Orange Crate ?

[Jon Haigwood]

I will be using the Orange Crate Body on another project. Is there any easy way to flatten out the cowl bumps ? 

[Ace-Garageguy]

Pretty straightforward.

Cut 'em off, splice in pieces of flat styrene the same thickness as the body shell.

[Dave G.]

Or cut off, back that section with styrene or even card stock and fill it. Sand smooth. I like two part fillers because they don't shrink or crack. I've even been tempted to try actual auto body filler like Bondo.

[Oldcarfan27]

Pound it out with a hammer! ?

[Ace-Garageguy]

5 minutes ago, Oldcarfan27 said:

Pound it out with a hammer! ?

Actually, if you're really careful, that could be accomplished by heating that section to a little over 212F and mashing it flat between two hard surfaces.  

[Dave G.]

Hammering out is funny but I used to hammer ( so to speak) dents into circle track models, especially the class B cars that tended to roll over and stuff back in the late 1950's and early 60's. But ya I'd build a model of say a 49 Ford couple and dent it up. My biggest problem in those days was an inline Ford flathead 6, cause class B was for 6 cylinder cars and most kits to rob from had flathead V8. No problem with dents with a little heat applied. And a razor saw cut the fenders away and the hood nose off lol. Fun builds, I built several and several class A coupes and modifieds before there were modified kits that I knew of !

Edited June 15, 2022 by Dave G.

[Oldcarfan27]

A while back, I started a street rod build using this body on a Revell 32 Ford chassis and fenders - makes a wicked looking profile!

I trimmed off the flared wheelwells and those humps...

Then lost interest. 

Would've looked good though. 

[Ace-Garageguy]

34 minutes ago, Oldcarfan27 said:

A while back, I started a street rod build using this body on a Revell 32 Ford chassis and fenders - makes a wicked looking profile!

Sumpin' like this?

 

[Oldcarfan27]

3 minutes ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

Sumpin' like this?

 

I left mine with fenders and stock grille shell. Sedan body required more work than I felt like doing at the time, so it stalled. 

[Dave G.]

I love the sedans and wish they kitted more of them. I did more than one 32 Vicky into modified stock cars vintage 1960 whatever. The Orange Crate body would be almost ideal IMO, just let the imagination roam. I built an Orange Crate straight up but don't recall if I brought it to absolute full completion or not, I was all of 12-13 yo I suppose.

[Jon Haigwood]

Thanks for all the advice, got-r-done. I ended up back filling it with my go to putty , Tammiya Extra Thin with styrene melted into it. After a bit of drying time (couple days in the dehydrator) Then carefully filed and sanded smooth on the outside . Now I need to decide whether I am going with the fenders on the body or remove them and go the full fendered route. 

[Oldcarfan27]

7 hours ago, Jon Haigwood said:

Now I need to decide whether I am going with the fenders on the body or remove them and go the full fendered route. 

Try setting it on a set of fenders - You'll never go back!!!