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That carpet looks identical to what I'm using for my 1/16 Mercedes, which is very thin faux velvet Christmas wreath ribbon, hit with a light spray of black window tint.

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That carpet looks identical to what I'm using for my 1/16 Mercedes, which is very thin faux velvet Christmas wreath ribbon, hit with a light spray of black window tint.

Will we ever see it??

As you said to Harry, 'I'm not getting any younger...'

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Taking a breath...

As has been advised by well-meaning followers, I've decided to pause and do a review of where this is going. So I photoed some parts in natural light and this is very close to how they look in person.

I gathered all the main elements of color and grouped them together for a good look. For better or worse, I'm now committed to this combination; fenders, running boards, cowl and hood top in Toreador Red (a deep maroon). Body sides and wheels in Sweet Cream. The cabin in gray leather with wine-colored carpet and red burl. The top is a dark cranberry-type gaberdine fabric. The chassis in German Gray.

I am slightly afraid as I view this as somewhat adventurous but it IS appealing to my eye and seems to work well all together. The textures of the rubber tires, velour-type carpet and glass-smooth paint (that fender is not polished yet), set off by touches of bright nickel on the hood hinge and Landau Bars will give the visual interest I was hoping for.

Feel free to disagree:

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A joyous thank you...

First for those kind comments about the direction of my Rolls.

But more importantly, a very heartfelt thanks to those of you who have expressed good wishes for my bride's health.

Late today we got word from her surgeon that all is well and no further treatments will be necessary. A small surgery remains in about a month's time but that will make all right again. Our joy and relief is huge.

I will be on care-giver duty a bit longer but that will be a joyous task.

I will surely be putting hours at the bench back on the clock to hopefully complete this epic I created of a Pocher build. I hope your patience continues.

Thanks and regards,

C

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Hello Cato,

Really like your trim solution for the carpet !!! I think your colors are superb choices.

Glad for you on the home front !!!!!

Randy

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Getting silly...

Thank you guys, very kind wishes are appreciated.

Having gotten comfortable with the 'paper wood' technique, I decided to push my luck. I never liked the cut-off bottom edge of the IP so I made a proper finished edge which protrudes similar to the top edge. Just a fanciful idea and these were custom built to owners whims anyway so what the heck...

The practical side is I learned how to make 90 degree edges mate acceptably which will be useful for the door trim. There is a top edge meeting the side face on those and now I know I can accomplish that. Also the paper glues just fine in the semicircular dip in the center of the panel.

More silliness when I made a plate which has slots around the pedal openings in the carpet. Gives a finished edge instead of a rectangular hole in the carpet. Some bits of styrene card and two different foils topped off with SMS fastener heads. The hard part was getting the slots in the right places; the pedals are affixed in the chassis so the floorpan had to go on and the workpiece cut and fit many times.

The sharp-eyed among you may notice some instrument holes in the panel; MMC jewel-like nickel plated switches will go in those as soon as the postman rings - once. You may or may not approve but it was relative 'fun' stuff to do. I seem to be avoiding those monstrous (to me) front seats but will face that music soon now:

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Great news Cato. I went through a similar adventure a few years back when the wife had colon cancer, since beaten. It really brings everything into focus about what's really important. Keep the faith!

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Taking a breath...

As has been advised by well-meaning followers, I've decided to pause and do a review of where this is going. So I photoed some parts in natural light and this is very close to how they look in person.

I gathered all the main elements of color and grouped them together for a good look. For better or worse, I'm now committed to this combination; fenders, running boards, cowl and hood top in Toreador Red (a deep maroon). Body sides and wheels in Sweet Cream. The cabin in gray leather with wine-colored carpet and red burl. The top is a dark cranberry-type gaberdine fabric. The chassis in German Gray.

I am slightly afraid as I view this as somewhat adventurous but it IS appealing to my eye and seems to work well all together. The textures of the rubber tires, velour-type carpet and glass-smooth paint (that fender is not polished yet), set off by touches of bright nickel on the hood hinge and Landau Bars will give the visual interest I was hoping for.

Feel free to disagree:

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Very nice... B)

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Great news Cato. I went through a similar adventure a few years back when the wife had colon cancer, since beaten. It really brings everything into focus about what's really important. Keep the faith!

The very same demon here Bruce. Most happy for your bride's result too.

Very nice... B)

Nice to have you back; keep bringing compliments please... :D

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Stepping off the gangplank...

A non-visual update; not much gluing or such to show you in the interim but a lot of re-evaluating and planning. I have in fact designed on paper the interior door panels of leather and wood and made the rear interior panels next to the seat. But a great deal of mental wood-burning.

I have been influenced by the work of a couple of very advanced, professional Pocher builders. I have awakened to the fact that these classic models can be extensively accurized and modified if you plan ahead and are unafraid to hack up expensive plastic.

I learned I could get closer to the 'look' I envisioned for the end product from the day I opened the box. That vision was for a low, jaunty and classy looking Continental tourer in the 'Grand Style'.

Well I got the low part already by lowering the suspension and body work. So now, I'm getting much more aggressive with alterations to get the look.

After a lot of thought and study, I will remove the top from the coach and cut material from it to lower its leading edge. I will also chop the windscreen an equal amount for a compatible roof line. I'll scratch a chrome windshield frame, something not provided in the kit.

The last major mod, which I'm still contemplating, is to lower the cowl which lowers the rear of the hood line (the 1:1 was flat) and aligns the cowl and hood louver tops in a straight line. This last is no parlor trick and requires removal of my previously attached, finished firewall and much panel alteration of the hood bits. Also interior and rear body mods too. Not for the faint of heart and I might chicken-out.

So I'm probably nuts to go this far with what's a nice model OOB. But I'm a sucker for that 'look' I described and although probably adding months (+) to this opus, nothing less will satisfy me.

And if I junk it up, I have only myself to curse. It is not lost on me that this hobby which we all say we do for relaxation has been a non-stop challenge to keep pushing past my limits. Got away with it so far and that instigates me more. I'm learning that that's what Pocher classics are really about.

Crazy... :blink:

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Cool, you are making a chop top!!

Skull and cross bones on the doors???

Hahahaha just messing with you.

I know how hard it is to step off the normal path, cut up an expensive model and do what you want with it.

You fully have my support..in the making of your RR Rat Rod :)

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You fully have my support..in the making of your RR Rat Rod :)

Ahhh-not exactly. It will be very subtle...

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Planning and a little work...

Using tracings of the actual door and rear panel, I sketched-up a design I could live with for the cabin decor:

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Shown here is the proposed top and windscreen cut. The side panel is actually made of 5 parts; .020 styrene (twice), .015 ply, .010 leather and .007 paper (wood). Reason being that having made the rear seat wider than Pocher's, the panel needed to be thinner on the lower section. The wood portion was built up for strength and a realistic thickness and overhang for a wood trim piece. Although not this way, I've seen 1:1's with wood trim in the area below the top like this. The wood is part of the sweep of the door wood cap from the IP rearward. I'm relying heavily on the fact that all these cars were made to order so I'm pretending to be rich and eccentric in 1932.

Yes, I made both sides:

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Tucked in place, it's starting to take shape:

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