Scratching the surface,1936 Bentley Saloon

[kennb]

I was a little concerned about how to hing the doors but with the self adjusting automatic hinge from the bentley modified some they work. even with the operating windows...

If you look close in the picture above you can see the hinge, two straight pins.......................they are harder to do when the body is assembled this way...

The window has to be remade since it is too small for the opening and there for does not operate properly like the front windows do. The rear windows will only go down so far though because of the shape of the door.

Thanks for all the kind comments.

I do hope that some things I do will be of value to others, even if they dont build a care the way I do.

Kenn

[charlie8575]

You did it.....

I don't suppose the thought of crank-operated windows had crossed your mind, as I think those would be more appropriate to the Bentley?

Charlie Larkin

[kennb]

[kennb]

Did not accomplish much this weekend,,,had snow duty......................

Did the wires for the ford and started the rear fenders, and chassis stuff, then took a little time for a study of a motor cycle shown in the background.........wont post much about it other than it is preliminary study.

Charlie,,,,,,thanks for the idea

Kenn

[John Goschke]

Interesting projects! Love the lights and wire wheels.

Pretty certain your Ford is a '30 or '31 Model A, not a '32.

[kennb]

John,,,,,,thanks for the dates,,,,I have me head in 1932 and plans for a 1930 Bad me,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ..I will continue with the 30...in the mean time I ordered a bunch of Revel 1932's, Me ordering kits,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,the sky has fallen,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,they are more for reference to see how they put the kits together and to get a good 32 4 door body for casting,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ...The question being now can the cast it so that it has opening doors built in or is that something that has to be done after the fact.....????????????????????? a caster can let me know.

I also ordered and am waiting for the fiber optics to arrive so I can get back to the Bentley.........since I am only 2 weeks into the build I feel the time off wont hurt the 2 month time line.....

I have also posted Section 5 to the K3 challenge...........................................I have not been getting a lot of comments so I dont know if what I am doing is appreciated by many but will keep plugging along,,,,comments are a way of knowing it what I do helps anyone in their kits.

I know I have posted this in the Chevy build but wanted to have a nice piccy in the post.....................................

I allso have the revisions to the methods of making wire wheels that are more fool proof that I will be poasting later this week.

Thanks for watching,,,commenting and using any ideas I have put out there..If you see anyway I can improve on anything let me know...............

Kenn

Edited April 15, 2013 by kennb

[GTMust]

Perhaps I may suggest that the K3 build isn't getting as much attention as you hoped as you put it in the Community Builds section of the forum. I believe it would get a lot of attention if it were in this section.

Just a thought.....

Tony

[kennb]

Tony.....I started it in here and admin moved it over there...I think you are right that it would get more attention here but have to work within the confines of how they split it up......I would like it in the workbench part too,,,

Thanks for the comment and suggestion.

Kenn

[Tony T]

Put a link to the K3 in your signature line! I love following all of your builds, Kenn. I do plan on eventually following your CBP tutorial!

[knarf]

omg so awsome

at one pint you have to do a 1932 ford for us !!!!!!! you deside what body type

yes please

Richard,,,how about a cool 1930 roadster,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Kenn

i love it

[kennb]

Tony....thank you for the suggestion,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,done.................

Frank,,,I will put that on my build list,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,just have to figure out how to do it so it looks right.

Thanks to all my followers,,,,I should now have a link to the K3 challenge as a signature

Edited April 16, 2013 by kennb

[knarf]

ok...did anyone else hear an explosion?? it was me, my mind is blown you sir have real talent and i thank you for sharing with us

[kennb]

worked on the ford tonight a little...................

[kennb]

The fiber optics materials have arrived today.

now on to playing with them.....just a real crude test for an Audi type of head light...................The holes are pin holes,,

Last one is too blurry but you get the concept.

Now to some practical applications for lights and dash........................and seperating colours..................

Thanks for watching.

[kennb]

The light I got with the optic cable had a 3 colour light that flashes. I am going to try to bypass that but for now we are just learning how to control more than one colour. Red, Blue and Green but those might not be the final colours. We are just learning at this point. There is also an off on switch with this and I am using 9 volts but it is what I had,,,it only requires 4.5 volts for the circut that was in the light.

The first thing we need to do is isolate each colour so we can make them do different tasks.

Eventually this will all be paints black inside but at this point it will be sufficent.

Now lets see how it works.

the fibers a just set in the hole with the blue light. no glue, Nothing holding it , later we will glue them.

moving the fbers to the red light ,of course will change the final colour we see....

Now that we know this works we can add this to full LEDs that we experimented with for the interior and make our car look like a christmas tree.

[kennb]

You can use as many colours as you have LEDs for....in one location....a dash is a good example...................

how a bout really showing something off.....

Imagine how it would look in a low light situation.

[Platerpants]

dude thats sweet

[kennb]

That is indeed a front axel....the optics are run along the frame for that installation with the lights and battery in the trunk.....

[kennb]

setting up the control panel for the Bentley.....note how I isolated the LED.s

Edited April 18, 2013 by kennb

[kennb]

Interior rear seat floor lighting...probably not origional but will look great,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

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[kennb]

dash for the Bentley is cut out and the indicator lights are tested in it..The fiber optics run down the firewall and under the floor to the control panel in the boot. The final wiring will only be done after paint.

It is poor picture but you can get the idea,,,,,,,the final colours will be green, orange/yellow and red. I need to stop down the exposure to get a better picture next time.

The headlights will be mini LED's in white and the marker lights will be yellow fiber optics.

Edited April 19, 2013 by kennb

[kennb]

Here is a quick design study and colour check on a new project....the green is not right and I need to find a different one,,,this one is too blue.

now off to the purple goo ............................

[kennb]

Additional LED applications.....they make great tail lights on roadsters....I founf these nice square LEDs in a babymonitor,,,

Thanks to all those following me on this...............................

[Platerpants]

sweet. What scale are you making this?

[kennb]

The Bentley is 1/20th nd the ford sedan is 1/25th