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Here is the new C pillar sitting in the body.

Here is how both c pillars look now.

Hey Guys ! Sorry about the lack of photo's of late. There have been a few areas of the build that I have been going over so progress has slowed. As I mentioned in a previous post, I was not happy with the shape of the middle hole on the driver's side c pillar. I had enough, got the knife out and removed it. The problem was not the hole but the press itself so I made a new centre punch for the press. This time I made sure the punches on this side lined up exactly with those on the other side. Once I was happy with their alignment I sanded down the face of the press.

Thanks for the comment Jim !

The last shot shows how its looking with some undercoat. I have refilled some of the hole because some their shape was lost with the sanding process. I will continue to work on this side and then move onto doing the other side which hopefully won't be as much work.

One thing I did was thin down the face of the inner pillar. Upholstery will need to attach the inside of the roof in the form of headliner.

Because the inner pillar is thicker than the outer pillar there was some overhang so I just filled the outer pillar to match.

Hey Guys. More photos at last ! Here is the pillar glued into place.

Hey Guys. I finally got back into the build today after over a week away from it. I am finally starting to feel happy about the shape of the inner c pillar after reworking it. Sorry for the lack of photos but I will post them up tomorrow. I will also try and really break the back on getting these inner pillars done. That will be the next task.

Hey Guys. I will be going away again for about a week so the build will be on hold until I get back. i should re-commence about Wednesday next week. When I do I would like to rap up both c pillars and finally get the roof attached. Stay tuned !

Over all it sits well inside the outer pillar. One thing I will do is reshape the centre hole. To do that I will press some Fimo onto the middle hole on the passenger side pillar, bake it and then press it into the hole on this side to push the putty out. I should be able to replicate the shape quite easily doing this. The next task will be to finish both pillars and get them attached to the body side in preparation for fitting the roof.

After they came out of the oven I went to work to sand down the driver's side pillar so that it would fit inside the outer pillar.

With the two sided hole press complete, I took some more Fimo, flattened it out and pressed it into each side.

By using the image of the template I shaped all the holes as solid shafts. I measured their accuracy with the ones in the image. The shafts were shaped from a synthetic baking clay called Fimo. One I had baked the shafts I sliced each one in half. I then got a piece of clear plastic. This plastic is from CD cases, I brought a pack of them a couple of years ago. I took a piece placed it over the image on the camera and sanded the areas where the shafts would be attached and then glued them in one by one. Once I had all the shafts attached on this side turned it over and repeated the process.

Hey guys. I was in the the process of carving out the holes in the C pillar when I had a total rethink. I realised that if I wanted to get both sides the same there was an easier faster and easier way.

I am using my precision hand drill for this and its proving to be a very slow process. I can't afford to make the holes too big or the whole thing will be ruined. This is why I am using the hand drill. One I had put all the pilot holes through the first template, I attached a second one with double sided tape and and drilled through those hole into the second one. This is where I am at so far.

I then got some double sided tape and attached the template to a piece of 2mm thick styrene. With the template in place I began drilling out the centres from the holes.

With the template in place I was able to get a more accurate idea of the shape of the c pillar.

With the image traced it was then then cut to shape and compared with the pillar to make sure it was in proportion.

The reason I placed the template in front of the black backdrop was because I needed the contrast for the tracing process.

Looking at it I realised that the different shapes would be very difficult to reproduce accurately in 1:25 scale so I came up with a simple solution. The first thing I did was measure the length of the centre hole, "the elongated one". With the 1:1 measurement I then found the 1:25 scale measurement. With that worked out I placed the template in front of the cupboard, put the camera on full macro setting took the rule and stood with the camera at a point where I could measure the centre hole in the template in the view finder. When I was satisfied that the distance between the camera and the actual template was right, I measured the hole in the image to make sure it was the same length as the 1:25 scale measurement and photographed the template. The image in the viewfinder was a perfect 1:25 scale size that I could use to check of the the actual construction of the models templates.

Hey guys. I managed to make up the cardboard template yesterday.

Hey Guys. I have decided to focus solely on the chassis at the moment because there is so much to do on it. After using two lengths of box tubing to deepen the rails I filled in all the gaps with body filler, sanded it back and undercoated it. With the rails done i will focus back on completing the cross members which will be my next task.

I just found your build and I have to say.......AWESOME !

Hey guys. I had a go at making up some paper templates of the c pillars. I pressed the paper against the inside of the pillar and and tries to push an indentation with very little success. I will go down first thing in the morning with some some card board and try the same thing. I might use a hammer to try and get the outline. The paper is just too flimsy and I need more than two A4 sizes to cover the entire area. I will cut some thin cardboard to the exact shape of the inside pillar. I am thinking of using an inverted cereal box for the job, the cardboard is thin enough for the indentions but not too thin too fall apart one the indentations are made. Hopefully that will solve the problem and tomorrow night I will have the inner pillars made up.