Author Topic: Hellers 1/8 traction avant cabriolet conversion (Read 15835 times)

kpnuts · « **Reply #25 on:** February 14, 2017, 04:49:20 AM »

Hi all here is another update, I decided to give it a wood veneered dashboard

Think it looks nicer than the bog standard dash

Just for added interest here is the new shiney chassis and engine bay.

And here is the old battered one

kpnuts · « **Reply #26 on:** February 15, 2017, 03:54:33 AM »

Hi all finished the steering rack (still needs weathering) and installed the dashboard.

Not sure what to do with the steering wheel the interior seats and maybe the door panels (still not sure on them ) but definitely the seats will be cream leather as I think it will look really luxurious with the purple and gold, so should the steering wheel be white, cream, wood or black also should that be the whole steering wheel or just the rim. Baring in mind the paint work will be like the K1

elmayerle · « **Reply #27 on:** February 15, 2017, 05:22:29 AM »

Wood steering wheel with chromed spokes and hub? That would work well with the dash.

kpnuts · « **Reply #28 on:** February 17, 2017, 03:30:37 AM »

Hi all been attaching some of the many wires and pipes to the engine and weathered the engine a bit more ( don't want it to look like it neglected but thought it looked too clean)

apophenia · « **Reply #29 on:** February 17, 2017, 12:09:20 PM »

Looking great ... and I love that veneer instrument panel

elmayerle · « **Reply #30 on:** February 18, 2017, 12:28:44 AM »

Damn, are you sure this isn't a full-sized one you've used a shrinking ray on? It looks fantastic.

kpnuts · « **Reply #31 on:** February 23, 2017, 04:02:42 AM »

Hi all here is today's update.

I'm really happy the way the chrome has golded (is that a word)

I think the gold works incredibly well with the purple I realise the purple needs a few more coats, then I need to start the marbling effect, have I mentioned I love this kit.

kpnuts · « **Reply #32 on:** February 27, 2017, 02:46:27 AM »

Hi all here is another update on the engine bay (there is soooooooooooo much detail in this kit, it's a superb model)

The engine bay is still not finished (by a long way)

Claymore · « **Reply #33 on:** February 27, 2017, 04:24:34 AM »

Looking good! Not nearly enough tracks and armour for my liking but an awesome piece of work nonetheless. :)

apophenia · « **Reply #34 on:** February 27, 2017, 07:09:34 AM »

Loving that grime on the rocker cover and heat-blisters on the exhaust manifold

Old Wombat · « **Reply #35 on:** February 27, 2017, 01:41:33 PM »

Quote from: Claymore on February 27, 2017, 04:24:34 AM

Looking good! Not nearly enough tracks and armour for my liking but an awesome piece of work nonetheless. :)

+1 :) :)

kpnuts · « **Reply #36 on:** March 06, 2017, 02:36:39 AM »

all here is another update, started the rear suspension

kpnuts · « **Reply #37 on:** March 13, 2017, 04:13:40 AM »

Hi all well I'm scrapping the marble effect idea (the gold pigment in the paint was too thin and would have required two coats to even start to cover which doesn't work with the marbling effect) (it's a one coat thing) not sure what I will do now, I'm thinking hard now.

I've put the humbrol tin there to give an idea of the size of this beast.

kpnuts · « **Reply #38 on:** March 14, 2017, 04:22:16 AM »

Hi all well I've attached the front wings (for anybody building this kit the wings and bonnet connections all need reinforcing)

kpnuts · « **Reply #39 on:** March 21, 2017, 04:34:37 AM »

Hi all well here's the next bit, I got some leather for the seats (thanks to Roy Fitzsimmons) and I decided to add wooden window sills to it.

kpnuts · « **Reply #40 on:** March 23, 2017, 04:00:50 AM »

Hi all here is another update (the seats are just placed for now not actually fixed yet) in this kit the front seats are adjustable (just like the real thing) they slide forwards and back.
This really is an amazing kit.

kpnuts · « **Reply #41 on:** March 28, 2017, 02:55:06 AM »

Hi all here's the next update.

kpnuts · « **Reply #42 on:** April 01, 2017, 02:49:38 AM »

Hi all next update.

This also has working adjustable seats

kpnuts · « **Reply #43 on:** April 04, 2017, 02:51:54 AM »

Hi all here's the next bit I decided to do something really different with the paint job then couldn't resist trying it all together I need to add a lot of lacquer to it yet but I'm quite pleased with it so far.

elmayerle · « **Reply #44 on:** April 04, 2017, 07:53:24 AM »

Now that gold filigree is just plain beautiful and fits the rest very well indeed.

Old Wombat · « **Reply #45 on:** April 04, 2017, 09:27:53 AM »

Wild!

:)

kpnuts · « **Reply #46 on:** April 05, 2017, 02:32:14 AM »

Hi all the next update.

kpnuts · « **Reply #47 on:** April 10, 2017, 12:22:13 AM »

Hi all another update, the canvas roof is causing me lots of problems, so much so it may end up with a non working roof and just have it displayed in the open position. The bonnet and wings are not fixed just positioned to see how much giggling I will need to do to get a good fit, the bonnet is supposed to be fitted with a piece of rubber on my first build it proved to be a very bad system which tended to come unglued after it had been opened a couple of times, I bought a piano hinge for that job instead, I'm having to keep shaving bits off the front grill to stop it fouling the grill (very slow job as I don't want to shave too much off and have a gap between the grill and the bonnet) with a little forethought I should have cut the hinge a little shorter.

Here's my first build of this at a similar stage.

Old Wombat · « **Reply #48 on:** April 10, 2017, 05:05:17 AM »

Looking good! :)

elmayerle · « **Reply #49 on:** April 10, 2017, 05:22:49 AM »

Looking very good! The paint work really adds to it.


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