you broke your new toy. Though you seem to be back on track. The body is looking very convincing. What you do by hand and eye is so impressive. Beats my efforts with computer for speed every time! Best Wishes Nick

Hi Roy, As Harvey said, glad to have you back. You will clearly not be lacking information. ATB Nick

Hendie, Thoroughly enjoyed both your ongoing builds. Looking good in the above pick. Getting bench envy about your unnaturally tidy workshop. Also not sure I understand how you intend to hitch Pegasus to the Wessex! Keep up the good work Nick

Great stuff

as always

Warren, Excellent. I have one of these. It will be my next model once I clear the other WIPs out of the way. I look forward to your progress. I assume you have seen caterhamnut's excellent MFH 1/12 BT53B. ATB Nick

Peter, There was a lengthy discussion of wing filling on the D here: https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235029538-missouri-armada-p-51d-mustang-documents-and-partial-scratch-from-the-tamiya-148-kit/&page=27 Not sure I got the first page on wings, nor how it relates to B or C. It does not even seem to have had a consistent approach on all D's. Hope it is of use until the experts pitch in. If nothing else there is a dictionary of contributors who you might ask. Enjoying the build as alwasy Regards Nick

Harvey, Always worth the wait. Looks good to me. Hope you are well Nick

As the others have said: your work is superb. The original is another car that wins the: "What were they thinking" award. Another demented motoring creation. Thanks for bringing it to our attention. Nick

It shows - long may that continue

The evidence suggests you don't need much help (Lol) but, in the really unlikely event that you are scratching your head about something I may have covered, let me know. Not holding my breath though. Still loving to see the beast emerge. ATB Nick

Harvey, I'm finding it difficult to find things to say that everyone else has not already said. Therefore, for what it's worth... After all the research, debate and imagination of the last few years, it is fascinating to see a very real example of the 806 emerging. We can finally see it from angles not covered by our well thumbed drawings and pictures. I keep finding myself thinking "Of course that's how it works or how it looks". In actual fact, of course, it is nothing like as obvious or self-explanatory that things should be as you have built them. It must take considerable thought on your part reading between the lines that others such as myself have done little more than sketch. Bravo - updates are a rare treat for all of us. Keep it up. Regards Nick