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Originally Posted by Marianitem
I´m scared just by looking at the sprues! I´ll be following this major project.
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Don't be scared, it's only plastic.
I did not understand how the torsion bars needed to fit, since there was no way that I managed to create tension. The building plan mentioned a very specific method in fitting and twisting the nylon bars around before finally having them inserted in the harness. After some thought I found out that I missed a very tiny remark in the instruction sheet, and now they seem to be working perfectly. And yes, it does look and sound horrendous, but if done with care it works.
I also replaced the connectors for the shocks by messing bars, since I had doubts about the rigidity of the plastic rods.
Also I have started work on the floorplate and firewall. Not much to say here, except to keep in mind to work straight, otherwise the overall result later on will not look too good. The firewall needs to be quite strong, by the way, so I used quite an amount of glue to have all the joints well filled.
This way you have an impression of the shere size of this single part:
The handbrake, on the other hand, is more fun to do. There is basically nothing wrong with the original parts, but it could be done a bit better ...
So I decided to replace the original twist bar by a self made one. I created two little forks in alu sheet that will enclose both cable shoes. These are the cables that will go to the rear brakes. The shorter cable to the front left side of the firewall will connect to a lever, which at his turn connects to the driver's hand brake pull bar.
For this lever, I did the same thing by bending a small piece of alu sheet. It looks complicated ,but in fact it isn't.
In the next few photo's, you see the original bar, and the self made one compared to each other:
You will ask: "will this remain visible afterwards?". My answer: "Not quite. When the engine is built in, you will hardly notice this detail. But it was fun doing it..."
