Zis-5V (1/35 MAC Models, Ukraine) Chapter 9

The Nats are....let me check...15 days...21 hours...18 minutes and 42 seconds...41 seconds...40 seconds...away.  As the time gets all crunched up, so do the projects.  Things are mostly done.  These posts here concern themselves with the Model Building demo that I am giving at the Nats (I'll do separate post with trumpets later), so I am going to post more pics here on the Zis-5V so all three of you can see:

I wanted to make my own fenders.  I always do a test first to see if it is even doable.  I took some .003 brass sheet and did this test, which proved it was possible.  He always runs while others walk.

In real life the Fenders are folded out of tin sheet.  This was done for many reasons, labor and material savings mostly.  Once I determine it is feasible, I do a drawing next, mostly because it forces me to look at the part to be constructed.  (This photo, BTW, is pure gold.  It does not represent a 100% historically accurate vehicle, but gives the best overall impression of it.  As modelers we become fixated on all the details, forgetting the whole). 

Using the kit part I make a pattern out of a note card.  He acts while other men just talk.

 

 I use .003 brass shim stock sheet to make brass parts.  These clear rulers are essential to getting straight lines, you can see through the rule to line up the bottom edge.  .003 is a little thinner than the typical PE parts.  He looks at this world, and wants it all...

 

 

The drawn on lines are pretty important, take care to get them in the right place.  For the folds I score the lines with my X-acto.  So he strikes, like Thunderball.

 

 

I used to use a hold-n-fold...but these days I use a smooth jaw pliers.  He knows the meaning of success.

 

 

Here is the finished fender....wait...the part that gets connected to the running board is on the wrong end.  His needs are more, so he gives less.

 

Trans and Drive shaft.  A drawing to get in my head what to build.  They call him the winner who takes all.

use a big black sharpie to mark the end.  This allows you see if your hole is in the center.  Start it slowly and adjust.   And he strikes, like Thunderball.

Use a file to shape.  Any woman he wants, he'll get.

...It is just plastic after all.  He will break any heart without regret.

Checking against 1:1 printout.  Trans needs to be redone.  Why?  Oh, don't get me started.  Let's ask Tom.  His days of asking are all gone.

His fight goes on and on and on.

The other thingie is a cover that goes on the side of the trans.  I'll slice off a salami section for the cover.  But he thinks that the fight is worth it all.

Parts is parts.  (I didn't shoot the trans...I'll add it later.  Or not).  So he strikes like Thunderball.