Stickframe Posted March 6, 2022 Share Posted March 6, 2022 Hats off to you Andy - very nice work! And, the victory of all sitting flat and square - congratulations 😀 Cheers Nick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengalensis Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 I've just been catching up, really nice work! 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toftdale Posted March 9, 2022 Author Share Posted March 9, 2022 On 06/03/2022 at 19:50, Stickframe said: Hats off to you Andy - very nice work! And, the victory of all sitting flat and square - congratulations 😀 Cheers Nick On 07/03/2022 at 09:06, Bengalensis said: I've just been catching up, really nice work! 👍 Thank you Gents - I can definitely say I have taken inspiration from both of your work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toftdale Posted March 29, 2022 Author Share Posted March 29, 2022 I've finally finished the rear diff and more importantly it fit's. I added the mounting points for the diff to the rear frame frame and installed magnets to attach it. This means it will be easier to attach and secondly this gives slight movement in order to allow for correct alignment. The rear disc were simply made using a compass cutter, not sure whether I will add the calipers as yet as I am not sure how visible they will be. Thanks for looking - Andy 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fnick Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 Hi Andy That's going to be special when it's finished! 10 hours ago, Toftdale said: not sure whether I will add the calipers If you don't add them you know they won't be there...👹😄 Nick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longshanks Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 Neat engineering! Of course you have to add the calipers Kev 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 7 hours ago, Fnick said: If you don't add them you know they won't be there...👹😄 And you won't be able to stop the bladdy thing either Andy...!! 🤣 Really nice work so far. Be even better when you add the calipers.... Keith 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver911 Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 Superb craftsmanship from start to finish Andy...stunning lessons on scratch work. Ron 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyCrank Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 3 hours ago, silver911 said: Superb craftsmanship from start to finish Andy...stunning lessons on scratch work. Ron I can't say it better 👏 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiny Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 Very good work here. Even with a 1:1 scaled up version for reference, this will have taken quite a lot of engineering I expect. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toftdale Posted March 30, 2022 Author Share Posted March 30, 2022 12 hours ago, Fnick said: Hi Andy That's going to be special when it's finished! If you don't add them you know they won't be there...👹😄 Nick 11 hours ago, longshanks said: Neat engineering! Of course you have to add the calipers Kev 5 hours ago, keefr22 said: And you won't be able to stop the bladdy thing either Andy...!! 🤣 Really nice work so far. Be even better when you add the calipers.... Keith Thanks Gents for the compliments and yes I will now add the calipers - Andy PS. I must remember not to mention the other items I'm not going to add on 😅🤣 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toftdale Posted March 30, 2022 Author Share Posted March 30, 2022 5 hours ago, silver911 said: Superb craftsmanship from start to finish Andy...stunning lessons on scratch work. Ron 2 hours ago, CrazyCrank said: I can't say it better 👏 Thank you Gentlemen, you are too kind - Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toftdale Posted March 30, 2022 Author Share Posted March 30, 2022 1 hour ago, Spiny said: Very good work here. Even with a 1:1 scaled up version for reference, this will have taken quite a lot of engineering I expect. Thank you Spiny, once I had sussed out what to do it was actually quite simple (put the three fixed points in place (the two diff mountings and the rear axle) then use sheet styrene to fix these elements together and then add the detail) . However as with a lot of things on this build I made several false starts before I hit upon a eureka moment. - Andy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted April 2, 2022 Share Posted April 2, 2022 The rear end looks fantastic, great work on the diff , mounts and discs. Absolutely awesome. Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toftdale Posted April 3, 2022 Author Share Posted April 3, 2022 19 hours ago, bigbadbadge said: The rear end looks fantastic, great work on the diff , mounts and discs. Absolutely awesome. Chris Thank you Chris, I've enjoyed making the rear end, despite it being incredibly frustrating at times - Andy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toftdale Posted April 3, 2022 Author Share Posted April 3, 2022 Just a small update, the calipers are now complete; hopefully the pictures are fairly self explanatory (the raised detail in last photo is stretched sprue). The calipers just slip over the discs which will make painting a lot easier. Thanks @Fnick @longshanks @keefr22 for the nudge as they are far more visible than I thought! Thanks again for looking and your comments - Andy 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiny Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 Good job they're so visible, that looks like a lot of very tricky and small work which has been well done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Belbin Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 Cracking work – love it!! Nick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toftdale Posted April 4, 2022 Author Share Posted April 4, 2022 21 hours ago, Spiny said: Good job they're so visible, that looks like a lot of very tricky and small work which has been well done. 6 hours ago, Nick Belbin said: Cracking work – love it!! Nick Thank you Gents - the calipers were surprisingly easy to make and more astonishingly they worked out first time! - Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toftdale Posted May 22, 2022 Author Share Posted May 22, 2022 Finally had enough time to work on the Caterham again. First job, the front shocks and springs, on a Caterham the lower mount for the springs is half way up the shock. Hence new items were made using the attachment pieces from the kit part brass rod an fuse wire. Really pleased with these, so please forgive me a couple of extra photos of the unit in place. Next job is the addition of the front indicators, which are included in the transkit and making the head light brackets. Again the original attachment point was kept, this time it was drilled out to accept the new wire bracket for the head light and indicator. As I mentioned when I first started this thread a long long long time ago the plan is to make this kerbside. However I still need to include the bottom on the engine as I still want this to look realistic when looked at from underneath. Hence I made this from styrene sheet, rod and stretched sprue. Plus the bottom of a Sharpie pen for the bell housing. It does look a lot better when viewed from the bottom as you can imagine the ribs on the bottom of the sump were very fiddly to apply. The collector also came with the transkit and really is fantastic, a lot of Caterhams have the four pipes from the header exit the body and the collector is mounted just before the silencer. However mine is inside the engine bay, so I had to cut this part down to fit. You can also see a magnet mounted in the collector to make attaching the exhaust easier, Also the K-series is canted, which I had to replicate so the the sump looks correct hanging out the bottom of the car. Next step was the prop shaft, again the kit part was modified to suit and I've checked it all fits under the transmission tunnel! Then some more fiddly stretched sprue to replicate the rolled end on the exhaust. The next picture will be boring for you, but I got a great sense of achievement when the exhaust exited out the centre of its hole😁 Last picture (for now) I promise all my hard work on the engine and transmission in place. Still need to add a few more ancillaries to the block, but I'm really pleased to finally be making progress again, thanks for looking - Andy 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiny Posted May 22, 2022 Share Posted May 22, 2022 That's some excellent work on the springs - no need to worry about putting up more than one photo for that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyCrank Posted May 22, 2022 Share Posted May 22, 2022 I do love this kind of scratch building 👍 Congrats, Andy 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Windy37 Posted May 22, 2022 Share Posted May 22, 2022 It’s all coming together nicely , Andy . Keep at it ! Gary 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fnick Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 Some stunning work there Andy. Nothing wrong with wanting to share how pleased you are! Nick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 22 hours ago, Toftdale said: Superb...!! 👍 The rest of the work aint too shabby either! Keith 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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