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"Budget Bug" decals for Sand Scorcher, etc 10 years 7 months ago #24739
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 Without "sintofer" really big big RESPECT Jonny Just a perfect work!  |
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"Budget Bug" decals for Sand Scorcher, etc 10 years 7 months ago #24789
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The filler comes later Stingray, so far I'm just trying to get the shape & added parts broadly correct  |
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"Budget Bug" decals for Sand Scorcher, etc 10 years 7 months ago #24790
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I had a go at the rear lights ... I'm by no means convinced these are correct, but with no rear or even rear 3/4 views I've just had to guess.
I started with strips of 3mm styrene glued together, whittled them at one end to make them a bit more round, spun them down to about 5mm round in my toy lathe (which is not lasting well, I really don't recommend it  ), shaped the ends, slotted & shaped one end to fit the wing sides ...Every time I look at that last pic I keep thinking "To the Batmobile! Thos could be the break we've been looking for!!!"  
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"Budget Bug" decals for Sand Scorcher, etc 10 years 7 months ago #24791
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The rear lights are 1959 Cadillac units.
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"Budget Bug" decals for Sand Scorcher, etc 10 years 7 months ago #24792
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I also made the roof number panel from scraps of 1mm styrene & 0.5mm aluminium sheet ... this will be incredibly vulnerable to rollovers ... something is always going to break on an item like that, but I'd expect the metal bits to tear around the screw holes & bend flat - I think that's better than damaging the roof.
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"Budget Bug" decals for Sand Scorcher, etc 10 years 7 months ago #24793
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Excellent! A bit of paint & maybe a small collar of aluminium tape & I'll be there Unless you were referring to the Batmobile  |
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"Budget Bug" decals for Sand Scorcher, etc 10 years 7 months ago #24794
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"Budget Bug" decals for Sand Scorcher, etc 10 years 7 months ago #24795
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On to the tricky bit - the tonneau cover on the front end (again, I hope that's what it is on the 1:1 car
 ):22 1.5mm holes around the edge of the hole: 
White cotton cloth (technically its "bakers drill") stretched over the hole & held in with M2 screws: 
Cloth removed & marked out: 
Edges superglued so they won't fray ... I was tempted to fold the edge over & hem, but I thought it would look better thinner: 
Front end taped up - making tape & then a layer of clear: 
Cloth refitted ... 
Screws backed off a few turns ... 
... & coated with epoxy resin: 
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