15 April 2009:
I began to manufacture
the front guard bars from brass rods by soldering.
The
guard bar is finished and painted.
I manufactured
the rear bumper bar from brass pipe.
18 April 2009:
I manufactured
the front wishbone assemblies and glued them on the front chassis arms.
I bent a piece of soldering wire for the exhaust pipe. I made the
silencers
from styrene tubing, filled the insides with CA glue and fixed them on
the soldering wire.
I
manufactured the rear axle and suspension
assembly, by checking the alignments on the model and glued them all
together.
I made the springs from aluminum wire and painted them.
19 April 2009:
I made a silicone
mold from the engine conversion that I had made before, and cast a
resin
copy. I made the exhaust manifold from soldering wire and fixed the
parts
with CA glue. I cut the intake manifold from styrene sheet and adopted
a carburettor from my parts box.
I
stenciled the door insides from styrene
sheet and scribed the lines with the back of a #11 knife. Then I glued
these on backing styrene sheets. I will take a silicone mold
from
these and cast the parts from resin.
21 April 2009:
I began manufacturing
the roll-cage from styrene rods.
Alignment
check with the body...
22 April 2009:
I cut out the
spaces where the legs of the roll-cage would pass through the dahboard.
I painted the dashboard, glued the gages that I made on the computer
and
cut an acetate sheet in front.
I
assembled and painted the main parts
of the engine. I took the pulleys, distributor, coil and the alternator
from my parts box. I tailored the belt from styrene rods. I made and
painted
the plug wires from 0.30 mm aluminum wire.
For
the rear lenses, I traced the outlines
and the lens lines on a cassette box cover, with the back of #11 knife.
Later, I will cut these out and paint.
24 April 2009:
I made the shelf
(below the dashboard), central console and rear lamp lenses.
25 April 2009:
Pieces of wires
and a CA glue drop made up for the shifting lever.
I
printed the Heuer clock and chronometer,
oil temperature+pressure, and fuel gages and glued them on the central
console. Droplets of clear nail polish made for the glass effect.
After
painting the base white, I masked
the body and painted the deep yellow regions.
I
glued the frontal assembly and made
a fitting check.
I
carved the rear reflectors and covered
them with BMF. This detail will give a realistic look when the lenses
are
put on.
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