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Builder Last Online: Jan 2020
Model Scale: 1/12
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Started: 06-26-18
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SupportedA few years ago I had the priveledge of driving the Shuttleworth Collections Arrol Johnson dogcart on the London to Brighton rally. Inspired, I decided to build a model of the car. Fortunately I have regular access for dimensioning etc.
Here is a picture of the real car on its run.
I kind of figured that the wheels were going to be the most difficult part and decided to start there. The two front wheels are 12 spoke and the rear ones 14 spoke.
One of the finished wheels, without the tyre. In practice the wheel has an iron rim, but brass seemed a good substitute
Making cart wheels is a labour of love and took many many hours. but I got there in the end. Flushed with success, I started on thye chassis.
here are the rear springs which are single leaf springs, togerther with the chassis sporting the front springs and axle.
The front springs in assembly, and a snapshot of the chassis with them fitted.
Here, the rear differential and radius arms before fitting to the axle
Here, the axle clamp and spring assembly fitted to the axle clamp. just prior to fitting to the chassis above
The chassis, essentially complete and rolling.
The body side panels after completion. Here I took 1 mm oak sheet and made a the base frame components followed by the overlay pieces which give the model depth and are as on the real car. The two were then glued to make the sides of the vehicle. In real life, the timber side mebers on the lower half are attached to steel sheets. Here you can see the units completed with brass sheet glued to the rear of the two lower halves of the body side panels. The brass can be seen on the second photo on the right hand side.
Here is a picture of the real car on its run.
I kind of figured that the wheels were going to be the most difficult part and decided to start there. The two front wheels are 12 spoke and the rear ones 14 spoke.
One of the finished wheels, without the tyre. In practice the wheel has an iron rim, but brass seemed a good substitute
Making cart wheels is a labour of love and took many many hours. but I got there in the end. Flushed with success, I started on thye chassis.
here are the rear springs which are single leaf springs, togerther with the chassis sporting the front springs and axle.
The front springs in assembly, and a snapshot of the chassis with them fitted.
Here, the rear differential and radius arms before fitting to the axle
Here, the axle clamp and spring assembly fitted to the axle clamp. just prior to fitting to the chassis above
The chassis, essentially complete and rolling.
The body side panels after completion. Here I took 1 mm oak sheet and made a the base frame components followed by the overlay pieces which give the model depth and are as on the real car. The two were then glued to make the sides of the vehicle. In real life, the timber side mebers on the lower half are attached to steel sheets. Here you can see the units completed with brass sheet glued to the rear of the two lower halves of the body side panels. The brass can be seen on the second photo on the right hand side.
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