crazyrichard Posted December 27, 2012 Author Share Posted December 27, 2012 I'm a little unclear here. Are the wood panels all cut, shaped and ready to go on? Or is that still left to do? no thats all still left to do , first i wanted everything painted and sure everything fits and is in place , i will complete everything like the engine and details , then keep the body loose and then make the wood on that , i will just need to messure and build up the wooden body piece by piece .. its not like i have done it before , but now i'm glad i went about it this way , if i would have made the wood on the first it would be a lot of masking work . also making whole pre made panels to put on isnt really doable , i made everything curved so i really have to glue on and fix it piece by piece so it really is fluch against the inner body (so to speak) after dinner started to paint all the chrome , steady hand required on all pics it seems to have two tones , like discoloration , thats actually due to the lights hitting it from the ceiling , irl its just all the same blue did several front parts chrome loosly dryfitted the wheels , tyres are from the kit and the rims i used from a 32 roadster kit , i really think they match the style and theme well tyres stil need work like sanding and stuff , rims also will get some details painted all the small dash details , hmmm those where tiny , i used a wooden pin with a point (meat pin) to do those loose dryfit with the body i'm thinking of doing some white on the seats i will do a lot of small details later and off course the woody body Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modelbuilder Mark Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 are you using Alclad for the chrome? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skip Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 I see you had Von Dutch lay some stripes on your firewall and Deuce Grill shell! The one on the firewall is a piece he did in the '50's when he was sorta normal if you could call him that! Von Dutch titled it "Harvey, Shaken By Crossbreeding". One interesting thing that he did with a lot of his stripes is that the layout would often be one contiuous stripe rather than a stripes added to one another to make up the layout. In the end Kenneth Howard AKA Von Dutch was one strange individual! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyrichard Posted December 28, 2012 Author Share Posted December 28, 2012 are you using Alclad for the chrome? hey , no thats just a spray can silver , its well known in the modelbuilding scene in holland and a lot of people use it , its cheap , flows awsome and never runs , always a 100% great result . alcad is maybe nicer but this is just so handy the brand is gamma , thats a big diy store with stores all over the country (well you would not call holland a country lol) the blue on the body and the clear is also from gamma .. all the paints just spray amazingly good and the best thing is my wife works there so i always get 20% off (discount) I see you had Von Dutch lay some stripes on your firewall and Deuce Grill shell! The one on the firewall is a piece he did in the '50's when he was sorta normal if you could call him that! Von Dutch titled it "Harvey, Shaken By Crossbreeding". One interesting thing that he did with a lot of his stripes is that the layout would often be one contiuous stripe rather than a stripes added to one another to make up the layout. In the end Kenneth Howard AKA Von Dutch was one strange individual! hey thanx for the information , i had those from a nother revel deuce kit , the bunny is not complete there should be more but i cut it to put it there i will look it up thnx today i installed the pedals (automatic) and steering colom , they will be painted chrome maybe i will make a center console with electronic gear selector later (?) bunny power i used higher rocker covers with deuce casted in them.. the edges are red because i had to smooth them and they come from a red casted kit. i will paint those edges with my chrome and leave the rest of the covers kit chrome daylight shot of the metallic blue radiator case i put some cloth electrical tape on the aircleaner .. looks just like ... not sure if i will use it , not sure what i want with the engine , maybe some stacks would be cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrKerry Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 Like the color choice, looks good on a 32. Can't wait to see more!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ll Brandon ll Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 Beautiful work so far, cant wait to see it with the wood! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyrichard Posted December 28, 2012 Author Share Posted December 28, 2012 thnx ! just test fitted it into a rolling chassis again now with the brkes on the axle , the rims will sit a tad deeper in the tyre on this pic they sit loosly in there .. also painted the edges of the rocker covers chrome now and tidyed up some chrome work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H.A.K Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 Dude that's kool as hell. Love it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyrichard Posted December 28, 2012 Author Share Posted December 28, 2012 thnx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modelbuilder Mark Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 Wow, great results with the silver paint then, from these pics look pretty darn chrome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyrichard Posted December 29, 2012 Author Share Posted December 29, 2012 Wow, great results with the silver paint then, from these pics look pretty darn chrome yes i love that stuff today i started on some details , used 2 carbs from my partsbox then made a sort of top / scoop out od an old rooflight from a bigrig made a linkage and painted the whole lot chrome and whow the sun was shining today .. so i took some pics right away then added the rtadiator hoses and painted the drilled out part of the scoop black Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AzTom Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 Looking great ..... can't wait to see some lumber. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyrichard Posted December 29, 2012 Author Share Posted December 29, 2012 Looking great ..... can't wait to see some lumber. well .......................... the edges are round wood so when its all dry i will sand the edges flat with the other wood but on the inside it then will run nice and round all the wood work is rough some parts i let stick out a bit so i can sand curves in it the rear darker bar of wood sits loose because i first have to make a round piece of wood along the wheel well. thats the hardest part i almost could bend some wood but every time i almost got the bend it broke , also making it wet didnt help. so now i will add some strips together and cut it out round on the flat side , hope that will do the trick really beachy feel right ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyrichard Posted December 29, 2012 Author Share Posted December 29, 2012 never heard of such kits , sound cool building this one i already start to think about a nother woody , maybe a later model wagon of some sort Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyrichard Posted December 30, 2012 Author Share Posted December 30, 2012 spend some good hours today , filing , sanding , fitting wood on this pic its still real rough , i masked the blue front body off with tchick alu heating tape and filed the wood alonf the front body in the same shape on this pic you can see that the wood body is curved both horizontal and vertical then started the first round of sanding , filing etc to get some more shape and make it less rough , needs loadsmore but now the shape is starting to show from very thin wood witch i got by peeling the layers of the scale pallet i was able to make a panel on top behind the rear seats , thats already flattened now flush with the frame (not on this pic) then i realised that same stuff could work around the wheel wells and it did , i was able to make the bend without breaking the wood , well at least in the end i broke like 3 peices before i got both wells covered then build up the wood work some more dryfit , now underneith the door there will be a piece of wood later on and on the rear wide section i will let the horozotal bar run through with that same thin wood this was the easyest way to do this , filling in all those shapes was pretty challenging more to come Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albie D Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 This thing is so neat. Great idea for the induction scoop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyrichard Posted December 31, 2012 Author Share Posted December 31, 2012 thnx and yes when i saw that truck roof light in my partsbox i imidiatly saw it becoming a cool scoop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyrichard Posted December 31, 2012 Author Share Posted December 31, 2012 started some details on the engine , like belts , waterpump , alternator .... no braining how the peep i'm going to get cables in the distributer , i should not have glued that in so early de rough wood work is done , now its a massive sand job and clearing the wood so it will come to life then i need to get some interiour stuff started like seats color etc .. then make some doorhandles , truk handle , tails and headlights ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyrichard Posted January 1, 2013 Author Share Posted January 1, 2013 the wood had goty its first 3 layers of clear , started a two tone in the interiour , wanted to resemble a sort of metalflake apolstery in the middle here you can see the round shapes i sanded in the wood there is some discoloration but that will go away its from the firs layers of clear soking into the wood a bit also did the dash in metallic blue , tiny thing and luckely i was able to get it tight (the outer line) on the clear coat layer that was on there maybe i will do some of the dark blue on the doorpanels later , bit cramped now to paint there but maybe the armrests and the upper line under the wood will be possible to paint still next time i def will keep the interiour loose and pre paint but because this was nessecery due to the wooden outer skin i wnet about it this way.. for me it was a first with real wood so i had to just try something Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jairus Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 Looking good Rich! I have built quite a few wood bodies in the past. Even have a thread here on MCM forums... but a lot of the photos are missing due to Fotki swapping servers. Something I am currently looking into and attempting to repair.http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=18990 Keep checking back and eventually they will probably all come back one way or another. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyrichard Posted January 1, 2013 Author Share Posted January 1, 2013 hey , thnx and yes i wil def. have a look !! curious Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyrichard Posted January 1, 2013 Author Share Posted January 1, 2013 because unintentionally it kind of got the surf feel / beach feel along the way i decided to make a wooden bodyboard for the rod a surfboard would be a bit big and well a boyboard is something different a example from google i found > now there are loads of shapes and some pretty square , i took some styling dues from 2 different boards and wanted to keep it basic so it looks like a bodyboard instead of ending up with something that looks like a surfboard too small for the scale i used the same wood as i did for the body and made smaller strips and glued dark and light wood together , let it stick ou (the dark wood) and flattened it cut the basic shape and gave it some mild curves did that in a hour or so , now its clear coated and drying Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyrichard Posted January 2, 2013 Author Share Posted January 2, 2013 weird i can only go on the forst page of every topic on the forum , the rest all give a error screen .. oh well i was home early today and the sun was shining a bit , so i took the opportunity to make some betetr shots . shot them on a painters canvas outside the previous posted pics where all shot in the evening , these all come out way better the clear on the wood dryed up great , no more stains from soaking into the wood wih the bodyborad , the line will be changed to a tiny poly line , this was a test evrsion with electrical wire usually you dont take pictures with the sun on the otehr side (against the light) i just tried this and i love how it came out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyrichard Posted January 2, 2013 Author Share Posted January 2, 2013 ff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albie D Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 The into the sun pic is way cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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