PANHARD & LEVASSOR

Hello to all my friends, today I finished the construction of Panhard & Levassor, I want to thank everyone, the availability and interest in following this compilation, during the nine months that this work lasted.
As all my models have an associated history, this also has, it was the first automobile that came to Portugal in the year 1895, purchased in Paris France, by the Count of Avilez.
As you can see it is a still very archaic car, it looks more like a horse-drawn car, than an automobile, but it was the first car in the world with great reliability, most likely the Daimler engine of German origin will have helped in that direction.
This miniature is built to scale 1/8, and materials were used in the construction as close as possible to the original, you can see here some photos of this compilation, wish you like and appreciate, this miniature will be on display at the National Museum of Cars, where the original is found.

PANHARD & LEVASSOR.

Front seat construction and assembly of the radio control system and lamps, some photos as I make the miniature strings in the miniature strand of homemade manufacture, there are 3 the thicknesses necessary for borders the seats, back and elbows. the construction is near the end, some more tuning and calibration, some photos to see this compilation, I hope you like to see.

The first pictures are how the strings are twisted

 The 3 thicknesses needed to line the seats.

 Sponge used for the back of the seat, 2mm thick.

tuning the natural leather to line the back of the seat.

 how the leather is baked in the holder

Back and seat backrest almost completed.

 Homemade construction artifact to crease the leather, imitating the stitches.

The various stages of housing of the components of radio control and lighting of lamps.