Rolls-Royce No Chemicals, No Paint, No Harmful Glues

[Anglia105E]

3 hours ago, MarkJ said:

David, if that pin continues to come off of the hood after super gluing you could drill a hole where the pin was and replace it with a metal pin kind of like the same thing that was an option with the roof antenna. Just a thought.

Mark J.

You and I are thinking alike Mark . . . Immediately after my previous reply to John, the thought crossed my mind to use a short metal pin, which can be the same type of pin as the roof antenna . . . Great minds think alike, they do say !

David

[MarkJ]

4 hours ago, Anglia105E said:

You and I are thinking alike Mark . . . Immediately after my previous reply to John, the thought crossed my mind to use a short metal pin, which can be the same type of pin as the roof antenna . . . Great minds think alike, they do say !

David

David, I think there might be some kind of telepathy going on here. You never know. 

Mark J.

[Anglia105E]

15 minutes ago, MarkJ said:

David, I think there might be some kind of telepathy going on here. You never know. 

Mark J.

Yes Mark, that must be what is happening . . . telepathy indeed.

David

[Anglia105E]

The passenger side bonnet panel front hinge pin has been super glued back in place, and hopefully this will hold when the bonnet panel is fitted later.

To make the two fold up picnic tables that are mounted on the rear of the front seats I have cut out pieces of styrene sheet, which have been PVA glued together to form the tables . . . Once these have been allowed to set overnight, I can use Sharpies to create the burr walnut finish to match the burr walnut dashboard. There will be two chrome handles fixed to each of the picnic tables, which I shall make from paper clips cut to size and shape. Then both picnic tables can be glued to the backs of the front seats . . .

David

 

[Anglia105E]

Some work done on the two vanity mirrors this evening, alongside the ongoing work for the picnic tables. Each of the mirrors will have a burr walnut frame, and they are simply pieces of thin white card . . . The driver's side vanity mirror has a cigar lighter, while the passenger side mirror does not have a cigar lighter. I shall be using a small amount of Molotow Liquid Chrome for the mirror glass area . . .

David

[MarkJ]

David, wouldn't it be cool if you could find real mirror material to put there for your vanity mirrors. Hard as I try, I can't think of any kind of packaging or anything that exists that you could use for that. But it sure would be neat if you could. 

Mark J.

[johnyrotten]

If you can find it, 2024 grade aluminum shines up to an almost mirror finish very easily. That's what you commonly see on airstream trailers. Periodically I make panels for a builder of those at work, thickness as thin as .025 inch. This is 30 seconds with a microfiber and mother's polish. No other prep.

[Anglia105E]

3 hours ago, MarkJ said:

David, wouldn't it be cool if you could find real mirror material to put there for your vanity mirrors. Hard as I try, I can't think of any kind of packaging or anything that exists that you could use for that. But it sure would be neat if you could. 

Mark J.

I agree Mark . . . These are very small mirrors. and to begin with I shall see how Molotow Liquid Chrome refill works, when applied with the point of my CD marker.

David

[Anglia105E]

1 hour ago, johnyrotten said:

If you can find it, 2024 grade aluminum shines up to an almost mirror finish very easily. That's what you commonly see on airstream trailers. Periodically I make panels for a builder of those at work, thickness as thin as .025 inch. This is 30 seconds with a microfiber and mother's polish. No other prep.

Thanks for your suggestion John, and as I mentioned to Mark, these mirror parts are extremely small so I shall see if I can do it using Molotow Liquid Chrome refill to begin with. Rather than use a brush, which would force me to use a chemical cleaner for the brush afterwards, I use the tip of a CD marker pen.

David

[Anglia105E]

This evening I coated the two white styrene picnic tables, and also the two thin white card vanity mirror frames with permanent black marker.

Then I used WILKO Retro Orange emulsion paint, applied over the black marker areas . . . This has to be allowed to dry for around 24 hours.

Tomorrow, I shall use a brass bristle brush to scratch through the orange surface layer, to produce the burr walnut finish that I am seeking.

This procedure was the result of my referring back to my previous notes, regarding the method used for the dashboard finish.

David

[David G.]

Great progress on this David!

When I built mine, I did make a set of snack trays but I missed the mirrors. I don't recall seeing them in any of the photos I saw during my research. Were they an optional item?

David G.  

Edited yesterday at 12:43 PM by David G.

[Anglia105E]

6 hours ago, David G. said:

Great progress on this David!

When I built mine, I did make a set of snack trays but I missed the mirrors. I don't recall seeing them in any of the photos I saw during my research. Were they an optional item?

David G.  

As far as I am aware David, all of the Silver Cloud I, II and III motor cars had these vanity mirrors fitted. Some of my earlier builds did not have them , but I usually try to add them on every build that I do now . . . The mirrors are a difficult shape to make, and quite small, and actually they are not particularly visible from the outside of the model. Only when you take close up photos through the windows will you see the vanity mirrors.

As regards the picnic tables, I like the idea of having one table in the closed position, and one table dropped down in the open position. Both tables closed is the easy option of course !

David

[David G.]

1 hour ago, Anglia105E said:

As far as I am aware David, all of the Silver Cloud I, II and III motor cars had these vanity mirrors fitted. Some of my earlier builds did not have them , but I usually try to add them on every build that I do now . . . The mirrors are a difficult shape to make, and quite small, and actually they are not particularly visible from the outside of the model. Only when you take close up photos through the windows will you see the vanity mirrors.

As regards the picnic tables, I like the idea of having one table in the closed position, and one table dropped down in the open position. Both tables closed is the easy option of course !

David

Yeah, having one of the tables opened would be great but I just took the easy way out for mine. I just glued some styrene shapes to the seatbacks and painted them.  

 

Cheers! 

=D-

[Anglia105E]

1 hour ago, David G. said:

Yeah, having one of the tables opened would be great but I just took the easy way out for mine. I just glued some styrene shapes to the seatbacks and painted them.  

 

Cheers! 

=D-

Your picnic tables look fine to me David G. . . .

Your dashboard looks really good !

David W.

[Anglia105E]

Tonight was all about cutting the ends off four paper clips, in order to make the handles that fit onto the picnic tables. These were then carefully super glued onto the styrene parts of the tables. Also, I applied a tiny amount of liquid chrome to the vanity mirrors, while keeping within the frames of each mirror . . .

Here are a few photos of tonight's progress, including a couple of photos of a picnic table in the dropped down and open position . . .

David

[David G.]

13 hours ago, Anglia105E said:

Your picnic tables look fine to me David G. . . .

Your dashboard looks really good !

David W.

Thank you kindly David.

Yours are coming along quite nicely too. I think the vanity mirrors you're adding will help give this kit's sparse interior a more complete appearance.

David G.

[MarkJ]

David, I've been thinking about your mirrors, but I think I'm a little too late, but I think a very smooth piece of clear plastic with the chrome being applied to the back of it where the chrome color shows through the clear plastic would have made for a more reflective mirror. But I'm sure the ones you do will turn out great. Also, you did a fine job on those table handles.

Mark J.