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Re: Riley Special chassis
By: synthpunk Date: January 17, 2021, 12:08 pm
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Front view- the scuttle needs trimming down still.
#Post#: 3490--------------------------------------------------
Re: Riley Special chassis
By: M.Z.Nahajski Date: January 17, 2021, 12:58 pm
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That is brilliant! looks like a cyclekart to me. ;)
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Re: Riley Special chassis
By: sjc56 Date: January 17, 2021, 1:28 pm
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Your cars starting to take shape, it’s looking good.
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Re: Riley Special chassis
By: synthpunk Date: January 18, 2021, 4:53 pm
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Talkin of taking shape...
Ive trimmed down the sides of the tub to what i think is the
right height to take the lines from the radiator grille
backwards to the scuttle and seat, and started the CAD
(cardboard aided design*) process.. its occurred to me that one
thing i absolutely hate doing is mixing, applying, sanding ,
filling and painting fibreglass, so i might cheat and do the
outer skin in fabric. Ive got a load of Obeche planks (a type of
denser but still incredibly light and strong balsa wood-
possibly most famous either for being the wood that DeHavilland
Mosquitoes were made from, or as being what mike rutherford from
Genesis’ double neck shergold guitar was made from) that i
reckon would be good for forming the curves at either end of the
bonnet, and then with some stringers and bulkheads to stop it
from sagging in the middle. The weight is currently piling on
incrementally with each extra bit of the structure that im
adding, so maybe doped linen or sailcloth could be a good idea.
Then lace it down to the chassis, either side. Hmmmmm....
*this joke is copyright Rhys Nolan 2020 ;c)
#Post#: 3536--------------------------------------------------
Re: Riley Special chassis
By: synthpunk Date: January 27, 2021, 5:17 pm
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Progress!
Totally looking more like a car and less like a wheelbarrow now
;c)
Its way too cold to go glueing anything at the moment, and shes
now too big to glue up inside the house so any permanent bonding
will probably have to wait till its a bit warmer in the shed but
that doesnt mean i cant still cut out bits of ply and
temporarily screw things in place to check fit...
Ive also now decided that her name is Bridgit, just to continue
the whole Bridget Riley pun ad nauseam...
Anways- scuttle, bonnet and rear end now taking shape...
#Post#: 3537--------------------------------------------------
Re: Riley Special chassis
By: Applejack Date: January 28, 2021, 2:41 am
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Great work, moving along nicely. Do you find the beer a help or
a hindrance?
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Re: Riley Special chassis
By: synthpunk Date: January 28, 2021, 4:58 am
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I find it’s very helpful during the ‘standing about staring at
wood’ phase of designing. After I’ve spent a freezing cold
couple of hours planing things flat and bandsawing things curved
then I find a good IPA helps me discern the correctness of line.
If it don’t look good drunk then it’s not gonna improve when
sober, after all.., less helpful if said staring reveals
something that then needs drastic machining to put right, but
then that’s what tomorrow is for....
#Post#: 3556--------------------------------------------------
Re: Riley Special chassis
By: synthpunk Date: January 31, 2021, 12:18 pm
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It stopped raining for half an hour today, which feels fairly
unusual so i hoiked the chassis off the bench onto its dolly and
wheeled it outside to turn it round so i can start work on the
right hand side. I had previously copied all the bits ive
already done on the LHS so it should just be a case of marking
out where they all go and screwing them in place. I took the
opportunity whilst it was outside to stand slightly more than a
foot away and check how shes lookin- pretty good, i think.
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Re: Riley Special chassis
By: synthpunk Date: February 1, 2021, 12:25 pm
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The beginnings of a dashboard...
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Re: Riley Special chassis
By: M.Z.Nahajski Date: February 2, 2021, 4:41 am
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very quick and good looking progress! what are you planning on
using as material for the exterior body
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