Looking in the good (?) book about how much effort it is to make a scuttle, and it tells me to use the plans for the dash (or words to that effect, I haven't got it in front of me). Now maybe I'm being blind, but after a fairly good search, I can't find any plans for the shape of the scuttle/dash. How did everyone else make the shape of their scuttles and is there a plan in the first edition of the book that isn't in the second?

Kingr

Apart from the base (which has to match the top of the chassis) I just made it so it 'looked right'. I also made a scientific study (i.e. I made a guess) about what shape it should be so that the bonnet would be a reasonable shape when put across from scuttle to nose cone.

I don't think I'm alone in using this technique...

David

I traced the profile of the fitted nosecone and transposed this onto a grid which I then stretched to the width of the scuttle at the front and the back. I cut these out of MDF and bent 13mm ERW around them to make a frame and then skinned it with 20g mild steel. This may not be the prescribed method but it worked!

Hi it would be quicker to buy one from robinhood both avalable you mite be better using the one on the 2b as its wider than standard


Simon

Quicker, yes, but in my experience of Robin Hood/Lolocost not by any stretch of the imagination better, or for that matter cheaper. Thanks for the advice though.

I think I'll make a few sketches on my PC to see what looks best.

Kingr

Theres a very sketchy sketch in the final assembly chaptern when it's talking about the dashboard and instruments. (p130 of the second edition). It's got one whole dimension.

Useless as tits on a bull.

Cheers,
Greg H

Oh, OK, must have missed that, I'll take a look tonight.

Kingr

Its a very sketchy sketch about as usefull as a chocolate teapot !!!
Made mine by bending 2 pieces of 1 inch erw welding it to a base over the chassis rails then using 2 short lengths of 2 inch 3 mill front to rear to give it rigidity,took about 1 and a half hours,I plan to cover it with ally.
Bob

I've seen other people who have done a similar thing, the only problem being that I don't have any method of bending tubes. I've got a reasonable ammount of 25mmx3mm strip, so I'll probably use that for the shape and put thinner metal around it a 90 degrees to give it some rigidity.

Kingr

Kingr

I think thats the general idea in the book use the firewall and the dashboard as the items for rigidity.Certainly if you were building it a'la book with 3/4X3mill they'd have to.
Bob