1/43 1950 356 cab conversion

I've been tinkering on this for a couple of months. I started with a white metal Bosica coupe and shaped the rear clip hammer forming over a diecast model of a 356 cab then soldered in place.

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There is alot of work between this pic and the last that I did'nt get any pic's of. The windshield frame was made from 2 sheets of brass soldered together leaving a step for the window frame to sit in. I soldered in place door jambs with hinges and hinged the front and rear lids. There were some parts that came from some unfinshed or abandon projects. The scratch made floor and the working steering came from the parts box. I also molded a cast the correct dash I had previously made.

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Made the luggage rack from brass rod

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Alot a small details will be added to the dash. The radio has a chrome trim ring that I've made in the past using silver wire but was'nt completly satisified. This time I cut the inside opening from silver sheet then silver soldered that to brass sheet then shaped the outside. The dash will get a handfull of different size knobs and switches along with some machined gauges that will show up in pics better after painting.

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Door panels from styrene. Made the door handels and window cranks from silver scraps soldered to .004 brass pins.

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Top boot is bondo that needs more shaping

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Mounted the dash to the body

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Getting close to spraying primer. Can you see the Reutter badge I made?

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It is quite obvious you put alot of work into this, fascinating project. I am really amazed with the luggage rack, very intricate considering the small scale. Keep up the great work.

I nearly missed this thread but I'm very happy i found it.

You already did a great job and I love all the parts you had to create, I'll follow this carefully, it's full of good ideas.

Thanks for looking fellas!!! I really enjoy making these little trinkets & parts... The time consuming part of making them all fit together, not so much:banghead: I'm hoping to finish the body work this weekend and move on to painting. Then I get to work on the wicked 25hp motor:biggrin:

I really enjoy seeing your workmanship. Great stuff!

Finally finding time to dust off the bench with these short days. I started working on some motor parts. I know it's hard to get excited about a 35hp motor but... I started by removing the cast in generator base from the fan shrould replacing that with brass and reworking the generator. Turned the fuel pump, filter & coil in my moto-tool and made a bracket from brass. Made the distributor from brass.

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Painting is a drag:runaround: After alot of priming & sanding I painted the body parts with single stage Glasurit then alot more sanding with micromesh & polishing.

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Holy Sh**! Nice polish work!! Very interesting build so far too!

I can almost read the bulb wattage

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Here's a pic with my 6yr old checking it out

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Thanks for the compliment!!! That was alot of polishing:screwy:

I making the steering work and finalized the fitting of those parts.

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Made a new steering wheel rim and modified the kit parts for the hub & spokes.

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Very interesting build too!!

this is crazy! very nice work!

Very nice indeed.
Can you tell more on the working hinges you made for the doors and hoods? Did you make your own hinging mechanism or did you improve the kit parts? I can imagine that it is not an easy task on this scale.

Furthermore, how did you solder the brass parts onto the white metal? It is known that white metal will melt rapidly, so what is the maximum heat you can use on this material?

Dominique, I made most of the hinges. For the front trunk I used the hinges from the kit and soldered .005 tubing to the body. I also add some bondo blocks inside the body that the hinges rub against to make some friction to hold the lid up. The rear lids hinges were replace with copies I cut from brass sheet and made a c channel that I used to mount to the body. The doors I first made up some door jambs. To those I add a piano hinge made from 4 peices of .005 tubing soldering 2 peices to the jamb side first. Then I drill holes in the door where the hinge parts will meet. I then take the 2 peices of tubing that will mount to the door and add some drips of solder. Then I pin those tubing peices to the other peices on the door jamb and hang the door lining up the drilled holes with the solder drips. Then add enough heat to through the holes in the door to join the hinge peices to the door without fusing the entire hinge together. I hope this makes some sence:screwy:

The maximum heat you can use will depend on the thickness of the material. I use a 40watt iron and will add heat to the brass and use the molten solder to heat white metal and not the iron.

Inspiring build. Great workmanship!

ianc

Dominique, I made most of the hinges. For the front trunk I used the hinges from the kit and soldered .005 tubing to the body. I also add some bondo blocks inside the body that the hinges rub against to make some friction to hold the lid up. The rear lids hinges were replace with copies I cut from brass sheet and made a c channel that I used to mount to the body. The doors I first made up some door jambs. To those I add a piano hinge made from 4 peices of .005 tubing soldering 2 peices to the jamb side first. Then I drill holes in the door where the hinge parts will meet. I then take the 2 peices of tubing that will mount to the door and add some drips of solder. Then I pin those tubing peices to the other peices on the door jamb and hang the door lining up the drilled holes with the solder drips. Then add enough heat to through the holes in the door to join the hinge peices to the door without fusing the entire hinge together. I hope this makes some sence:screwy:

The maximum heat you can use will depend on the thickness of the material. I use a 40watt iron and will add heat to the brass and use the molten solder to heat white metal and not the iron.
Ok, I think I get it. Thanks for the explanation. :smile:

Lovely model and very classy modelling. I like your approach, if the kit part is poor or missing make your own. I try to work the same way, the results will hopefully be worth all the extra effort.

Cheers,
Lee.

Impressive. Movable steering in 1/43 scale is no easy feat. Looking forward to seeing the interior.

Lee, I like your approach too... I used your hinge technique for making hinge supports by folding sheet brass I saw on your GTO build:iceslolan

Yup... The steering is a little tricky getting the linkage right. Hooking it all up at the end is going to be a pain.

Here's a pic of the Bosica wheels from the kit. I polished the hub caps and I'm using whitewalls I got from a diecast.


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Joe, the wheels look amazing quality, are they resin centres on turned rims?
I was considering giving modelling a rest after my DBR1 build but quite like the idea of trying a 1/43 project; how's the quality of the bosica kit?

Cheers,
Lee

Lee, The wheels have turned rims with formed photoetch centers. Those wheels are awesome!!! The quality of the parts in the Bosica kits is great. They come with alot of photoetch parts, many turned parts, nice white metal castings and brass or nickel for the doors & lids. There are fitting issues with the doors and I end up replacing the floor. Considering that they are @ 30 years old now they are great. There has been a few updates on this kit over the years with subtle body changes and better detail on some of the parts. If you ever end up building a 1/43 356 I have molds for some improved parts.

I finished detailing the motor this week. I'm happy with how it turned out but a little dissapointed with how crowded it became once everything is in place. I had carb linkage to install but ran out of room. All the inginition parts need to be a hair smaller next time.

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Unbelievable! I'd like to see a shot of that motor next to a quarter or something for scale.

ianc

A quarter is too big:evillol: Here's a pic of another motor next to a penny:smokin:

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Amazing work Joe, that motor is a work of art. Any Pan am cars in the works?


Tom Tanner/Scale Designs/Ferrari Expo 2012-Chicago March 2012

Hi Tom, I'm planning on doing the #159 Fletcher Aviation car from 1953. I may end up doing the #160 car too. There is a pit scene pic of the 2 cars with their motors out and being worked on in the dirt. I'd like to model the whole scene but I'll start by doing the 159 car first.

Hi Tom, I'm planning on doing the #159 Fletcher Aviation car from 1953. I may end up doing the #160 car too. There is a pit scene pic of the 2 cars with their motors out and being worked on in the dirt. I'd like to model the whole scene but I'll start by doing the 159 car first.



Sounds very cool. Don't forget to add a few palm trees. I think they make
some real nice ones in 1/48th scale for military scenes.

Tom Tanner/Scale Designs/Ferrari Expo 2012-Chicago March 2012

That engine looks fantastic, especially with the penny!

Progressing slowly.... It seems the more free time I find to build the more my lady finds for me to do:crying:

I mounted the wheels & tires and set the ride height. There is not much room for my steering to work and going from mockup to final assembly I had to re-do the steering linkage 3 times to fit and have the correct angle on the column.


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The seats I removed the molded in piping, did some reshaping, scribed in a line around the edge for some new piping and made some brackets from scrape P/E parts. Made the only 2 gauges this car would of come with, spedo & clock. The kit came with the turned gauges and the decals came out of the parts box.

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I like it!
This is coming along so nicely.
The seats look great.
Excellent work.
Andy

Beautiful work on the piping! What did you use to attach the piping so nicely to the seats?

ianc

I making the steering work and finalized the fitting of those parts.

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Made a new steering wheel rim and modified the kit parts for the hub & spokes.

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Great job...perfect conversion!

Ton

Beautiful work on the piping! What did you use to attach the piping so nicely to the seats?

ianc

I use 5min epoxy for everything. I used a peice of wire that was smaller than the piping for a applicator then it got a coat of dull coat on top.


Tony, I think there is alot of room in a curbside model for a steering like that:smokin:

Very nice update. The interior is coming along very well.

Tom Tanner/Scale Designs/Ferrari Expo 2012-Chicago March 2012

Tony, I think there is alot of room in a curbside model for a steering like that

You are right! If the model was mine I even would have considered to open doors/hood/trunk and scratch an engine......but it is a commissioned build. And the current value on Ebay is $1000+ so I am a bit careful with other mans money:smoking:

Ton

Looking good Tony, the stance is just right, the seats lovely.

Shame you can't keep this one, all that effort and someone else is gonna get the pleasure of just looking at it. You're a better man than me; I couldn't part with my recent builds.

Good luck to the end.

Cheers,
Lee.

Looking good Tony, the stance is just right, the seats lovely.

Shame you can't keep this one, all that effort and someone else is gonna get the pleasure of just looking at it. You're a better man than me; I couldn't part with my recent builds.

Good luck to the end.

Cheers,
Lee.

Hi Lee, I created a misunderstanding :biggrin: 914Joe is the creator of this magnificent Porsche! He was referring to a remark I made in my Bugatti thread :grin yes: and I responded in this posting. And it is quite easy to part.....the kit is a limited version ....and not mine:grin yes:

Ton

My mistake Tony; by the way your build is coming along nicely.

Sorry Joe a rushed post between trying to do some real work, I confused myself!
Your Porcshe is looking magnificent.

Lee.

Got the dash assembled... The gauges are from the Bosica kit, used used .004 revets for swiches, made radio & ashtray from scraps. To open all the holes after painting I use a small root canal file bent on a 90'

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Bumper trim made from silver wire and photoetch sprues cut down to shape. The windshield photoetch came from a BBR kit. This windshield needed to be wider than the BBR so I needed 2. Made from 3 photoetch peices & 2 panes of .003 acetate. Needs cleaning:smokin:

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Looking superb; love the bumper trim!

ianc

Looks great Joe, hard to believe it's 1/43!

Merry Christmas.

Lee

Wanted orange turn signals in the front but the kit only came with clear or red. Found a paint brush at the local craft store with a orange acrylic handle. Turned orange acrylic handle in my drill & ended up making a few to make a matching set.

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Attached steering wheel & coloum after more fiddling. I had a 2 peice horn button that I lost last night... Need to make another:runaround:

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It really is amazing this 356 is 1/43rd. Great stuff Joe.


Tom Tanner/Scale Designs/Ferrari Expo 2012-Chicago March 17th 2012

Got the doors almost finished. The panels I made from styrene, made the interior door handles from silver soldered to a brass pin ,added rivets and made the tops from wood that I tung oiled. Still need to put a dot of white on the window cranks. Made the sun visors from a some p/e parts and used green acetate. Made a few of these befor ending up with an accectable pair that stayed together and did'nt have any glue blobs. Finished the top boot and added rivets. I did'nt drill the body for the rivets so I had to cut the heads off... For everyone mounted I lost at least 2:runaround: I did get lucky with the antenna in the pic... I had it pop out of my tweezers and went stright up, had some hang time & landed right in front of me:smile: That's all for now... Should'nt take long to finish now.

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Just phenomenal in this scale! How will you be displaying it?

ianc

Respect man! :bigthumb:

Amazing work!!


Tom Tanner/Scale Designs/Ferrari expo 2012-Chicago March 17th 2012-Carrera Panamericana model class this year at the EXPO

A beauty it definitely is!

Just lovely Joe.

Finished the last few details and gave it a final polish:naughty: Had a little drama fitting all the parts under the body the last time. Had the body off the base and mounted the small badge on the passenger side and the windshield wipers so the could be glued from behind. Did'nt check their fit then went tried to glue the body to the base. Had the epoxy 1/2 going off befor realizing that badge was binding on the floor. Soo I'm separating the body & base with epoxy strings all over then grab the dremel, switch bits, grind the back of the badge throwing dust all over, clean it up then mount the body back to the base. It all worked out and was able to clean up the mess:smile:

Tommy, Can't wait to get your decals in 1/43. I'm going to have to build another one of these cabs:smokin:

Thanks for looking and all the kind words!!!!

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What a gem! Really nice work! I'm glad yr final bit of drama didn't turn into something even more dramatic! Nothing like a final stressful moment to finish off a build

Magic! I Love it and with the best will in the world, we all have those last minute dramas. Just glad for you that it worked out.

Best wishes.
Lee.

All I can say is WOW. I have been following this for some time now, very impressive!

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Tommy, Can't wait to get your decals in 1/43. I'm going to have to build another one of these cabs:smokin:

Thanks for looking and all the kind words!!!!

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You will have to do a "BIG" bore 1500cc version for the decals. We made a few corrections on the 1/43rd sheet. I have not gotten them back yet from Cartograf. Sheet ref. SD40 1/43.

Tom Tanner/Scale Designs/Ferrari Expo 2012-Chicago March 17th 2012