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« Reply #45 on: October 04, 2015, 10:18:19 AM » |
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Pictures of the radiator mounts and the radiator in position.
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« Reply #47 on: October 04, 2015, 10:24:14 AM » |
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First go at the wire buck for the bonnet still need to think about the headlights, wings and grill, but interesting none the less.
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« Reply #49 on: October 04, 2015, 10:30:34 AM » |
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I made a small jig out of MDF so I could make a pair of wire arches for the front wheels. This would let me see how the arches will look against the bonnet lines. Rolled the 8mm wire to the required diameter which gives a 40mm clearance between the tyre and the top and the arch and the overhang is 16mm.
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« Reply #51 on: October 04, 2015, 10:36:11 AM » |
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Well that’s what the bonnet and grill surround are going to look like. Next are the wings incorporating the front headlights.
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« Reply #53 on: October 04, 2015, 10:40:38 AM » |
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Decided the front arches were too wide so they have been moved to the rear and new smaller arches have been made for the front to allow more room between the arch and the bonnet. With the headlights on order and the front and rear arches in position I decided to mock up the lower cover panel to see what it would look like.
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« Reply #54 on: October 04, 2015, 10:44:12 AM » |
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I decided to work on the front spoiler/front wing edge so I could then build and locate the head light cluster, since I have had no luck with choosing a head light from any of the car manufactures. I needed to brace the grill surrounded so I bolt a piece of angle to the roll bar brackets and braced to the grill surround to the angle. This allowed me to move the jig cross member to support the lower spoiler wirer.
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« Reply #56 on: October 07, 2015, 07:25:18 PM » |
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I needed to mount the headlights in position before I could have a go at making the lens covers so I made a bracket out of sheet which would hold both lights but would also bolt in and out for quick removal.
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« Reply #57 on: October 07, 2015, 07:26:11 PM » |
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Well this is the seconded design and attempt. The buck is made of MDF with a wood filler top coat to give a smooth finish (aluminium epoxy resin would have been better). I used 2mm thick acrylic sheet heated to about 185 degrees for 50 seconds before applying the vacuum and then raising the buck into the heated acrylic sheet. Finish is very good just a couple of imperfections which will be sorted out before the final lenses are made which will be 3mm thick. Also need to check what the light scatter is like.
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« Reply #59 on: October 07, 2015, 07:28:35 PM » |
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Now I know I can make the lens I needed to make the headlight housing. The housing was made of 1.6mm sheet steel. I also wanted to include the side light inside the headlight housing so I turned down some aluminum bar to mount the LED side light. The next job is to finish of the inside of the housing by making a buck and vacuum form some styrene to form a reflective inner cover.
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