Sabrejet Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 Good work Pascal 👌 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klubman01 Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 You've done some hard work there, but the end results are excellent. Great stuff! Trevor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pascal Posted August 7, 2021 Author Share Posted August 7, 2021 Thx mates ! Been very busy making tiny parts. These parts need to be metal, so I used metal foil that's wrapped around the top of winebottles. First task was to remove the paint : I made the handle with my lathe. Started with a bigger diameter alu rod, because it's easier to cut the slit in the rod. The handle needs a bit more work to make it straight. With the lathe, I cut the rod to the correct diameter, also made the button on top in the same way. The triangular part that holds the handle was made from the metal foil. The Solido part is on the right : The handle will receive 2 eyeybolts. The thread and ring of the eyebolts will be removed : This part was also made from metal foil. Was a hard job to bend it into the correct shape, especially the tiny sides : The Solido part on the right is quite different : The 2 small holes will receive tiny 0,8 outer diameter open brass rivets. These rivets will hold the green cables. A family photo of the first parts : These reference photo show how everything fits together : For reference purpose only The roll cage gives me some big headaches. Both the roll cage and the interior were extensively modified. The result is that they no longer fit together without using some force. I broke off a piece of the roll cage during the endless dryfitting. Not to bad because it needs a bit more work at exactly the spot where it broke off : Another big headache is the dashboard. Solido had fixed the dashboard to the underside of the body. In order to fit all the pieces and cables, it needs to be fixed to the interior. Here's a dryfit, the 2 holes show how the dash was attached to the body : The underside of the dashboard also needs to be fixed to the diagonal tubes. I made a tray for it, but that's not on the photo : Here I inserted the left diagonal tube. The spacing between the tubes is to big, but that will be better when the left tube will be glued in place : And last but not least, the dashboard needs to fit snugly against the roll cage. At the moment that's another headache, tough it looks fine during the dryfit : It's gonna be a lot of work to fit the roll cage, dashboard, fire-extinguishers, cables and all the other tiny parts together. Wish me luck. Sincerely Pascal 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pascal Posted February 27, 2022 Author Share Posted February 27, 2022 Update : It took a lot of time to find a way to make the tiny parts for the gear lever, shaft and all the details that surround it. On the right side of the photo, you can see the coupling of the gearbox shaft : Op deze foto is rechts de koppeling te zien van de buis die van de versnellingspook naar de versnellingsbak loopt : Solido made the coupling like this : I kept the rear part of the coupling and modified it : The front part of the coupling is made from piece of alu rod : These are some of the parts that I will use for the gear lever and shaft. From top to bottom : Steel rod (from a large paperclip). The little piece on the right that sits on top is a modified piece from a lighter. Steel tube from a cable ferrule. Scratchbuild front part of the coupling. Still have to make the tiny square block for the shaft : Dryfit, the cockpit has received some cables and braided wire, fixed in place with painted lead foil from a winebottle : To make the gear lever, I soldere a piece of copper wire to an eyebolt. The photo shows a dryfit with a M1 hex bolt and nut : The little ball has a diameter of 2,5 mm, it's from a kit to make necklaces : The front of the gear lever housing will get these tiny parts : Hex nut, turned piece of alu rod, smaller nod and the lid I made with the lathe : This dryfit shows that it's to high, the piece of alu rod will be shortened : It will be quite an adventure to fit and glue all these tiny parts together. Sincerely Pascal 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver911 Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 Looks a lot of fun mate...I am watching and learning 😉 Ron 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pascal Posted March 13, 2022 Author Share Posted March 13, 2022 Update : Using copper wire I made the V-shaped bracket that's welded to the diagonal tube. Painted and glued in place (the white stuff is flour + CA) : But I didn't look good and didn't look like the real car. It was then that I realized that I made a big mistake. The tube diagonal tubes that run through the top of the firewall sit to low : The big black bump on the firewall needs to be some 5-6 mm higher : To modify the bump, I have to take the entire construction of the interior apart. I highly doubt that the parts will survive that kind of treatment. So, I decided to leave the bump and make a new tube. The old one and the V-shaped bracket were removed. Very gently because that part of the construction is fragile : Installed a new tube and a new V-shaped bracket : Much better : The V-shaped bracket will hold this lever. It's made up of 7 parts, the tubes on the left side will be the same length when everything is installed : The eyebolt were carefully filed to a much smaller size : Tiny piece, the square is 10 x 10 mm : I'm glad that I found a solution to the problem, even though it's not perfect, it will hardly be noticable when all the parts are installed. But it will be quite a challenge to assemble all the parts in that limited space. We'll see... Pascal MNTADO (*) (*) Motivation Never Takes A Day Off 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toftdale Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 Great perseverance, which was well worth your effort, very impressive; especially with such parts - Andy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pascal Posted April 15, 2022 Author Share Posted April 15, 2022 It's been quite a struggle to find a way to fix all the scratchbuild parts together. These are the parts that will be fitted to the lever (brake balance lever ?) that's just to the left behind the gear lever. The tubes are made from injection needles : Dryfit in the cockpit : With the tubes, not connected to the eyebolts because - at this stage - they aren't long enough : They're not parallel, this will be fixed later : Made another piece of tubing to get the correct length : Now the tubes are long enough, so they fit over the eyebolts. Macro photo shows there's some cleaning to do : New dryfit : One hurdle completed, on to the next one. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pascal Posted April 19, 2022 Author Share Posted April 19, 2022 Update : I finally managed to glue (using CA and J&B weld) the gear lever and it's housing to the tubes in the cockpit. The macro photos shows the dust that is left after sanding the J&B weld : This photo shows the medium grey J&B weld that I put between the tube and the housing to get a strong bond : This is the tube that connects the gear lever to the gearbox, 8 parts in total. The right part is the only part that came with the Solido model, the rest was scratched. The little tube on the left that sits over the larger tube is a modified part from a lighter : Dryfit. The bottom part of the gear lever will be glued inside the little vertical tube that I put on the large tube : Not to much to show, but it's a BIG step forward. Sincerely Pascal 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver911 Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 Superb scratch work Pascal...that really is some serious pipe work. Ron 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pascal Posted May 22, 2022 Author Share Posted May 22, 2022 Thx Ron, Finally the work on the interior is coming to an end. The fire extinguishers are scratch build and have 16 parts, they look real nice with the decals designed and printed by Tim : I added some more details and wires : Dryfit with the dashboard : This is how the interior looked before the work began : I still need to find a way to glue the dashboard firmly in place. Then it will be a delicate job to put the seat in after the rollcage is fitted. Not enough space to do it the other way round. Finally the radio, some tiny home-made parts, and the seatbelts need to be installed. After that, the interior is done. Hope to reach the finish line in 3 - 4 weeks. Sincerely Pascal 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toftdale Posted May 22, 2022 Share Posted May 22, 2022 Stunning, its incredible just how much detail you've managed to squeeze into the interior. - Andy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klubman01 Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 Great workmanship so far. The interior now looks really good. Some lovely detail work. Trevor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pascal Posted September 4, 2022 Author Share Posted September 4, 2022 Thx guys Moby keeps fighting me ... Added the scratchbuild items to the interior. (Found out that these will require another modification to the dashboard, oh well...) : Glued the seat in place, wasn't easy because I had to install the rollcage first : Seatbelts attache to the rollcage like in the real car : The wheels received the parts that I made / modified (wheelnut, alu tube, air valve and rond alu plate) : Sincerely Pascal 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pascal Posted September 8, 2022 Author Share Posted September 8, 2022 After a long and hard fight (started this project february 6th 2021) with Moby, this model is finally finished. As usual, I added a ton of details, most of which aren't visible with the body on the chassis. Ah well, there will always be the photo's of the interior. Three photo's of the interior and then onto the finished model. I used lead foil from a wine bottle to make the tray that held the radio. Didn't install the radio because I don't like it : The last of the seatbelts was glued to the seat : The finished model, I made a "photo booth" with some wood and cardboard : Sincerely Pascal 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klubman01 Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 That looks really good! Trevor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desert falcon Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 Very very nice 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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