Finished up the side panels this morning . I started last week by drawing the upholstery onto the .020" panels I made earlier . Lots of trial and error and some compromise to get it to look right .
Then they were cut apart into separate pieces , the edges were beveled , and they were glued onto the kits side panels . Next some piping was added and the chrome top caps were formed and glued in place . When I drew the patterns I didn't even consider the top caps , everything should have been lowered to make room . After it's all painted and in the car hopefully it won't be too noticeable .
I was going to make the window cranks out of some plastic rod but then decided to try using some Bondic , I've had it a month or so and haven't tried it yet ! I found some decent cranks in the '64 Belvedere kit and made some small molds with mold putty .
After filling the molds with Bondic I inserted short lengths of rod into each one and cured them with the Bondic light tool . . . pretty cool ! The rods will mount the cranks into holes that were drilled in the sides . Each mold has one window crank and one door handle , the door handles will be shortened and a knob added to make the rear window cranks .
Next arm rests were made by shaping some flat strips and adding some rod for piping . .
Here's the finished arm rests with handles added and the finished window cranks .
And the finished panels with arm rests and cranks installed . They're just inserted into the drilled holes , after paint they'll be glued in place .
Thanks for looking . Now on to the seats !