Evenin All,
Thank you all, so so much for your comments guys, it really does mean a lot to me.
Your positive feedback tells me that i'm going in the right direction.
Just wanted to say mate, that my 'a bit meh' comment was more about how friggin difficult and frustrating it was to get this thing to this point, the ideas really didn't flow so well the last few weeks.
I'm happier now because i've had a good week, but i was struggling mate.
So enought of my moaning, down to buisness, lets go, lets go....move it, move it.
Pix..
Decided three big sticking points i was having........
1. Decided, unfortunately, to loose everybody's favourite driver, Colin, because i was losing so much time trying to fit the car around him, instead of him fitting into my car, plus he's modelled on a big fat 70's era driver, it's like when fat boy Micheal Andretti drove for McLaren and he couldn't fit in the car properly, well that was the reason he gave for his poor performance, anyhoo Colin was fighting me so i binned him, don't panic, i didn't literally bin him i just decided to take the oppertunity to detail the cockpit a bit more.
2. Decided that, yes, i was going to rob the williams seat belts. I will buy a an after market set.
3. Decided to cut the cockpit module in half so i had better access.
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Gave the halves a quick sand
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Installed the seat frame in the lower cockpit module.
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Borrowed the front of a tank for the foot well
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Also added side rails to the tub
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Slotted the square stock to recieve the cockpit cover.
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Cut a top plate and added some slots to also recieve the cockpit cover
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Side plates
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Added a few more wires to extend the detail panel a bit
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Dry fit
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Put some 'T' stock along the top edges of the slotted square stock
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Epoxie sculpt seat and head rest
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Another dry fit
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Some side details
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Rear bulkhead and fire prevention system
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Dry fit with all cockpit components
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Ready for............
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You guessed it, Primer
Mmmmmmmm primer, my favourite season
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And that is the story so far,
Next, who knows, i supose i should paint the cock pit. Still intend to put some details on the inside of the cockpit cover and i still haven't figured out how i'm going to make the windscreen.
But, that's for another day
Take care
Gagster
