Put the first gloss coat on the body. And of course, before the Alclad AquaClear was fully cured, I dropped the darn thing on the floor (jelly side down) and it picked up some floor muck. Not much, just enough to make me grumpy.
I put the pieces under a cardboard box so it would fully cure without dust, but then I took the box off to check it, knocked the body holder which tipped over and dumped the model and hood onto the floor. DOH! Should have left it alone. My ADD rears its ugly head again.
Tomorrow I'm going to give it a light polishing and then apply one more coat. I then have to paint the front vents with a flat aluminum/steel color and the body should be finished.
While that was drying I "attempted" to put on the front spindles and mount the tires. The "" are intentional. While fitting the two sides (one with the kit's disc and the other with my custom one), the custom fell off. I spent the next 20 minutes sweeping, crawling, checking my clothing, etc. Nada, bubkis! I gave up and fabricated my own steering knuckle to fit nicely within my custom disc. I then used 0.032" phos-bronze wire as the king pin (even though modern cars use ball joints). This created a fully functional steering hub.
From the front I just CA'd the knuckle into place with medium CA and accelerator. After this image I painted the caliper bright red.
I drilled the upper and lower A-arms for the metal rod. I partially drilled the center to accept the steel pin I was using as an alxe (0.073"). I then installed it and clipped the excess metal sticking out. Wheels were glued with Gel CA and accelerator as the hole was a little larger than the pins.
The opposite side went on with the previously built kit parts. The new work is much sturdier.
During the handling I knocked off the radiator hose. I found it on the floor when searching for the steering part. It was a dubious joint to start with and was fixed with my usual method of pinning with some 0.022" wire.
With the wheels installed it was time to take some complete chassis pictures. I also added the last part, the steering wheel.
And the underside. It's really not as dusty as these pictures seem to show.
And then I ended the session and went upstairs to change out of my gross shop clothes, and looked what popped out on the closet floor.
The *%)UY%@ part was hiding in my clothing anyway. I really did check my clothing and I don't have cuffs. Furthermore, my flannel shirt is out, not tucked in, so it theoretically blocks parts creeping into my belt line. Not this part! This thing really was hiding. Too late! That ship had left the dock, was replaced and no longer needed.