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Old 09-07-2012, 11:50 PM
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Re: 1/20 MFH McLaren M7A - 1968 Belgian GP

Before going on with the engine, I finally changed the pedals.

First I sanded what is not necessary:


Then I re-made the pedals:



After having glued the cylinders in place, I made the wirings for the injectors.
Here a pic of the time (Bruce at the 1968 Nederland GP):


As you can see the yellow wires were covered by black wires, so I did the same after having sanded the yellow wires:





Then I added the wires for the spark-plugs:







Now the engine is ready to be fitted to the main body.
Before I enlarged the holes of the plaques:


Then I glued the engine to the body but...surprise:



The plaques of both sides were too short and did not arrive to the holes on the chassis where they could be fitted with a rivet.

So I re-made the plaques of the right lenght:



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