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The overlay sketches? Do you mean this sort of thing? If so, it really isn't anything clever or that technical.
I used MS Paint as it was free and easy to use and then did the following.
1) Find a side on picture of car 1 on the internet and take a copy or screen shot.
2) Open Paint and paste in the picture
3) Find a side on picture of car 1 on the internet and take a copy or screen shot.
4) Open another instance of Paint and paste in the picture
5) Use the square select tool to copy the 1st car and paste it below the 2nd car
6) Use the resize tool to stretch and shrink the car you have just pasted to the right size.
The resizing tool isn't that precise and I didn't bother with any measurements. In fact because I needed the whole car body to be a bit taller when I stretched it I ended up with oval wheels. Also you can see where I cut and paste bits of the car to change the length of the door as the reflection line is broken up into chunks. If you look closely you realise just what a crap job I did and if you look at what I acheived with the interior of the real car you will see I am not much better away from the computer.
It was really just a bit of fun rather than trying anything sensible. I am sure others on here can give you far better advice on doing proper diagrams.
Well I dropped the car down to Chris for him to slap a new back end on and not sure what to do. I wandered down to the garage and it all seemed a bit empty.
Anyway, I spotted the remains of my 'Painting plastic Chrome' experiment so I thought I would share some pictures.
First I took an old and unused bit of plastic to try the paint out on. This was the bonnet catch shroud.
I sprayed it with the super chrome paint and...
On closer inspection I an confirm that it looks like plastic sprayed with silver paint
I still decided to do the centre vents and you can see how close (NOT) the colour of the paint is to the colour shown on the lid
I thought it might be because the plastic wasn't totally smooth but interestingly the wooden bench which is definitely not smooth seemed to get a better chrome look finish
My wheel is similar, but is is a Moto Lita, and has a PCD of 4 inches but has the 9 stud hole pattern, it seems odd that the
boss is so small on this one?
From the website Simoni Steering Wheel Hub Kits offer an easy and cost effective way of fitting an aftermarket steering wheel to most vehicles. They feature a multi drilled bolt pattern that allow fitment of Momo, Sparco, OMP, Isotta, Richbrook, Mountney M-Range steering wheels that we sell, and also Nardi, Personal, Raid, Dino and Ital Volanti wheels. This particular type features a polished alloy finish for optimum cockpit appearance with maximum functionality.
It seems that it fits most wheels EXCEPT the Mountey Classic range. Guess what my wheel is.
The BMW wheel you have, obviously fits the steering column, can you not weld or bolt a plate on it, with the correct holes to fit your steering wheel to?
After a few weeks of waiting my shiny steering boss adapter arrived this morning.
What a thing of beauty
The steering wheel is a nice simple wood rim
Now can anyone spot the issue I have?
Hmm, anyone want to buy a steering wheel, new and unused?
Been there, done that. Fitted a classic Mountney 10" leather wheel to my Lotus Seven S1 which had a much smaller PCD. Used an adapter plate made of 12swg aluminium.
Today I decided to go to the Beaulieu custom car show which meant fitting number plates. The car has been reregistered on NI Plates to hide the age but the plates haven't arrived yet. To be fair I only ordered them on Thursday but it meant I had to make my own up. I am not certain if wood and paper plates would get through the MOT but at least I tried
Lots of interesting cars. Lots of men with beards. Not much charge on the phone so only took a couple of snaps.
I liked the ride height on this and the general demeanour
This also caught my eye. Check out the age of the numberplate and the rear lights
I had to look at the J-Gate gear stick to confirm it is a Jaguar underneath. Not totally to my liking but a good transition from an old XJ
I finally got the wheel boss plats back from my mate the engineer. To be fair, he does have to fit my jobs in among the paid work so I can't really complain about the wait. Especially when you spot what he engrave into the face
He has 1/2 a bottle of scotch coming his way. He just doesn't know it yet.
Weird how different the thin rim wheel feels. Same diameter as the one it replaces but you hld the wheel with your fingers instead of wrapping the hand around it.
All adds to the driving experience which is good as it feels less and less like a modern
