Hi again. Thanks for all those positive responses for the last update… that didn’t really show something new :-)
For today I have a short one with a bit more progress.
The next thing to work on was the roll hoop behind the driver. In the kit you get some white metal parts to build it from. These would have needed extensive cleaning to get them to a nice polished look which is tricky. Instead I decided to rebuild it from tube material.
My first try at this was made from brass tubes some time ago. It was pretty much a copy of the kit parts. The problem then was to get it to a chromed look. Alclad would have been an option but it would easily rub off. Not good. Covering it with tin in a chemical bath didn’t work as planned. Here you see the kit parts and the brass version ( Yes….i needed more than one try :-)
I also realized that the original bar looked different to the kit one around the base where it’s fixed to the chassis. So while redoing the chassis because of the paint troubles I also modified the back end area to fit an improved roll hoop. This was built up from 0,9mm stainless steel tubes and 0,5mm nickel silver rods using epoxy and superglue.
I also mounted a new turned aluminium fuel filler that I painted Alclad pale gold. The kit one that was kinda integrated in the roll bar base didn’t look anything like the real one.
Now I need to add the other small bits of that area. That’s a bit tricky because I have no proper reference of a 72C. I’ll need to guess a bit then :-)
So much for now! Thanks for looking!