Anybody that checks my threads would know I like to build 50/60's sports racing cars, particulary from old slot cars or toys. My latest pick up from a mate was a rough fibreglass Lister Knobbly body that another friend had pulled off an old vacform slot car body back in the 60's. Part of the rear was missing and the sills were straight, not curved, to allow the original to be removed from the mould. I checked the scale and as it came in marginally smaller than 1/24th I decided to have a go and see how it looked after some work. The sills were cut off and new ones shaped from MDF, vacformed and attached. The rear was deepend using styrene. For those Lister fans out there the rear is still incorrect, it should curve under but this one is relatively straight. I filled the area between the rear guards with epoxy to give it a more correct higher tail, it looked a bit like a Birdcage Maserti at the rear!! Anyway after some work it looked reasonable so I put it into silicon and that is the status at the moment. Shortly I will slush form a resin body, cut out the broken windscreen and form a new one from MDF coated in epoxy, I can then pull a vacform. Won't be built for a while but look for it "under glass" in a few months time.
Tks for looking
Dave B