After my infusion of Ford karma yesterday, I've made some progress today. First up, ignition wires. I used a resin distributor from MAD (Morgan Automotive Detail), their products really rock!
Looks kinda like Phantom's avatar, huh?
Using the firing order chart, thanks Sherman18!, the wires are routed, shortened and inserted into the drilled valve covers.
I've been having trouble seeing seam lines, so I gave the body three good coats of Tamiya Gray primer. There are a couple that need attention, so more primer after this dries overnight.
The troublesome valances and the repairs.
Pretty happy with those results, the bumpers hide the goofy gaps.
As I said earlier, there are a lot of missing parts, so I dug out some scratch building supplies and set out to make a fire bottle. This lead foil from Verlinden is cool stuff! Makes excellent straps and stuff.
The bottle body is 1/8" styrene rod, rounded and shaped with a sanding stick and my drill and then painted Tamiya Italian Red, The actuator is a common straight pin, the base is Evergreen channel and I added a Detail Masters #1 compression fitting. And away we go!
I glued the pieces together with my trusty 3M Quick Dry adhesive (NOT the tacky kind!) and let it dry. The lead foil was cut into strips, wrapped around the bottle and glued on the underside.
I trimmed off the excess foil and there you go!
Yeah, I know it will not be really visible when installed in the vehicle, but it's absence would be noticed. Coming up, more ignition details. Thanks for checking in.
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