VS4-10 Project

Page 2: Body Preparation

   

We're not done with the plastic parts yet.  Bag H-1 contains the parts for the body.  The body is laser cut and ready to go.  The plastic parts include a molded front grille with radiator, door handles, wipers, gas cap, and tail lights.  I installed them all before painting the body to see how they would look.  Of course I took the opportunity to drive it around this way.


   

The body could be painted all one color, but because I'm not planning to decorate it with any stickers, I figured I would go with a black hood scoop and a white roof for some contrast.  The main body is British Racing Green.  This all required a bit of masking, but it was not too difficult.


   

The only stickers I applied were for the window seals and the interior.  Hey, it looks pretty good!  I did have to install some LED lights as well.  This model uses unusual sided 10mm headlights, so a special kit was required.  I just went for simply, always-on headlights and tail lights.  No markers, turn signals, brake lights, or reverse lights.


   

Here are some views of in the interior.  I just went with straight black with a simple silver dash panel.  The rest is stickers.  Since the interior piece actually screws to the body, it serves to add a lot of rigidity.  The fuel cells in the bed are also integrated with the interior panel.  (Can you see the reflection of my Clod Buster manual in the C-pillar on the right?)

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