Since last update I have been working on the steering. Considering the weight of the assembled kit, the kit parts were far too flexible in my opinion, and to get some ease of mind I decided to replace the steering rods with copper bars.
This is how I got it done:
On top you see the original part. It's just a plastic bar with connectors at both ends. I cut the connectors loose and drilled them, so I could insert a thin copper bar. This was covered by a larger diameter bar for stiffness and now I have a rigid steering bar of the correct diameter.
The steering arms click to the slider, which needs a rubber buffer at both ends to stop the sliding bar from running too wide. The 2 halves for these buffers need to be glued together. No problem but for the material used here. They are actually done in rubber, realistic enough maybe, but a real pain to get them cleaned (if not impossible) and aligned properly and neat. So I turned new ones in brass, so this can be mounted without too much trouble.
A small dryfit:
The clutch and brake pedal assembly then: I was thinking about replacing some parts with PE but that would be some overkill. After all most of these parts will hardly be visible after engine assembly, so I went with the kit parts. Only addition are the return springs on the pedals.
Last but not least: this is how the front bay now looks like:
Enjoy!