Evening gentlemen
A bit of progress today on some parts:
The mirror has been painted in chrome and is shiny enough, so it's not necessary to apply Hasegawa Mirror Finish to it.
The seats have their decals, simulating tartan upholstery.
And I've just sprayed a coat of flat acrylic clear on them.
When it's dry, I'll add a small piece of blue imitation leather to the top of each seat (circled in red in the photo below), and this piece will be attached to the front of the rear shelf with 4 "nails" (I don't know the exact word for the stuff circled in yellow you see in the photo below).
I've also been working on the rear shelf:
First I added the grey carpet.
To make it, I took a piece of a light blue, worn cotton shirt that I had used as a cloth to clean the windows.
I used paper to make a template of the shape I wanted the carpet to have.
Using this template, I drew the shape on the piece of cotton fabric.
I painted the fabric grey, using AK Grey primer, on both sides to give it the right colour and to make it waterproof (so that the fabric glue I was going to use to stick it to the rear shelf wouldn't penetrate the fabric).
Then I cut out the shape I'd drawn from the piece of fabric and placed it on the back shelf to check that it was all right.
Next I added the 12 snap buttons that hold the carpet to the shelf:
I drilled 12 holes in the right places, through the carpet and the shelf
And I put 12 tiny screws into the 12 holes that I'd 3D-printed beforehand.
I was lazy and didn't want to design and 3D print new parts for the snap buttons.
The screw slots are so thin you can't see them here.
Next, I added the retaining bars for the luggage:
Less pleasant behind the scene...but it will never be visible !
To get an idea of what it looks like, I placed the tub on the chassis:
And that's all for now, folks
See you soon 😉