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1:20 Cooper T-51 scratchbuild.


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Hi guys and thank you Endeavour.

 

Time for a bit of an update. A few months ago I made a start on the Weber carbs, but I couldn't get them to look right....the intake manifold was way too large and the rest (body and trumpets) were too small, so I re-made them over the holidays.

 

The manifold plate is made from alu and detailed with T2m bolts and the pipes are made from 3mm alu tube with a 2mm inner tube CA'd in place. These were then rough-turned on the dremel and finished by hand. The trumpets are hand-turned from alu pop-rivets.

The main body is 3 and 4mm brass tubes soldered together with 2mm alu inserts and the mounting plates are 0,3mm brass sheet.

The 4 plates are 0,2mm tin, drilled to join the float-chambers and lids together in the next stage.

 

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That's all for now, folks! I hope you enjoy and thanks for watching!:D

 

Cheers, H

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 Many thanks chaps.

 

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8 hours ago, Hewy said:

are these the dhla down draught  type,exellent work harvey

Glynn

 

Hi Glynn, the webers for this are 58 DCOE side-draft type. I just mounted them like that for the pics.

 

Cheers, H

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Hi chaps!

 

Time for a bit of an update, methinks....after countless failed attempts, I now have one weber almost complete.:yahoo:

The body is made of slices of resin sandwiching tin, with detailing made from brass and nickel-silver tubing of various diameters.  There's still a bit more raised detailing to add, then a thorough tidying up before a couple of etch-primer coats.....the intention now being to cast in white-metal....so that should be fun! Watch this space!

 

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I hope you enjoy and thank's for watching guys!

 

Cheers, H

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