Italari 1/12 Alfa Romeo Monza 8c

[Deleted member 3568]

Hi all time to start this Christmas present

 

[BattleshipBob]

One of the truly great cars and my fav cars, a thing of beauty. Count me in

 

[Ian M]

Oh! I like that!

 

[yak face]

Its red ,its an alfa , its large scale , count me in . I’ll be on the front row with bob ,sunglasses on , a chilled glass of Frascati and a bowl of black olives. Ciao Tony

 

[therapy]

Me too! That must be pretty big Ken, should be impressive...

Nick

 

[Bobby Conkers]

Following.

 

[Deleted member 3568]

Thanks guys hope to live up to your expectations.
More progress

 

[Ian M]

Coming a long nicely. Can I ask what the wheels are like? I find often that the plastic spoked wheels are often rather iffy.

 

[PaulinKendal]

Ooh yes please, this looks good!

As an aside, I'm a bit shocked by your choice of work table. It looks suspiciously like it might be Ercol. If it is, I'd clean it up and sell it, you'll make more than a bob or two - highly collectible these days.

 

[minitnkr]

Brings back memories of Buick & Pontiac straight eights. Pretty much bullet proof, but reeeeally heavy.

 

[Deleted member 3568]

Hi all more work on the engine, the pipework is supposed to be gunmetal (why? Surley it would be steel or ally) anyway I decided for a bit of interest I would do it copper.

Added some weathering to the engine.

 

[Ian M]

Looking good Ken.
The pipes you have done in copper, Are they from or to a Turbo of sorts. It might be a heat thing. Copper has quite a low melting point.....But it looks good!

 

[BattleshipBob]

Thats a supercharger, not as hot as it does not use hot exhaust gas to work it

 

[Ian M]

Thats a supercharger, not as hot as it does not use hot exhaust gas to work it

And this is why my car goes to the local mechanic when it goes wrong LOL!

 

[Deleted member 3568]

Thanks guys glad you like it, one other point (sort of give away) it's got rubber flexi pipes connecting it all.

 

[Dave Ward]

A Supercharger is gear driven off the engine - it's usually called a 'blower' - it gives an instant boost of air on acceleration, whilst a turbocharger suffers from an inertia delay - 'turbo lag'. It does have a significant parasitic power consumption, unlike a turbo, which is driven by the departing exhaust gases. Blowers are usually suited to engines that are used at very variable revs ( like a street racing circuit ) or in short bursts, like drag racing, where instant acceleration is important. Only a few production road cars use a supercharger these days - one being the Mercedes-Benz 'Kompressor'
Dave

 

[Deleted member 3568]

Thanks for the info dave.
More work on the Alfa.

 

[Deleted member 3568]

More work on this.

 

[Deleted member 3568]

Hi all rear dampers done WAPITA

Pleased they're done but they took ages.

 

[Tim Marlow]

That’s building up really well Ken. Great to see!