Tony Bryan Posted January 9, 2012 Posted January 9, 2012 I have been working on these for awhile, making the tooling to produce the nice rolled edge was .......interesting, but I think I have solved it, these suit the KW 1/16th monogram kit, and I made them for a custom build that I have spent a few years on now, so many parts to make for it for it, oh well on with the show, I am now ready to make all the brackets for them, these will be brass then chromed to suit Ready to get the polish out and polish the life out of them The light bar is ready to cast, I have made all the light bezels in Aluminium for this one, lot of work, but effective, also made a master for the lights as well, if I do decide to cast these, the light and the bezel will be cast as one part Comments welcome, good or bad, can they be made better?
Sticks Posted January 9, 2012 Posted January 9, 2012 What can you say mate.....But they look fantasic. A job well done.
Turbo590 Posted January 9, 2012 Posted January 9, 2012 Tony, Superb, Craftsmanship Awesome indeed. Kurt
eviltwincustoms Posted January 10, 2012 Posted January 10, 2012 Very interesting, did you roll these just like on a 1:1? Curious to know how you were able to shrink the excess metal due to the fender curve and the rounded Lip.
Tony Bryan Posted January 10, 2012 Author Posted January 10, 2012 (edited) Very interesting, did you roll these just like on a 1:1? Curious to know how you were able to shrink the excess metal due to the fender curve and the rounded Lip. Evil, there is a trick to them for sure, and they do take some time to do, I have machined up a former to help get the shape, the Aluminium ones don't make that much "extra" as they are only 0.016" thick, the key to modelling is to trick the eye into believing what it see's, and if you can do this then you are half way there, when they are formed there isn't that much over hang on the former, but the direction change get's the eye to believe there is I roll these on a long length first then cut to size, then form the edge After the Aluminium ones where done, well formed, I had to try a brass one for a brass build I am doing, they are ok, but are a lot more work to do, and should be annealed before they are bent, and the The Brass 1/4 guard is for setting the holes, when I am happy with the height it will be used for a Jig Edited January 15, 2012 by Tony Bryan
Tony Bryan Posted January 10, 2012 Author Posted January 10, 2012 Tony, Superb, Craftsmanship Awesome indeed. Kurt Thanks Kurt, challenging, but are close, have to find a good way to polish them, may try before they are bent, then touch them up More great stuff from Tony's bench! Matt Oh Matt, that bench is so long, and getting longer
Tony Bryan Posted January 10, 2012 Author Posted January 10, 2012 great looking parts! Thanks, they are getting close What can you say mate.....But they look fantasic. A job well done. Thanks Evan, they are close to what I want, little more work to do yet, what is happening with your trailer????
Tony Bryan Posted January 12, 2012 Author Posted January 12, 2012 Before they where polished After polishing Not to bad for rejects
Sticks Posted January 12, 2012 Posted January 12, 2012 They came up very nice for a reject Tony, can't wait for the proper job then. RE: trailers, I got a parcel in the mail the other day from Nigel with the parts I needed but have been to flat out to do things then when I get a chance it's been to hot in the garage to do anything. Fingers crossed for this weekend. Cheers
Tony Bryan Posted January 18, 2012 Author Posted January 18, 2012 Small update for this Light bar has had a bit of paint splashed on it, and the aluminium bezels fitted, now onto the lights, masters have been made and mounted ready to cast them Finally happy with the polished guards, have made a master for the brackets and will cast these in white metal, so they can be polished also, I may get a chance to have these finished in a few days so I can start putting them together
Missing in Action Posted January 19, 2012 Posted January 19, 2012 WOW!!!!! The guards look great Tony!!!!
Tony Bryan Posted March 24, 2013 Author Posted March 24, 2013 Finally got around to casting the lights for the light bar
williamchevelleman1972 Posted March 24, 2013 Posted March 24, 2013 hey tony!!! great work!!! i do alot of stuff in 1/16 and i have got to say fantastic work!!!! are you casting these for the market though?
Bennyg Posted March 24, 2013 Posted March 24, 2013 Nice. How is the custom build going overall? It's based of the satin black w model klos bros? I remember seeing your build on oz auto builders forum. Can't wait to see the finished product.
Tony Bryan Posted March 25, 2013 Author Posted March 25, 2013 hey tony!!! great work!!! i do alot of stuff in 1/16 and i have got to say fantastic work!!!! are you casting these for the market though? William I have seen a lot of your work, and love how you chop the kits up, I am doing a second light style with the light bezels attached so I don't have to machine them will let you know when they are done Beautiful work, Tony!!!!!! Those fenders look great! Thanks Ben Nice. How is the custom build going overall? It's based of the satin black w model klos bros? I remember seeing your build on oz auto builders forum. Can't wait to see the finished product. Bad KW has a different style of rear light bar, still have a few more parts to finish for it, am stuck on the louvers at the moment they are driving me crazy
Bennyg Posted March 26, 2013 Posted March 26, 2013 Bad KW has a different style of rear light bar, still have a few more parts to finish for it, am stuck on the louvers at the moment they are driving me crazy
Custom Hearse Posted March 26, 2013 Posted March 26, 2013 I wouldn't mind buying a few sets if you ever decide to market these! They are awesome!
williamchevelleman1972 Posted March 26, 2013 Posted March 26, 2013 Are you going to make and cast fenders though? and thanks for the complements!!!
Tony Bryan Posted March 31, 2013 Author Posted March 31, 2013 Are you going to make and cast fenders though? and thanks for the complements!!! William, These are made from sheet aluminium, which is only 0.020 thick, so a little to thin to cast them
Tony Bryan Posted December 19, 2014 Author Posted December 19, 2014 Finally got around to having the brackets cast in white metal, while I was at it I made some new plastic style guards
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