JAMES BOND - Original creations

[Rogerbee]

Truly incredible!

 

[Marine Boy]

More work done on the door handles.



Locked



Unlocked. I changed the location of the spring to reduce the amount of force needed to shut the door and allow the whole latch assembly to be removed as one unit.



It was a ton of extra work, but so worth it. Still to add check straps to help opening and closing the doors and switches to turn the interior light on.

 

[Rogerbee]

Stupendous!

 

[Marine Boy]

Made the mechanism for the rear boot release, which is a T-handle located on the driver's side B-pillar.



The rod passes through the rear wing and connects to the latch assembly.



Not much room to work with, as the cement gun assembly sits right under the latch.

 

[Rogerbee]

Amazing! Looks like all you can't do is get in and drive it!

 

[Marine Boy]

Made the door check straps. Took a lot of fine tuning to get them to work with just the right amount of force needed, and to open each door to the same angle.





Also made the latch for the front trunk.





To open, there is a pull lever under the dash, as per the full-size car. I think i will change this, as i can't open the trunk if there is a figure seated at the wheel. Removing the figure to open the compartment each time, is too much of a faff.

 

[Wor-Gar]

what's a faff?

 

[Rogerbee]

Something more complicated than it needs to be.

Amazing work Marine Boy!

 

[Ronin300]

This is seriously amazing work.

 

[Marine Boy]

Made the gear lever, which doubles as the trunk release. Even with figures in both seats, it is still easily accessible. Just to add some dark green fabric for the gaiter.

 

[Marine Boy]

Made the fuel filler caps. Most of the fabrication is done, with just a few interior bits and pieces to do.



Tidied up the rear trunk interior with panels to hide the wiring.



Rear lights wired up





Front lights done too. I deliberately used warm white LEDs, as Esprits don't have modern superbright bulbs.







The only lights left to do are the interior, stereo and instrument binnacle.

 

[Sardo Numspa]

Geez. So awesome.

 

[Marine Boy]

Whilst rummaging through my collection of electronic doo-dahs, i came across a horn sounder, so added a working horn push to the steering column, just for the hell of it. The column is still removable, for easier access.

 

[Rogerbee]

Astonishing!

 

[Marine Boy]

LEDs fitted into the dash pod.



Gauges printed onto paper and stuck to the inside behind glass.



Lighting test.

 

[Rogerbee]

Oh... my... god...

I need a thesaurus so I can look up some new superlatives to describe just how incredible this is!

 

[Pixelpiper]

I don't know what I'm going to do (browsing the board) when this Lotus is finished.

 

[Marine Boy]

All the wiring done, which took much longer than i thought it would. In order to be able to separate it into sections for painting, i had to fit connectors onto all the sub-assemblies.

 

[Marine Boy]

I don't know what I'm going to do (browsing the board) when this Lotus is finished.

I have already decided on my next big Bond car project. It's more complex than the Lotus, but with the lessons learned on this car, hopefully that will speed up the build next time. I'm going to finish my Star Trek TOS Enterprise bridge first though.

 

[Pixelpiper]

I have already decided on my next big Bond car project. It's more complex than the Lotus, but with the lessons learned on this car, hopefully that will speed up the build next time. I'm going to finish my Star Trek TOS Enterprise bridge first though.

Please update a link in here or via PM if you post about the Trek build - I'd love to see that one develop.