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Undis
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 Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2022 11:32 pm Post subject: Re: Reconstruction of the 1937 W30/26 |
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Long awaited first update for 2022 has just come in from the Team. Work has started on the left side headlight. As with the rest of the car, the left side is being finished first and if everything looks right, the other side will be duplicated. They started with the correct pattern Bosch headlight. These lights were used un numerous German vehicles at the time and were also supplied in different diameters to the Daimler Benz built VW prototypes between 1935 and 1937.
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| Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2022 11:41 pm Post subject: Re: Reconstruction of the 1937 W30/26 |
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At this point it looks kind of brutal as the indentation for the headlight is being hammered directly into the front fender.
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| Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2022 11:47 pm Post subject: Re: Reconstruction of the 1937 W30/26 |
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The back side of the headlight bucket gets formed separately and will be welded into the previously shaped opening.
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| Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2022 12:00 am Post subject: Re: Reconstruction of the 1937 W30/26 |
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The construction of the W30 headlight is a combination of a headlight bucket that is a part of the fender and a separate fairing that is welded to the fender from the outside.
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| Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2022 12:18 am Post subject: Re: Reconstruction of the 1937 W30/26 |
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Some more random photos, some going back a little in time when the guys trimmed the rear left fender. Other photos are of the engine bay and the trunk area metalwork.
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| Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2022 1:42 am Post subject: Re: Reconstruction of the 1937 W30/26 |
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So good!!!!
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| Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2022 2:50 am Post subject: Re: Reconstruction of the 1937 W30/26 |
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| amazing. i could watch this all day, every day. |
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| Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2022 7:07 am Post subject: Re: Reconstruction of the 1937 W30/26 |
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quite amazing to think they knocked a whole bunch of these out in short order back in the day. I am sure it got easier after the first one was done and finalized but still a lot of work.
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| Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2022 3:04 am Post subject: Re: Reconstruction of the 1937 W30/26 |
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I can't believe the effort to make the front light housing, looks amazing, but no wonder it got changed later on in the design.
Keep up the good work guys!
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| Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2022 5:10 am Post subject: Re: Reconstruction of the 1937 W30/26 |
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| It’s almost a shame to paint this metalwork |
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| Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2022 8:11 am Post subject: Re: Reconstruction of the 1937 W30/26 |
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| olo wrote: |
| It’s almost a shame to paint this metalwork |
my thoughts exactly |
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| Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2022 11:22 am Post subject: Re: Reconstruction of the 1937 W30/26 |
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Paint only one side as a compromise? 
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| Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2022 4:05 pm Post subject: Re: Reconstruction of the 1937 W30/26 |
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| mandraks wrote: |
| quite amazing to think they knocked a whole bunch of these out in short order back in the day. I am sure it got easier after the first one was done and finalized but still a lot of work. |
Good point. I guess we cannot discount the possibility that for the 30 cars they did use at least some kind of press tools. Also I think the Daimler Benz factory must have pulled as many workers as they could afford to, off their regular assembly lines. Considering this was a high profile project that attracted personal interest of AH, they probably didn't have much choice.
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| Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2022 4:11 pm Post subject: Re: Reconstruction of the 1937 W30/26 |
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Progress photos just in. Work on the headlight continues.
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| Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2022 11:59 pm Post subject: Re: Reconstruction of the 1937 W30/26 |
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After more than 80 years, finally someone does these headlights some justice!
I have never realized the slight crease that the headlight bucket has on the top, BTW. I'll have to update my scale model once the build is finished.
Thanks for the ongoing documenting, Undis! |
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| Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2022 11:14 pm Post subject: Re: Reconstruction of the 1937 W30/26 |
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More progress on the headlight work by René Große Restaurierungen. This part will be right on the money unlike all the other previous replicas.
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| Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2022 11:16 pm Post subject: Re: Reconstruction of the 1937 W30/26 |
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Working on the hinges for the front lid.
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| Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2022 11:20 pm Post subject: Re: Reconstruction of the 1937 W30/26 |
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More progress on the rear fenders and start of work on the right side door frame.
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| Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2022 9:37 am Post subject: Re: Reconstruction of the 1937 W30/26 |
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More progress on the headlight work by René Große Restaurierungen. This part will be right on the money unlike all the other previous replicas.
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Is it the perspective which is making the top arch of the windscreen look more flat then the photo?
This is one hell of a project undertaking..
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| Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2022 11:38 pm Post subject: Re: Reconstruction of the 1937 W30/26 |
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Is it the perspective which is making the top arch of the windscreen look more flat then the photo?
This is one hell of a project undertaking.. |
The top of the windscreen will be addressed soon 
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