29-08-2017, 08:35 PM
(This post was last modified: 29-08-2017, 09:26 PM by Mark Atkinson.)
(29-08-2017, 12:37 PM)Steve Bryant Wrote: Mark,
I would suspect that the louvers on the original car started out being nicely uniform but ended up the way they are in the photo from use.
Stephen
Hello Stephen,
It would be good to think that was the reason for the somewhat grotty looking louvres in the period picture, but the picture was taken at Brooklands in April 1925 before the car had ever raced, indeed the car was not quite finished at this point, but, I do think that it was probably the first time it actually ran on the track.
One of the hardest parts of trying to replicate this car and to get it as close as possible to how it looked is the poor quality of the original bodywork. I probably need to 'detail' my louvres to emulate the originals more closely!
By the way, that is a very nice can in your post today.
Regards, Mark.
(29-08-2017, 06:19 PM)Tony Saward Wrote: How did you cut the thin and straight slot in the Aluminium before pressing out the louvres. When using a proper louvre punch set, the upper punch acts like a guillotine and shears the aluminium. This was not possible with the system you have used. Otherwise I am very impressed with your work and would have tried it out on the bonnet louvres on my GE Cup. They cost quite a lot of money to have done professionally.
Hello Tom,
I tried two methods, firstly using a cold chisel, which I found to be a little unpredictable and inconsistent. For the second and subsequent slots I used my Dremel with a rotary cutting disc, which proved to be very effective, neat and accurate.
I think the cold chisel method is effective, but, I was worried that with one wrong blow of the hammer I could ruin my panel.
Regards, Mark.