Armortek model build

[8ntruck 6,998]

@Mickwhitt what did you use for the indicator lights on the dash.

[Mickwhitt 4,617]

The lights were turned from 1/8th brass rod. I made a form to to produce a slightly domed recess in the centre. Then painted them with Tamiya clear lens paint for model cars. Came out looking good I think

 

[8ntruck 6,998]

 I thought that they might have been glass or plastic jewels or similar.

[Mickwhitt 4,617]

Phew,  been a hectic few weeks away from the build bench. 

 

Garden projects and holidays took far too much of my hobby time lol. 

 

Why is the rum gone?

Why is the rum always gone? Lol

 

And my favourite, courtesy of young Frankenstein.....

 

WHAT KNOCKERS!

 

Anyway, back to the build...

 

I've done some primer spraying on the chassis dear readers, but that's about as interesting as watching it dry.

 

So today I started to Nankle (technical term in Yorkshire) with the brake and clutch pedals. The original pre-production models had cast bronze pedal heads. But as it was just after the Second World War II, bronze was in short supply so they changed them to steel. I am copying a pre-production variant so brass it has to be....

 

 

 

The studs cast into the face were a puzzle for me to replicate.  So I drilled holes 1mm diameter and soldered brass pins in, which I then filed and polished.

 

This is a pic of the original pedal box...

 

 

 

 

[ebinmaine 67,424]

7 minutes ago, Mickwhitt said:

courtesy of young Frankenstein.....

 

An excellent display of fine film making if ever there was one.  

 

 

 

 

[Mickwhitt 4,617]

9 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

 

An excellent display of fine film making if ever there was one.  

 

 

 

 

If ever I need a laugh out loud movie this is the one I go to.  It would be my desert island choice.

Marti Feldman is priceless as Eyegore against Gene Wilders Froderick. 

And putting on the ritz fells me every time. 

I played that clip to a 20 year old recently and he just could not see the funny in it. 

What's wrong with young people today?

[Handy Don 12,213]

3 hours ago, Mickwhitt said:

What's wrong with young people today?

Those young people ask “What’s wrong with those old folks?” as they cringe at some of the language which we’ve learned not to use anymore.

Not all humor ages well, IMHO. 

[Mickwhitt 4,617]

After yet more obstructions to my building of the model I made a start on the wheel hubs .

The kit hubs were drilled at M2.5 to take plain bolts, clearly nothing like the studs and lug nuts that the full size vehicle has.

I decided to enlarge the thread to M3 and make wheel studs. Not a huge job but repetitive with 5 studs per wheel.

Then came the lug nuts, I used hexagon brass bar to make them. Turning a taper, drilling and tapping them M3 to suit the wheel, then parting off to length.

I'm quite happy with the look and when painted up they will be just fine. 

 

 

 

 

 

[Mickwhitt 4,617]

Wheels finally done, valve stems and dust caps made from M2.5mm bolts.

Just got to make a suitable centre for the hubs now. The mode is designed to have a csk screw fitted as an extra way for retaining the hub. But it looks wrong so I'll make something to fit that looks the part. 

 

[Mickwhitt 4,617]

The centre of the rear hub now has a turned cap screw as mentioned above.

Looks just like the original when painted up. 

[Mickwhitt 4,617]

Made a start on the front hubs. They have a distinctive star shaped flange in the centre which is not accurately copied on the model.

 

I decided to try and replicate this in scale and had to think about how I could do this.

I decided on machining a brass plate with false bolt heads on it and a brass grease cap with a stud set in it to screw into the stub axle.

With the wheel in place it looks good, just have to make 2mm headed bolts to sit in the holes in the flange.

[953 nut 55,189]

             Glad to see you are back out in the shop and sharing your progress with us.