Thing being worked on...

That top on the Cobra looks pretty good !  What did you start with to make it?

Yeah, just chipping away at them, as you'd all know yourselves. Do a bit, see something shiny, stop. Do a bit, see something shiny, stop. etc.
So, I first 'sized' a photo of one (profile) took a tracing, then cut a template. I used plaster to make the 'master' (Rhymes!) Just built it up 'til in was close, used the template as a guild, when it dried? (Again! Rhymes!) Sanded it finished. Then made a jig to hold the plastic sheet, basically two squares with the centres cut-out. Used ordinary packaging plastic, the heaviest I could find. Put the master on a plinth, high enough so when you pull the jig down it doesn't run out of room to stretch. Heat the plastic sheet clamped in the jig with a heat-gun, & quickly, & uniformly, pull it down over the master. This one had to have three sections done this way, top & two sides. You can see on the photo the lines where it was joined. I used a double thickness on the roof & a single on the sides, then resin...ed? them together.




Thanks for the offer too, Jim! Appreciated! The body you see in the pics is a spare, as well as a chassis & other bits 'n' pieces. If any of this is useful to you, to make a complete one, let me know? You're more than welcome to it!

Hey Keiran,

Interesting process making that roof for the Cobra.
I love the look of the roof for it.
Impressive work in this scale.

Keep going on this one, Mate

Jim

That sound you just heard is my jaw hitting the floor! Those wheels look GOOD!

Thanks Fellas. Yeh, it's getting there. Here's a couple of the roof too that I forgot...


My goal is to 'wire wheel' through ALL the scales.

...Good point Jim!
I have a circa 1950's mk1 Jag wire wheel & tyre that I used as a coffee table, so I was able to measure the spoke size off that. 6mm more or less.
I couldn't use guitar sting as it wasn't pliable enough, great for 1/8-1/16 motorbike rims, but not this. Used fuse wire which measured-out to about 5mm in actual 1/1scale. Close enough.
Drew a 1/16 representation of the wheel, showing the location of the spokes, 42 on the inner, 28 on the outer. Made the above pieces, put a hole in the center of the drawing for the hub to pass through, & when the 2 pieces were brought together? I could then rotate one on the other to align the spokes. Then tacked it with super glue.
The rims, like the 289 motor, are from the 1/16 Mustang hardtop. They're 2 different widths, front & rear, & an ugly daisy pattern. They were gutted. The inner rims were from the original Cobra kit, needed to accommodate the wide tyres.
Dremeled the leading edge (mating edge) of the inner rim, internally, about 2.5mm down, creating a ,maybe, .5mm ledge? For the wire center to sit on.
Dropped the wire assembly in, tacked it, then, super glue on the leading edge of the outer rim, & because it's stepped, when they come together, the stepped edge crushes the wire onto the ledge it's sitting on.
After I got the hang of the process, doing the 1st in each stage? It became quite easy. By the 4th? I could have made another 4 in the time it took to make one. But that's always the way isn't? You figure out a way of doing something really complicated, only to need it once.
The spinners were Araldited on so there was less chance of them coming off if knocked.
I might attack the wheels on the Bentley next, just so they're ready? Hope this helps man? Just ask otherwise.
P.S: Alclad finish mate!