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Fantastic upgrades Steve! I sure would like a little helper like Otis….but we want to do some travelling while we are still able to. Maybe in a few years.

Awesome! Love your thought process.😎 That frame and suspension work is insane!

Just having some fun with a flea market find.😜 Stock roof, luckily not glued to the body! With a 2-3/4” chop and 12-3/4” roof stretch. Lots and lots of filing/sanding later. Assessing the potential? Decided to slant the B pillars like Chevys and Plymouths.😳 I think I see potential now? Gotta work on that seam!😬 That blended better than I had hoped. Roof looks a little bulbous so it needs a pancake job. Eeewwww!😬 A bit of primer makes a huge difference. And finally…4-1/2” sectioned off the bottom of the body and hood sides. Rear fenders separated and lowered with the body. That’s it for now. 🤪

A ‘36 Ford I’m playing around with.

Apart is not the state in which you find glue bombs at the flea market.

Corrected aesthetics are required to get some Palmer models presentable.

I gouged out the sectioning seams inside and out, then filled them with half round Evergreen and Tamiya extra thin cement. I made some new A pillars for it but still need to add some Milliput and shape them. When I lowered the entire roof it looked like it had a real rake to it, so I raised the front back to stock height.🙄

No putty on the section seam yet. It will take a skim coat in a few spots…mostly because the two panels weren’t exactly level.

Thanks for this info and the link to your site Rob. Vacuum degassing makes a huge improvement on the mold quality indeed. I have cast the parts themselves under pressure but not vacuum. Have you tried both or know if vacuum is better than pressure? Thanks, Greg.

It’s all looking very nice Dave! I would love to build the transport trailer, but I have nowhere to display something that big.

Nice work so far. My models don’t need to roll so I would just replace that pin with a styrene rod and glue the wheels solid. Don’t know if that matters to you? They would still steer.

It looks great Allison!😎 They are cute little cars. Is there an engine in it?…pics? I have a Toyota S800 I’m working on.

Exhaust is now finished and made some links for the rear axle. I also got a fuel tank made and added an inset filler cap.

Believe me I know what you mean. 😬 On my ‘41 Plymouth I used a thick layer of Sprue Goo underneath and softened the entire top surface of the front fenders. This is much more localized.

You venture outside the norms quite a bit I imagine.

I am sectioning a ‘51 Chevy. I got the panels tacked back in place with Tamiya solvent and bits of styrene and CA. Due to a poor cut, I have a fairly large gap in spots. I’m not fond of the idea of filling the cracks with CA or putty. For access to the interior joint, I made this little scraper from 1/16” stainless tig rod and chucked it in my pin vise. I also made one 90 degrees to this one for the vertical seams. After gouging out the seam I glued in some 1/16 Evergreen half round with copious amounts of Tamiya thin cement and smushed it into the trough. When it’s good and dry I will do the same to the exterior. On the exterior, I can use the butt end of a drill bit. Some places I can get away with nothing or .020” round for filler and some I need .060” half round.😳

Thanks Bill. I did run across that thread while searching. I really like the windshield treatment that Steve Boutte showed in that thread.🙂 I was hoping to see a ‘36 as the fenders/running boards are slightly different. I was thinking of taking a bit off the bottom and raising the running boards a bit? Edit: Here’s a link to the finished item…..Very Nice! https://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/126893-choppedsectioned-3940-ford/#comment-1841391

Anyone done it? Pics?

Part my hair is something I haven’t had to do in a long, long time.

My guess would be to simplify ejecting the part from the mold? Otherwise the holes for the metal axle would have to be made by pins which would have to be withdrawn before the part could be ejected.

That is a very common problem.

I like this stuff. It is water based, so should go over any paint.

Some assembly required?😳

Not in my lifetime is a phrase that is becoming increasingly unlikely.

Very nicely done James!