Thanks for the comments peeps!
Right, here's the last main entry, I guess anything further will focus on cosmetic and general finishing.
One thing to mention first. It goes without saying that any pair of panels (base sides, nose section and footwell) should be cut at the same time to ensure they match.
This section will complete the build of the nose section and only 4 panels are required to do this. Here's the plan:
The panels 1,2,3 and 4 attach in the positions shown in this plan:
The next step will be to overlap the side sections with the footwell. Wood strip will be used to attach the panels to (approx 20mm x 20mm cross section will be fine) the front of the nose cone so remember to allow for this. Draw around the nose section onto the front of the side panels on the footwell section. Basically we want to get from this:
To this:
To give you an idea of how it will look when attached, this a front view:
Ok, I hope you are with me so far. Any questions, please ask.
The next step will be to assemble the sides and panels 1 and 3. Once this has been done, the nose can be glued 'n screwed to the front although it may be worthwhile doing a dry run and ensuring you can attach panel 2 before gluing it all together. It's important that the front board of the footwell section is as far forward as it can be without poking outfrom the bottom curve of the nose side panels. This will ensure that you have sufficient leg room in the pod.
Once it's all be attached, it should look something line this from the top:
The next things will be to cut a section of wood beading which will glue to the top and bottom of panel 1 at the front of the nose section. Here's a picture with it in place:
When it's all completed, it should look like this:
Ok, that's it for now, the pod build will be almost complete at this point. I'll follow up with another post soon .....
