Connaught B type Streamlined, Aintree 1955, the body

The body from the model kit:

I have decided to affine the NACAS:

After, I have affine other things...

It's time to affine the cockpit:

Wheels will not be mounted on the chassis but on the body:

And the rear need to be modify:

The rear of the kit was like this:

But on the real car, the rear was in reality like this:

And after the first primer coat:

I have modified other things...

Now it's time to make a new thermoformed windscreen. In first I make a "master":

The master...

... and the new thermoformed windscreen:

 

And now it's time to paint the body in green!

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Index:    

The real car and the model kit:

The chassis:

The body: (you are here)

The finished model:

The diorama: