bigblock10 Posted January 13, 2007 Share Posted January 13, 2007 well i am new to this and i have read how to cut doors but onec you do that how do you get them to swing open? thanks guys Derek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrObsessive Posted January 13, 2007 Share Posted January 13, 2007 Derek, that'll depend on the type of car you're doing. Some cars have a "gooseneck" hinge, while others swing on a pivot. Pics of the car with the door open would be a big help. Gooseneck hinges allow the door to swing outside the fender, while pivot hinges let the leading edge of the door turn inside the fender. Time doesn't allow me to demonstrate every step in hingeing the doors................but here are a couple links which have pics of the hinges I've used. http://public.fotki.com/MrObsessive/projec...64_gto_project/ http://public.fotki.com/MrObsessive/projec..._ford_fairlane/ There's lots of pics there.................but some closeups of the hinges can be seen. Probably the best advice I can give you is to practice on a junk body to get the hang of it................a lot of what I do is trial and error. Hope this helps! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
62rebel Posted January 13, 2007 Share Posted January 13, 2007 plenty of tutorial available on this; but when you say "swing" open, do you mean as in stock automobile or scissor style like current tuner fashion? there's two-three really effective ways to hinge doors in normal fashion but for the other, i'm out of water. remember when planning hinged doors to thin the leading (hinged) edge of the door panel from the inside along with the trailing edge of the body panel to provide clearance for the panels to go past each other. also; observe how a full size car door hinges. most models make do with huge non-prototypical hinges that swing the entire door out of the opening in a most-non-carlike fashion. duplicating the operation of 1:1 hinges is not that difficult if you have patience. getting them down to scale is the truly difficult aspect but not really that important since they're near invisible once the car is finished. read through the tips and tricks for more details; there's lots there to soak up. welcome to the group! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigblock10 Posted January 13, 2007 Author Share Posted January 13, 2007 hey thanks for the help guys this is a 66 chevell with stock automobile type doors. i dotn know if i will try it on this one now that i know it my be a bit hard, ill try to dig up a old body and try with it. thanks guys Derek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrObsessive Posted January 13, 2007 Share Posted January 13, 2007 Okay, well that '66 Chevelle's doors would open the same as my '64 Goat as they were built on the same cowl and basic floorpan. Once you get the hang of opening and hinging the doors, it gets easier and easier! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigblock10 Posted January 14, 2007 Author Share Posted January 14, 2007 cool. thanks can you tell me if you were to make a car for a show/contest, would you make the doors open or not? i would like to go to a show sometime "never been" :oops: so i dont realy know what people do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deano Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 Bill makes EVERYTHING work! :wink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrObsessive Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 cool. thanks can you tell me if you were to make a car for a show/contest, would you make the doors open or not? i would like to go to a show sometime "never been" :oops: so i dont realy know what people do. That depends Derek...........I'm at a point in my life where building for shows is not that important anymore. :wink: I've been superdetailing stuff for 10-15 years now and I'm at a point where I just want to get some more models done. Most shows you'll go to the folks don't open the doors............I would just focus on the basics for now.......as you get more skilled, you can turn to other types of detailing. :wink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jairus Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 Welcome to the club Bill, welcome to the club! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordairgtar Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 Bill, every time I look at your builds, I have to go in the corner and mumble to myself. I can't believe those working window regulators in the 64 Goat. Totally awesome. BigBlock, all I can say is just go for the clean build. You can practice the hinging of doors on scrap bodies. Find some cheapy glue bombs or snap kits and cut away. One method that works well is using thread to cut the doors. Pulling the thread back and forth like a saw creates heat with the friction and does a better job than the X-acto blade method. It's easier to control, too. Good luck out there. I won a contest way back in 92 with a 1/43rd scale AMT AMX kit. Just some nice detail with paint and added a shifter made from a straight pin because the little kit did not include one. It was my first BMF use as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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