The lower console was one of the most easiest parts to create, because
it's small and didn't had to many difficult shapes. I expected to finish it pretty fast,
it took about six months from the beginning till the end.

  
I started to make a rough model from card board, and this was the first result.
After I had made it, I started to make it from wood.

This is how the first wooden model looked. Later I would
put filler on it, to make the surface nice smooth.

I still had to make the arm support, and that's what I was going to make next.

I used the card board model as an example to make the right curve in the arm support from the top of the console itself, to the top buttons area.

 Here I glued the model of the arm support into
 one piece, and checked or the sides were straight.

Later I should glue the arm support to the console itself, this way I could work easier on both models.

I also used filler for the sides of the arm support of the lower console, to remove the wooden structure.

Now I started to work on the lower section of the bend in the arm support, which I filled up with wood and glue.

I had to make it perfectly fitting to the top side of the console itself where the buttons are located.

After that was done, I also used filler for the seam on the back side of the console. Then I sanded it again, and the seam was invisible.

 Now the console and the arm support would be one whole part.

I had painted the two sides black, just to see how the model started to look.

The console started to look very good, it but there was only one problem, the arm support sticked out underneath the dashboard itself.

So the arm support was one thing I certainly had to change again unfortunately.

 After I had saw off the front of it (the rounded part), it fitted again.

It wasn't perfect yet, so I still had to make some more changes to it, but not major ones.

I made the front side of the arm support smooth with filler. Now the shape was correct.

 I also still needed to close the area where the buttons would have to come.

The small side needed to be changed, so I glued a piece of wood against it, to sand it into the right shape.

I painted the console again to check the shape, and the opening where the buttons should come still needed to be closed.

I mounted the console in the car to check the fit and to make the cover for the had brake.

After the cover was made, I made it smooth.

It was now almost ready for a professional paintjob.

 I also had made a plate for the buttons. With the plate mounted the console looked much better.

This was also the how I finished it, before I would bring it to the painter.

When I picked it up again, it looked really nice, it was smoothless!

 Only the console itself was painted, not the plate for the buttons.

 Later a fiberglass one would be specially made, one that would fit perfectly.

You can see how nice the hand brake cover worked out. This would certainly give the console a professional look when it's mounted.