Giddykippa

I thought i would share this with everyone ive been looking at ways of creating a custom case for my bus out of perspex as some ready made are very expensive and are either 5 pieces you fit together of blow molded in one piece even more expensive (£300 plus) anyhow i did some searching and i found a guy on ebay who will custom cut clear 5mm perspex sheets and his price is very good i measured up my bus and came up with my dimensions of L 73cm x W 38cm x D 24cm that's so it will fit my particular spot that i have my bus you might want yours a tad bigger but that's the beauty this guy will cut to your dimensions the price for mine is : Costs as follows in display quality 5mm clear acrylic 73cm x 38cm x 2 @ £22.50 each 73cm x 24cm x 1 @£14.50 each 38cm x 24cm x 2 @ £7.50 each Delivery @ £5.49 to Uk mainland total £79.99 which i think is very good here's a link to his ebay page: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/155168479067?hash=item2420c3175b:g:MSwAAOSwMHphCz8K

sometimes you break a part not because you were ham fisted but because the part was faulty/poorly made or just badly designed in which case how is it fair to charge for replacement surely considering how much we pay for a model replacement parts should be free especially if they're needed due to manufacturing quality

i think you nailed it

ok so here goes ive done my indicators to be absolutely honest they didn't quite work out as i hoped the indicator lens were way thinner then i was expecting meaning the 0803 smd was wider than the thinnest point of the lens especially since they taper from body of bus towards the end, it ended up with a channel grooved into the lens rather than a hole so im not exactly happy with the end result but it was the only way i could do it i used a series of very small drills starting with 0.8mm and finishing with 1.4mm i then glued the smd in place to kinda seal it so i could paint round it to try and blend it best i could (see pics ) ive uploaded a video to youtube to show the working result

ok so here goes ive done my indicators to be absolutely honest they didn't quite work out as i hoped the indicator lens were way thinner then i was expecting meaning the 0803 smd was wider than the thinest point of the lens especially since they taper from body of bus towards the end it ended up with a channel grooved into the lens rather than a hole so im not exactly happy with the end result but it was the only way i could do it i used a series of very small drills starting with 0.8mm and finishing with 1.4mm i then glued the smd in place to kinda seal it so i could paint round it to try and blend it best i could (see pics ) ive uploaded a video to youtube to show the working result hope that helps taffy and please let me know how you go about your indicators (most likely be better than mine lol

ive just finished all the side panels and fixing strips (jesus talk about mind numbing with all the screws lol ) i was going to do my indicators today but my carpal tunnel playing up so will do them tomorrow will do step by step pics and post tomorrow for you 🙂

yeah that would be cool

Never even thought about chitty i had a corgi/dinky one when i was a kid that would be an awesome build but complicated with wings etc

yeah but of which car ?

sunstar do a 1:12 mini cooper and clubman in red and green but they're already built no fun in that and i love my routemaster but boy if they did it in 1:8 scale yes please lol

would love to get a 1:8 scale austin mini cooper or the morris minor

most definitely i have a sunstar 1:12 vw combi van but would love to do the 23 window samba

hate cryptic clues also anyone know what car this is ?

would love the 007 aston martin DB5 or the Mercedes 300 gull wing

Hi john yes ive done mine with 2 orange 0803 SMDs for front indicators capable of independent flashing left / off / right see link to my post

hi taffy my intention is to drill into the indicator lens my understanding is they're translucent orange plastic ive only just received my pack 12 this morning so haven't got that far but Julian has copied my idea he bought a set of indicators off ebay and he reckons it was easy enough to drill a small hole and feed the leds inside giving a very authentic look to them i hope you manage to do it too and would love to see pics of the finished result 🙂

you mean the outer panels ? that's gonna be some task

looks fantastic

i know what you mean im gutted also im rooting for the james bond DB5

Need to see your plinth with switches Bri

excellent video

im doing my model to represent RM857 as it actually is today in it's restored condition

looks brilliant julian hope mine looks as good

yeah same here im not using the outside advertising stickers either

yeah that would have been ideal unfortunately there is a big thick metal frame right where i needed the wire to come out i had 2 choices either get it as close as i did or drill right through the metal framework as well i opted for the simpler option i figure when the indicator and bracket are mounted and ive touched some red gloss paint on the wires and hole you will hardly notice it plus the hole had to be 1.2mm for the SMD to fit through