Hope everyone has had a safe, peaceful and joyful Christmas. In contrast to my dear Uk brethren, we had 34C, which is 98F on the day.
Ok enough of the OT stuff
There are a heap of badges/emblems available via eBay but knowing which ones to get is a challenge - some look brilliant (bonnet/hood emblem for example) and even claim to be original, but are the wrong dimensions as far as I can make out. On the Cali it "looks" like the hood emblem should be around 75mm high. The prancing horse, seems to be around 90 - 100mm but I don't really know the height of the grille so may be way off. The rear script is a conundrum too, but less important to get 100% precise I suppose. I imagine the letters to be around 30mm high but again, don't really have a clue ... until that is, I can see one of the genuine vehicles (not 250 but an "F" from then period) in the flesh so I cam measure them.
GRILLE:
I believe the grille offered by DNA is in acrylic, which is probably perfectly fine, but I'd like to fabricate one in polished stainless or chromed steel - I've seen a couple of variants on the original vehicles (on the same as offered and the other with more rounded ends) but to avoid having to adjust the opening, intend to keep it the same.
The one pictured seems to be made from 2mm material and "may" even be aluminium ... the outer cowl (?) sure looks like it.
Anyway, I am keen to get your thoughts on these aspects of the vehicle build. Thanks!