Danno Posted January 18, 2013 Posted January 18, 2013 Car looks great, Jim. But that kid needs a haircut!
Hollywood Jim Posted January 18, 2013 Author Posted January 18, 2013 Car looks great, Jim. But that kid needs a haircut! Haircut? Ah, you are just jealous…….
Jantrix Posted January 18, 2013 Posted January 18, 2013 Nice work on that go-cart JIm. Nice to see you remembered the brakes.
Hollywood Jim Posted January 18, 2013 Author Posted January 18, 2013 (edited) Nice work on that go-cart JIm. Nice to see you remembered the brakes. Thanks. Gotta tell you a story about the brakes. My friends and I built a car a few years after my first car. We installed only one brake on the left side. We were racing down a hill with several other cars in the neighborhood. When my friend put on the one left brake, (at about 10 miles per hour) the car swerved to the left and flipped over !! My friend recieved a few scrapes. Advice: Always put two brakes on these cars and use both of them ! Edited January 18, 2013 by Hollywood Jim
Tom Geiger Posted January 18, 2013 Posted January 18, 2013 Darn you Jim! Now all of us want an apple crate cart! I built one with my grandfather when I was a kid. A neighbor gave me 4 old baby carriage wheels and my grandfather brought home a crate. Mine was simpler, I sat in the crate and the front end was nothing more than a wood plank with a cross piece on either end where the wheels went. Think dragster! Mine had braking by Keds!
Hollywood Jim Posted January 19, 2013 Author Posted January 19, 2013 Time to work on the work bench. Testing some ideas. Final layout. Can you see the story line on the bench? From right to left. Working on the hot rod. Wife says fix the toaster. Son needs help building his apple crate push cart. ( I'll add some pieces of wood to the bench. ) . . . .
Tom Geiger Posted January 19, 2013 Posted January 19, 2013 Jim, I see your process as an artist. You must be in tune with every piece and part. I think you have a totally believable scene at this point.
southpier Posted January 19, 2013 Posted January 19, 2013 plug that toaster in if you're going to shove a screwdriver in the slot!
Bartster Posted January 19, 2013 Posted January 19, 2013 This is looking amazingly accurate ! Seems to me there might be an old phonograph to listen to music & maybe a box of old "78s". I remember how excited my Dad was in the early '70s to get a new console for the home. He seemed more excited that he got the old one to put in the garage. For this time period the old "system" might well have been a phonograph ?
Dr. Cranky Posted January 19, 2013 Posted January 19, 2013 Jim, all I can tell you is that I'd love to do a feature video of this build over at THE CRANKY SHOW.
Hollywood Jim Posted January 19, 2013 Author Posted January 19, 2013 Thank you for the encouragement guys !!! Now that the focus of this diorama is on the push cart, I am able to finish the car. The car will be unfinished with a tarp on it. Here is the finished (unfinished) car. I still need to weather it with some washes. . . . .
Dr. Cranky Posted January 19, 2013 Posted January 19, 2013 Excellent weathering on the engine and undercarriage, Jim. Keep it going. You are a man possessed.
Ken McGuire Posted January 20, 2013 Posted January 20, 2013 I came across this topic today and can only say "Wow." I think that not only have you created a wonderful showplace for your models but have dredged up almost-lost memories from all who are viewing the build. Thank you.
David G. Posted January 20, 2013 Posted January 20, 2013 (edited) Still following- Still awe-struck! David G. Edited January 20, 2013 by David G.
Randy D Posted January 20, 2013 Posted January 20, 2013 Hi Jim, Man that red is gonig to pop when it's in the garage!!! That motor with the lettering on the fan belt is wonderful. Randy
Hollywood Jim Posted January 21, 2013 Author Posted January 21, 2013 Thank you guys !! Experimenting with some tarp materials and thinned white glue. Here is the test body. First I tried some cotton material, like a pillow case. But it came out with lots of wrinkles. Then I tried aluminum foil. When your working with it, once it is wrinkled it is hard to smooth out. No glue needed, just paint it. It works OK, but not for large areas. I found only one paper towel that had no pattern on the paper. It was Viva. Very easy to work with after it is soaked in thinned white glue. Works perfectly. But when it dries it is kind of porous. The texture is pretty rough, like an old weathered canvas tarp. Viva tarp painted. My Viva tarp is drying. . . . .
Jantrix Posted January 21, 2013 Posted January 21, 2013 My goodness what happened to that? Styrene eating termites?
gasser59 Posted January 21, 2013 Posted January 21, 2013 Maybe a scale Jaws-Of-Life emergency? Looks like Fred Flinstone cut that hole.
charlie8575 Posted January 21, 2013 Posted January 21, 2013 Absolutely beautiful work to date. Charlie Larkin
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