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[Nino]

´Here it is... remember your sunglasses.

 

Britax/AA Yellow. - this colour changes a LOT form artificial light to sun light.

 

 

here is one of the minor faults, the masking tape dident seal properly, but thats fixed now :)

 

 

And here its with the arches on temporary - not the horizontal cut on the rear arches :)

 

[Nino]

My Good friend Peter Falk came by again to visit, because he is very much in to this project :)

- he brought his camera again

 

 

Dont forget to check out his Facebook page Peter Falk Photofactory :)

 

And in the meantime the missus and i got a new sidekick

 

 

Hope you guys enjoy :)

[Nino]

I have slowly started on assembly :)

 

you cant buy these steering colum parts anymore to this model and my old cowl was sooo ugly and filled with scratches, but i tried to clean it up and polish it.. worked out will :)  

 

 

i kept going with my stainless steel brake pipes :)

 

 

 

 

AAAAAAnd this "little" update is all i can show you for now....  

 

I Hope you guys enjoy, in i will try to update this thread more regulary  

 

Kind Regards Nino - and have a happy new year !

[spraybeater]

Very nice! some great work gone into this, particularly like the brazing and lead loading

work must be 20yrs since I did some of that! well done keep up the good work.

[Jared Mk3]

Very very nice!   Great job with the pipes too.

[NZMini1275]

Looking awesome
Can't wait to see it finished

[bartman]

that paint job is lovely great work, great car

[dasupersprint]

Awesome color, so much yellow

[Townsy]

Can I ask where you got the stainless steel from for the brake lines?

[MacGyver]

Can I ask where you got the stainless steel from for the brake lines?

Same here. 😀

[g111mds]

Shell is looking fantastic!!

[Nino]

Thank you everyone. :)

 

im quite happy with the result so far.

 

Regarding the stainless pipes, i just ordered it at my local boilermaker/smith. and told him i wanted it in lengths an not rolls. it turned up 4 pipes on a 6meter piece of wood. :)

 

but remember that brass fitting/unions is not good enough. you need steel ones. :)

regarding bending it this nicely, you need a tool stronger then the usual ones, so one of my friends made me one.

 

 

And now i need to get some "followers" made so i can bend my 8mm petrol pipe.

the ones in it now, is for 5mm pipes, brake pipe.

 

Petrol pipe

 

I will soon do a new update :)

Edited by Nino, 10 January 2017 - 09:15 PM.

[GraemeC]

Fantastic detail and some really nice touches - the arch fastenings are great.  

I surprised you didn't put in the strengthening plates for the roll cage though (although for a road car its probably more than OK).

[mini_matt_106]

That paint is fantastic!
Such a lovely vibrant colour!

[Nino]

Thank you both - much apperciated :)

 

My oncle told me about the fastening, he used it on his car 20 years back, and still works perfectly today. this way i can undo my arches anytime, without rust issues and without removing the tank. very handy  

 

regarding the strengthening plates, the car is mainly for road use but might wonna try one or two trackdays. this Mk3 is my lifes project , haha, and dont planning on rooling it over, but i know that's easy to just sit here and say.

I figured that the the plates on the cage would be enough for my use. :)

 

- Nino