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Originally posted by flyboyx View Postthat is really cool. i think the triangular vents you mention above are called "NACA" vents. i only know this because we have them on airplanes.
You can see they're similar, but don't have that distinctive NACA shape.
He wanted this type nose:
Interested in vintage cars? Ever thought about racing one? Info, photos, videos, and more can be found at www.michaelsvintageracing.com!
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Yep, you can see two little NACA vents right next to the air outlets on the green car, and one in front of the windshield. That's an interesting question - is the definition of a NACA vent that it faces forward, as an intake? Every one I've seen does.
The other thing about the kit is that the body shell didn't have the huge rear flairs that the later Gulf cars did, when they bumped up the rear wheel size. So #1079 it was.
My son researched and researched to find decal sets for one-of-a-kind WWII fighters, with the right fuselage (another cool French word!) details, to build a really nice model. His airplane collection is like a history lesson - Battle of Britain, Midway, North Africa, a Free French fighter, and a SWISS air force Messerschmidt, which shot down both German and American planes.
He built a really nice version of one of the Doolittle Raid B-25s, and hunted photos to verify the paint job. One of our neighbors is one of two surviving Doolittle Raid crew, and this is his plane, the Ruptured Duck (because it hit its tail on take-off in training).
Next he's building a nice version of Mitchell's P-38 Lightning that hunted down and shot down Yamamoto's Betty bomber while he was on an inspection tour in the south Pacific. Full speed at sea level - a bit like Le Mans!
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Some of my favorite engines at Le Mans....
The 3 liter screaming Matra V12. Maybe my earliest memory of Le Mans as a kid reading Road & Track - this weird french car with that shriek echoing off the trees.
The fantastic, howling Porsche 5-liter flat 12. He's not pushing it at all here, but god, that howl! Great overview of the track pretty close to the way it is now.
Gives me shivers!
ANY Ferrari racing V12 deserves mention of course.
"Lost" footage of GT40s at Le Mans, with some Ford marketing.....but good interview with Shelby about developing quick-change brakes.
With those 180º headers, the 289 Ford was a monster! I love this noise!
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Originally posted by LateFan View PostHe built a really nice version of one of the Doolittle Raid B-25s, and hunted photos to verify the paint job. One of our neighbors is one of two surviving Doolittle Raid crew, and this is his plane, the Ruptured Duck (because it hit its tail on take-off in training).
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:( More of a man than I'll ever be.Interested in vintage cars? Ever thought about racing one? Info, photos, videos, and more can be found at www.michaelsvintageracing.com!
Elva Courier build thread here!
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