Cobra Coupe - Le Mans - Model Factory Hiro 1/12

[DocRob]

I continued with the glazing, starting with the windscreen. This is again a clear vacuum formed part, which needed to be cut to fit. There is a tiny sill, where the screen sits recessed into. After fitting it properly, I used transparent adhesive double sided tape of 1 mm width again (best stuff ever for these cases) and with a deep breath pushed the windscreen in.
There are two possibilities supplied with the kit for the sealings, one made by rubber (upper) and another, which the manual calls UV print. Never heard of, but luckily found a descriptive video build from Pooh´s on YT, which described it as a kind of decal and this seems to be the case, maybe like the Quinta sets.

 

After removing the protective foil, it looked like this, not very appealing.



...but it worked very well. I dampened the backing paper and after a minute, it came loose from the sheet and was easily applied onto the windscreen. Thanks again to Pooh, because nothing about the how to with this part was mentioned in the manual.



I was on a roll and added the bubbly plexy side ducts  behind the door´s windows, again with double sided tape and in this case with some rivets. Most of the glazing is done now, except for the vizor screens on the side of the windscreen.

 

Cheers Rob

[HubertB]

Looking fantastic, Rob !

Hubert

[Martinnfb]

Absolutely bananas, the textures and level of detail blows my mind. 

Cheers

Martin

[Count0]

10 hours ago, DocRob said:

Cutting them to fit can be difficult and they scratch very easily.

I used to build 1/43 scale cars. They always have clear parts to cut out and fit. Tape and sandpaper are your friends here. Tape the area you are holding to prevent scratches, then cut the part close to but not exactly to fit. Then do the final "trim" with sandpaper. It's slow, but much better for a precise fit. Stick the sand paper to a block or use a sanding stick. Go slow, and keep the block/stick 90 degrees to the plastic so you get a square edge and less likely to slip and scratch the clear.

[DocRob]

17 hours ago, HubertB said:

Looking fantastic, Rob !

 

17 hours ago, Martinnfb said:

Absolutely bananas, the textures and level of detail blows my mind. 

Thank you Hubert and Martin. My mind was blown as well sometimes during the build. I try to recover and get the Cobra over the finish line soon.

Cheers Rob

[DocRob]

14 hours ago, Count0 said:

I used to build 1/43 scale cars. They always have clear parts to cut out and fit. Tape and sandpaper are your friends here. Tape the area you are holding to prevent scratches, then cut the part close to but not exactly to fit. Then do the final "trim" with sandpaper. It's slow, but much better for a precise fit. Stick the sand paper to a block or use a sanding stick. Go slow, and keep the block/stick 90 degrees to the plastic so you get a square edge and less likely to slip and scratch the clear

Thank you Count, this is valuable information. I found cutting as close as possible with a pair of good scissors made a finer cut, than sanding, which caused lots of burr. Cutting precisely with scissors might prove difficult with 1/43 parts, but with 1/12, it´s preferable, where possible. Sanding was done with sponges, but the most difficult part was to get rid of the burr with a scalpel and sometimes fingernails.

Cheers Rob

[Landlubber Mike]

Wow Rob, that windshield is fantastic!  The seals look perfect.  Nice job!

[CANicoll]

That gasket around the windshield looks amazing, nice work!!  All of those clear bits have really come together beautifully, Rob.

 

[belugawhaleman]

Looking GREAT Rob! 😀

[Count0]

18 hours ago, DocRob said:

than sanding, which caused lots of burr.

You need finer sand paper then. Like 400 grit and then smooth with 600. The maybe polish the edge with really fine paper if it's visable.

Slow. I said it was slow. lol

[DocRob]

7 hours ago, Landlubber Mike said:

Wow Rob, that windshield is fantastic!  The seals look perfect.  Nice job!

 

7 hours ago, CANicoll said:

That gasket around the windshield looks amazing, nice work!!  All of those clear bits have really come together beautifully, Rob

 

6 hours ago, belugawhaleman said:

Looking GREAT Rob! 😀

Thank you amigos, I´m happy that the glazing is almost done, as there is no real second chance, when something goes badly wrong. Other than many companies, MFH provides only one set of vac parts and these are easily scratched and polishing out scratches is nearly impossible.
The seal was great to work with. It was something like a 3D-decal, somewhere between stiff and flexible and was perfectly shaped to fit. I only wish, MFH would have said how to work with it in the manual.

Cheers Rob

[DocRob]

4 hours ago, Count0 said:

You need finer sand paper then. Like 400 grit and then smooth with 600. The maybe polish the edge with really fine paper if it's visable.

Slow. I said it was slow. lol

I know it is slow, Count, because I started with 400 grit and then went to 800 grit, but still, lots of nasty burr.

Cheers Rob