Chopped 40 ford sedan

[Towmaster Dave]

I started this a couple hours ago. I was showing a friend a pic of a real 40 ford and said i wanted to build one like it and he suggested using a hot knife to do the body work, he bought me a cheap $8.00 hot knife and this is what i have done so far. I cut the roof off, filled in some gaps and redid the rear pillar. I used a little brown and white sprue for the fill in work. the only glue i've used was to glue in a small strip of plastic to get the pillar shape. Now to do the other side and get it to match.

Thanks for looking,

Dave

and here is the picture of the real car

Edited June 16, 2009 by Towmaster Dave

[crazyjim]

That looks like an adventurous undertaking but you seem to be doing well at it. Years ago Auto World had an X-acto blade welded to a tip that scrwed onto a woodburning handle. Plug it in, let it heat up, and start melting through the plastic.

How do you plan to duplicate the chrome trim? It seems to widen towards the rear of the car.

[george 53]

Wow Dave, that came out NICE! Are you buildin an exact copy, or you throwin in your own"spices" to flavor it YOUR way? That chop made ALL the difference in da worl'! That's a PERFECT shade of Candy Red for that rascal!

[Foxer]

There's not enough chopped Sedans in this world! A '40 Ford Sedan was my first real chop job back in '62.

Can't believe you did this with a "hot butter knife" ... looks real good!

[CFnutcase]

There's not enough chopped Sedans in this world! A '40 Ford Sedan was my first real chop job back in '62.

Can't believe you did this with a "hot butter knife" ... looks real good!

Thats really cool that you have done a real one, I have also, I however did mine quite different than the one pictured, I did a pie cut all the way to the bottom of the rear of the car and cut the a pillers then moved the entire roof forward and slanted the door posts, it was about 4 days of welding but WOW! what a look when done, there is a 41 near me and I think I am going to do it again, as that was one of the wildest looking cars I have ever built. Jim

[Towmaster Dave]

Thanks everyone for the kind comments.

The real car is not mine, I wish it was. I found several pics of it on the internet and just happened to have a couple 40 Ford kits and figured I'd give it a try.

I used one of those woodburning pen that came with four tips on this. It cost less than $10.00 and is a bit of a challenge compaired to cutting and filling.

As for the rest of the build, the real car has Mercedes headlights and turn signals in which I want to replicate. The rest of it is going to be made up as I go. The chrome trim I want to try, we'll see how that goes later.

Thanks again for the comments.

Dave

[Foxer]

Thats really cool that you have done a real one, I have also, I however did mine quite different than the one pictured, I did a pie cut all the way to the bottom of the rear of the car and cut the a pillers then moved the entire roof forward and slanted the door posts, it was about 4 days of welding but WOW! what a look when done, there is a 41 near me and I think I am going to do it again, as that was one of the wildest looking cars I have ever built. Jim

sorry, Jim ... my typing was misleading and what I chopped was a model when I was about 15 ... That's fantastic you did a real one! Any chance you have some pics of it?

[Foxer]

I used one of those woodburning pen that came with four tips on this. It cost less than $10.00 and is a bit of a challenge compaired to cutting and filling.

As for the rest of the build, the real car has Mercedes headlights and turn signals in which I want to replicate. The rest of it is going to be made up as I go. The chrome trim I want to try, we'll see how that goes later.

Thanks again for the comments.

Dave

Did that make clean cuts without melting the plastic?

I've seen other 40 Fords with Merc headlights and they look great. Will be looking to see how this progresses.

[Bernard Kron]

Beautiful lines. I'll be following this one since I've got a radical Tudor lined up for later this summer (sectioned as well as chopped, but with the B pillar intact).

But... Towmaster Dave, Treehugger Dave, big wheels, hmmmm... Is this some sort of secret PNW society????

[Fletch]

Dave, this has got to be one of the coolest '40 Sedans I've seen in a long time. Love the chop, it is spot on perfect. If memory serves the chrome trim on the 1:1 is actually paint, but it would be amazing to replicate it in actual trim. As everyone else has said I'll be watching this build. Keep up the fantastic work my friend.

But... Towmaster Dave, Treehugger Dave, big wheels, hmmmm... Is this some sort of secret PNW society????

Bernard, it's just that we hangout on sites that don't allow Billet wheels. There are lots of other builds in the PNW with big wheels. Like this '39 Chevy Sedan that I need to get finished:

Hosted on Fotki

[Towmaster Dave]

I guess the big wheels are a PNW and a Dave thing. We cant use convertables but 3 months out of the year so why not big wheels instead.

Foxer, yes it does melt the plastic, if you keep the knife moving it will work like cutting with a saw almost, but I also melted plastic from sprues for filling in the gap on the new c pillar and where I cut to much out.

Edited May 31, 2009 by Towmaster Dave

[Bernard Kron]

Bernard, it's just that we hangout on sites that don't allow Billet wheels. There are lots of other builds in the PNW with big wheels. Like this '39 Chevy Sedan that I need to get finished:

Hosted on Fotki

Hmmm.... Dave Fletcher. This clinches it - there is a secret society. I knew it!!!

That '39 humpbacl looks mucho cool BTW.

Edited May 31, 2009 by gbk1

[E St. Kruiser50]

Beautiful lines. I'll be following this one since I've got a radical Tudor lined up for later this summer (sectioned as well as chopped, but with the B pillar intact).

But... Towmaster Dave, Treehugger Dave, big wheels, hmmmm... Is this some sort of secret PNW society????

WHAAAAA - IT'S A PLAN TO TAKE OVER THE WORLD - lol.

ACTUALLY IT'S A "DAVE THING" AND WE WANT ALL YOUR GIANT WHEELS AND TIRES

Save the planet - send us all your "biggy" wheels/tires . WHATA PLAN

[Towmaster Dave]

It's a wonderfull thing, "THE DAVE THING", LOL.

Here is a front view of the real car, This is the first pic that made me want to replicate it.

[torinobradley]

Hmm...

Boy, ya got sum sectionin' ta do...

[Towmaster Dave]

Got most of the body work done today. 99% of the body work is heated sprue and then sanded to shape. I only had to use a little filler putty to get some of the fine holes filled. I cut the headlight holes out of a Tamiya Mercedes race car kit and then molded them into the fenders. My next part is to open up the doors and suicide then, the trunk is already opened. Also pictured is a Revell 39 Ford frame i am going to use along with R&D Unique independent front suspension and disk brake kit. I'm still undecided on the rear axle and engine.

Thanks for looking, Dave

[Foxer]

Amazing bodywork using melted plastic! Headlights look great.

I'm assuming you're not going to section the body like the 1:1 your modeling it after?

[Fletch]

Great work Dave, the chop is 100% perfect, the body work looks fantastic, the molding in of the Mercedes headlights flows. Looks like Tony should be very proud of the home you're giving his parts.

[Towmaster Dave]

Thanks for the comments. I've never sectioned a car yet, so I'll try that on another kit. I'm hoping to have the doors opened and some paint started tby this weekend.

Dave