A little something to tow my Sanky

Had some time to make a start on a L/R lightweight chassis as the girls went to their ten pin bowling. Would have got more done if baby Arron had not decided to kick off every ten to 20mins. The joys !!!!!!

Using this drawing as my basis for the build



And a restoration blog on this site

[url]http://andy.photos.de.com/p67897481.html[url]

With it hopefully looking a lot like this



Chassis rails are simple stips of styrene cut and welded with glue having used the chassis of the Monogram kit to guage the shape, size and angles.



Left and right chassis rails formed together to make equal sized rails.



An old aluminum heat sink from an old electrical appliance (video player or summit else) is a handy tool for cutting strip or tube and sanding true. Fits in my chinese carry out tub tool boxes better than the big mitre tool.





I am not being too fussy about chassis cross rail size or profile as I want to consentrate on the upper shape. I don't intend to be turning it upside down too often and would like to build this quickly and keep up momentum.



Using the strip profiles in my stash on "if it looks about right, it will do"













Hope you like !!!!!! I am hoping to make use of tin roast foil for the body panels, which will be rather appropriate for the Landy and should be very easy to manipulate into the very basic shapes of this great wee motor.

Nige

Added thin strip to unify the undersides of the rails from the outside view and will add some filler and as where visible to make the rails one.



Test fit of the rails on the monogram body to see the proportions are correct.



Now off to bed with the dregs of my man flu still lingering !!!!

Night all

nige

cool, very good start and progress on this one. When I first saw the title of your thread, I thought you meant Low Rider (L/R)

Thanks Ko as always for looking in on my builds. Always appreciated.

Had a little time to have a go at some body panels using plastic at the moment as the tin foil would need a bit too much brasing in wrong places, but I have not given up the plan to use it within the build. I might have to be a bit selective where I am going to use it.

Knocked up some basic sides whch I am thinking of skinning with the tin foil when I have all the other panels formed. The doors may or may not stay attached, but panels and doors still have detail to add to them.



Side panel compared with L/R 88 to check for proportions.



Next is a basic firewall, foot well holes and upstand for windscreen. Holes for the two vent flaps and the flaps themselves to be drilled out and formed.



And for comparison the esci L/R 109 which is in left hand drive, whereas Lightweight will be right hand.



Seat box is next, again with no details added yet.



Where I am at for now.



If any body has interior pics of the lightweights in there original Army role they would be appreciated as my memory of all the little bits that should be there is not good enough and I am still going through restoration blogs of real vehicles.

I am consious that some restorations add on creature comforts and other bits and bobs from other L/R marks.

Cheers folks

Nige

Thanks folks for looking in on the build.

Added some of the side extentions on to the chassis that support the bodywork which gives the chassis a bit better look already.







More to follow soon

Thanks

Nige

Was asked if I was going to make the seats removable to show off the fuel tanks under the seats and thought, why not?



Also visible above is the start of the leaf sprung suspension using a strip of metal lined with plastic trip to make up the front suspension as below





Nige

Excellent work so far Nige. Amazing what stock can become in the hands of a professional

Hi Matt

Not quite a professional ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, just a happy amature chopping away to see what comes together. If it works for me I will be happy !!!!

Here is my wee Arron supervising my work tonight. That is him ten weeks on Friday there !



Got my rear leaf springs fabricated













Thanks for looking in folks

Nige

Wheels in place to check proportions. I think it is taking shape now !!!!



And with the Sanky trailer to see how it sits. Slight tail up look which I think is right.



Nige

very nice progress, okdoky. Your son Aaron is a future styrene head for sure

Hi Ko

Hopefully Arron will get the bug like the girls did. I wish I could spend more time working with Jasmine and Holly on models too and keep their interest going.

Nige

Made a start on the differentials on the axles. Started by laminating thick pieces of plastic card together and sanding to shape as blanks.



Blank on 88 inch chassis for comparison.



Using a mixture of chissel, files and sanding sticks started shaping.



Basic finished diff against the second blank still to be done.



Nige

Thanks to Dave (papasmurf) of IPMS and a speedy Royal Mail I now have the tilt for the lightweight.



A little cut and shut to get the middle tilt bow placed correctly for the short wheelbase.



Still has a bit of refinement to do blending in the joints.



Also added the rough axles and leaf spring U bolts.





Thanks again Dave for the tilt.

Nige

Looks like all you are keeping is the front end and the chassis. Everything else is masterful scratchbuilding.

Hi Matt

The way it is going, the only kit bits that will be used will be Dave's cut down tilt and the resin wheels. All other bits should be from scratch.

A rub down to smooth off the damaged detailing.



Stretched sprue, wire and tin foil to put the detailing back on.



Nige

Added a NATO style hitch using a necklace clasp.



Also formed the cargo bed.



Tilt added to check proportions





Nige

Hello Nige, what is your source for the drawings. Looks like something I would like to look into.

Bob

Hi Bob

Sorry for not getting back to you. The wife ended up in hospital last weekend and been busy keeping house with the girls and baby Arron. Kaz back out and feeling loads better after an op last Saturday.

The drawings are off the web somewhere but if you pass me a PM I can send a copy of some of my references by e-mail.

Only got a couple of fuel tanks roughed up at the moment to add to the chassis and will post pics tomorrow if I get a chance.

Nige

Kaz and the kids are all doing fantastic now and to look at Kaz you would not think she had been through the wars. Taken everything in her stride as usual. What a gall !!!

Had a chance to do some little bits tonight. Fabricated two basic fuel tanks using this pic as reference





I cut four thick plastic pieces and temporarily glued them together to sand them to the shapes of the tanks profile. Then I added a section of square hollow section between two to give me the width. Then by cutting the tin foil to the width, I superglued the foil as a wrap around strip to form the tanks.



Still got the cross shaped indents to carve on the sides, fuel tank lids and pipework under the seats







Nige

Adding side impression



Fuel caps and pipes







Rear tub and side panels





Tilt on for proportions again



Nige

A true master at tvist craft. Well done.

Hi Charles

Thanks for looking in on the build.

Cheers

Nige

Hi Bob (Bigrip)

Pm and E-mail winging its way to you !!

Nige

Nige, thanks for the help. The PM and email are here.

Bob

Well Bob

No excuse not to see you crack out your very own lightweight now. Or you could wait to purchase a resin 1/24 Lightweight and a 101 Forward Control Landrover kit from Kit Form Services when they come out !!!!!!!!!

Build your own for now ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, its fun !!!!!!

All the best

Nige