From: "Steve Bamford ARC" To: "Green, John" References: Subject: Re: Silly week article Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2004 09:20:31 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Unsent: 1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Hi John, I've received quite a few Silly Week articles so I'm going to extend it by one day. Your article will run on Jan 8. Steve Bamford Aircraft Resource Center http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com Live like there is no tomorrow; Love like you've never been hurt. Work like you don't need the money. Dance like nobody's watching. Sing like nobody's listening. Live like it's Heaven on Earth. ----- Original Message ----- From: Green, John To: Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 1:38 AM Subject: Silly week article Gallery Template #02 1/16 Airfix AC Cobra 427 by John Green -------------------- Steve Bamford will insert full sized version of photo 01.jpg here <<...OLE_Obj...>> This is my 1/16 AC Cobra 427 , built from an Airfix boxing of the old MPC kit . Although large in scale , the kit is not the most detailed . I've added engine wiring & brake pipes from fuse wire & also converted it from left hand drive to right hand drive , which largely involved turning the dashboard over & detailing the rear face of it . The biggest problem with the kit is the wheels & tyres which are absurdly over-wide , the rear tyres being some 18 scale inches wide & the fronts 12 . Fortunately the tyre tread consists largely of circumferential grooves , which allowed me to narrow the tyres by cutting off one sidewall , removing a portion of the tread & superglueing the sidewall back on . I narrowed all four wheels , fitted the original front tyres to the rear & the rears , narrowed by over half their width , to the front , which greatly improved the look of the finished item . The bodyshell came with cutouts in the lower front fenders for the sidepipe exhausts to exit , but I wanted to fit tail exhausts , so had to blank off & fill the holes . Also , the tail exhausts were intended to be fitted to simulated cast iron exhaust manifolds , but I wanted tubular headers , so I modified the sidepipes & their headers to exit under the car , cut them short & fitted the tail exhausts to the ends . After much rubbing down to remove the evidence of a previous abortive paintjob , the body was primed & finished in Austin Rover Flame Red using automotive aerosols , left for a week & then flatted with 1200 grit wet & dry , polished with automotive cutting compound & waxed . The remainder of the paintwork was Humbrol enamels . Steve Bamford will insert full sized version of photo 02.jpg here <<...OLE_Obj...>> Photos and text © 2003 by John Green <<01.jpg>> <<02.jpg>> John Green Logistics Tel : +44 (0) 1270 653530 BENTLEY MOTORS LIMITED Crewe, Cheshire, CW1 3PL, England Tel: +44 (0) 1270 255155 http://www.bentleymotors.com/ This e-mail is intended solely for the intended addressee, is strictly confidential and may also be legally privileged. If you are not the intended addressee please do not read, print, re-transmit, store or act in reliance on it or any attachments. Instead, please email it back to the sender and then immediately and permanently delete it.