| 5 September
2004:
I added the main cutoff switch and the fire extinguisher pull knob on the dashboard. I made the switch handle by inserting a styrene slab into an item from my parts box. The pull knob is a headed pin painted fluorescent red. |
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| I
painted the base with white, then
masked and applied red on it. The front part as a checkerboard was the
hardest to master. I first tried the hood before possibly ruining the
body
paint. It was successful!
I used Revell's masking sheet. I traced the lines of the checkerboard with #11 knife and removed alternate squares. Then applied black paint over and removed the masking squares before the paint cured (to prevent chipping if done after the cured paint). |
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| I went on to the rest of the car and completed the checkerboard pattern. I had to retouch some errors with a brush. |
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| I found a gauge cluster in my parts box and after painting black and scraping the bezels and figures, glued it on the floor. |
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| For the fire extinguisher tank, I used an electrolytic capacitor. I applied putty on top and sanded the putty to a hemispherical shape. |
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| I changed the seat with one from Lancia Delta kit because it had belt passage holes in it. I made the belts by drawing on the computer and printing. I painted the buckles with chrome silver (though it looks like aluminium on paper) and applied Sabelt decals on. |
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| I glued the seat to the floor and assembled the belts around the rear element of the roll cage. |
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| 6
September
2004:
I installed the fire extinguisher tank and plumbing. I used thin steel wire for the plumbing. |
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| Almost finished. The decals and the window nets will follow. |
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| 13 September
2004:
I
made the nets by cutting pieces from
the fiberglass joint mesh for plasterboards and painting black. I
prepared
the race number and pilot name decals on the computer, and cut the rest
from remaining decal sheets in my parts box.
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