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The nose completed the set of body panels, so finally I can say the body is finished! That is if your don't count the headlight arrangements and the wheel arch inner panels. These pictures are with the panels supported on blocks, and with the wheels just placed in the wheel arches. Plan now...

So I completed the nose, stitching the 4 sections together using the same technique I described for the tail

Here's hoping Mark Webber can catch a break for once..... Cheers Fred W B

See discussion here Bye Bye Mallory ?

Thanks for the very kind comments Leon As for the chassis, at this stage I am not intending to attempt a replica chassis, maybe that will be a longer term project. The chassis I've built so far is a rough mock up protoype that I put together to sort the ergonomics and the layout of the...

Thanks for the kind remarks John. I wouldn't say you have cheated, I would say you have been sensible. Cheers Fred W B

We'll say that as well, looks fantastic! :thumbsup: The mirrors are perfect. But you teasing us, when do we get to see it with the real wheels? Cheers Fred W B

Wow Thomas that really was a epic trip! I also wonder where you put the luggage, or did it hitch a ride in another car? If it was in your car seems the wedding couple then did not get a very big gift from you? And they must have been upset again when your car upstaged the wedding limo? Or...

Thanks for the kind comments Thomas and Dave Turned out I had some imperfections on some areas of the nose mould (particularly where I tried to get away without using the durabuild surfacing primer on the buck under the nose) and I got a bit sucked into improving the finish on most of the...

Hi Velo You might want to have a look at this thread http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/viewthread.php?tid=175215 Cheers Fred W B

Thanks for the kind credits Velo, I'm glad if people find the information interesting and usefull. As for vacuum bagging, I have no plans to experiment with that, I have my hands full trying to get this damn body finished at the moment, and after that their is a car to build :sweatdrop...

Hi Mic Looks like a fiddly job to do it neatly. What weight of matt are you using for the strips, looks like tissue and then 300 or 450? Cheers Fred W B

Hi Allen and Welcome. Nice to see another SA on here! Cheers Fred W B

Hi Mic and Bill, thanks for your interest and comments I've weighed it very roughly by having two friends stand on bathroom scales and pick it up. That exercise says 30 kg, but may not be that accurate. Maybe sounds a lot but it is about half the total surface area of the car and that mass...

Thanks for the comments guys, yes it does feel good to finally see the finished part. Just the nose to do now. Cheers Fred W B

Deserves something wider than the 245 section tyre shown here The edge of the opening in the tail is not yet finally trimmed. Cheers Fred W B

Positioned the tail at ride height and tried a wheel for fit in the wheelarch

and I reckon the effort was worth it when I see the final result.