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Builder Last Online: Jun 2011
Model Scale: 1/8
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Started: 02-05-09
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This is one way of improving substantially a Pocher kit....
I took the very brittle dashboard part, and proceeded to veneer the whole of it with 0.6 mm thick true wood veneer, after sanding
both sides, the veneer thickness ends up in a mere 0.4 mm.........you have to work VEEERY carefully, but it has the advantage that the wood follows form....
I used 3M's Spray Mount for gluing
the veneer to the plastic, in tight or very tricky places, I used medium Cyano...
But before all this, the dashboard part was very well deflashed, sanded and all the needed holes drilled and/or tapped in advance.
The front veneer was cut grossly oversize, and provision was made to save the venner part that would go over the glove compartment lid, in such a way that the grain would coincide with the rest of the dashboard...
The selection of the veneer was made so that the grain would be small enough to give the scale impression, so a Bolivian veneer was chosen of a wood named "Tepa", very hard to come by, but I found some small quantities after much bothering in my favorite wood shop....(They already hate me there...
)
The pics show the dashboard fully veneered, the instrument holes done, and the wood was given at least 12 coats of clear acrylic
lacquer
with very fine
steel wool
"sanding" between coats....this give a rich semi-matte look to the wood, brings the grain out and leaves it smooth as baby cheeks..............
In tight places, a steel wool
ball is held with pointed tweezers and there you go!
To make the glove box lid work, I made some side hidden hinges using common steel pins....the plastic Pocher pins in the part broke when I merely looked at them!
The interior of the glove box was painted dull red using the "dry brush" technique to simulate vintage red velvet...
Now comes the instrument placing part, very amusing, hee, hee...........
Mario
I took the very brittle dashboard part, and proceeded to veneer the whole of it with 0.6 mm thick true wood veneer, after sanding
both sides, the veneer thickness ends up in a mere 0.4 mm.........you have to work VEEERY carefully, but it has the advantage that the wood follows form....I used 3M's Spray Mount for gluing
the veneer to the plastic, in tight or very tricky places, I used medium Cyano...But before all this, the dashboard part was very well deflashed, sanded and all the needed holes drilled and/or tapped in advance.
The front veneer was cut grossly oversize, and provision was made to save the venner part that would go over the glove compartment lid, in such a way that the grain would coincide with the rest of the dashboard...
The selection of the veneer was made so that the grain would be small enough to give the scale impression, so a Bolivian veneer was chosen of a wood named "Tepa", very hard to come by, but I found some small quantities after much bothering in my favorite wood shop....(They already hate me there...
)The pics show the dashboard fully veneered, the instrument holes done, and the wood was given at least 12 coats of clear acrylic
lacquer
with very fine
steel wool
"sanding" between coats....this give a rich semi-matte look to the wood, brings the grain out and leaves it smooth as baby cheeks..............In tight places, a steel wool
ball is held with pointed tweezers and there you go!To make the glove box lid work, I made some side hidden hinges using common steel pins....the plastic Pocher pins in the part broke when I merely looked at them!
The interior of the glove box was painted dull red using the "dry brush" technique to simulate vintage red velvet...
Now comes the instrument placing part, very amusing, hee, hee...........
Mario
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