paolo76

at the front, I moved the suspension to the front of the frame, creating, I think, a suicide front end. I built a bracket and a support for pinch the leaf in the middle and I built from scratch the tie rods. I then drilled the frame for fixing. here too, i don't know whether it is a realistic scheme, I copied from some pictures found on the net. sorry for the pictures with flash, I realize now seeing on the computer screen that really sucks, I hope the next are best. Control heights with new front setup: OK

in the next photo you can see how I've changed, rebuilding them from scratch, the tie rods (I think ...) of the rear suspension; now, I know that maybe is one not too realistic scheme, I probably would have had to add two more arms or something else, but ... boh , I did so, I do not know why! i then redone the tie rods and brackets attack _ because I was not satisfy with them, but unfortunately I did not make photos of new ones, perhaps you can see them in the following photos.

I then given a thin coat of primer to the frame to show the faults: oh, and you can see that I have added reinforcements inside the frame at the four points where it was glued, I was afraid that only the glue was not enough. I then made a set-up test with the original suspension to see how ground clearance was definitely too high, I want it much lower! so I started from the rear to further decrease the height from the ground; I removed the rear crossmember and I rebuilt one in order to move further up the attack of the crossbow in the new crossmember I replicated the original fitting of the Crossbow new height test , much better this way,this is the ground clearence that i want!

sorry but I do not quite understand what you mean with "section the body ". I'm Italian and my English is a little poor ... thank you for your appreciation!

thanks sir!

So probably I had beginner's luck, because I think I've got a good result ... I'd love to know what you think when I'll post the photos of the finished work See you soon

as mentioned, the next step is to modify the frame: I then marked the lines for cutting and, not without a little fear, I sectioned. I then built a template to make sure that was all in line, and I glued with two-component glue. while the glue dried I built a piece of plasticard for joining the two parts of the roof that I had to cut on the length to ensure that pillars match and I have also glued the top of the roof, adding a strip on each side inside the junction of the two parts. once the glue dried on the frame, this was the result: as I said, the system for me is really simple and not difficult, just make sure that the pieces are properly positioned. I think I got a good result, I was not convinced to do it, but I was satisfied at the end. regarding the bodywork, I i then glued the front of the roof in position. in the picture you can see the left pillar that does not fit at all well, luckily I noticed and I was able to fix it before the glue dry.

this is my latest project, since I have photographed all the steps and i'm very satisfied with the result I decided to open a wip; tell me what do you think, because even after 25 years of inactivity I have to take back a little confidence ... comments and criticisms are welcome. the starter kit is this: of course, because I do not like to build the original kit box, the project is to turn it into a rat rod. This is the first mock-up right out of the box: I began by eliminating the central part of the frame, which will be replaced by two new crossmembers I made from plastic chopsticks and I glued in place. Meanwhile, I drew a line for cutting the body (my first top chop ... i was a little afraid ...) and made the first cut. It comes better than expected, very accurate, so I continued with the second cut ... in the picture you can see the strip that I deleted, about 5 millimeters, not much but I hope will see the difference at the end. for now I'll stop here, the next step is to cut the frame to lower the suspension, using a method that I learned from a tutorial by a user of this forum of which I can not remember the name, but I was able to first try and it's very simple. I do not remember how you call this technique, however, it is to obliquely cut the beams of the frame and glue them overlapping. See you soon

thank you all guys!

hello to all guys! I write from Italy and I follow you from a few months, ever since I restarted with the hobby of model after 25 years of inactivity! when i was young I've built mainly military models and motorcycles, now I began instead with pick ups, muscle cars, and hot / rat rod, which are my passion. I'm at my fifth model at the time, the first are served to regain confidence and see what level I was, and I was quite amazed at what I was able to accomplish,i will put some pictures under glass soon. my last model (just finished!) is a '37 ford panel delivery turned into rat rod hearse. for this I will open 'a wip since I remembered to photograph all of the building steps. Now I greet you and sorry for my English, any error is the fault of google translate anyway! P.S. I saw that some of you are true artists of the model, I saw some fantastic creations that have inspired me a lot and keep alive the passion and the desire to improve model after model. ah, of course, I copied a lot from your work and tricks, thank you all!