Wak emf 30

[cardist]

Hello all,

My first attempt at a car kit. I thought, that looks nice, a wee classic car. So it was duly ordered from the WAK site. On first opening my impressions were, nice and simple, only two pages, what could go wrong? Oh my, I was quickly disabused of this. I can honestly say that this is not one for the faint-hearted.
However, I have persevered and have made good progress so far.

I started with the chassis, which was assembled after laminating to thicker stock and etc. this was followed by the engine and leaf springs. the fitting of the engine was where I had my first 'oh darn' moments. The engine fits between the first two cross-members, so one had to be removed and then re-glued after attaching the engine.



Attachment points for components were not present, so I had to refer to the line drawings in the instructions for fitting parts. The fold-up paper paper parts for the fitting of the suspension were replaced with solid parts made from heavy stock. The leaf springs were cut out and assembled as per instructions, but I enhanced these with links and shackles fabricated from plastic tube and copper wire. A glutton for punishment or what?

The engine was beefed up with some grey-board and details such as the water pump, magneto, distributor and front gear casing were scratch built with card and wire. I used some lazer-cut bolt-heads from Draf Model to enhance the detail on the casing and for the spark-plugs. Intake manifold is from 1.5mm solder



Carburettor, water pump and magneto distributor. plug leads from fine solder.



I scanned the parts pages and printed the body sections in glossy paper. After cutting out, these went together without a hitch. The problem with these parts is that there are no attachment points for the chassis, it is just glued where it touches, so careful alignment is needed here.



I am currently working on making the front wheels steer so will post again when this is done.

Forby this being a puzzler of a kit with regards to the placement of parts, I managed to find lots of references on the interweb which has made this a very enjoyable project so far.

P.S. The oil filler wasn't in the kit (the engine is very basic) I found a picture of this during my research and as it is very prominent, I had to put it in.

[Michael Mash]

I like old "roadsters" like this one.
It will be fun watching this come together.

[Siwi]

Guess it could be worse, you only have to make four neat spoked wheels and not wire ones...
Engine detailing is good, make sure it is visible when model is completed.

[MacSongLi]

Great detailing on the motor. Very nice clean work. Looking forward to seeing this build.

Gary

[modelperry]

Watching with interest.

Greg

[whulsey]

One of the better detailed paper engines I've seen. Keep up the good work.