| June 12, 2004:
For hinging the hood, I glued pieces of styrene right behind the hood edge and drilled 1 mm holes for the hinge. I bent the hinge from a paper clips wire. |
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| I applied masking tape on the body, then put epoxy glue under the hood and placed it on the clips wire hinge. I let it cure in this position. |
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| After curing, I took off the masking tape and opened the hood. Put the windshield in for checking the operation. Ditto! |
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| This is how the hood is at its underneath. |
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| June 13, 2004:
I cut the boot open, stretching the opening lines until the bumper. |
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| Now to make up for the gaps between the hood and the body at tthe sides. To prevent sticking of the putty, I applied Humbrol Maskol to the possible contact areas. |
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| Then I applied automotive putty and let it cure. |
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| Sanding and smoothing down made a better fit now. |
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| June 28, 2004:
I carved the new door handle recesses with a spherical tip of my Dremel. |
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| I applied putty on the old gas filler cover and door handles and some other necessary places. |
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| July 06, 2004:
I cut the PT Cruiser front bumper to suit the VW body and glued it. |
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| July 10, 2004:
I applied putty and some primer to see how things were going, and sanded down the sides of the front a bit more to smoothen the blend. |
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| July 11, 2004:
There were mismatching edges especially
in the front of the hood so I prepared the body with Humbrol Maskol to
prevent sticking to the putty.
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| I applied automotive putty around the front part of the hood and let it cure while sitting in place. |
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