How To Hinge Panel Delivery Rear Door

[Bruce Poage]

The current project is a '40 Ford Panel Delivery. I have been building models since about 1958 and never hinged a door. I think I want to hinge this door to open up. I would appreciate any drawings, referrences, hints, etc for this project. Thanks.

[Edsel-Dan]

I made the hinges for mine out of Evergreen

Here are 2 pic's that show the door

I can take a few more with the door closed, and even off to show more detail.

There are 3 sections of tube per hinge

2 on the body (top & bottom), one on the door (Center)

I need to dig her out to see if the pins are evergreen rod or wire pin.

I tried the same method on Revell's 48 Woody, but they kept breaking off.

I since have made Piano type hinges out of tin pie pans, super-glued/eoxied

to the frame & doors

Edited January 9, 2012 by Edsel-Dan

[Foxer]

I went through this hinging the rear doors on a 85 GMC van I'm still working on. It got frustrating for me mostly due to troubles with the glue holding. I tried using aluminum tubes but had the glue trouble and they looked too big in the smallest tube size, I ended up with the smallest plastic tube filed down thinner and sewing pins with small heads.

I posted quite a bit on these in my WIP thread here. This page has the first mention of the hinges with a 3D rendering of how I proposed to do it about halfway down. You'll have to follow thru the thread to find all the other hinge updates on how it went. In the end, I'm very happy with how they ended up. Here's a shot with the hinge done and just the long alignment pin in place. The final pins are just the length of the hinge with body painted top.

At first I thought you were asking how this is done . I see you did a fantastic job in the end! I'd love to see some close up photos of your hinges. They look to very good scale.

Edited January 10, 2012 by Foxer