| February 13, 2005
I applied polyester putty to the edges, after trimming the excess styrene at the sides. |
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| Sanding gave a better shape to the rear bench. |
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| February 17, 2005
I painted and BMF ed the internal elements. |
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| February 18, 2005
I applied BMF at the exterior before clear coating. |
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| I prepared the emblem (the foil copy of the one on the hood that I had made before sanding) by pouring epoxy glue at the back and thereby reinforcing the foil. Then I cut to shape and painted, and applied on the boot by Humbrol Clear Fix. Though a front emblem, it looks good at the back too! |
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| February 19, 2005
I drilled the steering wheel spokes before painting chrome silver. |
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| The kingpins were poseable but had the tie rod cast fixed on the engine traverse. So I decided to make them move. First I drilled a hole through the kingpins to hold the steering arms. |
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| I drilled holes in the ball joints too. |
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| I bent the tip of a pin and passed it through the ball joint hole. |
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| I passed the free end of the pin through the kingpin and located the kingpin between the wishbones. |
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| I checked the kingpin axes (right and left) to be parallel and made small adjustments with the steel pins. Then I applied CA glue and cut the free end of the pins and left for settling. |
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