Late one Friday night,

I discovered that Edo is not just a Thingie maven but is indeed a Renaissance Man. He sent me two Eagle Indy bodies that have been superbly painted and detailed by Tom Andersen...



...and below...a Tom Andersen Ferrari that was lacking enough headroom for a 16D motor...



...which upon further inspection proved to be no problem. The driver's head was the culprit as the neck/mounting peg had a few vertabrae hidden below the underside of the interior. A little neurosurgery will give enough clearance (barely) for a 16D...

...early the next morning,



...before



...after



Back in the day...heads were set much lower into the shoulders!



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to be continued...