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Fabulous job! Well done!!

Hi Colin -- Thanks for your kind words. So far, this has been a most satisfying project. The two tubes you mention (one at the center of the manifold, one at the rear) are actually one and the same tube, with four changes in direction. I hope that's not going to be too many. This shot should...

Great work. I just love those little oilers! Haven't done mine yet. Here's a more recent pic of my little monster with most of the tubing work completed. As you can see the inlet manifold is preheated by coolant returning from the hot zones. Today is going to be a day about machining a...

The material I've been using for all gaskets on this Snow have been made from a 9"x36" sheet I bought online from Custom Accessories, Inc. It's made from some sort of synthetic material, and is 1/64" thick. I think I originally tracked it through Amazon, just searching for "gasket material."...

Thanks so much for posting your Story So Far. Your work looks great. I've been working on the same project for a few months now, but have kept quiet about it because I'd begun to think that all the Snows that were going to be built already had been. Also the quality of the work I've seen is...

Hi Brian -- I just got back from the same NAMES show, and was just as impressed as you were...maybe more so, because it was my first. The quality and resourcefulness of the craftsmanship is one thing, the quiet modesty and determination of the modelers, all add up to something quite special...

Wow. I've slept on less comfortable benches than that. What a beauty. And the motor is a jewel. I trust the Australian media has been properly alerted that something very special is about to happen in Murray Bridge. All best, Brian -- and keep your fingers clear. m

Brian, that is a fine, FINE looking engine. It looks as though it's doing 5000 rpm when it's just sitting there and imagining the way it's going to sound is a pleasant way to spend time. That's a terrific and sturdy-looking test rig, too. just as soon as I know it's fired up I'll be raising a...

Welcome back Brian!! It sounds as though you had a perfectly wonderful trip, and it was a great honor to have you come visit my little chip-shop. It was a special pleasure to have you explain your ring-making ideas & practice, which finally began to make sense to me. Seeing all the pics you took...

Super work, Bob, and creative. Those flywheels and that fuel tank set the bar a little higher. m

Brian, I'm learning so much from your experiments and experience with those rings. As you know I made a quantity of rings using the Edwards' recipe, and I was well pleased with them at the time -- but then I hadn't planned to install them until the final assembly stage, and they've just been...

Aloha Brian and all Radiaphiles -- Just a note to assure that Radial production here in the Islands hasn't ground entirely to a halt, but it did suffer a bit of a setback when it was discovered that the set of finished cylinder heads, so lovingly machined, photographed, and celebrated, were...

Hello all -- Xjs back again, feeling a bit of an underachiever. You'll have perhaps heard that work is the curse of the drinking classes? Well, I'm here to tell you it's also the curse of the swarfing classes...just far too little shop time the last few months, and now I find myself (not...

Yo Brian -- Many thanks for the detailed information on pipe production. It's now in the same file as all your other excellent advice on How To Cook A Proper Radial. Don't think I'll ever be able to top a titanium prop nut though. A platinum fuel tank? Diamond-studded motor mounts? I know...

That's a beautiful thing, Brian. I'm sure it's impossible to take your eyes of it for a moment, which makes me wonder how Mrs. Brian feels about the three of you sitting at the breakfast table every morning? A couple of questions: What did you end up using for a carburetor? Are your pipes...