| The front of the
car was cut out as shown. The cutout line followed the bulge bottom contour
till the end of the hood opening. |
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| The rear was treated
the same way. |
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| Styrene sheets were
cut and glued at the back side. |
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| The front fenders
were made from styrene sheet by following the curve of the bulges. |
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| The fronts were
cut and glued in place. |
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| The hood and
the circumferential side panel were traced on styrene sheet. The hood was
given a slanting down curve at the front end. |
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| The hood was constructed
and the touching line contour between the hood and fenders were cut by
try-and-check method. |
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| The rear was fiiled
with putty and sanded to smooth contours. |
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| The joint between
the top and sides of the hood was filled with polyester at the inside,
then sanded to rounded profiles. The first pencil tracings of the front
grille is seen lightly in this picture. |
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| The front grille
was made from the steel wire of paper clips. After being bent to the front
profile, they were flattened by hammering and surfaces smoothened with
filing. |
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| The grille wires
were joined by soldering and filing again. |
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| I opened the grille
recess, but while sanding I accidentally broke the tiny lower band. So
I bent a steel wire to fit the profile and applied polyester over it for
firmness. |
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| I then added the
center trim strip over the hood and sanded the whole thing smooth. Control
was made by applying the primer paint. |
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