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Heller 1/8 traction avant cabriolet conversio
kpnuts
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Posted: Monday, March 20, 2017 - 01:32 AM UTC
Hi all well here's the next bit, I got some leather for the seats (thanks to Roy Fitzsimmons) and I decided to add wooden window sills to it.







kpnuts
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Posted: Wednesday, March 22, 2017 - 12:57 AM UTC
Hi all here is another update (the seats are just placed for now not actually fixed yet) in this kit the front seats are adjustable (just like the real thing) they slide forwards and back.
This really is an amazing kit.



kpnuts
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Posted: Sunday, March 26, 2017 - 11:52 PM UTC
Hi all here's the next update.

kpnuts
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Posted: Thursday, March 30, 2017 - 11:47 PM UTC
Hi all next update.

This also has working adjustable seats



kpnuts
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Posted: Sunday, April 02, 2017 - 11:48 PM UTC
Hi all here's the next bit I decided to do something really different with the paint job then couldn't resist trying it all together I need to add a lot of lacquer to it yet but I'm quite pleased with it so far.



kpnuts
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Posted: Monday, April 03, 2017 - 11:30 PM UTC
Hi all the next update.



kpnuts
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Posted: Saturday, April 08, 2017 - 09:19 PM UTC
Hi all another update, the canvas roof is causing me lots of problems, so much so it may end up with a non working roof and just have it displayed in the open position. The bonnet and wings are not fixed just positioned to see how much giggling I will need to do to get a good fit, the bonnet is supposed to be fitted with a piece of rubber on my first build it proved to be a very bad system which tended to come unglued after it had been opened a couple of times, I bought a piano hinge for that job instead, I'm having to keep shaving bits off the front grill to stop it fouling the grill (very slow job as I don't want to shave too much off and have a gap between the grill and the bonnet) with a little forethought I should have cut the hinge a little shorter.






Here's my first build of this at a similar stage.



kpnuts
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Posted: Wednesday, April 12, 2017 - 11:26 PM UTC
Hi all here is the next update.




kpnuts
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Posted: Friday, April 14, 2017 - 12:15 AM UTC
Hi all got the doors on and made some door pockets for them, still have to do the catches to keep the doors shut but liking it so far.


kpnuts
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Posted: Sunday, April 16, 2017 - 08:59 PM UTC
Hi all here is another update (I'm afraid I've given up on a working hood so it will be fixed in this position in the finished thing



kpnuts
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Posted: Monday, April 17, 2017 - 11:50 PM UTC
Hi all here is the next update.



kpnuts
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Posted: Tuesday, April 18, 2017 - 11:56 PM UTC
Hi all, next update, nearing the end now.



kpnuts
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Posted: Thursday, April 20, 2017 - 12:14 AM UTC
Hi all nearly at the end now, there are so many more things I could add to this but I think I will just finish it as it is, I must say I much preferred the first build of it and I think it's more interesting to look at when I build the next one it will be in more of a state than the first one.






roygdarwin
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Posted: Thursday, April 20, 2017 - 04:25 AM UTC
love your build ,all the detail work Is great . thanks for shareing .
kpnuts
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Posted: Friday, April 21, 2017 - 09:47 PM UTC
HI all well it's finally done I've posted some pics of the first build just to show the complete difference between them.
Personally I think the more interesting build is the first one (it's by far and away the one I enjoyed the most)













And it's final resting place.
kpnuts
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Posted: Thursday, April 27, 2017 - 02:20 AM UTC


Hi all well after someone on you tube stole one of my wip builds and posted it as their own I decided to beat them all to it and post all my builds on there first so this is my first (thanks iceman on how to do it) obviously I'm new to this and this is my first post on there, here is a link to it
www.youtube.com/edit?video_id=aYkHn64LODU
kpnuts
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Posted: Thursday, April 27, 2017 - 06:38 PM UTC
Sorry, did say i was new to youtube.
Heres a link that works.
https://youtu.be/aYkHn64LODU
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