Matching

It feels like a long time since I was able to spend a couple of hours at a stretch at the workbench so I used to time I had the other day wisely to complete the detailing work on both sides of the new WHR observation car Gwyrfai.

Because its been so long since I made Glaslyn I have forgotten exactly which techniques I used to create the round corners of the panelling, so I had to come up with a new way.

What I did with the larger corners on the lower bodyside was to chop a 45 degree angle in a 15" x 60" strip and then file it away into a concave shape.

Then I cut out the these very small triangles, now with a crescent shape on one edge, and glued them into postion in the corners so that you can hardly see the join.

The cant rail was more challenging.

I know that previously I have done this by curling a piece of fine strip into a tight U shape, glued it in place and then used filler in the gaps.

Another solution would be to try to make even smaller triangles to bond in the corners.

Instead, what I did was drill a hole in the middle of a piece of 80" strip, then reamed it out until the hole almost reached the edges of the strip, and chopped through the middle of it, leaving two pieces with a half-moon bite taken out of them.

These were then glued in place between upper and lower strips which were already in place.

I think it's quite effective.