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Thread: 2/3 scale Indian Straight Four.
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18th November 2013, 03:53 PM #16
Well it's way to hot to work in the shed at the moment.
So I thought I'd use the time to bring the built right up to date.
The exhaust valve springs and oil feed lines are under the engine in front of the barrel's.
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The spring's for the exhaust valves are coat hanger wire, the rest is made from some washer's and nut's,
dowel, MDF, the casing of a pen, metal rod off an old cloth's horse and some copper pipe.
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Given a coat of chrome paint it start's to look the part.
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Well that pretty much is where I'm up to.
At the moment I'm working on the exhaust pipes and trying to come up with something for the sparkplug's.
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Thing's will slow down now, as I'll actually have to do some work to show you.
I hope you like it so far, I'm certainly having a great time building it.
Cheers.
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18th November 2013, 09:08 PM #17
Very nice, Trevor.
Love your use of recycled bits and pieces.... Steve
-- Monkey see, monkey do --
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20th November 2013, 05:44 PM #18
I got the sparkplugs done today.
Their a type I hadn't seen before called Splitdorf.
Apart from being the right plugs for an Indian of the period, I like the contrast of the green.
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I'm not overly happy with the lead's but I can change them out later.
When I find some brayed cord that's the right diameter.
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I'll start on the exhaust tomorrow.
Cheers.
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20th November 2013, 08:44 PM #19
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22nd November 2013, 05:06 PM #20
I got started on the exhaust today, and added a sleeve for the sparkplug lead's to run through.
I still have to added the heat shield and reduce the end of the pipe.
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There's not much in the way of timber in the exhaust it's PVC and a ton of bodyfiller.
But the top flanges are MDF.
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22nd November 2013, 07:56 PM #21
Derek said it all. Superb work. I'm loving it.
... Steve
-- Monkey see, monkey do --
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24th November 2013, 04:58 PM #22
I got started on the carburettor today.
But I also finished off the exhaust manifold.
I reduced the end for the pipe, and made a heat shield.
Gave it a coat of paint and added some nut's and bolt's.
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I'm pretty happy with it so far, there's still a heck of a long way to go.
But I think it's starting to look like an engine.
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Anyway hope you like it so far.
I'll put a couple of day's into the carbie and see how it goes.
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24th November 2013, 08:13 PM #23
Looks like an engine to me. A real one. Any more detail and this thing will actually run.
Looking forward to the carby.... Steve
-- Monkey see, monkey do --
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25th November 2013, 08:17 AM #24
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25th November 2013, 05:52 PM #25
great stuff, amazing how some paint brings it all to like
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27th November 2013, 07:05 PM #26
I gave the carbie a bit of a go over the last couple of days.
It's been a fiddly little thing to work on.
But at the same time great fun trying to get the detail into it.
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At the moment I've got the body of the carbie and the bowel made, and in primer.
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I made it from MDF, Pine, PVC, a Pacemaker Pen and a piece from a small tent peg.
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Once some hardware is added it should look pretty good.
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I've got to make a few more bits and pieces for it, as well as a short ram tube.
But the tricky part is done.
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29th November 2013, 08:34 PM #27
Well I'm still working on the carburettor.
I've added some more detail with some serial numbers, a ram tube and the choke plate.
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The small screws in the choke plate are from an old pair of glasses.
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It really is a fiddley little thing.
I reckon I've still got another two or three days work to finish it.
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Cheers.
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29th November 2013, 09:14 PM #28
This Indian's gonna be quite something. Following intently.....
... Steve
-- Monkey see, monkey do --
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1st December 2013, 06:56 PM #29
I'm still adding detail to the carburettor.
I really thought I would have it done today, but the throttle lever took way longer than I thought it would.
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It ended up being a really fiddle little thing to work on.
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In the end it took me almost the hole day.
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I'm going to have all sorts of trouble finding bolts and screws small enough
to fit it.
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Still it ended up looking pretty good on the carbie.
Hopefully tomorrow might see it all finished.
Cheers.
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2nd December 2013, 01:33 AM #30
I'm astonished, really swept off my feet with what you make!
If enlightment is not where you are standing, where will you look?
Zen-Master Dogen