scratch building a pair of 1:24 scale Bugatti engines

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Mar 31, 2017 21:39:41 GMT -5 alterrenner said:

Just as impressive as the machine turning is the tool you built to do it!
I also like the idea of using aluminum--realism right down to the material!
--Frank

Thanks Frank,
  I am very skilled with Alcad and other paints that simulate metal but I have always agreed that nothing looks as much like real metal as real metal.  This project is mostly 7075 aircraft aluminum with some nickel silver thrown in.  I chose 7075 over the usual 6061 series aluminum because it is harder and machines much better.  Far less galling to the tools as I machine it.  It also polishes up much better.  Darned stuff costs about three times as much as 6061 and is harder to come by, but it is not like I am using a hundred feet of the stuff so the cost is really not that critical.  Thanks for looking in.  

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Ok, after a lot of filing to shape and length, this is a test fit to make sure I drilled the mounting holes correctly in the valve covers.  I am pleased with the look.

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Pete,

Show us some progress!