Part 2:
Unfortunately, by now, the clouds were beginning to gather overhead.
So I quickly switched to mocking up the leather gear lever gaiter…
I started by making a rough cardboard circle to match the widest part of the gear knob.
Which will leave me with this much material to 'gather' once the gaiter is slipped into place.
I am now thinking I might simply use a cable tie to pull this together, rather than elastic.
As the cable tie could be simply cut off and replaced if I ever need to removed the gaiter.
( A bit like the one that was holding the overdrive wires to the lever. )
I still have too much leather at this stage, so I had to mark the join like so.
( With the tape on the outside of one edge and the inside of the other. )
Last job of the day was to have a look at how a mirror plinth made of alloy sheeting might work.
( As I currently have more than I need to panel the cockpit interior. )
Note: I want to reuse the existing mirror holes in the side of the body shell.
But I think this will lead to a clumsy design, so I dug out the photos of my last design idea.
Which was going to be done in metal, with a couple of tweaks to the rod layouts & lengths.
The scary thing is that these photos were taken in March
2015!
So lets see if I can finish the job before four whole years have passed.
Anyway, at this point it started to spit rain, so I put the covers on.
Until next time, take care, Paul.
