DDK - Die Deutschen Klassiker

Another visit to the see the car this morning to catch up and see the progress. The previous project, a plane believe it or not, that was holding up progress on mine has now been completed and shipped out so mine will now move along a lot quicker. Not a problem though as I knew this was the case.

Not an awful lot to see but a few pictures nonetheless.


A frew bits on the floor have been tidied up that I was previously unable to get to.








Topside a first light skim of filler over the arch welds.





Over the next week the underneath will be completed and the car will come off the rotisserie. More updates in a week or two. :cheer:

Exciting!

Bet you can’t wait to see it in paint, it’ll look great on a road trip to Wales.

Another Saturday morning visit to the bodyshop and delighted to see some good progress made on the car.


















Of course there's always a few not so nice bits too. Just a few small holes found in the door seal channel a a few pin holes on the boot lid structure. They'll all be welded up.





And finally a shot most purists wouldn't approved of. I decided long ago that if the car remained Light Ivory I didn't want the wheel wells to be that colour. Personally I'm not keen on seeing body colour in that area, although if the car was a darker colour I'd have probably left it or used an over-paintable product. So underneath and the arches have been sprayed with a black polymer sealer that actually has kevlar fibres mixed in it. It's strong stuff and will provide the level of protection and sound insulation I'm after.

This is such a great project. I built the Revell 1/32nd Richie Ginther 914/6 model as a kid a million years ago...love the shape. The level of quality you're attaining is incredible. And I agree that wheel wells should be black. Kind regards, John.

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Looking good Stephen ...

Nice

Coming on really well. Totally approve of use of the strongest most durable arch protection you can buy!

What is it?

Looking great Stephen...

Gary71 wrote:Coming on really well. Totally approve of use of the strongest most durable arch protection you can buy!

What is it?

Thanks, it's a basically bedliner that has industrial applications too but I can't remember which one now unfortunately. It's not Raptor that I can remember.

More progress this week as the outside is now at the high build primer stage. Looking great for it too.







Rather frustratingly I noticed that when I replaced the sail panels I forgot to drill the holes for the rear sail trim. On my next visit I'll take the trim along with me and get those drilled before the car is painted.



Getting close now

Looking good

What colour again are you painting it Stephen ?

hot66 wrote:What colour again are you painting it Stephen ?

I'm staying with Light Ivory James.

Stephen, how many hours of prep/surfacing work do you think the bodyshop will have into this before they lay down the color? Thanks, John

jjeffries wrote:Stephen, how many hours of prep/surfacing work do you think the bodyshop will have into this before they lay down the color? Thanks, John

I don't know the answer I'm afraid John. The car is being prepped and painted to an agreed price. All I know is that it's being worked on about three days a week and will be there for a total of about four months.