HLO 1C - Monaco Red Mk 1 Lotus barn find 1965
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Keith Halstead
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Keith Halstead
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Steve 155C
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Excellent work Colin. I would never have guessed the back end was as rotten as that when I saw it at the National. Coming together nicely now.
colinrnk
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Thought this might interest you
From this to this but its not paint
We have a machine at work for metalising its manyly for the metal work like posts that go under ground before we powder coat them it sprayes heated up metal zink copper or ali this is the unit,
the big bines are full of wire,
its melts the wire at a stupid temp then you spray in on a clean sandblasted object ,
when its done it looks like this a bit flat
you then go over it with a wire brush
until it looks like this
iv also done my gearbox parts i know its not the same as having the real thing but im sure you agree its not far off
iv also done lots to the car but i think the pictures might bore you,
the engine not sure about the green but from looking at pictures of the rally cars tell me that you think
rear axle with the works tube on it
il post some pictures of the bodywork another time im so slow on this
From this to this but its not paint
We have a machine at work for metalising its manyly for the metal work like posts that go under ground before we powder coat them it sprayes heated up metal zink copper or ali this is the unit,
the big bines are full of wire,
its melts the wire at a stupid temp then you spray in on a clean sandblasted object ,
when its done it looks like this a bit flat
you then go over it with a wire brush
until it looks like this
iv also done my gearbox parts i know its not the same as having the real thing but im sure you agree its not far off
iv also done lots to the car but i think the pictures might bore you,
the engine not sure about the green but from looking at pictures of the rally cars tell me that you think
rear axle with the works tube on it
il post some pictures of the bodywork another time im so slow on this
Keith Halstead
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That's a terrific finish on those castings - Alchemy I think they call it!
You would never know unless you dismantled the car & weighed them.
Car's coming on in leaps & bounds - will look even better once the primer's on! Keep it going Colin. :wink:
PS. Prefer the SE green to that one.
You would never know unless you dismantled the car & weighed them.
Car's coming on in leaps & bounds - will look even better once the primer's on! Keep it going Colin. :wink:
PS. Prefer the SE green to that one.
Hi Colin,
I think your machine to turn the Diffs and Gearbox parts into "Ali" lookalikes is first class. Much better than the Airfix Silver everybody uses to disguise their Cast Metal parts. Especially as you need about 20 small pots to do one diff!! Lol
I will be sending my Gearbox Bell housing to you pretty soon!
Any idea how much for individual items as well as a complete set of Gearbox and Diff bits.
That is if you are advertising your services of course???
Regards
Andy M
PS Good luck with it hope you get some keen interest and orders from the members!
I think your machine to turn the Diffs and Gearbox parts into "Ali" lookalikes is first class. Much better than the Airfix Silver everybody uses to disguise their Cast Metal parts. Especially as you need about 20 small pots to do one diff!! Lol
I will be sending my Gearbox Bell housing to you pretty soon!
Any idea how much for individual items as well as a complete set of Gearbox and Diff bits.
That is if you are advertising your services of course???
Regards
Andy M
PS Good luck with it hope you get some keen interest and orders from the members!