Land Rod: chassis is complete, now to the body shop

Lots of detail work was needed to get it to the current state. Basically the chassis now consists of two complete sub-assemblies that will get glued into the body shell at the last possible moment.



The floor pan and transmission tunnel are done. This was all fabricated from 0.030" styrene sheet. The photo above shows the work in progress. The passenger side footwell will be severely cramped by the exhaust system but hey, who cares. Style before substance.



Giles seems to be settling in quite nicely. The cockpit is all the way over to the left, with the driver's feet under the fuel injection and up against the left side inner fender. There is a simple flat dash in preparation.



In the rear I may build up the boxes around the rear axle or I may just put a tonneau cover over it all and be done with it. Being lazy, a tonneau cover sounds like a good idea.





I dithered over the rear axle but finally decided to pull out the rear fenders and space out the rear wheels. The 3D printed axle is just a bit wide, and even with lots of filing the rear wheels were going to be jammed up in there.



I may need to work on getting the hood to close... the rear fenders will get mesh grilles on the leading edge to lighten it up, and the rear wheel will get pulled out a bit. Two millimetres per side at scale, 2 inches at 1:1, should do it nicely. Some form of minimalist windshield, possibly folding, will round it out.



I think it's all looking good. Body work looms large, however. The colour still needs to be decided and, given the difficulty in sourcing new paint at this time, will be partly dependent on what paints I have in the stash, but a neutral dark gray or black, possibly semi-gloss or flat, will set off the red alloys nicely. Stay tuned!