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[Albie D]

This thing is so neat. Great idea for the induction scoop.

[crazyrichard]

thnx and yes when i saw that truck roof light in my partsbox i imidiatly saw it becoming a cool scoop

[crazyrichard]

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 ...

[crazyrichard]

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

[Jairus]

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.modelcars...showtopic=18990

 

Keep checking back and eventually they will probably all come back one way or another.

[crazyrichard]

hey , thnx and yes i wil def. have a look !! curious

[crazyrichard]

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

[crazyrichard]

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

[crazyrichard]

ff

[Albie D]

The into the sun pic is way cool.

[Del Austin]

Love the idea and execution. Well done.

[jrherald420]

Looks great, only thing i see is the master cylinder looks to be upside down. The reservoir should be facing the bottom of the floor. 

[Modelbuilder Mark]

Oh yeah!

[vintagedragfan]

that looks great Richard, I really like it

[Alyn]

Wow, that real wood looks just like real wood.

 

Great job !

[crazyrichard]

thnx guys !! and lol @ alyn real wood that looks like real wood hehehehe

[crazyrichard]

well i finished it i wil post it in under glass http://www.modelcars...4&st=0&p=850075 thnx for watching and the nice comments here !!!

[Ira]

REAL NICE WOOD WORK RICHARD!!!

 

[LAone]

Went through all the pages, awesome is just one word.

[crazyrichard]

thnx guys !!