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Hello all!
Today is my country's birthday, we all celebrate the Independence Day. So, Happy Independence Day, Israel.
This also means that I had some time to build.
First, I have some update on wheel nuts. I found that the smallest hex key in my set is 1.5 mm in max width, very close to 1.4 mm needed by scale. After making a small hexagon using the hex key, I understood that the hexagonal structure is barely seen and it looks almost like circle. Got me thinking.....
Second, I touched the engine by hand without noticing that one of my fingers wasn't dry enough. Some damage was made to the ink on the engine's block side and to the oil pan. Rebuild it is...
So I've rebuilt the engine block, the heads and the oil pan. Then came the accessories: pumps, air filter enclosure and generator. The pulleys were supposed to be attached directly to the pumps and the engine block, only the cooling fan had some kind of an axle simulation. This wouldn't do, so I thickened the fan's axle and made axles for all the pulleys. I don't know if these are seen or if these will be seen after mounting the cabin and engine compartment. Also, many accessories are missing, like exhaust manifold, fuel pump, distributor and so on, but since I don't plan making open engine hood, it doesn't really matter
Then came the radiator, the clutch cowling and the gearbox. The clutch is made half opened and the gearbox is represented by only the lower half. These will be glued to the driver's cabin floor.
So the engine and the transmission are installed on their position.
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