Simon's Audi R8 LMS. Nunu. 1/24

[simontie]

Shocks are done, and the chassis, gear box & wheel arches and discs are all painted, flat black and metallic black Titanium silver on the discs
will try and get the chassis carbon fibre on next and hopefully a bit of assembly

Simon

[simontie]

Well not much to show for the weekend but i did give it my full attention, i did manage to get the chassis completely carbon fibered and the front wing, 4 brake callipers and discs inc the pe, radiator and lastly the engine bay and some other components primed

Busy week ahead but hoping to get some time on her
simon

[Mr Bowcat]

Hmmm, Carbon Fibre. :tears-of-joy:

[adt70hk]

Looking very nice and neat so far!

[simontie]

Hmmm, Carbon Fibre. :tears-of-joy:

to be fair it went on really well, i did take my time and the heat gun worked really well, only issue was the scratches on the origional items from packaging, i had hoped these would fade once applied but no there still there. i will clear coat it before the assembly and this should hide it (not that you will ever see it again)

simon

[simontie]

Looking very nice and neat so far!

yep so far im quite happy with it, masking the engine bay might prove to be challanging but ill see how it turns out....theres a lot of plastic to go and decals coming out of my ears
simon

[simontie]

Well been awhile but i have a small update
spent an eternity making these seat belts but they look quite cool,

engine bay and roll cage started assembling the chassis


more shortly been away for the weekend and picked up food poisoning so been a struggle this week..
simon

[Mr Bowcat]

The belts look excellent Simon. I have to so some of these on my next build, not looking forward to it.

[simontie]

The belts look excellent Simon. I have to so some of these on my next build, not looking forward to it.

worked out ok, i used a small pin to line up the locking mechinisum and cut it once all the part were on, belts I dipped the cut ends in to superglue to stop them fraiing, my first time too but slow and steady seemed to work, well saying that i havent tried them in the seat yet :rolling:
simon

[Mickc1440]

A bit late as usual, but great start Simon

[simontie]

Well slow going and i had to redo the seat belt **** i tried the shoulder straps in the seat and they cleared no bother however the side and bottom staps don’t seemed easier to just start them again so that took a bit of time but all done now,
all of the chassis is built and painted not assembled but soon will be.
the cockpit i added a few braded hoses to look like cable looms, and a tube from the fire extinguisher. Roll cage and dash are fitted and when trailed with the door sections fit really nicely
body shell i have cleaned up and fitted out all the black parts i dare to other black parts are metalic so i think best to do these later and as ther attached from the inside nobody will see it

couple of pictures before a final rub down and then ill stick it all together


simon

[Guest]

Wow , thats some build Simon, good job in getting those seat belts right. Impressive work .

[Mr Bowcat]

Hmmmm, braided hose.

[simontie]

impressive we'll see how it ends but thank you

Wow , thats some build Simon, good job in getting those seat belts right. Impressive work .

why thank you kind sir fingers crossed i don't makle a mess of it

Hmmmm, braided hose. :smiling3:

yes looks great till you cut it, even the smallest diamiter from tamiya looks overly biG so i have never used it on any bikes, its a bugger to fray as well

thanks
simon

[Mr Bowcat]

i have some 0.6, 0.8 and 1mm braided. My secret to the fraying is to insert something into the open end (a needle or pin works well) then carefully apply a tiny amount of CA around where you want to cut it off. Twiddle this in your fingers for a few seconds then leave to dry. Remove the pin and snip with a sharp pair of scissors (I use Tamiya decal scissors) and you should have a nice clean end. For added style points, a thin strip of aluminium tape makes an excellent jubilee clip.