Yeah - that's really good; although I don't actively model with Lego these days, I do follow a couple of the websites - there are some truly stunning builders out there. One particular guy has made replicas of a whole bunch of classic F1 cars, and they're fantastic!
Meanwhile...
The next job with the two rear inner wing moulds was to tape everything together and smooth off the rough edges before starting to lay-up:
The first layer was applied on Thursday evening, another on Friday, and then more during the weekend - another couple and they should be finished.
The panels I was working on last weekend were removed from their moulds, cleaned-up, and given a first trim; here's the transition piece between the windscreen surround and the bonnet edge:
I've added some extra location fixings to the jig to support the top shell - the two original ones at the front will have to be removed eventually. I'll soon re-build the jig again to put the supporting structure
inside the shell, so I can offer-up the door sills, etc.
Here's the left-hand outer door sill panel, plus the mk1 version for comparison:
There's a lot of trimming required, obviously. I might have to add some extra layers, as they're still a little flexible - however, there will be a styrene stucture running inside the sills, so maybe that will do the job.
Finally, here's the channel section I made for the inner sill panels:
This will be cut along the centre-line and trimmed to make the two final panels. The next job will be to make some moulds for the front edge of the door opening - I didn't want to make the sills in one piece, so that I would have room for adjustment.
So, that's everything up-to-date again. A quick word of thanks - I needed to order some more fibreglass resin and hardener, so called Deluxe Materials
late on Friday afternoon: it arrived here early on Saturday! Great service. I'll continue laying-up the rear inner wings during the next couple of evenings, and make a few more moulds in preparation for the weekend. I don't want to go too far with the trimming until I have all the appropriate panels to hand! Hopefully the next couple of posts should see the bodyshell starting to take shape...
All the best,
SB