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The parting line was drawn on the
sides. To avoid filling, care was taken to draw in front of the door handle
recesses.
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| 3 resin copies of the seats were made.
These will be the back seats. 5-minute mold putty from Micro-Mark was used
for the mold. |
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| Front and rear parts put over the stretched
chassis for examination. At this stage, a number of designs were thought
of, for the rear of the vehicle. |
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| The one that seemed best among the designs
was cut from cardboard as a profile and test-viewed on the model. |
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| OK-- manufacturing now! Two sides were
cut from 0.8 mm thick styrene sheet. |
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| The rear side panels were removed by a
scriber. Notice the blue line that shows how the side panel will rest on
the rear fender. |
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| The rear part separated from its side
panels. |
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| The parts are glued together and the form
of the model begins to shape. |
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| The front door upper elements are also
cut and glued in place. The dash and seats are approximately in their places.
The seats will be raised. |
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| I wanted to open the rear doors. They
will not be hinged, but be of sliding type. The body would lose its geometrical
correctness if the doors would be cut off right now, so I reinforced the
rocker panel from the inside with brass rods. I glued them with 5-minute
epoxy. |
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| Now the body is firm, the door areas are
cut open. |
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| A strip of styrene was glued on the inside
along the upper side. This not only increases the longitudinal strength,
but serves as the base plate for the door upper part, to rest on it. |
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| Notice the small recesses left for permitting
easy fixing of the glazing later. |
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| Reinforcements to hold the bodyshell in
shape were cut from styrene sheet as double. They were glued on one another
to form a stiffer crossmember. |
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| The crossmembers were then glued to the
bodyshell. Shaping up more now.. |
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