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4 Headlights / Horizontal Taillamps |
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4 Headlights / Horizontal Taillamps |
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Scale : 1/24
Started: 04
August 2013
Finished: 14
September 2013
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I
used another one of the blank front grille to make the 4 round
headlight type. Then I made a silicone mold and cast a resin part.
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12 August 2013:
I
decided to make the taillights as two parts, the lens and the
reflector. I made both masters from styrene sheet. For the ripples on
the lens, I made use of the sticky carrier for PVC-folios. Then I made
molds from these masters.
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14 August 2013:
I
cast the lens with UV-hardening Bondic and painted with clear paints. I
cast the reflector from resin and covered with Bare Metal Foil.
I had made the reflector on the left as a trial part. The concavity at the reversing light was too emphasized so I deleted it and made a new reflector. On the right are two different painting shades. 
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For
the headlights, I first made a mold and cast a sample with UV-hardening
Bondic. However, the round lenses had to be thick to be properly
inserted in the front grille, and the Bondic turned out too yellowish
due to thickness. I did not like it, and thought of another method.
I slightly rounded the tip of an aluminum rod and scribed lines with a file. I heated a piece of acetate and pressing over the aluminum rod, the tip took the shape. Then I cut the tip at a proper distance from the end, and had the lens. Harder but more satisfactory method...  |
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I
marked on the front panel, where the headlights would be, and carved
the reflectors with Dremel. I covered partly with Bare Metal Foil.
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Checking
the headlights... On the left photo, the inner one has the lens and the
outer one is plain. On the right photo the Bondic-made lens that I
previously mentioned is present for comparison.
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Visual inspection with both
lenses in place.
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25 August 2013:
For
the horizontal taillight rear panel, I made the adaptation by glueing a
styrene slab to the bottom of the rear panel, then applied putty and
sanding.
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27 August 2013:
I
made the door rear view mirror from styrene and the mirror arm from a
metal wire. I made a mold then made a copy casting with metal wire
inserted. In the photos, on the left is the master and on the right is
the copy.
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02 September 2013:
I
covered the floor and the seats. I printed the texture of the seats on
plain paper towel and fixed it on the seats with spray glue.
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13 September 2013:
I
made two pillows to put inside the rear window. Not for this one, but
for another model, however I publish the manufacturing here.I downloaded a pillow photo from the internet, reduced to suitable size, printed on paper (symmetrically- both sides). Then I applied alminum duct tape on the back side and gave a bulge vith a suitable male/female die set.  |
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After cutting the pillow sides on
contours, I glued them back to back.
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| 14 September 2013: Finished Photos |
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