Subject: Re: Silly week article
From: "Steve Bamford ARC" <[email-masked]>
To: "Green, John" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2004 09:20:31 -0800

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 <[email-masked]>
To: <[email-masked]>
Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 1:38 AM
Subject: Silly week article

Gallery Template #02
1/16 Airfix AC Cobra 427
by John Green
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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 .
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Photos and text © 2003 by John Green

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