Heller 1/8 traction avant cabrolet conversion

[John Huggins]

Its just alcad candy orange sprayed over the chrome just dont give it too msny coats as it will look orange otherwise.

Thank's Ken, sorry should have read from the start of the thread then i would have known, lol

John

 

[Snowman]

You are knocking it out of the park!:eek:

 

[Deleted member 3568]

all here is another update, started the rear suspension

 

[Deleted member 3568]

Hi all well I'm scrapping the marble effect idea (the gold pigment in the paint was too thin and would have required two coats to even start to cover which doesn't work with the marbling effect) (it's a one coat thing) not sure what I will do now, I'm thinking hard now.

I've put the humbrol tin there to give an idea of the size of this beast.

 

[Deleted member 3568]

Hi all well I've attached the front wings (for anybody building this kit the wings and bonnet connections all need reinforcing)

 

[Deleted member 3568]

Hi all well I've attached the front wings (for anybody building this kit the wings and bonnet connections all need reinforcing)

 

[james pithouse]

It's. Beautiful ken keep it up

 

[Deleted member 3568]

Hi all well here's the next bit, I got some leather for the seats (thanks to Roy Fitzsimmons) and I decided to add wooden window sills to it.

 

[Deleted member 3568]

Hi all here is another update (the seats are just placed for now not actually fixed yet) in this kit the front seats are adjustable (just like the real thing) they slide forwards and back.
This really is an amazing kit.

 

[steve5]

as always you are doing an amazing job mate , love the wooden door insert's .

 

[Deleted member 3568]

Hi all here's the next update.

 

[Deleted member 3568]

Hi all next update.

This also has working adjustable seats

 

[american]

Speechless! You definitely know what you are doing there! Well done model!

 

[Deleted member 3568]

Hi all here's the next bit I decided to do something really different with the paint job then couldn't resist trying it all together I need to add a lot of lacquer to it yet but I'm quite pleased with it so far.

 

[Deleted member 3568]

Hi all the next update.

 

[Deleted member 3568]

Hi all another update, the canvas roof is causing me lots of problems, so much so it may end up with a non working roof and just have it displayed in the open position. The bonnet and wings are not fixed just positioned to see how much giggling I will need to do to get a good fit, the bonnet is supposed to be fitted with a piece of rubber on my first build it proved to be a very bad system which tended to come unglued after it had been opened a couple of times, I bought a piano hinge for that job instead, I'm having to keep shaving bits off the front grill to stop it fouling the grill (very slow job as I don't want to shave too much off and have a gap between the grill and the bonnet) with a little forethought I should have cut the hinge a little shorter.

Here's my first build of this at a similar stage.

 

[Deleted member 3568]

Hi all here is the next update.

 

[Deleted member 3568]

Hi all got the doors on and made some door pockets for them, still have to do the catches to keep the doors shut but liking it so far.

 

[dougie]

This build is severely lacking in posts from the other forum members! Great work and progress. Look forward to the imminent conclusion

 

[Deleted member 3568]

Thanks mate, here is another update (I'm afraid I've given up on a working hood so it will be fixed in this position in the finished thing.