Harry P.

Very nice.

I think I posted "She's a Rainbow" about a hundred pages ago...

http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=76320&hl=%2B1910+%2Bmodel

Here's the original...

Actually I was thinking of the Fleetwood Mac version, but Bob Welch also did it on one of his solo albums. Little Big Town is correct!

Well, if you stay tuned, you'll eventually see it.

Speaking of making things up as I go along... My original idea was to have a pull-out drawer in that lower rear compartment under the main floor, with a set of hunting rifles in the drawer. But in order for that to be feasible, the drawer would need to be able to be pulled out all the way... to expose the entire interior of the drawer all the way to its back wall. That would require a bit of hardware called "full extension" drawer slides, which are basically a pair of three-piece telescoping slides that allow a drawer to be pulled out all the way to its back wall, yet they collapse when the drawer is closed to just the length of the drawer. Building a set of operating full-extension drawer slides in anything close to scale fidelity, and strong enough to work more than a handful of times without breaking, is a challenge that I finally decided I wasn;t going to take on. In 1/8 scale, sure. Not at half that size. So I'll go with the "gun tray on the back side of the tailgate" approach. Now the only question is whether to buy a set of scale guns or scratchbuild them.

Yeah, I'll get it done... one way or another. But in hindsight, I should have gone into this more prepared... maybe even done a set of elevation drawings. As it is, I'm just using photos for inspiration and basically making things up as I go along. Not the most productive way to have gone about it. I should have had a more solid idea of the exact building sequence before I started building. But hey... this one is just practice! The real one will be 1/8 scale.

If I do a 1/8 woody, at least I'll have this one to refer to as to what worked well, what didn't, what I should do the same, what I should do differently, etc. Hopefully doing it a second time will be easier. And at twice the size, much easier!

This thing is killing me. Just like I knew it would. The further along I get, the more problems and unexpected situations pop up. When you're dealing with this many different pieces of wood that all have to fit together perfectly and make a cohesive design, there are a million little decisions to make regarding how a certain part should be built, what sequence to build it in, what kind of joints will I use, etc. Just one example: it turns out the engine/chassis assembly can't be put into place if the cowl/firewall are already glued in place. There's just not enough room to maneuver the engine into the very tight engine bay if the firewall is there first. What that means is that my plan to build the whole body first, then add the engine/chassis last is a no-go. I'll have to glue the chassis in place first, then add the firewall/cowl so I can finish the body. What that means is that I'll have to build the doors and roof with the chassis in place, which I wanted to avoid because of all the constant handling the fender unit gets while measuring/test fitting/building the body parts. And that's just one issue... there are dozens more...

Aha! So they do exist! Thanks for the link.

I'm going to stick with my original idea... the slide-out tray/drawer. Because I think it would be cool to have that... But if I can't figure out how to make the full-extension slides, I'll go with the tray on the back side of the tailgate door. And I guess I'll have to scratchbuild the guns.

Remember, don't post any hints or answers here. PM me with year, make, and model. The answer: 2002-2010 Proton Arena

"You are here and warm, but I could look away and you'd be gone"...

"Got your joker on the table. You've been told from time to time I'll be willin', I'll be able, you could read between the lines"...

"I want to taste her lips, yeah, 'cause they taste like you. I want to drown myself In a bottle of her perfume. I want her long blonde hair, I want her magic touch. Yeah, 'cause maybe then you'd want me just as much"...

I actually thought about doing it that way. Maybe still the way to go. Hmmm.... I'll have to think on this one,

BTW... does anyone know if 1/16 scale rifles exist? I've seen rifles in "dollhouse scale" (1/12)... just wondering if they also exist in 1/16. I can always scratchbuild them, no problem, but I figure if they already exist why re-invent the wheel...

It's about freakin' time...

I like what you've done. It's different, shows some original thinking, Very cool.

Here is that drawer that will contain two hunting shotguns. The drawer is very short because the gas tank takes up most of the space in there... but I think I can fit two shotguns (broken down). Now all I need to do is figure out how to make operating full-extension drawer slides in 1/16 scale!

Wayne... a long way to go, but it's coming together. You can't imagine how many times I went through this building sequence in my head before actually starting!

You win the "Name That Tune" portion of the WIP...

I have some very fine weave cotton lying around... it's actually leftover sail material from a ship kit. Think that might work. But I'm a looooooooong way from building the top... that's the last step.

Here I've added small side panels where the taillights will go. I built the lower tailgate, and let in both the lower edge of the tailgate and the door sill to accept the hinges. By letting in both the tailgate's lower piece and the sill, the hinges wind up spaced evenly between door and sill and lets the leaves of the hinges sit flush with the surface. It's the same way the hinges on the doors in your house are done. And here's the inside of that tailgate... you can see how the leaves of the hinge sit in those shallow recesses... Here is how the tailgate will look installed... but I won't actually install it yet. First I'll have to give everything several coats of "varnish" (I'll actually be using Future)... The hinges I used are brass dollhouse door hinges, and they're the standard dollhouse one inch scale (1/12 scale). That's slightly too big for a 1/16 car model, but I think they look ok. A bit oversized, technically... but to my eye they look "right."