Cato Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 Excellent work on the teenie stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry P. Posted October 14, 2014 Author Share Posted October 14, 2014 The kit's horn tube was too short... it would leave the horn bulb hanging in space. So I had to replace it with one I made by bending brass rod to shape. Bending a part like that is mostly trial and error... there's really no way to "lay it out" beforehand. You just have to eyeball it, bend it where you thing it should be bent, test fit it, rebend, test fit it, rebend... etc. I also had to scratchbuild the mounting bracket, using thin sheet aluminum, cut to size, drilled, and bent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjordan2 Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 I don't get a photo in your post number 74 -- just the old question mark in a blue box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry P. Posted October 14, 2014 Author Share Posted October 14, 2014 That's weird... I see it on my computer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjordan2 Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 That's weird... I see it on my computer. Got it now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry P. Posted October 14, 2014 Author Share Posted October 14, 2014 Here you can see the hood latches installed: The kit also had no hood hinge, but the hinge is very visible on the real car. I scratchbuilt it (it doesn't work, it's just for show... the hood is glued shut). The hinge barrel is a length of solder that I scribed the individual segments on by rolling the solder under my X-acto blade. The "leaf" of the hinge is made of cardstock, and the bolt heads are tiny blobs of 5-minute epoxy. The hinge was sprayed Rustoleum Metallic Brass when finished, then given a Future/acrylic black wash, and "glued" in place with Future: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobthehobbyguy Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 Nice work. Looks great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjordan2 Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 Each one of your brass cars is more beautiful than the last. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cato Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 Each one of your brass cars is more beautiful than the last. Yeah, he's really getting the hang of this stuff eh????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry P. Posted October 16, 2014 Author Share Posted October 16, 2014 The trunk kit came today–one day earlier than it was supposed to. Woo Hoo!!! Here it is: It looks like a very nice kit. Included are all the pre-cut wood parts for the trunk walls and the various straps and crosspieces, paper sheets with printed patterns on it for the outside of the trunk, also printed paper for the inside... material for the straps and handles, and a bunch of beautiful photoetched hardware, plus instruction booklet: The PE hardware is really nicely done: The only problem is that this kit is 1/12 scale and my model is 1/16... so the trunk is too big. Not a big deal, though. Since it's a kit and not a preassembled trunk, I can easily cut down all the pieces and make mine slightly smaller all around, to fit the back of the De Dion perfectly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AzTom Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Very nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry P. Posted October 17, 2014 Author Share Posted October 17, 2014 It took me longer than I thought it would to build the trunk. But it's done, cut down smaller from the kit to fit this model... which is now going "Under Glass." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunkypeanutbutter Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Seeing you do a build makes you seem more... common Looks fabulous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry P. Posted October 17, 2014 Author Share Posted October 17, 2014 Seeing you do a build makes you seem more... common Looks fabulous. I don't know if that's a compliment or a slam... BTW... I've posted tons of models here. Probably 20-30 or more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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