Post by Peter Seager-Thomas on Jun 17, 2016 21:00:25 GMT
With the number of posts and new threads somewhat lacking, I thought I'd try and attract a few opinions.
A recent 'bitza' build, purely for racing and thus with limited detail, the delight of this car was that nothing was actually bought specifically for the car, it just used bits from stock.
The Airfix body is one of two originally bought to convert into lightweights, but abandoned a couple of years back once a little initial work was carried out. The body selected for this build had no initial modifications other than the filling of dimples and the improvement on the panel shut lines.
The chassis was a PCS one and has no mods so far.
The standard 3 point mounting positions were used, with styrene rod mounting pillars. These were set up to length on the chassis, then all glued into the body together.
The sills and rear valence were cut back to permit body mounting.
The wheels on the completed model came with an Ocar Ferrari, though what they actually are I do not know. The tyre flanges were machined back to accept some urethane tyres I had had made for a Scalextric Eagle Weslake. I have plenty of Borrani knock-on nuts left, so a set was fitted. The E type headlamp arrangement is pretty awful, so the headlamp covers were coloured.
The Airfix E type dash is pretty basic, but the design of course is now 50 years old. The 'hard-top' is simply the hood rubbed down. The only body 'improvement' was the moulding to which the rear bumper would have been fitted.
Just a few details to finish, testing takes place next week. If it goes ok, the second body should get the full lightweight conversion and a scratchbuilt chassis.
Is it scratchbuilt though? As the term was once considered, no. now opinions differ. It is in my opinion kit built, but with elements of scratchbuilding.
Any thoughts gentlemen?
Peter.
A recent 'bitza' build, purely for racing and thus with limited detail, the delight of this car was that nothing was actually bought specifically for the car, it just used bits from stock.
The Airfix body is one of two originally bought to convert into lightweights, but abandoned a couple of years back once a little initial work was carried out. The body selected for this build had no initial modifications other than the filling of dimples and the improvement on the panel shut lines.
The chassis was a PCS one and has no mods so far.
The standard 3 point mounting positions were used, with styrene rod mounting pillars. These were set up to length on the chassis, then all glued into the body together.
The sills and rear valence were cut back to permit body mounting.
The wheels on the completed model came with an Ocar Ferrari, though what they actually are I do not know. The tyre flanges were machined back to accept some urethane tyres I had had made for a Scalextric Eagle Weslake. I have plenty of Borrani knock-on nuts left, so a set was fitted. The E type headlamp arrangement is pretty awful, so the headlamp covers were coloured.
The Airfix E type dash is pretty basic, but the design of course is now 50 years old. The 'hard-top' is simply the hood rubbed down. The only body 'improvement' was the moulding to which the rear bumper would have been fitted.
Just a few details to finish, testing takes place next week. If it goes ok, the second body should get the full lightweight conversion and a scratchbuilt chassis.
Is it scratchbuilt though? As the term was once considered, no. now opinions differ. It is in my opinion kit built, but with elements of scratchbuilding.
Any thoughts gentlemen?
Peter.
