LHD Seven

[Scale-Master]

Assembled with the mirror face installed…

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The gauge has the correct face and the needle is on a raised pin. Custom drawn decals for the gauge and label. Safety pin is correct diameter.

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I milled the "rubber" extinguisher holders from a block of resin and made the hold-down bolts and washers.

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Machined a shift knob and the shifter boot. (More aluminum…)

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Scratch-built bottle jack. (Copy of what I kept in my old Chevy truck.)
Milled from raw resin with aluminum bolts and brass for the screw parts.

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And the crank.

[360spider]

Very cool.

[Scale-Master]

Thanks!

I drew up a label and printed a decal then slightly weathered it. Yes, it's a Binford.

[360spider]

You know, having slowed down, way down in my building, I started to appreciate these "models within models" on a totally different level.

[jeffmorris]

Scale-Master, How can you work with very tiny parts unless you shrink youself to 1/12 scale?

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Think this is small? I also work in 1/24th and 1/43rd.

Finally got around to balancing the tires…

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Then I realized I had to make a tire iron to install the wheels… Yes, it has a hexagonal recess and actually fits and works on the lugs.

[360spider]

How do you make a hex inside? Hex tubing of sorts? Or is it resin cast?

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I made and installed the padded tunnel cover. (It matches the seat padding.)

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Originally Posted by 360spider

How do you make a hex inside? Hex tubing of sorts? Or is it resin cast?

First I broached the hex into a lead blank with a machined male hex tool. The plan was to solder it to a brass rod and then machine the outside, but the lead turned out to be too soft to function without rounding/stripping out. So I cut up the four-way tire iron I had and reshaped and bent it into the single type. It's made of zamac and is strong enough to do the job repeatedly.