Construction Hints for the Paper-model of the Voison Laboratoire Racing Car

Updated: 30 May 2011

Body Alignment

stick the bottom of the body to a stiff piece of cardboard or ply. This will largely prevent any twist from creeping in as you glue the sides and top together. Just use a few dots of glue, then once the body is complete and stiff you can easily cut it from the card or ply base. I printed out a second copy of the bottom and glued it over the glue marked bottom, as a cosmetic repair as well as a extra stiffener.
I made some bulkheads out of scrap and glued them in place before attempting to glue the top in place. No pic, but I'm pretty sure I put one in behind the seat as well as the two up front. I also cut out a piece to match the top of the rear, and glued it over the rear bulkheads. This held everything in place while I glued the complex top panels down.
= Wheels =
Wheels are always tricky. These skinny 1923 wheels even more so.
I glued the rim into a circle as normal
then added a disk cut from scrap inside the rim, and glued it to the inside of the folded triangular tabs. This holds the rim into a good circle shape. A circle cutter is really good for this.
then a rough cylinder from scrap, glued to the inside of the disk. This is just a spacer to support a second disk. When that is glued in place, you can fold the tabs on the upper edge of the rim down and glue them.
Finally, just glue on the printed, decorative, wheel disks inside and out.

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