The battery is from the parts box.
Its
fixing bracket is made from lead sheet and the tightening rods from
copper
wire. The assembly is held together with CA glue, and fixed into its
place
in the boot with CA glue as well. |
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The fuel tank is carved from balsa
and
painted gloss black, then fixed under the chassis with CA glue. |
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Now the chassis is complete, waiting
for
the body parts to be assembled on. |
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Unfortunately, there were no headlamp
lenses in my parts box, so a pair was made from scratch. Acetate sheet
was forced with the thumb into a convenient concave recess, and given a
slight spherical surface. Then, with the backside of the tip of the
famous
#11 blade, scratches were made on the inside of the lenses, to resemble
the prismatic profiles.
The lenses
were cut from the acetate sheet
at a suitable diameter to fit in the reflector/bezel units and glued
with
white wood glue. This glue is very convenient to use with clear parts,
or other places where no risk of damaging the surrounding is
tolerated. |
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The hood was the first part to be put
on the chassis. A pin went through the holes in the chassis and the
hood.
The pin was cut to suitable length and secured with CA glue. |
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The dashboard is fixed on the body
with
CA glue.
The steering wheel is
from my parts box.
The steering column is 1.5 mm brass wire, its housing is cut from cable
isolation, and the switch stalks are made from pins. All are held
together
and glued to the body by CA glue. |
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The trunk should have a handle, and I
chose to make a working one. A hole 0.8 mm dia. was drilled on the
boot.
For better guiding, the drill was made at a point that had the
reinforcement
below; so that the pin (handle) would have a longer bearing part. |
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First, the handle was given a shape
and
the pin inserted through the hole. Then it was bent as shown and cut to
proper length that it would catch the body when closed. It was also
bent
to a suitable profile that would eliminate any gaps. |
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Now you see the boot closed, and the
rear
lamps fixed on the body with CA glue. |
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The windshield frame was cut out from
1 mm lead sheet. |
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The windshield frame was covered with
Bare Metal Foil, and its glass was cut from acetate sheet, fixed with
white
wood glue. The frame assembly was also secured on the body with white
wood
glue.
The seats
taken from the Tamiya New Beetle
were raised from the floor by scratchbuilt plastic brackets. The
shifting
lever is from my parts box. The seats and the shift lever are fixed to
the floor with CA glue.
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The headlamps are assembled and put
on
their places, hiding away the shock absorber nuts. They are fixed on
the
body with 5-minute epoxy. |
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The front signals were from the parts
box. But they were rear view mirrors once. A clear lens painted orange
with clear glass paint was fixed in front of the body with white wood
glue.
They are fixed to the front of the frame with CA glue.
Rear view
mirrors are from the New Beetle
as well. They are painted in body color and fixed to the body with CA
glue,
a bit tilted upwards to let the door open freely.
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