I am now pretty much finished with the body shaping. I started building the body pattern in January last year (2007).
The next steps will be to cover the pattern with a layer of chopped strand mat and resin, followed by body filler, and then surfacing compound which will finally be finished to give a suitable surface for moulds.
I still have a lot of work to go yet:
surface body pattern
make body moulds
make body
mount body on proto chassis
make real suspension
make real chassis
build up car for real
get it on the road
replace "cooking" engine with dry sumped tuned version (already in hand)
I would like to acknowledge the invaluable help I have received from several owners of original cars, who have sent me photographs and measured dimensions from cars and bodywork that they own. I have made contact with them through the excellent
www.gt40s.com. forum.
I really don't know how people did this sort if thing before the internet.
Cheers
FredWB