Think I've got a couple of PS2 games laying around if you wanna buy them cheap.Originally Posted by ade
Medal of Honour and I think there's a new and sealed F1 game.
Think I've got a couple of PS2 games laying around if you wanna buy them cheap.
Medal of Honour and I think there's a new and sealed F1 game.
wats your current sate of your models then ade? how far have i gone down your waiting list?
matt - just bought both them games!
Now have a total of 25! havent even played half of them yet! The wifes banned me from ebay
RC - model list is still HUGE! I'm hoping to start some more shortly although am currently grinding my teeth on one for Alex Mac - his novas was in TV a few months back. Its got so many subtle mode its driving me crazy!
Ade
will "hopefully" start on the nova this week after work. Have set the wifes expectations that I want as much done on it as I can this year.
Goddamnit!
hows it going ade
not bad - done nowt on the car - its in next doors garage and theyre having work done on the garden so theres tons of stuff dumped in front of the garage - I cant get in to do anything!
grrr
No bother really - too feckin cold to do much anyway
Thats what you get for living in Bonny scotland.
Was 24 degrees at the weekend in Oxford.
Friday 20th April 2007
Finally got a bit more done on the car - well not the car as such - that's still tucked away in next doors garage.
But did some more work on my boot project. As you know I'm attempting to build a smoothed boot without the use of a welder. After not working on the boot for some time, it was interesting to come back to it after several months and take a good look at it. As many of you mentioned skimming it and getting it absolutely level was going to be a major problem after I'd filled the hole. And you were right. So rather than add more filler (which will inevitably crack) I decided to remove the filler skim from the surface of the original boot and skin the entire lower section in metal. I left the original metal infill though as this will add strength to the new section (and has the new boot lock carrier attached to it).
To do this I needed a piece of metal long enough - your standard B&Q sheets are about 20cm too short and I didnt want to have to fork out for a bigger bit incase it didnt work - so after searching my garage I hit upon the idea of using the rest of the Punto bonnet skin I'd used for my bonnet extension (another work in progress...). This was not only the right length but was also slightly curved which is a bonus as the novas boot isnt actually flat (theres a slight curve in it which is why some smoothed boots dont look quite right).
Firstly I seperated the top skin from the support structure and measured out the area I needed. I then marked out a hole for the bonnet release (my VW/Vauxhall converted badge locking mechanism) - this had to be in exactly the right spot otherwise it wouldnt sit over the existing hole cut in the boot.
I then cut out the shape using metal cutters and cut the hole out with a jigsaw (deafening myself in the process).
Now - placing an entire metal skin on the Nova's boot could cause some problems - the main one being there will be a lip formed by the new sheet metal from the angled section (above the existing grab handle/wiper hole area). I worked out that if the skin was bonded correctly (using liquid metal or tiger seal) to the surface of the boot and then the edges were folder over in the same way as an original car skin is bonded to the super structure it would be more than rigid enough and as such I could simply skim the angle to match the metal lip with filler.
So thats what I did - and it came out superbly!
The best bit occured when cutting the metal from the old Punto bonnet, I noticed part of the detailing from the bonnet (the angled lines) were half on the area I needed - this added an additional detail to the boot along with the central boot badge I'm making.
Heres 2 pics of it almost complete (skimmed and just needs smoothing) -
you can just make out the angled lines. I'mm take these curves down into the bumper...
When cutting the hole for the boot badge I noticed it wasnt perfectly round (almost impossible to do with a jigsaw) so to tidy this area up I made a plastic rim to surround the badge. This was made on a small lathe I bought off ebay for ?20! It's one of those ones you just stick a drill into the end - basic but did the job perfectly.
When added to the edge it really tightens up the detail. This will be fixed in place and smoothed in with the boot.
The VW badge will be replaced with a Griffin.
That's it for the time being. Need to get Alex Mac's model nova finished (the silver one in TV a few months back) - it's doing my nut in (still!)
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