SimonT - 1/24 Abandoned Mini
Well I've just had another look through it all again Simon, some really great work.
langy71
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I did exactly that when i bought my first car ..(a mini)..after passing my test..
Don’t try it on an Audi A6 though.....I went to Normandy with a couple of mates a few years ago, and bought a magnetic GB sticker because I didn’t want to stick anything permanently onto the paintwork. Trouble was, we ended up propping it in the back window. There just isn’t any steel at the rear end of an A6, it’s all aluminium and plastic LOL.....
Morning - since you asked for it, I dug this one out again last night and rebuilt the bonnet
as usual with kit parts they tend to be rather thick to aid moulding - the bonnet is just over 1mm thick
so I scraped and sanded it down on the inside to a tad less than half a mm - it was turning translucent
I then made the interior detail of the bracing bars, scribed the groove down the centre, added the return flange to the front edge and sides
it will all need trimming and filling but it is a start
then it will need corner strengthening panels and the inboard hinge mounting points of the early type bonnet
as usual with kit parts they tend to be rather thick to aid moulding - the bonnet is just over 1mm thick
so I scraped and sanded it down on the inside to a tad less than half a mm - it was turning translucent
I then made the interior detail of the bracing bars, scribed the groove down the centre, added the return flange to the front edge and sides
it will all need trimming and filling but it is a start
then it will need corner strengthening panels and the inboard hinge mounting points of the early type bonnet
Neil Merryweather
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Oooh good to see you back in the saddle with this one
Jim R
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Hi Simon
You have bowed to the pressure of the mob
Glad to see it back on the go. Typical Simon T work on the bonnet 
The worst car I ever saw for rusting was a Lancia Beta. I had just started my first teaching job in the early 70s and the head of the school bought one. It was a lovely car, his pride and joy. Over the next year or so it just disintegrated before his eyes.
Jim
You have bowed to the pressure of the mob
Glad to see it back on the go. Typical Simon T work on the bonnet The worst car I ever saw for rusting was a Lancia Beta. I had just started my first teaching job in the early 70s and the head of the school bought one. It was a lovely car, his pride and joy. Over the next year or so it just disintegrated before his eyes.
Jim
mrtintheweb
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I feel a little guilty now lol.Hi Simon
You have bowed to the pressure of the mob
The worst car I ever saw for rusting was a Lancia Beta. I had just started my first teaching job in the early 70s and the head of the school bought one. It was a lovely car, his pride and joy. Over the next year or so it just disintegrated before his eyes.
Jim
As for 70's cars rusting my uncle and one of our neighbours had AlfaSud's and both crumbled away over 2 or 3 years. When our neighbours' car was 'stolen' my dad was convinced it was an insurance job as all the rust had made it unsellable.
T
Neil - they never really go away. They all come around again eventually
Jim - well, if they want to see it back again who am I to argue
Toby - no need to feel guilty. It was just having a holiday. I very rarely sit down and build something from start to finish in one sitting. Things go on hold while something else gets a bit of work then I will swap to something else. Eventually one will get to the finish line
If I am working on this it just means I am not working on something else - only one pair of hands and limited building time
Jim - well, if they want to see it back again who am I to argue
Toby - no need to feel guilty. It was just having a holiday. I very rarely sit down and build something from start to finish in one sitting. Things go on hold while something else gets a bit of work then I will swap to something else. Eventually one will get to the finish line
If I am working on this it just means I am not working on something else - only one pair of hands and limited building time
Morning all,
bit more done on the bonnet last night
said it was thinned right down - the internal bracing from the outside
finished off the back corners
added the anti burst catch from copper sheet - made same way as 1:1 from a folded piece of sheet, cut out then opened up
the actual bonnet catch in the middle added from brass wire coil and a bit of rod with the end shaped
side return flanges trimmed to shape
actually this may be neater than real thing - some of mine had pronounced creases in them
top side
just hinge mounting brackets to do now
bit more done on the bonnet last night
said it was thinned right down - the internal bracing from the outside
finished off the back corners
added the anti burst catch from copper sheet - made same way as 1:1 from a folded piece of sheet, cut out then opened up
the actual bonnet catch in the middle added from brass wire coil and a bit of rod with the end shaped
side return flanges trimmed to shape
actually this may be neater than real thing - some of mine had pronounced creases in them
top side
just hinge mounting brackets to do now
Jim R
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Morning Simon
That bonnet is great. Love the catch. Really looks down to scale thickness
Jim
That bonnet is great. Love the catch. Really looks down to scale thickness
Jim
Cheers Jim
sorry about the crappy pic again - looked ok on the phone screen
took me three attempts to get them right but I eventually got the bonnet mounting brackets sorted out
each one is made from a single piece of copper sheet cut, folded and drilled
I also put the chrome sprue into a lethal mixture of Dettol and oven cleaner
within an hour the chrome plating had been eaten away leaving a nice shiny black sprue
sorry about the crappy pic again - looked ok on the phone screen
took me three attempts to get them right but I eventually got the bonnet mounting brackets sorted out
each one is made from a single piece of copper sheet cut, folded and drilled
I also put the chrome sprue into a lethal mixture of Dettol and oven cleaner
within an hour the chrome plating had been eaten away leaving a nice shiny black sprue
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Thats better made than a real one!!
Thats better made than a real one!!
Jim R
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Hi Simon
Jim
What is your rechroming paint of choice? For a rusty wreck it probably won't warrant a really shiny chrome like paint.
Jim
Fantastic work. I’d almost put rusty cars out of memory until this thread. my first few cars went rusty and they were not that old really, mk3 escorts and Vauxhall’s cavaliers but thankfully modern Lexus don’t seem to suffer that fate anymore. Looking forward to the final results.
carl
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Nice to see you back on this one Mr T. The bonnet is outstanding!
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That is looking amazing
Bob - build quality of real ones varies. I had one or two that were quite good but plenty that weren't 
Graeme - thanks
Jim - in my experience the chrome tends to stay quite shiny, apart from dust/dirt, but you get micro spots of rust. Bumpers tended to rust from the inside. When really bad you were left with just a foil like thin layer of chrome - still shiny
I shall use one of those pens
Carl - cars in general are much better made these days. My Dad had Ford Cortina estates and Peugeot 504 estates in the 70's and they rusted faster than he could patch them
Cheers Steve
Thanks Ken
Spent most of yesterday on another build but did a little more late last night on this one
I created a separate rear sub frame off the car
the sub frame is supplied in bits plus the white rear bar is moulded to the underside of the boot floor - I removed that and hollowed it out in an early post
I hollowed out one of the solid brake backplates and added brake shoes, wheel cylinder, adjuster and a spring from 0.3mm copper wire wound around a 0.4mm drill bit
Need to make the hub next to fit in the centre
Graeme -
thanksJim - in my experience the chrome tends to stay quite shiny, apart from dust/dirt, but you get micro spots of rust. Bumpers tended to rust from the inside. When really bad you were left with just a foil like thin layer of chrome - still shiny
I shall use one of those pens
Carl - cars in general are much better made these days. My Dad had Ford Cortina estates and Peugeot 504 estates in the 70's and they rusted faster than he could patch them
Cheers Steve
Thanks Ken
Spent most of yesterday on another build but did a little more late last night on this one
I created a separate rear sub frame off the car
the sub frame is supplied in bits plus the white rear bar is moulded to the underside of the boot floor - I removed that and hollowed it out in an early post
I hollowed out one of the solid brake backplates and added brake shoes, wheel cylinder, adjuster and a spring from 0.3mm copper wire wound around a 0.4mm drill bit
Need to make the hub next to fit in the centre