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Temporary fixed front wheels without paining.

Nice work on the wheels

Next step should be the construction of the front radiator. But I was afraid about fitting problems , cause the radiator is very tight to the bonnet, what gave me reason to make the bonnet first.
For this I needed 3 paper models for the necessary improvements, until I was satisfied. The paper model lines were transmitted to 0,5 mm styrene sheet. I carefully folded the styrene without any incisions with the cutter, because this thin styrene will fracture at once at the incision lines. Result was not bad, but material tension allowed no straight lines at the air inlet. For this I reinforced the bonnet with 0,3 mm alu and brass sheet Final result. At the end I'm not really satisfied, because the styrene bonnet seemes not enough solid. So I will construct it from 0,5 mm alu sheet.

fantastic stuff I love it , now this is fun stuff .. Joe

A pleasure to follow this WIP

Jeff wrote: ↑Thu Aug 24, 2023 6:01 am A pleasure to follow this WIP

That`s right, still love this scratch build and the skills are realy impressing!

The new alu bonnet is finished so far. It was cut by a fretsaw and bent.

Thats great work!

Malc.

true metal craftsmanship , great pic's for guy's wondering how you made the nose , hopefully more people will try it out , fret saw's are great ... and my bender looks a lot like yours ..lol ! .. doing a 1/12th M23 tub in same manner myself
thanks and can't wait to see it in place