ANADOL
The First Mass-production Car of Turkey

Scale : 1/24
Started: 16 August 2008
Finished: 24 March 2010

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09 October 2009:
I covered all the openings, added a molding skirt, then sanded and painted the body gloss black to see if any irregularities are present. Then I went on preparing the mold.



10 October 2009:
I made the female silicone mold, then cast a shell from resin to be the master for the male mold. I cut strips in all axes and rejoined the parts, giving a clearance between the male and female parts. Then I cut the male master at an angle, to release the part from plaster which will be mold for the silicone male. 


 12 October 2009:
I made the male silicone mold, then cast two samples. The one at right is as from the mold, at the left is machined and primed.

 16 October 2009:
I began chassis manufacturing. I cut the template with the traverses, made a bending jig for the frame members and bent a 4x3.2 mm styrene profile to shape by heat gun. 


 17 October 2009:
I continued manufacturing. 


23 October 2009:
I began manufacturing the floor panels.


 30 October 2009:
I finished most of the front panel and rear seat panel.


 I cut the panel parts for the luggage floor. This view is about halfway in construction.


 I finished the luggage floor and checked the mating with rear seat panel.


 Fitting test of the floor panels with the chassis.


 31 October 2009:
I started constructing the firewall panel.


06 November 2009:
I constructed the dashboard. It took 2 full days.


11 November 2009:
I constructed the dashboard mold and cast a sample, then painted to see how it looked like.


30 November 2009:
I made the mold masters for the inner side panels and the floor panel, and prepared the silicone molds. Here is the mold with poured resin (left) and a pair of cured panels (right). 


I made a trial casting for the floor panel. The one on the left is as it comes out from the mold and the right one is a trimmed part.


I finished the mold for the boot floor and made a sample casting. The one beside the mold is as raw and the one on the right is as trimmed.


10 December 2009:
It was almost impossible to find a scale tyre to suit this model, so I had to manufacture them. I found an AMT kit tyre from my parts box, removed the necessary section to make the required perimeter, then joined the ends with CA glue using a circle stencil as a jig. Then I filled the inside of the tyre with automotive polyester putty and sanded.


11 December 2009:
At the leftmost is the master tyre that I made. I wanted to manufacture from RTV silicone, so I had to make a rigid mold. After 3 trials, I made one from resin and cast a sample from RTV silicone (white one). Being successful with the sample, I added black powder paint to the silicone and cast a black tyre (rightmost). The result was very successful!


 
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