Jul/090
Sanding the Cockpit
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- Back end of the cockpit
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- Me sanding
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- Closeup
I’ve spent a couple of hours today sanding down the cockpit. It was fairly smooth anyway, but I’ve rounded all of the edges and corners. I can’t believe what a massive difference it makes. It seems to have turned from a shaped box into what it is supposed to be, and there’s so much more to do.
I was going to use a Router, for ease and accuracy, but it turned out that the screws were too close to the edge and routing would have meant countersinking the screws further and causing problems.
I ended up using a plane firstly. Taking a strip off at 45 degrees, roughly. After doing this I used course sandpaper to get the edge and then a finer sandpaper to get the nice finish.
I used an electric sander to do the flat surfaces, followed by the finer sandpaper to make it even smoother.
There are a few more edges to do on the front section but the rear is complete. 15 minutes work tomorrow and it will be done.
I also received the aluminium plate today, it’s perfect.
Don’t ask about the hat in the pic! My hair was a nightmare. I also used a mask, MDF is full or formaldehyde. And gloves, although I’ve still come out with a blister on my thumb!
Check out the pics.
Jul/094
Some materials purchased
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- Carbon Fibre Vinyl
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- Adhesive Spray
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- Carpet
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- Aluminium Plate
I’ve just ordered a few materials for the cockpt.
- Carbon Fibre Vinyl – 1000mm x 610mm
- Carpet
- Spray Adhesive
- Aluminium Plate – 500mm x 500mm x 3mm
All purchased from Ebay for a very reasonable price.
The Vinyl is 1m x 0.6m and has self adhesive on the back, so that will make it super-easy to stick onto the cockpit. It cost £9.99
The carpet is 2m x 1.35m, and cost £9.99.
The self adhesive will be used to stick the carpet to the inside of the cockpit, this cost £2.49.
The Aluminium plate is 50cm x 50cm x 0.3cm. I will mount my pedals to this. It cost me £10.
These links will take you to the product pages.
Jul/090
Sim Modding Twitter Updates for 2009-07-30
- Just going to pick up the wood for the cockpit now. Sorry for the lack of updates recently! – Ste #
- Christ! He's built it for me! http://twitpic.com/c0wxz #
- Was a little more than I expected, but it's saved me probably weeks of work in construction times. £120 for materials and labour. #
Jul/090
Cockpit Constructed
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- From the Back
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- With me inside
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- Me inside
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- From above
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- In the footwell
Hey guys! Sorry for the lack of updates over the past week. We’ve not had much news and we’ve also been very busy. But today I have good news!
I went to collect the wood for my cockpit today, expecting it to be flatpacked, ready for me to assemble. But the carpenter had constructed it for me! Wow! Couldn’t believe it. He had definitely put it together better than I would have been able to, neater, tidier and cleaner. Plus, he saved me a LOT of time.
It cost a little more than I was expecting, I was thinking around £80, and it turned out to be £120 for materials, labour and vat. But as I say, he saved me god knows how many hours so it’s definitely worth it!
After this, I’ve got to get the resin seat, Momo wheel, aluminium plate for the pedals, router, paint, carpet/cf vinyl and decals. So, a fair bit to do, but it shouldn’t take that long!
Check out the pics anyhow!
Jul/090
In Cockpit Design (updated)
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- In Cockpit Design
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- In Cockpit Design
Following on from yesterday’s post, here’s my latest In Cockpit design. Now featuring button boxes, carpet texture, seat, various Logo’s, headrest pull tags and wheel functions.
Jul/090
Sim Modding Twitter Updates for 2009-07-21
- Just updated the blog with my in cockpit design! – Ste #
Jul/090
In Cockpit Design
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- Cockpit Without Wheel
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- Cockpit With Wheel
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- Cockpit in Garage
This is what I hope the inside of my cockpit will look like. I haven’t added the button boxes on the right and left sides, I hope to have those installed later. I’ve created two images – one with the wheel attached, and the other without. The inside will be carpeted and the edges with Carbon Fibre vinyl. Also posted a cockpit-in garage scenario.
Jul/092
Pedal Design Idea
Pedal Design
Here is my proposed Pedal Design idea. I plan to remove the pedals from the current plastic housing and mount them onto sturdier aluminium. Around 300mm x 250mm x 6mm. I will attach the remaining two pedals with two bolts – one at either end of the metal pedal base. Since the current Pedal housing leaves your foot around an inch off the ground, I will build a double step of Aluminium at the front to enable me to reach the pedals in the same way as I do currently. Then I will lay a carbon fibre vinyl over the top of the foot rest. The cables will be tied around and fixed into place at the back, leave nothing untidy.