hendie Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 All this talk of Citroens... I had two 2CV's back in the day. I got rid of an Audi 100 to buy my first deux chevaux. When I took it for a test drive my mate and I couldn't stop laughing, it was so much fun. Roll back the roof, fold up the windows are we're off! Made a fortune on travel claims from my resettlement courses in my last couple of years. I'm liking the color on that exhaust - it's looking realistically heat treated and just unkempt enough to do the job 2 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyf117 Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 (edited) Content withdrawn - I will NOT be threatened by a moderator, simply because I queried the actions of another... Edited June 27, 2020 by andyf117 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBaron Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 19 hours ago, hendie said: I had two 2CV's back in the day. At the same time? Like a sort of catamaran? V. much enjoying your work on that engine Bill - the visual gravitas this: Quote level of detailing brings to the build is indeed most satisfying to behold. (Thanks for the heads-up on the Slaters' btw!) 2 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head in the clouds. Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 On 6/2/2019 at 11:18 PM, corsaircorp said: You had a Renault scenic phase II ?? No but I knew a bloke who did.... for a while anyway. That engine bay detail looks rather sexy Bill and your home made brew really hits the mark. Niiiice. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted June 4, 2019 Author Share Posted June 4, 2019 52 minutes ago, TheBaron said: At the same time? Like a sort of catamaran? I see rather Hendie bestriding the world with one on each leg like some hero on skates made of 2CVs Hell of a guy! (this bit is not a joke, H is a hell of a guy) 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyf117 Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 (edited) Content withdrawn - I will NOT be threatened by a moderator, simply because I queried the actions of another... Edited June 27, 2020 by andyf117 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted June 11, 2019 Author Share Posted June 11, 2019 I know I have not been keeping up in here, there's planning for Le Mans to do you see. But I have been pottering about trying to get some stuff done because I do want to build up the upper fuselage section soon Here is some nice chocolate silver/gold foil 'meshed' by rubbing over a cloth net, as recommended by such stalwarts as Tomo and others This is then stuck around the gearbox rotor head framework to hide it from view And something like this being the final plan Just behind the pilot's seat ladder frame you can see the way the padded panels slope up towards the roof, hopefully we will get something quite like that now The canopy has to be trimmed and UV glued to the fuselage then the inner framework will be as fitted as a bespoke suit But not I fear until next week Please pray for sun if you have a belief plan that allows it, looks awesome at the mo' Black clouds and runnels of run off in the car parks And Alonso to be beaten on track 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-FAAWAFU Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 3 hours ago, perdu said: I know I have not been keeping up in here, there's planning for Le Mans to do you see. Planning? Drive to Le Mans. Watch people whizzing along for a ludicrously long time. Get bladdered. Brief complete. 9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 I do like that engine...a lot! On the subject of 2CVs, 2 of my mates owned them, they decided to make one good one out of the two so stripped the front end out of one to put it in the better one. The next day they came out to complete the refitting of the engine into the @better@ car only to find the chassis had given way over night! They were great fun to drive though. If anyone has ever witnessed the 2CV owners' club drive from London to Brighton it's a hoot! A half hour or so of ludicrous machines done up in all sorts of guises passing one after another - the only thing they had in common, apart from being 2CVs, was the huge grins on the faces of all the occupants! Ian 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Spadgent Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 Lovely work. Again. 👍🤗🙌 Jont 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted June 11, 2019 Author Share Posted June 11, 2019 43 minutes ago, Ex-FAAWAFU said: Drive to Le Mans. Watch people whizzing along for a ludicrously long time. Get bladdered. There is also drive to hotel on Sunday Dine magnificently Get de-bladdered Visit Ranville Orromanches Orbayeux Drive to ferry Become sober model making citizen All after "Drive to Le Mans. Watch people whizzing along for a ludicrously long time. Get bladdered." Its not all roses you know 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 Great stuff Bill! Martian 👽 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 Lovely work Bill. Here's wishing you a safe and enjoyable trip with good weather 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry1954 Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 Great progress Bill. Enjoy Le Mans, enjoy Normandy and enjoy getting bladdered! Terry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted June 12, 2019 Author Share Posted June 12, 2019 Thank you Terry, thoroughly intend to Off tonight so its bye for now y'all 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted June 19, 2019 Author Share Posted June 19, 2019 And I am back, voila I've been looking at the inner panels again, the ones I mocked up the other day really dont do it for me so... I needed to measure how big they should be instead of how big I made them but not being Baron Ced Friday I didn't go galloping off to the 'Bay shop for callipers I made a pair This is something I ought to have had around after so many years in the toolmaking 'trade' but I could not find my old Moore and Wright or Starrets (or whichever they were) internal callipers which was needed to reach inside and measure what was missing Out comes the plasticard, a drill and a short length of thin Evergreen rod This is used to measure the actual height of the roof from the rotor gear fitting platform No this isn't the actual act of measuring the gap, have you tried taking an accurate posed picture with a Samsung phone? But this is the actual measurement I made Can you see it, yes 7/16" is the size it will be !/2" is too big and will not suffice and 3/8" is too small so seven sixteenths of an Imperial inch it is (Remember to put the new callipers in the tool drawer Bill, you will need them again in future) Now I can concentrate on new inner quilted fore and side walls and they will be along later this evening ciao 9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry1954 Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 Welcome back oh ingenious calliperistadigateur! (that's a kind of french Billism) Terry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomoshenko Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 Great to have you back Bill, de-bladdered and all. 5 hours ago, perdu said: Ah I remember these things from my old sheet metalworker days. Similar to the caliper measures my dad used for crown green bowls (also suitable for rink green bowls of course) purchased from the sadly long gone Harry Parks sports shop in Corporation St. For none Brummies I make no apologies for being parochial, cos these things matter to me and Bill et al along with the old Corporation BCT bus colours...sniff...😪 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 Welcome back matey! Hope you had a good trip Nice callipers too; neat! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head in the clouds. Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 Indeed, welcome back from your holiday, your grey matter has lost none of it's speed though Bill, nice home made calipers there . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted June 20, 2019 Author Share Posted June 20, 2019 I'm going to digress now and since I haven't digressed recently for oh, I dunno, half an hour here we go Whilst Tom was popping into Harry Parkes's for his sporting good I myself was often-times to be found purchasing tools from the shop over the road and down a few yards This is this month's competition for absolutely no prizes whatsoever, just extra points on your googlefu table but not, to be fair for Tomo Who can name the long gone (wasn't going to be THAT easy was it) fabulous tool shop across the road from Harry the Villain's shop Back in the day I bought a steel rule there that had the magical gradations engraved in it Twelfths of an inch marked down to picas Scratch builder's ideal steel Long ago lost in time... The rule was of course designed for the printing profession, I wonder if? Anyway, new quilting being applied Hardly photogenic so I havent... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huvut76g7gbbui7 Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 23 minutes ago, perdu said: Anyway, new quilting being applied Are you using this tool set ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted June 20, 2019 Author Share Posted June 20, 2019 1 minute ago, Scimitar said: Are you using this tool set ? Ooh I like that Mine's a little more elaborate 3 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted June 20, 2019 Author Share Posted June 20, 2019 "The quilting bee" Panels refitted but bigger.. This near side inner panel still needs trimming before the canopy can go on but the starboard side is to size I will trim the other side panel to reach the same distance inside the turtleback then the roof can go on Soon be "Fun With Etch And Bill" did I say fun? 🤸♀️ 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry1954 Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 Looks good. Trouble is you are making me want to build one, and I have too many other projects on the go! Terry 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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