Biscuitbuilder Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 At long last, I get to try my hand at building a roof for this cab. I decided early on to try and build it up pretty much the same way that the real one was done, with a wooden frame around it, bent wood bows, and with wooden slats laid fore-and-aft on top of that. Masking tape (my favorite top material) will get the call for finishing it off: Here's a look: Bending the soaked basswood strips over a curved surface (OK, so an antipersperarant package had the shape I needed!): Starting the assembly of the framing, along with the front bow. At this stage, the side rails and front & rear headers have been carved to shape, with a reinforcing rib glued to the inner side of each header: All the bows installed. At this stage, I've already block-sanded the bows and headers, to give them a smooth transition to each other: And, voila! A completed roof structure sitting on top of the cab for the first time! Finally, after 20 years, this thing just might make a truck: Biscuitbuilder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest zebm1 Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 Intricate work...and when yu get thru with thatun, I got all these wood parts for a 1/32 Wiking Dragonship, just a-waiting for tha Master's mimetic skills. :mrgreen: Zeb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biscuitbuilder Posted March 26, 2007 Author Share Posted March 26, 2007 Intricate work...and when yu get thru with thatun, I got all these wood parts for a 1/32 Wiking Dragonship, just a-waiting for tha Master's mimetic skills. :mrgreen: Zeb And, my hands will applaud you every step of the way as YOU build it! Biscuitbuilder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jairus Posted March 27, 2007 Share Posted March 27, 2007 Looking very nice Art! That is exaclly the way I build my first Woody by the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonoPed Posted March 27, 2007 Share Posted March 27, 2007 That is exaclly the way I build my first Woody by the way. I wimped out for my woody's roof....used .040" sheet plastic...LOL!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modelmartin Posted March 27, 2007 Share Posted March 27, 2007 Very cool project, Art. I will look forward to seeing that one done. It looks like you overcome a problem that was halting progress and you will now speed your way to completion! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biscuitbuilder Posted March 29, 2007 Author Share Posted March 29, 2007 Very cool project, Art. I will look forward to seeing that one done. It looks like you overcome a problem that was halting progress and you will now speed your way to completion! Andy, Dunno if I will "speed" this one to completion--having to stop and figure out just how I am gonna work out each part of it as it goes along, not to mention the rather delicate nature of things such as that roof structure. Biscuitbuilder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chopper Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 can't wait to see it done very nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob paeth Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 All these guys waiting to see the finished product !!!!!!!!!!!!!! I know you will have it finished in just over a month, right Art ? For some reason the number "4" comes to mind. Perhaps it is a date from some month ? May, for instance ? LOL bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biscuitbuilder Posted March 30, 2007 Author Share Posted March 30, 2007 All these guys waiting to see the finished product !!!!!!!!!!!!!! I know you will have it finished in just over a month, right Art ? For some reason the number "4" comes to mind. Perhaps it is a date from some month ? May, for instance ? LOL bob Or years? Bear in mind, I started on this project only a couple of months ago, about April, 1987 to be exact! Yup, 'tis true--it's been 20 years since I built up the basic frame for this one. Lotsa things got in the way, most of them off the radar screens, not the least of which were a need back then to "Sieg Heil" the Wifenfuerher I was unfortunately married to, and the more direct problem of simply getting into a project WAY over my head at that point in time. Oh well, I have, for years, used Orson Welles to describe my way of building models: "I will finish no model before its time" 8) Biscuitbuilder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biscuitbuilder Posted March 30, 2007 Author Share Posted March 30, 2007 can't wait to see it done very nice. Hey Chopster! Good to hear from you! Perhaps it will be much closer to finished by Good Guys at O'Reilly Raceway Park (used to be Indianapolis Raceway Park) in Clermont IN (only a stone's throw from Indy, BTW) in June. Mebbe we will see you and the Bondo there?????????? (I hope?) Biscuitbuilder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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