In Progress: Tamiya Ferrari Mythos

[rollin80s]

looking great mpwr, i wish i had a lath and a mill. would be great to start making my own parts.
you can solder aluminum now. it's pretty nice and simple. but in 1/24 would be a pain. maybe in 1/12 would be good. keep up the great work.

[Decs0105]

As always, awesome machining work.... Truly inspiring and really interesting to follow!

[gionc]

Very nice, man! Great maching job, looking forward other two years for next update, mate

[indecentkikogt]

i thought this was a lost thread, i used to watch your amazing work before i was a member, and it helped me with my builds, its good to see some updates from when i was last on here, keep up the great inspirational work

[MPWR]

Not lost, just very very slow.

The fuel distribution system is finally done! Honestly for a while, I wasn't sure if it would ever be finished. But i got it to work, and I'm happy with it. Here is what the fuel meters look like now.



These are the machined distributors that I made yearrrs ago, plumbed with brass wire.



The fuel injectors also get plumbed. Everything comes to a central point, as they more or less do on the real system. The plumbing on the real system is designed so that each line to each injector are the same length, to maintain identical fuel delivery pressure and timing to all injectors.



I had originally tried to run one continuous line from the distributors to the injectors- but it made for a crazy awful mess. With test fitting, it became clear that it is impossible to see more than just a very small portion of each line- so even if they were continuous they could not be seen. Without continuous lines to worry about, plumbing the distributors and injectors became a simpler task.

This is what they look like in place.



I think it nicely captures the "orderly spaghetti" look of the fuel lines.



Now I can finally put this mess all together!


And these are just some teaser pics for something that may be available soon- we'll see.







Thanks again for watching!

[gionc]

Well I said all by private. TBH I said nothing since I'm still speachless.
Terrific job on the fuel system and on the alternator too: I'll sure take some

bravo!

[Decs0105]

awesome!!! The teaser pics are lovely ...

[jano11]

Originally Posted by MPWR

Excellent!

[Porsnatic]

Yeap....Excellent! no doubt about it!

[b-art]

Stunning! Great eye for detail!!!

[alextraz]

Hello.I am new to this forum but only here i found some1 doing this project.Great work.I want to ask what paint have you used for the engine?

[Serioga]

Wow! I have one question too: Andy, how have you made the alternator so real? I need to make the same for my trucks.

[MPWR]

Thanks guys.

alextraz- I think I painted the engine in Tamiya flat aluminum acrylic. Then I gave it a wash with thinned dark brown. I explain how I did it here.

Serioga- I machined that one out of aluminum. I 'borrowed' a full size Bosch alternator to study and measure. Once I had all of the dimensions, shapes and angles measured, I machined it- which took a lot of effort.

The idea was that as soon as Gio produced another kit, I would send this one as a master to be cast in resin or white metal. But Gio works as slowly as I do, so it hasn't happened quite yet. We're planning to make a few hundred, and selling them (with a photoetched fan). Here is the list of the kits that I have that this alternator is correct for-

Tamiya BMW M635Csi
Tamiya BMW 635Csi Gr.A
Tamiya Audi Quattro
Tamiya Ferrari Testarossa
Tamiya Ferrari Mythos
Revell BMW Z1
Revell BMW Nazca
Revell/Tamiya BMW 850i
Revell/Hasegawa Porsche 944
Hasegawa Ferrari 328
Hasegawa Ferrari 348

I need a few copies....

[garnet_garnet]

da**it......now i want a mini-milling machine you guys are gonna cost me a 1/24 sized fortune


truly nice work, good stuff