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Hellers 1/8 traction avant cabriolet conversion
Posted: January 21st, 2017, 7:01 pm
by kpnuts
Re: Hellers 1/8 traction avant cabriolet conversion
Posted: January 21st, 2017, 7:13 pm
by JamesPerrin
Very nice the engine looks suitably oily
Re: Hellers 1/8 traction avant cabriolet conversion
Posted: January 22nd, 2017, 12:18 am
by syd-baines
very good like the rust on the cross member and the oil stains on the engine very well done can`t wait to see more of this build
Re: Hellers 1/8 traction avant cabriolet conversion
Posted: January 22nd, 2017, 10:24 am
by Dazzled
Love the way you're building this, as a car in use, warts and all and not a pristine show car.
Re: Hellers 1/8 traction avant cabriolet conversion
Posted: January 22nd, 2017, 8:52 pm
by kpnuts
Re: Hellers 1/8 traction avant cabriolet conversion
Posted: January 22nd, 2017, 9:02 pm
by Dazzled
That's another very neat cut. What method do you use?
Re: Hellers 1/8 traction avant cabriolet conversion
Posted: January 23rd, 2017, 7:32 am
by kpnuts
On the roof I used a dremel with a cutting disc on the corvette doors I used the back of a craft knife blade very gently at first then as the groove gets deeper I press harder (the corners are the hardest bit but don't be tempted to go to quickly as one slip and it will take far longer to remove the resulting scratch.
Re: Hellers 1/8 traction avant cabriolet conversion
Posted: January 23rd, 2017, 5:07 pm
by syd-baines
very neatly done this is coming along nicely
Re: Hellers 1/8 traction avant cabriolet conversion
Posted: January 25th, 2017, 9:43 pm
by kpnuts
Hi all here is the framework for the canvas roof (the nuts and bolts won't stay the final version will have a plastic pin) I may try a version using piano wire as the copper wire is very soft, it may stiffen up a bit when the canvas is stitched to it (that I think is going to be a nightmare, not known for my sewing skills)
Need to make a couple of of ribs for the middle section.
Re: Hellers 1/8 traction avant cabriolet conversion
Posted: January 26th, 2017, 12:21 am
by syd-baines
coming along nicely piano wire might be better as it is not soft like copper but copper is easier to work good job so far
Re: Hellers 1/8 traction avant cabriolet conversion
Posted: January 26th, 2017, 11:31 am
by Stuart
Very nice bit of work
Re: Hellers 1/8 traction avant cabriolet conversion
Posted: January 26th, 2017, 9:05 pm
by kpnuts
Hi all here is another update on this.
From my experience of building this kit before it is critical that this piece is glued totally square and true if you don't want bonnet fitting problems.
As you can see from the pics with a little effort you can get a perfect fit.
On my first build this part was out only by about a half a mill and when I fitted the bonnet there was a 5 mil gap at the top which I could not get rid of, after days of investigation scratching my head and swearing it turned out this was the problem, of course I had got a lot further on in the build and it caused me a lot of problems to sort it out.
Re: Hellers 1/8 traction avant cabriolet conversion
Posted: January 27th, 2017, 11:33 am
by bobblelink
Very interesting build.
Re: Hellers 1/8 traction avant cabriolet conversion
Posted: January 27th, 2017, 7:48 pm
by gnomemeansgnome
Very cool. I suspect you shall have to build a 1/8 scale garage to keep it in as well.
Re: Hellers 1/8 traction avant cabriolet conversion
Posted: January 27th, 2017, 11:58 pm
by syd-baines
coming along very nicely