Trunk louvers ?

[Jon Haigwood]

Planning a 33 Ford 3W build and need a way to put louvers on the trunk. The body is a resin body. Any and all helpful info appreciated 

[dragstk]

Try this place:

https://louverit.com/en/

Ive never tried his stuff but Ive heard good things

[NOBLNG]

Perhaps the trunk lid from the Revell ‘32 five window could be reshaped to fit?

[Jon Haigwood]

15 hours ago, dragstk said:

Try this place:

https://louverit.com/en/

Ive never tried his stuff but Ive heard good things

Is that place still in business ? I just tried to order and this came up, "Unfortunately, there is no payment method available."

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[Plowboy]

I've done louvers a few times. But, not on resin. Only difference is the glue. The way I do it is graft the louvers from a panel that has them onto the panel that doesn't. I cut each individual row of louvers. I place the row of louvers onto the panel, trace around it, cut out the section and glue the row of louvers in. Then repeat the process until done. The toughest part is sanding between the rows of louvers. I made a sanding stick from sprue with sandpaper glued to it. 

[EngineerBob]

I used 3D Louver decals by Archer Surface Details from Teds Modeling and was very happy with the results. Very simple installation and no body work required. 

[Jon Haigwood]

33 minutes ago, EngineerBob said:

I used 3D Louver decals by Archer Surface Details from Teds Modeling and was very happy with the results. Very simple installation and no body work required. 

Apparently they are no longer in business 

[Can-Con]

4 minutes ago, Jon Haigwood said:

Apparently they are no longer in business 

Humm, closed after 33 years. Wouldn't have expected that.

[StevenGuthmiller]

Might be pretty labor intensive, but if I was going to try it, I might start with a length of half round, and either split it down the center, or sand it down half way to make it a quarter round.

Then lay out and mark where each louver is going, cut precise lengths of the quarter round and glue them to each mark.

Once dry, I would round over the outside edges with sand paper.

Of course this would probably work best with plastic on plastic where you could use a MEK type plastic cement for gluing, but I suppose that it could be possible with super glue.

Just an option that might be worth trying if all else fails.

But you’ll have to be ready to commit.

That’s going to be a lot of individual louvers to recreate.

 

 

 

Steve

[Can-Con]

7 minutes ago, StevenGuthmiller said:

Might be pretty labor intensive, but if I was going to try it, I might start with a length of half round, and either split it down the center, or sand it down half way to make it a quarter round.

Then lay out and mark where each louver is going, cut precise lengths of the quarter round and glue them to each mark.

Once dry, I would round over the outside edges with sand paper.

Of course this would probably work best with plastic on plastic where you could use a MEK type plastic cement for gluing, but I suppose that it could be possible with super glue.

Just an option that might be worth trying if all else fails.

But you’ll have to be ready to commit.

That’s going to be a lot of individual louvers to recreate.

 

 

 

Steve

That's kinda how I did the louvers in the filler panel in front of the rad in the Limelighter I built.

I started with flat rectangular stock cut to shape and just rounded down the front edge and sides with sandpaper after they were glued down solid.

Edited November 30, 2022 by Can-Con

[Mark]

Might not be a need to split half round styrene strip stock...Evergreen does make quarter round.  I have a pack of .040", but that can't be the only size they offer.

[StevenGuthmiller]

8 hours ago, Jon Haigwood said:

Is that place still in business ? I just tried to order and this came up, "Unfortunately, there is no payment method available."

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I just went to the website, and went through the entire ordering process up until the final “place order” tab. (PayPal)

Up until that point, everything worked fine.

I wasn’t going to hit that final tab because I don’t want the product.

 

 

 

Steve

[StevenGuthmiller]

5 minutes ago, Can-Con said:

That's kinda how I did the louvers in the filler panel in front of the rad in the Limelighter I built.

I started with flat rectangular stock cut to shape and just rounded down the front edge and sides with sandpaper after they were glued down solid.

Thanks!

That’s pretty much what I had pictured in my minds eye.

Just trying to think through the best way to get there. 😊

 

 

Steve

[StevenGuthmiller]

3 minutes ago, Mark said:

Might not be a need to split half round styrene strip stock...Evergreen does make quarter round.  I have a pack of .040", but that can't be the only size they offer.

There you go.

I imagine the smaller, the better.

 

 

Steve

[Mark]

I bought the .040" thinking about using it for louvers...as you have described, cut a bunch of them to the same length, round off the corners, and cement in place with the rounded corners facing forward.  After they are in place, round off the corners sticking up, then knock down the height of the louvers a bit.  .040" would translate to 1" in 1/25 scale, it seemed to compare well with the strips of louvers included in some early Sixties car kits.

[Plowboy]

This model has resin copies of of the pieces I mastered using the technique I mentioned earlier. The hood sides were done differently. 

I did a tutorial on the TRaK forum if you want to look it up. How different are the '34 and '36 trunks? I think I have an extra resin trunk around here somewhere. 

 

[NOBLNG]

Evergreen makes .030” quarter round also.

https://evergreenscalemodels.com/collections/14-35cm-white-opaque-polystyrene-half-round

[Calb56]

3 hours ago, Plowboy said:

This model has resin copies of of the pieces I mastered using the technique I mentioned earlier. The hood sides were done differently. 

I did a tutorial on the TRaK forum if you want to look it up. How different are the '34 and '36 trunks? I think I have an extra resin trunk around here somewhere. 

 

Those the ones that Ed had cast?

[Calb56]

10 hours ago, Can-Con said:

Humm, closed after 33 years. Wouldn't have expected that.

Possibly still available yhrough Ted's 

https://www.tedsmodelingmarketplace.com/archer-transfers/

[robdebie]

To mention the obvious: have them 3D printed? I designed two sets of louvers for the Lancia LC2 race car. My designs were too thin, so they came out crooked, but you can see the potential.

Rob

[Jon Haigwood]

Some great info here thanks guys. Thinking about using some 1/4 round to make the louvers and attach them to some thin sheet styrene. Then cut out the louver section and attach it to the body. This is how I make tuck-n-roll upholstery. 

Thanks for the info and tips.

Archer stuff is available thru Teds 

[Calb56]

https://www.thepartsbox.com/shop/the-parts-box/exterior/accessories/louvres-x-4-l-19mm-x-w-7-5mm-x-h-1-5mmta/

Haven't used them but I really like their other resin.

[Jon Haigwood]

44 minutes ago, Calb56 said:

https://www.thepartsbox.com/shop/the-parts-box/exterior/accessories/louvres-x-4-l-19mm-x-w-7-5mm-x-h-1-5mmta/

Haven't used them but I really like their other resin.

Thanks

not sure about the dimension's 

Edited November 30, 2022 by Jon Haigwood

[blizzy63]

9 hours ago, Calb56 said:

https://www.thepartsbox.com/shop/the-parts-box/exterior/accessories/louvres-x-4-l-19mm-x-w-7-5mm-x-h-1-5mmta/

Haven't used them but I really like their other resin.

thepartsbox resin louvres are very good. They each measure 7mm x 18mm.

I'm seeking louvres that are 9mm wide.

On the right is a resin louvre unit from my parts box. It measures 25mm wide x 20.5mm. I don't know where it came from (!)...

[Mark]

Those resin pieces look like copies of the short louver strips that came in some AMT and Jo-Han kits in the early Sixties.  The wide strip also looks like a copy of another such piece that came in a handful of AMT kits.