1/43 1950 356 cab conversion

[914joe]

I've been tinkering on this for a couple of months. I started with a white metal Bosica coupe and shaped the rear clip hammer forming over a diecast model of a 356 cab then soldered in place.



There is alot of work between this pic and the last that I did'nt get any pic's of. The windshield frame was made from 2 sheets of brass soldered together leaving a step for the window frame to sit in. I soldered in place door jambs with hinges and hinged the front and rear lids. There were some parts that came from some unfinshed or abandon projects. The scratch made floor and the working steering came from the parts box. I also molded a cast the correct dash I had previously made.

[914joe]

Made the luggage rack from brass rod



Alot a small details will be added to the dash. The radio has a chrome trim ring that I've made in the past using silver wire but was'nt completly satisified. This time I cut the inside opening from silver sheet then silver soldered that to brass sheet then shaped the outside. The dash will get a handfull of different size knobs and switches along with some machined gauges that will show up in pics better after painting.

[914joe]

Door panels from styrene. Made the door handels and window cranks from silver scraps soldered to .004 brass pins.



Top boot is bondo that needs more shaping

[914joe]

Mounted the dash to the body



Getting close to spraying primer. Can you see the Reutter badge I made?

[quadzero]

It is quite obvious you put alot of work into this, fascinating project. I am really amazed with the luggage rack, very intricate considering the small scale. Keep up the great work.

[deedlit]

I nearly missed this thread but I'm very happy i found it.

You already did a great job and I love all the parts you had to create, I'll follow this carefully, it's full of good ideas.

[914joe]

Thanks for looking fellas!!! I really enjoy making these little trinkets & parts... The time consuming part of making them all fit together, not so much I'm hoping to finish the body work this weekend and move on to painting. Then I get to work on the wicked 25hp motor

[Scale-Master]

I really enjoy seeing your workmanship. Great stuff!

[914joe]

Finally finding time to dust off the bench with these short days. I started working on some motor parts. I know it's hard to get excited about a 35hp motor but... I started by removing the cast in generator base from the fan shrould replacing that with brass and reworking the generator. Turned the fuel pump, filter & coil in my moto-tool and made a bracket from brass. Made the distributor from brass.

[914joe]

Painting is a drag After alot of priming & sanding I painted the body parts with single stage Glasurit then alot more sanding with micromesh & polishing.

[corvettekid_7684]

Holy Sh**! Nice polish work!! Very interesting build so far too!

[corvettekid_7684]

I can almost read the bulb wattage

[914joe]

Here's a pic with my 6yr old checking it out



Thanks for the compliment!!! That was alot of polishing

[914joe]

I making the steering work and finalized the fitting of those parts.




Made a new steering wheel rim and modified the kit parts for the hub & spokes.

[corvettekid_7684]

Very interesting build too!!