Building Door Jambs

[68novabbc]

For those that have cut open your doors and trunks, what thickness styrene is to be used and is there a thread or a video of how to. I searched, to no avail, but I am sure there is something...

[Ace-Garageguy]

I personally prefer .030" styrene for door jambs, as it's thick enough to give a good bond, and let you round the corners to look like the 1:1. In my opinion, the best thing to do is look at photos of the 1:1 car you're modeling, and make your door jambs look like what you see.....they're all different.

For decklid driprails, I tend to prefer .010" styrene for its ability to follow the curves of a body line.

After you cut your panels open, don't forget to thin the cut edges to look more like the 1:1.

[southpier]

read here : http://mrobsessive.blogspot.com/

and do a search in this (& other) forums. he's got all the angles covered.

[68novabbc]

perfect! Thanks guys!

[MrObsessive]

Thanks for the plug Joe! I was going to respond, but Bill's got things pretty much covered.

Yes, research, research, and some more research is the key! I've seen folks that will cut open doors, but the door jambs (and the ones on the body) aren't done right, or aren't there at all. Not that one has to replicate every angle and indentation in the door/body jamb, but to make it realistic enough for what it's supposed to represent.

A little bit of digging around for decent photos will go a long way in the end result.

Hope my postings will help you out!

[blunc]

I second MrObsessive, if you have the ability to post here then you should be able to find reference photos on the interwebs for just about any project.