Connaught B4, the body

The body from the box:

And the first operation:

Now a view of the original body from the bottom:

And in order to have a finer cockpit and an opened front-grill, I core the interior of the body (the Naca on the front has been opened too):

 

And in order to received the chassis, a little bit of resin:

Upright now! I find that the shape of the bonnet is not quite correct. A little bit of mastic...

...and after grinding:

I draw the new shape of the bonnet with a pencil:

And I engrave a new...

... with this kind of tool made by my friend Racing :

Now some pictures of the modification of the exhaust hole and the forms of the front:

And now a test on 4 wheels:

Sides need to be affine. For this, I use a blue pen:

... and I grind:

In order to insert the windschield, I engrave this:

To follow...

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Index:

The real car and the model kit:

The chassis:

The body: (you are here)

The diorama: