Duddly01 Posted March 7 Author Posted March 7 A little more work on the 1984 Porsche Cabriolet. Carpet flocking in the interior, installed much of the interior, added seatbelts. Added some chassis details from the newer kit of parts, steering was made poseable. Added the scratch built rear vent. Finished the painting and now ready to move on to final assembly. 4
STU111 Posted March 7 Posted March 7 Looking great Donald. The tape gives a nice texture to the convertible roof. Excellent choice of colour. I’m looking forward to seeing the finished product. 👍🏻 1
Duddly01 Posted March 7 Author Posted March 7 8 hours ago, Mattilacken said: Great progress! Looks sharp! Thank you! 5 hours ago, STU111 said: Looking great Donald. The tape gives a nice texture to the convertible roof. Excellent choice of colour. I’m looking forward to seeing the finished product. 👍🏻 Thank you! Shouldn’t be too long now.
Duddly01 Posted March 9 Author Posted March 9 (edited) Final assembly well under way. I should be able to finish and take pictures of the build for underglass tomorrow. Body and chassis joined. This was much more of a pain then expected because of the door panels that attach into the body first. LEDs installed to chassis first too. Engine compartment detailed and wiring hooked up in the trunk. Felt trunk liner created. wheels did not fit at all, they sat too high and the rears stuck halfway out of the fenders. Took a lot of modifying to fit. Front suspension still poseable. Edited March 9 by Duddly01 3
DJMar Posted March 9 Posted March 9 Looking really sharp! I don't know how you manage to get the wiring and bulbs in place during assembly. I can barely get a stock kit together without breaking something. 1
Duddly01 Posted March 9 Author Posted March 9 39 minutes ago, DJMar said: Looking really sharp! I don't know how you manage to get the wiring and bulbs in place during assembly. I can barely get a stock kit together without breaking something. Thank you! Certainly takes a lot a mocking up. I created a set of headlight buckets resin mold then drill a 1.8mm center hole for the LED. Ends up looking like a filament in the bulb. A lot of older kits have chrome for the light I make resin mold and recreate out of UV clear resin. The hardest part is making headlight door work for cars like cougars and corvettes. This car was actually one of the more simple. Luckily the real car has tubes that run each side of the floor I could make the LED wiring emulate. 1
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