sjordan2 Posted January 17, 2012 Posted January 17, 2012 I would love to see what you would do with Tamiya's Lotus 7 SII to replicate "The Prisoner" KAR120C. (Does that kit have the Ford Cosworth 1500 engine?)
Harry P. Posted January 17, 2012 Posted January 17, 2012 Not sure about the flocking... it looks a bit too much like shag carpet at that scale... but otherwise excellent job! The paint looks great.
GeeBee Posted January 17, 2012 Author Posted January 17, 2012 I would love to see what you would do with Tamiya's Lotus 7 SII to replicate "The Prisoner" KAR120C. (Does that kit have the Ford Cosworth 1500 engine?) I have this one in stash to build one day, and yes it does have the Ford Cosworth 1500 c.c engine,
GeeBee Posted January 17, 2012 Author Posted January 17, 2012 Not sure about the flocking... it looks a bit too much like shag carpet at that scale... but otherwise excellent job! The paint looks great. I think the flash on the camera might have made it look like that, but to the naked eye it looks a lot better
GeeBee Posted January 18, 2012 Author Posted January 18, 2012 Decals arrived this morning, (Thanks Shay !!) measued them and although there a gnat's knacker to small, they did the job, I painted behind the decals with flat black, put the decals on, and popped on a few drops of clear resin to replicate the dial glass.
Raul_Perez Posted January 18, 2012 Posted January 18, 2012 Geoff, This is coming along nicely. The color selection is awesome...my favorite combination. Thanks for sharing,
GeeBee Posted January 19, 2012 Author Posted January 19, 2012 I did a little more detailing on it today, I have searched Google, but cannot find a dashboard on a Morgan like the one molded in the kit, but there are 3 warning lights/switches on the dash that needed picking out, so I just popped a dash of silver on them, and got the dash fixed to the bodyshell.
David G. Posted January 21, 2012 Posted January 21, 2012 It's all coming along quite nicely. The dash detail looks great. David G.
sjordan2 Posted January 21, 2012 Posted January 21, 2012 I wonder if the center dash section is supposed to be black like this '62 LHD. The plastic seems to be molded that way.
GeeBee Posted January 21, 2012 Author Posted January 21, 2012 The Morgan 4/4 I am modelling is fitted with the Ford Kent crossflow engine, which wasn't introduced until 1968, the dash is modeled from the photo below, having an all wood panel.
GeeBee Posted January 21, 2012 Author Posted January 21, 2012 Got a bit more done today, finished off all the small parts under the bonnet, the instruction say to paint the coil black ?? I painted it aluminium and did the top in hull red, I used 3 hour epoxy to fix the chassis to the body as there a steering joint to fiddle around with and then I clamped and taped everything together, after that little lot the heater box and pipes were fitted and then the exhaust manifold, and as it had to fix in 4 spots to the engine plus it has to go through a hole in the inner wing, it was like being a gynecologist, but I got it nailed in the end, I'm sure parts grow as soon as you put glue anywhere near them, as I got it to fit perfect on the dry run, add some 5 minute epoxy and it didn't want to know ...
jaymcminn Posted January 22, 2012 Posted January 22, 2012 Excellent work, Geoff. this might be the motivation I need to get started on the one I've had for fifteen years now...
Cato Posted January 22, 2012 Posted January 22, 2012 Coil should be black. They are made of black phenolic and filled with oil. Modern HP coils are filled with epoxy.
jeffs396 Posted January 22, 2012 Posted January 22, 2012 Looks great so far Geoff! One of these would make a cool street rod with a nice American V8
GeeBee Posted January 22, 2012 Author Posted January 22, 2012 I should have marked out and painted the trim at the back before the bodyshell was fitted to the chassis, but you always think about these things after the event ! However I painted them this morning and it went a lot better than I had anticipated.
GeeBee Posted January 22, 2012 Author Posted January 22, 2012 (edited) Coil should be black. They are made of black phenolic and filled with oil. Modern HP coils are filled with epoxy. I'm not sure where your from, but here in England, most coils fitted to these were the Lucas 12 volt coil, made of aluminium, some had a black top while others had a brownish top, this is a photo of a slightly earlier plus 4 with the standard triumph engine fitted, but the coil would have been the same as fitted to the 1600 4/4 which was introduced in 1968. Edited January 22, 2012 by GeeBee
Cato Posted January 22, 2012 Posted January 22, 2012 I'm not sure where your from, but here in England, most coils fitted to these were the Lucas 12 volt coil, made of aluminium, some had a black top while others had a brownish top, this is a photo of a slightly earlier plus 4 with the standard triumph engine fitted, but the coil would have been the same as fitted to the 1600 4/4 which was introduced in 1968. A little hamlet called USA. I stand corrected about UK parts. You've answered your own question.
Erik Smith Posted January 22, 2012 Posted January 22, 2012 This is a great looking build. Very clean and well done. I really like. If I didn't have 87 years worth of projects lined up, your build would get me going on one of these.
my66s55 Posted January 22, 2012 Posted January 22, 2012 This is a nice looking as well as educational build as I see it. This model is on my to do list for the current year and I definitely will mark it for future reference. Beautiful build.
Leadworks Posted January 22, 2012 Posted January 22, 2012 Morgans are a rare beast to begin with...but...you've got it...LOOKIN GOOD..
GeeBee Posted January 22, 2012 Author Posted January 22, 2012 one of the things that seems odd to me about the kit is the height of the seatbacks. i'll admit i have not looked at any 1:1 Morgan pics to see if they are all like that or is it just certain years but it reminds me a lot of my sisters Fiat 850 Spyder which has some tall backs on the seats. to me her car needs seating with a shorter back, so that it's barely taller than the rear body work. i know it's probably a safety thing to have taller seatbacks for support of your upper back, shoulders and neck in the case of an accident but i think from an asthetic standpoint it looks horrible on roadsters or convertibles to have a seat sticking up above the body work. I must admit I do prefer it if the seat back were lower, I'm really not sure what year they changed them, but I know Morgan had to do a lot of work on them to meet the U.S regulation, I am thinking higher seat backs might have been one of them, but later 4/4's here in England have the same highback seats.
GeeBee Posted January 22, 2012 Author Posted January 22, 2012 (edited) Morgans are a rare beast to begin with...but...you've got it...LOOKIN GOOD.. Thanks, But If you take a drive to Malvern Links in Worcestershire (about 40 mile from where I live) you will still them road testing Morgans on the road, I was lucky to have a look around the factory in the mid 1980's, and it still hasn't changed today, Edited January 22, 2012 by GeeBee
GeeBee Posted January 24, 2012 Author Posted January 24, 2012 When I masked off the bodyshell to paint the bulkhead black, I also airbrushed the inner wings, but because the way I masked off, I didn't paint the rear part of the under body, so that was done using Humbrol black acrylic brushed on, the exhaust was fitted and the rear valance and bumper bars were fitted at the same time, the front grill was a little bit tricky to fit, as I had fitted the grill surround at the beginning of the build before I had painted the bodyshell, but this should be fitted later in the build, but it's worth fixing it on before painting as it makes for a cleaner build, the bonnet panels were simply clipped into place, the wheels were also just push fitted onto the axles as there are poly caps fitted inside the axles, the spare was fixed into place using 5 minute epoxy.
GeeBee Posted January 26, 2012 Author Posted January 26, 2012 (edited) Well I have some more clear 5 minute glue on order, so I can't fix any chrome or glass on at the moment, so I've started the aluminium trim of the hood, for this Ii'm using aluminium Bare Metal Foil. Edited January 26, 2012 by GeeBee
sjordan2 Posted January 26, 2012 Posted January 26, 2012 Very nice work on the aluminum trim. My brother had a '59 MGA with sliding plexi side curtains like that, which were quite handy.
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