John Teresi Posted March 18, 2015 Posted March 18, 2015 (edited) Mind blowing Brad........what`s up with you?.......you are really showing your skills buddy.......I love this whole build "WOW'!!!!!!! Edited March 18, 2015 by John Teresi
gasser59 Posted March 18, 2015 Author Posted March 18, 2015 Thanks John. I'd like to say I've been working on a vintage toilet but that sounds weird so I won't say it.
MGL Posted March 18, 2015 Posted March 18, 2015 I love this project and I can't wait to see the toilet!
gasser59 Posted March 18, 2015 Author Posted March 18, 2015 (edited) Ooops. Can't seem to edit this one to add the pics. Edited March 18, 2015 by gasser59
gasser59 Posted March 18, 2015 Author Posted March 18, 2015 (edited) Thanks for your interest Mark and Richard. Much appreciated. Alright Mark - you got your wish. Well fellas, here's the making of a scale vintage toilet. I used a solid wheel from the DDragster kit and trimmed the heck out of it. Then added a piece on the back for the vertical vent pipe and the holes for the seat hinge. Its now in light grey primer. For the base, I used a metal capacitor as the upright and trimmed the bottom off. The flat part on the bottom is actually from an aluminum rivet. I created a foot lever plunger from printing plate. Here's a pic. Here's the bowl compared to the other rim from the DDragster. The bowl will get a shot of gloss white to represent porcelain and I'll make a lid and seat out of styrene. Thanks for your interest and following along. DSC's deadline is looming so I hope to get a bunch done this weekend. Edited September 29, 2017 by gasser59
John Teresi Posted March 18, 2015 Posted March 18, 2015 Brad........hope you get some bench time this weekend.........these are the stages of the build that is very satisfying .........you should be able to knock this out for DSC 2015...........see you in a few weeks.........anybody having a BBQ after the show?
Danno Posted March 19, 2015 Posted March 19, 2015 Brad........hope you get some bench time this weekend.........these are the stages of the build that is very satisfying .........you should be able to knock this out for DSC 2015...........see you in a few weeks.........anybody having a BBQ after the show? John, Of course we're having a BBQ afterwards! This is DESERT SCALE CLASSIC!! This year it will be on-site! Tell your friends and load up the cars! The highway from CA is wide open!! LOL. Looking forward to seeing you guys next month!
gasser59 Posted March 19, 2015 Author Posted March 19, 2015 (edited) A little DSC promo in my thread...perfect. Thanks Danno. A bit of work done last night. I started attaching the aluminum skins on both sides of the shell. I started at the bottom and worked my way up by gluing from the inside with Zap-A-Gap. Still more to glue. Here's a few progress pictures. Here's the curbside. And the streetside. While taking pictures this morning, I noticed the bathroom door warped along the grain of the wood. I'm hoping its the local humidity since its been raining all night and continues this morning. If it sets, I'll have to figure out how to straighten it. Stay tuned. Edited September 29, 2017 by gasser59
John Teresi Posted March 21, 2015 Posted March 21, 2015 Brad.......even if the door does`nt straighten out.........it looks fine........your starting to get like Chris now
southpier Posted March 21, 2015 Posted March 21, 2015 maybe use a piece of .040" styrene glued to the inside & cover it with BMF for a mirror. maybe not prototypical, but it should hold the door flat. 1
gasser59 Posted March 22, 2015 Author Posted March 22, 2015 (edited) Its actually almost straight now. I've had it in a couple of clamps to hold it flat until the humidity settles down. Thanks for your comments fellas. Edited March 22, 2015 by gasser59
Mooneyzs Posted March 22, 2015 Posted March 22, 2015 Brad... I love how creative you are when it comes to building. Totally cool how you used a rim to turn it into a toilet. This is looking killer with the skins mocked up. I can not wait to see what you share with us next. Glad to see you getting bench time in buddy!! John... before you know it you will be doing the same as Brad and I ....
John Teresi Posted March 22, 2015 Posted March 22, 2015 Brad... I love how creative you are when it comes to building. Totally cool how you used a rim to turn it into a toilet. This is looking killer with the skins mocked up. I can not wait to see what you share with us next. Glad to see you getting bench time in buddy!! John... before you know it you will be doing the same as Brad and I .... Chris........I don`t think so.......I`m like a loaded rocket out of control........I`m on a mission........I have 100`s of models to build
Mooneyzs Posted March 23, 2015 Posted March 23, 2015 John... i need to learn how to build fast like you. I have a list of about 15 1/16 scaoe builds in mind that I would like to do beaides some 1/25 and 1/43rd and event a 1/8th scale... lol
gasser59 Posted March 24, 2015 Author Posted March 24, 2015 John... i need to learn how to build fast like you. Me too. I seem to get one done a year or so.
John Teresi Posted March 24, 2015 Posted March 24, 2015 Ok guys........stop flapping your gums.......and get those builds finished for DSC
Mooneyzs Posted March 25, 2015 Posted March 25, 2015 Lmao Johnny Boy.... i have been laying body filler on the funny car body. I want to have the body in Primer for the DSC Brad... dor every build I get done John builds a Bakers Dozen.... in that time frame... LMAO
gasser59 Posted March 25, 2015 Author Posted March 25, 2015 Not flapping my gums Johnny, been working on the aluminum shell. Added a few more cross pieces of rectangular tubing and working on the interior side skins. They're finally in primer.
Danno Posted March 25, 2015 Posted March 25, 2015 Lmao Johnny Boy.... i have been laying body filler on the funny car body. I want to have the body in Primer for the DSC Brad... dor every build I get done John builds a Bakers Dozen.... in that time frame... LMAO Hey! Leave me out of this. Besides, it takes me about twenty years to build a dozen!
gasser59 Posted March 26, 2015 Author Posted March 26, 2015 Hey! Leave me out of this. Besides, it takes me about twenty years to build a dozen! Guess that would be a Baker's dozen??
gasser59 Posted March 27, 2015 Author Posted March 27, 2015 Thanks for following along Richard. I need to get some photos up to share with you guys how the shell is really coming together.
gasser59 Posted March 30, 2015 Author Posted March 30, 2015 (edited) OK fellas. I've been working mostly on getting the shell together with the interior and exterior skins. Its been taking a long time thought because of gluing a portion of the skin and holding it together with tiny cloth pins and letting it thoroughly dry before moving on to the next section. While sections were drying, I went to work on other things. Added heater hoses with PE clamps to them, worked a bit on the shell marker lights. I had a couple of them and asked the MasterCaster to make me a few more so I have 8 of them. The resin ones will get some BMF and Tamiya transparent orange or red paint. Also been working on the toilet seat. Now I have to say it seems really weird to be speaking of building a scale toilet on here. Probably not many of them on this forum. LOL Here's a couple of pictures. Thanks for your interest and following along. So much more to do to get finished for DSC in less than two weeks. Edited September 29, 2017 by gasser59
crazyrichard Posted March 30, 2015 Posted March 30, 2015 man thats soo nice , cool / detail is great that toilet .. whow !!
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now