Suicide King

[Gothic Kustomz]

OK, this is gonna happen fast, so you have to keep up, as you can see, it's a caddy, a nice one too, but we're gonna do some nasty things to it, to make it look oober kewl, so keep up with the build, things are gonna happen fast, I hope, it's plan'd, the math is work'd out, the saw is ready......

Edited September 10, 2012 by Gothic Kustomz

[H.A.K]

Waiting....

[Gothic Kustomz]

OK, first order of body work done, the smoothing, it will be a roadster, so the top, will come off close to last, becouse it would be to flimsy, till I get the glass in, of course it will be in the weeds, some kewl wheels and tires, if I can get them....

[W-409]

I thought this would be something related to Suicide King Studebaker.

But I will be following your build very closely, never seen too many 1/25 Cadillacs.

[Gothic Kustomz]

Next stop, the trunk:

[Gothic Kustomz]

OK1 here we are, I will do the trunk lip, and show pic's of it going down, now after you cut out your panels please make sure, you remove the lip that will show up on the underside, it makes attaching from inside so much easy'r, and gives you a level playing field, when it come's to hinging....

Edited September 10, 2012 by Gothic Kustomz

[Dr. Cranky]

Looks like you are moving at a good, steady clip. Looking forward to more.

[Gothic Kustomz]

OK, here you go, this is the way I do trunk lips, they don't have to be very wide, I first cut a 1/4th wide, strip of .010 plastic sheet 2 inches long, X 2, I then mark a line about 1/32 of an inch, then super glue the strip, to the line, inside the trunk, I do the 2 side's first, now when you do the top/front of the trunk, you will have to see how far it is between the 2 side strips, there all different, after it's all said and done, it will look all blocky, you will have to file it to what you need, to give it that right look, be sure to check, and recheck, the way the trunk fits, because it's gotta sit flush,and smooth:

[slusher]

Very nice progress

[BKcustoms]

Awesome work so far, I can't wait to see it as a roadster!

[Dr. Cranky]

Love it, all these details are going to pay off big. BIG, I tell you.

[Gothic Kustomz]

Morning guys, here is a shot of the finish'ed trunk lip, with a lil file work it looks good, this isn't great, but after a lil mud an paint it will look great, next will be the suicide door hinges, now I dunno if everyone know's how to do them, an I'm not the expert, but it is the way I have found most easy for me to do them, especially with the way there is such a curve to the body....

[H.A.K]

Now thats the way you make a lip. Great job man. Lookin kool.

[Gothic Kustomz]

OK, now for the hinge's, this will have to be done in sections, and I hope it will be easy to understand, first off, is the spacer, as you can see by the curve of the door, whoa!, needs to be fill'd with something, soooooooo, I cut a 5/8ths of an inch long piece of about .060 inch plastic, about 5/16ths of an inch wide, give it a good sanding to get it as close to the curve of the body, it will pay off, and super glued it to, the inside of the body, about 1/16th of an inch, just inside the door frame, the reason for the brace, is to have a level playing field, and it give's a flat surface to attache the tube to:

Side note here gang, be sure to test fit the interior tub, yes befor you cut the door pannel's out of it,you want no obstruction, check before you super glue, the brace in, other wise, you wont like the results.....

Edited September 11, 2012 by Gothic Kustomz

[H.A.K]

Lookin good.

[bryan_m]

oh man! cant wait to see more!! go go go!

cheers

bryan

[W-Machine]

Wow! Your Caddoo is going to be impressive.

[Albie D]

Thats some upper level stuff right there. Looking nice!

[Gothic Kustomz]

Morning guys, It's 7 am here in Az land, the weather suck' s again today so no primer on the nasty 9, yeasterday i was feeling ill, so i didnt get to post, nor did I get much done, but here is some work..

Now I like to use piano wire and small aluminum tubing, to make my hinge's, some use, brass, hollow Q-tip tube's, and even paper clips, so you can use pretty much what ever you have at hand, I get my tubing and piano wire from my local Ace Hardware store:

I then cut 2 piece's of tubing about 7/16th's of an inch long, debure them, or smoothe the edge's, and make sure the hole is clear, now I use a miter box, and a saw blade to to this, it's a handy lil booger to have around, I also scratch build my own header's when need'd, and my own distributors, some people will just lay the tub out and cut it with a excto blade, by rolling to, an fro:

I then cut 2 piece's of the piano wire, 1 inch an 7/16th's long, now you can cut this longer, up to how your going to fit the hinge, and you can allways trim it off later:

Slip the wire thru the tubing like so:

Now I got this nifty lil smooth mini needle nose pliers from Walmart, it came with 4 other tools, it's nice to have when you need to make the bends, oh yea, in the jewlery section:

[Gothic Kustomz]

Whew, ok now on to the bends.

Now I can't exactly tell you the bends, so I'm hopping the pictures will help you thru this process, becouse each build is different, each efect you want can be different too, sooooo....

Your first bend should look like this:

Now my second bend is alway's at a slight angle, I dunno why, but it works for me, you want to get this as close to possible, it must clear the door jamb, you don"t need the door to swing so wide, just a good indication that it open's in the direction you want:

Here's the rest, try to get it all straight, and even as possible, but you can always tweak it later too:

Now, I use super glue to tack it into place, then I use this stuff 5 min epoxy, this stuff is great, oh and try not to get anything in the hinge hole, it suck's:

Anyway you should have something close to this, and I cannot stress this more, TEST FIT, TEST FIT, TEST FIT, I dint care if your eyeball's are popping out of your head becouse of all the test fitting, DO IT AGAIN!!!!, believe me you will like the results, and it's allot less aggravation in the end......

[Blackout Racing]

Thumbs up!!!

[Gothic Kustomz]

OK, now that you have done the easy stuff, now the fun begins, the placement, first off tape that door to the body, make sure you have the same opening all the way around, good and tight now, you don't want that puppy to move, when least expected:

Next set you socks over the lil leg's, ok sleave's, somethin like this, then just a lil drop of super goo, let it set up, just for a few, then I take the door off, to make sure I didn't glue the leg's in the sleave's, let it set up real good now, then slip the door back into place, yes tape it again, then, set your hinge in place, do the drop of goo, let it set a few, then remove the door again, yea I know long process, now when it's all said and done you should have something like the last 2 pictures: now your door will sag, and it will be at the top, just tweak the top leg a lil, gently you will be ok, cut your door sleave's about 1/4 inch long, longer if you need them, just remember once cut, you pay, if you have to cut them shorter:

Edited September 11, 2012 by Gothic Kustomz

[H.A.K]

Looks real good man.

[Gothic Kustomz]

Now see this is what happens when you don't pay attention to the gap on the door as you tape it, to the body, for finale placement: as a friend suggested, file the tubes down as they do butt up to the corner of the dog leg, or, use plastic sheet to fill the gap:

[bryan_m]

thats no biggie, its fixable...... still lookin good, cant wait to see more.

cheers

bryan