KIT No. 98 BUILD

[Charles A Stewart]

Nice touch, Mick.

Cheers
Charles

[mick whittingham]

Charles, I've ordered that same speaker as you and copied the mounting method, I think you've hit on a really neat solution.

I'm looking for some square mesh for the front grille , the brass fret is not quite right.

Mick

[mick whittingham]

In the faffing about and not really doing much to the actual model category I have been playing with tools for the vehicle.
There are some toolkits on line that purport to be original series 1 accessories but I can't be sure.
I plumped for a few Britool open ended spanners and made up other bits and bobs to suit.
The screwdriver is a copy from the Web and looks OK.
I just need to mill a footprint type movable spanner next.
Anyone know what the jack should look like?

[mick whittingham]

Making progress with the radiator assembly.

I bought the same size speaker as Charles and it fits beautifully onto the radiator grille, so the sound comes out where it should.

[mick whittingham]

I'm all into tool making at present, it's something I can do in the little bits of time spare during Christmas.

I made a little cold chisel and centre punch to slip in my Landy tool box.

Pliers and that movable spanner next.

I have laid out all the parts for the body work and I can start planning out the modifications needed to follow HUE as best I can.

[mick whittingham]

Watching Zulu on boxing day is managed to sneak some parts into the lounge and put the rear bodywork together.
Fiddly with the M2.5 fasteners.
I can have a good look at the layout now and make some decisions about which fastenings I can hide and those which I will simply replace.
It's in my mind to bond all the panels together using an industrial adhesive that housebuilders employ to fix metalwork to structures. Then I can drill and rivet the panels while they are properly placed.

[mick whittingham]

Back in the workshop again I modified the front bulkhead piece to allow the eagle head windscreen hinges to sit flush with the front door pillar as they are supposed to. I milled out a step on either side and fabricated new eagle heads from thicker steel to allow csk screws to be used so they can sit low enough to be filled.

This obviously means the windscreen frame won't fit into the narrowed hinge spacing but the hinges brackets need modifying anyway so it's not a big hardship.

[mick whittingham]

A bit of faffing about and I managed to make two brackets that look a little more in keeping with the original screen.

I had to cut off the small hinge pieces from the frame and bolt on the new ones. This isn't in keeping but it does the job.

I'll make some proper hinge bolts with castle nuts in the near future.

[mick whittingham]

Christmas was a little late for me, I ordered a screwdriver set on line but didn't notice that it was shipped from China, or maybe Mars actually.

It arrived this morning, and although it's intended for folks taking mobile phones apart, it's pretty decent.

Powerful little handset and enough bits to tackle most miniature fasteners.