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Right-hand-drive dashboard
Hisham
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Posted: Saturday, November 05, 2005 - 03:26 AM UTC
Hello... I was wondering if anyone here has some ideas on how to switch a right-hand-drive dashboard to a regular left-hand-drive? This is a 1/32 scale car which I want to use in a diorama.

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HeavyArty
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Posted: Saturday, November 05, 2005 - 03:36 AM UTC
It is not really that dificult. You have to section the dashboard and rearrange it. First, cut the two outer ends off. Now make a cut on the driver's side, to the right of the instrument cluster, removing the instrument cluster. Next, cut an equel sized piece as you just cut from the left side away from the right side. You should now have a 5 piece dashboard. Reassemble it by swapping the driver's section with the instrument cluster and the piece that you cut from the right side. Glue the instrument cluster piece to the right of the center piece and the blank piece to the left, reattach the ends and you are done.
Hisham
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Posted: Saturday, November 05, 2005 - 04:45 AM UTC
Thanks for the reply, Gino. You mean something like what I got in this pic?

HeavyArty
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Posted: Saturday, November 05, 2005 - 06:33 AM UTC
Exactly.
allycat
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Posted: Sunday, November 06, 2005 - 10:09 AM UTC
Good Idea, You'd have to re-work the top though.
or use that as a master and scratch build a new one.
Or shave off the instrument cluster and reposition it
Tom
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