WIP: 2CV “Rock and Roll-Bar”

[mickbench]

You're getting there... if it were me I'd paint the rollcage a metal type of colour, but I'm not sure about the body.. Metal rollcage and black would look cool..

But it's your model, I'm sure you will find a good colour..

BTW - if you're colour blind, why did you make a comment about my 300ZX being "cherry".. It is cherry.. Not sure how colour blind totally works.. Can you tell what colour is erm colour.. For example what do you see white as? I work in IT, and I had to engineer a colour blind computer build once.. She could only see white if it was green...!!

[klutz_100]

Originally Posted by mickbench

You're getting there... if it were me I'd paint the rollcage a metal type of colour, but I'm not sure about the body.. Metal rollcage and black would look cool..

But it's your model, I'm sure you will find a good colour..

BTW - if you're colour blind, why did you make a comment about my 300ZX being "cherry".. It is cherry.. Not sure how colour blind totally works.. Can you tell what colour is erm colour.. For example what do you see white as? I work in IT, and I had to engineer a colour blind computer build once.. She could only see white if it was green...!!

mick, as far as I remember you said it was cherry red I can see that it's red but whether it's cherry red or tomato ketchup red is a different story. I was actually being a bit tounge-in-cheek 'cos you already new that I have bit of a problem with colours

Colour blindness - in my case at least - isn't a total inability to see all colors, it's the inability to differentiate between some colours. The classic case of course being red/green which is why traffic lights in the UK have a very specific sequence so that c-blind drivers can still tell at night from a distance if the lights are changing from red to green or from green to red.

I have a moderate degree of c-blindness. I can distinguish most basic colours at full intensity but problems really start as they lighten or darken. For example I don't actually know what colour my Cobra "really" is - I know what it said on the can and I know what I see but I don't see a big difference to the Boxster which I "know" is black.

About once a month my wife won't let me leave the house because I screwed up with suit/shirt/tie mix - makes me feel like a kid when she does that LOL

I remember when I was diagnosed. It was a bit scary actually because I had no idea untill then that I had a problem and when the doctor asked me what number was on the card and I couldn't see jack s**t ....

sorry for the digression, but you asked

[mickbench]

Yeah, I do remember reading about you saying you was colour blind.. But what I read and what I remember of what I've read can sometimes be a problem..

I think they call that ADD. Or at least that is what a doctor once called it to me.. Don't know, I wasn't paying attention..!!

[klutz_100]

Originally Posted by mickbench

Yeah, I do remember reading about you saying you was colour blind.. But what I read and what I remember of what I've read can sometimes be a problem..

I think they call that ADD. Or at least that is what a doctor once called it to me.. Don't know, I wasn't paying attention..!!

[hks_kansei]

meh, everybody has problems, i myself develop a twitch whenever i'm nervous, or anxious. doctor put me on pills, they did bugger all but make me angry, i stopped them, so now i just live with it.


are you going to make the bike for the back as well?


as for colour, purposely do a dodgy paint job, make it look like Jacques had too much wine and went crazy with some spray cans.

do it in the typical French colours, Red White and Blue, like their flag.

[MPWR]

Cool build, Stevenski! I'll be watching with interest. I like your scratchbuilt suspension dampers- nice touch, I'll be looking forward to seeing them painted up.

Hafta say with the roolbar idea, I'd be seriously tempted to add a caged roof rack, like in Tamiya's Rally Mini Cooper. Put in it another set of tyres, a suitcase, a set of skis, a keg of beer, and a habachi, and do a World Rally version of the CV2.

[klutz_100]

Originally Posted by hks_kansei

are you going to make the bike for the back as well?

I'd like to put a bike or smthg on the back but I don't think I'm up to making one A friend in Germany put me onto Preisner railway accessories and they have some 1/24 bikes but they cost 20euros each!! in the meantime I'm scouring various sections of ebay and other auction sites hoping something will turn up.

Biggest prob right now is to source a 5th wheel to hang the frame. I was even thinking of trying to cast one out ot modelling clay and putty but I could only do a "one sided" wheel that way and God knows how I would do the tyre . Maybe Il'll find on old die cast model somewhere.

That's an interesting idea on the tri-coleur concept! Now, which color is which? j/k
I wasn't moaning about the c-blindness. It's not such a big deal at all, just looking for some creative input - which I got, thanks!

MPWR: - I've got mixed feelings about painting them up. If I do, then I won't be able to admire my metal work on the other hand, they "should" be painted. If I do decide to paint 'em, I might use the opprtunity to try out some weathering for the first time - chipped paint, rust, gunk etc.
About the rest, I look forward to seeing them on your 2CV

Hopefully I might have something worth posting tomorow. Roll cage is tarting to come together just having some problem figuring the front part out and there's the "slight" issue that I bought too little styrene rod and the LHS doesn't have any more of the same thickness.

[mickbench]

Could always look around on ebay for another 2CV kit, might be cheaper.. You get the parts you need.. Just an idea that's all..

[klutz_100]

UPDATE

I finally figured out what the “2” in 2CV stands for….you have to re-make everything at least 2 times

Managed to get about 80% of the roll cage finished. The front section in these photos is just dry fitted so it might look a bit “wonky”. The front bumper is still in progress and will be bent some more around the front.







I think it is much better in scale now and fits much closer to the body. In fact in a couple of places I’m afraid that it might be too close.

The metal filled styrene rod doesn’t glue together for love nor money, so in a couple places I had to use a “rod in tube” strategy to get a strong join. This will have an extra benefit though in easing overall assembly (I hope).







I managed to do the old style seats this weekend and I am quite happy with the results as they exceeded my quite low expectations. Made from 1,5mm brass rod hand bent around a design drawn out on graph paper and nails (as per the roll bar).

First I made the 3 major sections: vertical, horizontal and the “middle” leg (oops! That doesn’t sound too good ).





Of course I buggered up – when I measured the car to get the width, I measured at the floor level. I kind of forgot the fact that car bodies slope inwards as they go up so of course when I test fitted, the seat was too wide.

Not to worry, I just cut out a section of the horizontals and slid the ends into 2mm brass rod cut to the right length. In hindsight this would have been a good way to do it from the start – it’s very easy to get everything parallel and it was damn awkward bending the seat in one whole piece Here’s the almost finished seat – it still needs an upright in the middle.







Just for fun and self-motivation, I used some Tamiya masking tape to mock-up the fabric and see how they’re coming along. I put the original kit seat next for comparison. They aren’t perfect but I’m quite happy.





Thanks for looking. A bientot!


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[Jurva]

That rear seat idea is fantastic. I might use it some time.

[mickbench]

Yeah, the seat is great.. That's really cool. Great work... You want to be careful, you'll have someone asking for this in a transkit before long...

Keep going..!!

[klutz_100]

mini-update:

Spent a couple of hours this morning playing with Jean-Paul and couldn't resist posting this pic. I'm beginning to feel that it's coming together even though there's still another 80% to go





Thanks for the feedback Jurva - Although it is actually a front seat bench even though it doesn't look like it

Mickbench - Yep, I can just see the Outer Mongolia Plastic Modelling Society lining up for these

[sjelic]

Excelent job Stevenski!

[visible33]

The seat making idea is super

[SteveK2003]

This is a wild little project, very cool.

You might want to try using 2mm OD styrene tubing, which has a 1mm ID, and slip some 'stem wire' inside to hold it's shape when you bend it (I got mine in the craft section of a department store)