{"id":1811,"date":"2023-04-10T00:40:16","date_gmt":"2023-04-10T00:40:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gobugatti.pro\/Home\/?page_id=1811"},"modified":"2023-05-07T07:48:29","modified_gmt":"2023-05-07T07:48:29","slug":"model-13-body-panels","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gobugatti.pro\/Home\/model-13-body-panels\/","title":{"rendered":"Type 13 &#8211; Body Panels"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1811\" class=\"elementor elementor-1811\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-52887a0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"52887a0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element 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so it could start looking like something real and tangible.\u00a0 I purchased a 4&#8242; x 10&#8242; sheet of aluminum from a supply store in Salt Lake City, Utah for this project.\u00a0 This supply store was about a 400-mile round trip from my home in little Iona Idaho and was the closest place where I could afford to buy sheets of aluminum.\u00a0 I have searched high and low here in the local Idaho Falls area, but full sheets were Salt Lake prices times two to get them here.\u00a0 So I simply took advantage of one of my many trips to Utah for family events and bought an entire sheet.\u00a0 Wow, aluminum prices are through the roof, I am shocked at how much they cost.\u00a0 As it turned out, I am really super glad I bought a full ten-foot sheet as that is almost exactly what it took to build my Bugatti.<\/p><p>I thought the side panels would be the easiest so that&#8217;s where I began.\u00a0 As it turned out there was a complicated curve towards the front, necessitating the use of an English Wheel which I reluctantly bought.\u00a0 See\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/gobugatti.pro\/Home\/english-wheel\/\">Learning the English Wheel<\/a> where I described what I went through to complete the skinning phase of this project.<\/p><p>My first-panel attempt almost ended in disaster, but I rescued it out of frustration and cut it back in size to avoid the front curved cowl area.\u00a0 In doing so I would end up with a rather sharp bend where two adjoining panels would meet, but that was better than the mess I created when I started using the English Wheel.\u00a0 Now, with my better understanding of how to use the English Wheel, I recognize how easy it would have been to keep the longer length and form the front with the wheel.\u00a0 But that&#8217;s sometimes how the learning curve works and I just have to live with it as is.<\/p><p>Once each side panel was built, I dove headfirst into the body cowl piece which is the top skin immediately in front of the driver,\u00a0 This had a compound curve and really tested my nerves.\u00a0 But I persevered, even though it represented the deepest part of the learning curve.\u00a0\u00a0 I had to keep reminding myself that I was building this to learn new skills and that it would have its ups and downs.\u00a0 Well, this piece gave me plenty of downs, with a couple of start overs when I threw in the towel by running it through my set of 30-inch rollers to straighten it all out flat so I could start all over.\u00a0 As such, it&#8217;s a bit beaten up, but since it&#8217;s going to be sanded, primed, and then painted, it will be OK in the end.\u00a0 But I must say, getting that cowling piece on was a trial by fire and I was fully burnt.<\/p><p>Next were short pieces of the cowl area I had initially cut off of the side panels.\u00a0 Now with my baptism by fire initiation of the English Wheel behind me, I easily formed these pieces and fit them to the surrounding skins like a pro.\u00a0 It was a nice change to feel like I was making good progress, even if it was slow.<\/p><p>Nearing the end, came the much-feared two front hood pieces.\u00a0 After watching Steve Vinson&#8217;s forming video multiple times, receiving the 8&#8243; anvil die, and fixing the English Wheel wobbly defect, I proceeded with great success.\u00a0 I had each panel formed in just a matter of minutes!\u00a0<\/p><p>Fitting them to the large-size Army Surplus supplied hinge and other surrounding panels took some doing, but it wasn&#8217;t rocket science nor art per se, it was just taking each step in the right sequence so that when completed it all aligned and fit.\u00a0 While time-consuming as you had to take the hood on and off many many times, it all went pretty well and I was most pleased.<\/p><p>Finally, came the back piece of the cockpit.\u00a0 It was all flat with bent edges so it went smoothly and fit very well.<\/p><p>I am fairly happy with the final result.\u00a0 It&#8217;s not as professional a finish as I had hoped for, but for 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