A Custom Rotisserie For Painting

[Guest Davkin]

I'm currently working on a Revell '32 Sedan that I converted into a phanton 2 door touring roadster. I separated the floor from the chassis and added many details and modifications to the chassis so I wanted to do a real good job of painting it. To make painting the chassis easier I made a rotisserie. I just brazed some steel music wire together along with a couple alligator clamps. I used Canopy glue, (a strong white glue.) to temporarily affix the chassis to the rotiserrie. Something like this could be easily made with brass rod and epoxy rather than steel wire and brazing.

Since I used the body mounting points to mount the chassis to the rotisserie the same rotisserie works for painting the body

David

[randx0]

I think it's brilliant. sure beats moving a wire hanger around and despite your best efforts have the piece fall off .

[bobss396]

That's got a lot of possibilities, great concept! Now come up with something that allows it to rotate, which should be easy if you got this far with it.

Bob

[Guest Davkin]

Actually it does rotate. The alligator clamps hold onto the horizontal rod tight enough to hold it but loose enough that it can spin freely and I added a little handle on the end to make rotating it easy.

I've used the hanger method many times myself, besides them not holding onto the body all that well it makes it hard to cover the underside well. The project also required something custom to make sure I got full coverage everywhere I needed paint with no obstructions.

David

Edit: Oh wait, did you mean to rotate the whole thing, kinda like a lazy susan? I guess that would be useful but being able to rotate the body 360dg on the rotisserie give me enough access I think, but if it turns out to be a bit of a problem I guess I'll upgrade it to a lazy susan style setup as well.

Edited March 13, 2008 by Davkin

[slant6]

Thats a great idea. Im gonna build one of those. One question. How do you hold the parts onto the "hanger"?

[Guest Davkin]

How do you hold the parts onto the "hanger"?

Pacer Formula 560 Canopy Glue: http://www3.omnimodels.com/cgi-bin/woi0001...AAR3300&P=7

Canopy glue is basically Elmer's on steriods. It sets much fast and holds much stronger however it remains flexible and is pretty easy to remove. I also use it for attaching clear and chrome parts and for mockup assembly.

I painted the chassis last night and the body tonight, the rotisserie worked great. I'll make two improvements before the next time I use it though; One, have a handle on both ends, and two, engineer some sort of lazy susan setup to make it easier to spin it around as well.

David

[LVZ2881]

David, how does the canopy glue compare in strength to Krystal Klear??

I have been using the krystal klear for mockup, and its not as strong as i had hoped, or need it to be...

[bobss396]

I meant getting it to rotate in the other axis, like a turn table. Still a great idea that I'll have to try out.

Bob

[Guest Davkin]

David, how does the canopy glue compare in strength to Krystal Klear??

It's been many years since I used Krystal Klear so I can't say for sure, I never used it for mockup even back when I used it. I can say that Canopy glue is plenty strong as long as you let it fully set up. It's the strongest white glue I've ever used for anything.

David

[randx0]

I'm currently working on a Revell '32 Sedan that I converted into a phanton 2 door touring roadster. I separated the floor from the chassis and added many details and modifications to the chassis so I wanted to do a real good job of painting it. To make painting the chassis easier I made a rotisserie. I just brazed some steel music wire together along with a couple alligator clamps. I used Canopy glue, (a strong white glue.) to temporarily affix the chassis to the rotiserrie. Something like this could be easily made with brass rod and epoxy rather than steel wire and brazing.

Since I used the body mounting points to mount the chassis to the rotisserie the same rotisserie works for painting the body

David

can these pics be reposted?