futurattraction Posted August 10, 2016 Author Share Posted August 10, 2016 Thanks for looking in, Henry. I appreciate your enthusiasm... I'm glad things are going well for you, Kerry. Here's to a quick upcoming month so you can get back on days! I appreciate your compliment and thoughts, Bill. My challenge is that I will have the chassis in and out of the body a million times before it will reach final assembly, so I'm thinking 1) lightly supergluing it probably won't stand up to the flexing that does occur and 2) there's a strong chance that any supports will get in the way of various aspects of construction... Thanks for stopping by, Bob. It's always appreciated. Thanks for your kind words, Fred. Slixx now has decals for two versions of Dyno Don's Fairmont ('78 and '79 seasons) on one sheet and they've got Glidden's '78 decals available. They are working on a set of blue-on-white decals for Glidden's later ('81 season) car. Guys - I am hoping to get pics taken, soon, of what I'm doing to hinge the doors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbeard Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 your build is looking killer and I am looking forward to your new updates Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
futurattraction Posted August 11, 2016 Author Share Posted August 11, 2016 (edited) Some WIP pics of how I'm going about hanging the doors. I cut some 1/16th inch brass tubing and attached it to the interior door panel. The interior panel is patterned off a 1:1 panel so is to scale. I am using RB Motion #1504 rod ends, which telescope inside the tubing. I used a pliers and deformed the shank end of the rod ends so they interference fit the tubing. I made sure the upper and lower tubes were parallel. This setup allows me fore-aft adjustment within the fender-body opening and also allows me to adjust the gap at the rocker panel to some degree. This view shows the leading edge of the door and interior panel with the rod ends CA's in place. Here you can see the door hung on the bulkhead-mounted rod ends. The top one is CA'd in solid. The bottom one is still floating at this point, but probably not for too much longer. Using the rod ends and tubing allows the door to be adjusted in and out at the top and bottom as well as what I mentioned above. I'm hoping/trusting that by having the body pinned to the chassis I can get door lines fitted pretty closely and I won't run into a bunch of misalignment issues later. Plain old 9 o'clock level shot of the door hung and in the body. It has a tendency to swing open, so is taped for the time being. I know some of you guys have used micro magnets to keep doors closed. What is the smallest those are available? Anybody know off-hand? A couple of shots of the door swung open. This one closeup shot shows the hinges more clearly. Thoughts, comments and questions welcome... Edited August 17, 2016 by futurattraction Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbeard Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 (edited) man that is a thing of beauty love how the doors looked hinged on the chassis and it just keeps getting better with each update Edited August 11, 2016 by phantom1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrObsessive Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 Scott, excellent hinging on the doors so far! Still nervous about those A pillars though, but I see your point. As far as magnets for latching, you might want to check out here. I've used the smallest size they have, and they work quite well, and won't be intrusive looking for what you're trying to do. Just to give you an idea, here's a few pics of what they look like in a door jamb of the Cougar II that I built years ago. HTH! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ognib Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 The hinges are slick, Scott!! Very logical approach...clean & simple. Very nice work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeatMan Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 Great stuff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrKerry Posted August 12, 2016 Share Posted August 12, 2016 Very kool hinge work Scott!!!!!!!!!! Lovin where this is going!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrone Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 Looking very cool Scott... excellent work on the doors... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
futurattraction Posted August 15, 2016 Author Share Posted August 15, 2016 Thanks for your kind words, Henry... Bill - I really appreciate your providing the info about those micro magnets. Those look like just the ticket for what I had in mind. Hey, thanks Ray. In principle, I think it makes tons of sense of sense to do the hinges this way. Of course, I still have to execute the plan! LOL Thank you Dennis. The goal is now to keep this progress moving forward! Thanks a ton, Kerry! Tyrone - thank, so much. I'm stoked to see you back on a project. I've missed seeing you around recently! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mooneyzs Posted August 15, 2016 Share Posted August 15, 2016 Scott... Nice work on those door hinges. Man it sure looks killer. This build is coming out great. I have some of those magnets that Bill mentioned that I got from my local hobby store. I have them in 1/16" Dia and 1/8" Dia. If you want pics of them I will take some for you since I think they are a different brand that what Bill showed But the same thing. Keep up the great work and I look forward to your next update. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
futurattraction Posted August 15, 2016 Author Share Posted August 15, 2016 Thanks Chris. I appreciate your offer and encouragement. What hobby store did you get yours from? Depending on where you sourced yours, I may be able to find something here local. A pic would be appreciated! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeadFred Posted August 15, 2016 Share Posted August 15, 2016 Very nice work, very happy to see that you are back. You have a very good fit on the doors, the hole build is outstanding. Its going to be exiting to see the next move from you.Keep up the great work, it's keep me up, for sure ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
futurattraction Posted August 16, 2016 Author Share Posted August 16, 2016 Thank you Frederik. Hopefully everything will stay stable with the fitment of the major components and my door lines will remain good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ognib Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 Very crisp!, accurate & a pleasure to view. Kudos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10thumbs Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 Great idea for the hinges and the unit looks very good. Also really good though, it appears the door can be easily removed as well for further building chores, this is a really important aspect for scratch-building and eventual maintenance or correction necessities.Well done Scott. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
futurattraction Posted August 17, 2016 Author Share Posted August 17, 2016 Thank you very much, Michael. Using the rod ends and tubing that can be telescoped certainly offers flexibility in fitting the door to the opening and the way mine is configured, it does, as you say, offer the capability to remove the doors, which is a cinch when the front end is off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red rocket 10 Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 Great progress Scott , I'm watching this one ,very cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
futurattraction Posted August 19, 2016 Author Share Posted August 19, 2016 I appreciate your stopping by Leonard. I feel like I saw you'd posted another project some time back. Are you making on progress on it? Hope so! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mooneyzs Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 Scott.... hey I still owe you pics of the magnets. I will try to get them for you when I get home tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mooneyzs Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 Scott... I apologize that I didn't get this to you sooner but jere are the pics of the magnets that I have Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbeard Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 the army vega looks right at home under the glass top Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
futurattraction Posted September 14, 2016 Author Share Posted September 14, 2016 Thanks a ton, Chris. Where did you get them from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mooneyzs Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 Scott... I got them from my local hobby store here in Tempe Arizona Called Hobby Depot. If you can't find them I could pick some up and mail them to you. Just let me know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
futurattraction Posted September 14, 2016 Author Share Posted September 14, 2016 Thank you brother. Will let you know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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