Have done a quick search and, quite surprisingly, found nothing of relevance.

Can anyone tell me the radius they've used for their scuttle? There doesn't seem to be much in the book other than "see plan", which should prolly read "see nondescript plan."


Cheers,

Chris.


Edit - Have just found some plans, courtesy of Mix, in a previous thread (http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/viewthread.php?tid=19416).
Prolly gonna go with his 128mm, but if anyone's done different I'd love to know.

[Edited on 30/12/04 by Chris_R]

The original book suggests 3 inches radius, I havent got the second edition with me but I'm pretty sure it's the same in there.

cheers

Chris

I took the nosecone radius and redrew the dimensions for the scuttle width and height, everything now lines up smoothly
Rescued attachment Radii.jpg

i used a dinner plate as a curve template

atb

steve

I marked out the profile of the nose onto a piece of 5mm mdf then overdrew according to my required height and width (ie front of scuttle) and cut that out. I clamped that piece of wood to its proper place on car and put nosecone onto car and using a big stick with pen attached scribed the shape of the rear of the scuttle onto another piece of mdf also held in the right place!!

Clear

ATB

Simon