Lola Heritage

[FredWB]

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[911hillclimber]

Just read this through.

I thought I was having it bad getting a replica T 492 body to fit a T 492 tub, but this effort is unbelievable.

A real credit!

Look forward to the next episodes
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Avid hillclimber, just bought a Lola T 492 to hillclimb.

[FredWB]

Thanks 911

Being on leave at the moment, I have been able to make quite a bit more progress.

The front wheel arch edges are almost finished. Here you see the arch opening shape template (the spirit level is screwed to it) and the lip profile checking plate. In this first shot you can see that the blend of the lip to the fender still needs a bit more work, although the flash does seem to exaggerate the effect.






Nose now looks much better, shown here with a guide coat on.




Although the pattern is solid enough that I can sit on it, it is difficult to reach down far enough to work in the bottom of the rad exit duct. I had to make this platform to kneel on. Its hard work sanding at the full stretch of your arms!

Cheers

Fred W B

[Christiaan]

Looking very very good I must say!

Any updates?

[FredWB]

Hi All

Finally the body pattern is finished!

The time since the last update has been occupied by:

Finishing off edges and radiuses.
Checking and ensuring symmetry on left and right hand sides in some areas with the aid of templates and levels.
Sanding the last paint guide coat over the body filler back with 120 grit.
Applying coat one of the Durabuild surfacer primer.
Sanding with 240 grit.
Applying coat two of the Durabuild surfacer primer.
Sanding with 240 grit.
Applying coat three of the Durabuild surfacer primer.
Sanding with 240 grit.
Sanding with 380 grit.
Sanding with 600 grit.
Sanding with 800 grit.
Sanding with 1200 grit.
Polishing with coarse cutting paste.
Polishing with fine cutting paste.

As the gloss comes up as you polish you see some areas where the 1200 has not taken previous grit scratches out so I have to go back to 1200 grit and then polish again etc, etc.

Next time I work on the car, which will be in a couple of weeks time, I will start with the marking out for and making the parting fences for the moulds.

I include some gratuitous photos. It looks a bit tatty with the three different colours showing but in hindsight it was very helpful that I pigmented the first coat of surfacer primer black, the second dark blue and the third light blue. As you sand back you can see where you are, when you get to the black layer you stop! This was a pure fluke, due only to the pigments my supplier had in stock at the time and not some clever pre planning on my part.

Cheers

Fred W B

[911hillclimber]

Just look at that!

I can only dream of the hours and hours of work that went into that body.

Fantastic result.
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Avid hillclimber, just bought a Lola T 492 to hillclimb.

[Christiaan]

FANTASTIC!

[Joe T]

Thats a work of Art Fred