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[Andy T]

Off with a bang. Lovely work on the spring!

[scottie3158]

I'm in if only to watch you negotiate all that PE!!

Mind you!! It is a 'Scottie' build so he'll probable improve on it anyway!!

Either way - I'll be watching this un.

Doug, got to love a bit of PE

Replacing the front suspension was a good call. I spent ages cleaning up the kit part and it still looked crap!
Keep at it Sir :thumb2:

Jim, leaf springs are nearly always a pain in the a**e on most kits but these were completely useless.

Off with a bang. Lovely work on the spring!

Andy, cheers mate.

[outrunner]

Just pulled up a chair to watch more wonderful Scottie scratchery.

Andy.

[scottie3158]

Just pulled up a chair to watch more wonderful Scottie scratchery.

Andy.

Always welcome mate take a seat by the bickys

[Mini Me]

Can I have a "bicky" too?.......always interested in a good kraut halftrack build! I'll park in the back to keep from getting pelted with popcorn and other projectiles of choice.

[scottie3158]

Can I have a "bicky" too?.......always interested in a good kraut halftrack build! I'll park in the back to keep from getting pelted with popcorn and other projectiles of choice.

Rick,
Of course you can mate but get in quick.

[scottie3158]

The engine is nearly finished. I haven't added a lot of detail just enough to make it look busy if I decide to have the panels open. This included the fan and generator belts and two pipes from copper wire that wrap around the engine. I presume they are some sort of fuel mixture pre heater as they run around to the exhaust manifold.




cheers
Scottie

[Guest]

Not a clue what those pipes are for … I missed them when I built the engine for my Dragon kit, but looking at the photos of a restored vehicle I used for that, I see now that they probably should have been on that engine — though side-by-side under the carburetor rather than one above the other like you have them here.

Ah, yes: page 22-4-56 of Panzer Tracts No. 22-4: Mittlerer Zugkraftwagen 8t (Sd.Kfz.7) by Jentz, Doyle and Friedl does show two pipes there, side-by-side. The outer pipe is plain, the inner one is corrugated for most of its length. Both run forward from under the carburetor, bend to the left, then go on to the other side of the engine and bend towards the rear (where they disappear out of sight). If you want I can scan the photo for you.

[Andy T]

Possibly to stop the carb' from icing up in cold weather. I was a mechanic back in the days before fuel injection and most cars had a warm air fed back then, diverted from a shield around the exhaust manifold.

[scottie3158]

Not a clue what those pipes are for … I missed them when I built the engine for my Dragon kit, but looking at the photos of a restored vehicle I used for that, I see now that they probably should have been on that engine — though side-by-side under the carburetor rather than one above the other like you have them here.

Ah, yes: page 22-4-56 of Panzer Tracts No. 22-4: Mittlerer Zugkraftwagen 8t (Sd.Kfz.7) by Jentz, Doyle and Friedl does show two pipes there, side-by-side. The outer pipe is plain, the inner one is corrugated for most of its length. Both run forward from under the carburetor, bend to the left, then go on to the other side of the engine and bend towards the rear (where they disappear out of sight). If you want I can scan the photo for you.

That was probably me not looking at the reference pic close enough. I did notice that one was corrugated but I had nothing to replicate that.

Possibly to stop the carb' from icing up in cold weather. I was a mechanic back in the days before fuel injection and most cars had a warm air fed back then, diverted from a shield around the exhaust manifold.

Sounds along the lines I was thinking

[Guest]

I can’t think of a good way to replicate the corrugations either, other than wrapping very fine wire around it, which never looks quite right, IMHO.

[stillp]

I can’t think of a good way to replicate the corrugations either, other than wrapping very fine wire around it, which never looks quite right, IMHO.

Perhaps a guitar string?
Pete

[JR]

Seat please Paul , did Rick bring his Hobnobs or have you any ?

[scottie3158]

I can’t think of a good way to replicate the corrugations either, other than wrapping very fine wire around it, which never looks quite right, IMHO.

Just had a post from Pete who suggested a guitar string which sounds like a good idea.

Perhaps a guitar string?
Pete

Pete, good call I will have to nip into a music shop if there is still such an animal, as I have no idea what I would need if I order on line.

Seat please Paul , did Rick bring his Hobnobs or have you any ?

Always a seat for you mate and don't worry I have a secret stash.

[Guest]

Just had a post from Pete who suggested a guitar string which sounds like a good idea.

That just leaves the “bare” section at the start …

Here is the photo I meant:

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