Heller 1/8 traction avant cabrolet conversion

[Guest]

Looking the bizz Ken, look forward to seeing the rest of this build m8.

John

[james pithouse]

that's insane, but nice well there's another build under your belt

[Guest]

Hi all here is the next update, put the beading round the rear wheel arches, couldn't then resist seeing what the colour would look like so gave it a quick coat.





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I have to say I think my other build was more interesting to look at, the weathering and oil staining give something more to look at, I think I will post some of the similar build pics together as this progresses to show what I mean.

[james pithouse]

very nice work ken, more pics please

[Guest]

Hi all I remember on the last build putting the driveshafts in at the allocated time was a real pain so I decided to do them now (I'm hoping that choice doesn't bite me in the tender area later.

[Guest]

Hi all, well I've done it, the roofs gone (hope I can make the canvas roof for it.






I'm going to use the cut out roof as a template for making the ribs for the canvas part.

[Guest]

That looks a great kit, look forward to seeing it come together ☺

[Guest]

It truly is a great kit I would recommend it to anyone. It's a pocher kit for pocket money prices.

[james pithouse]

your insane ken nice work tho

[Guest]

Hi all here is the framework for the canvas roof (the nuts and bolts won't stay the final version will have a plastic pin) I may try a version using piano wire as the copper wire is very soft, it may stiffen up a bit when the canvas is stitched to it (that I think is going to be a nightmare, not known for my sewing skills)
Need to make a couple of of ribs for the middle section.

[Guest]

Looks the part, will it be a working roof or just for show.

[Guest]

I'm hoping to make it working.

[Guest]

Very cool, looking forward to seeing the progress.

[Guest]

Hi all here is another update on this.
From my experience of building this kit before it is critical that this piece is glued totally square and true if you don't want bonnet fitting problems.
As you can see from the pics with a little effort you can get a perfect fit.





On my first build this part was out only by about a half a mill and when I fitted the bonnet there was a 5 mil gap at the top which I could not get rid of, after days of investigation scratching my head and swearing it turned out this was the problem, of course I had got a lot further on in the build and it caused me a lot of problems to sort it out.

[Guest]

Hi all another update, I've made the carpets out of wet and dry then the driving mat out of couser sand paper.