| March
25, 2004:
I assembled
the rolling chassis. I wore out the tires a bit with sandpaper.
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| I
put the dashboard in place and now the inner tub waits for the
body. |
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I
furnished the bed with wood strips of 0.5mm (0.02") thick.
I
used double-sided transparent sticker film for the purpose. |
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contouring wood strip is 1mm thick. |
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| March
27, 2004:
I applied
BMF to window openings and drip rails
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| I
applied on the door handles too, after this photo was taken... |
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| DISASTER!
The
automotive acrylic paint I painted it with, was shining
good.
I
applied clear coat on it and after it cured, I began polishing it with
paste.... to see that it embedded brownish deposits in the clear coat!
Unrecoverable without applying new paint!
So
that's what I did. I masked all the BMF and the wooden bed with Tamiya
masking tape and carefully applied paint again.
Now
I won't apply any clear or try to polish it. That was enough!
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| April
10, 2004:
I cut
the window glasses from acetate sheet and fixed them in. Then I
assembled
the tub, body and chassis. I fixed the grille and bumper with epoxy
glue.
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I
applied BMF to rear lamp inners for good shine.
The
rest are the finished pics of the UTE.
It
was an interesting piece to work on, as well as being a rare model that
one can't always find.
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