Delorean Build VIN:[Wooden Digits]

[silverlux]

Hi to everyone, as a big fan of DMC building one of my first wooden cars in scale of 1:10. This is sort of learning curve project along with some other ones.
Hope to update on regular basis.
Enjoy!

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some more stuff done at the front on other car



back wall fitted

tbar fitted

window frame fitted

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few more bits done and doors fitted

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Bonnet painted, brushed and lacquer protective coat applied

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work on spare wheel space and other bits

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cooking up some mechanism to pop open hood from interior
tiny wooden cylinders


glued on

tiny valve type yokes made for tiny cylinders

springs fitted and mechanism tested


space for rear windows cut out


more parts fitted under hood, getting ready for primer

primed

front lights get some test glass cover and marks placed for cutting space for indicators


legendary badge on production line

made and fitted

to be continued...

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hood opening mechanism fitted

dashboard piece coming together



lacquer coated

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Here's recent job, speedo for DMC

rebuilding structure frame for doors a the moment and front window frame, wasn't happy with strength of it

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now, seat base for both sides drawn and made

picking up wood with grain is cool part of the seat build...just as picking up fabric for seats

cut out and sliced in two identical parts, curve line marked for shaping

shaped

one shaped other to go

both shaped, sides next in line

shaped, more marks, more shaping

base finished, looking good

next...sanding down floor to match proper height to fit in back part of the seat

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some more sanding done on floor

glove box added to dash panel

and opens

backs of the seats done, headrests left

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left hand side panels added to dash

tiny piece added by speedo board

another panel added along with tiny right hand side panel by speedo board

window frame painted

dashboard test fitted

some stuff under dash painted

side panel of the dash added ( don't mind paint job )

steering wheel on the way...2 panels of wood glued together fir strength

sanded and marked

hole made

sanded

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building middle part of the steering wheel from 4 tiny parts


complete

side vents for dash added, steering test fitted, dash test fitted, seat test fitted

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some flooring going on here


gear stick cover made from black insulation tape




putting reclining seats together, few more bits to do

level rails on, not for moving seat, just to level it and keep it in place

test fitted

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switches by steering wheel in progress


painted and on....peace out (see shadow)

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headrest drawn up

done and dusted

fits perfect

fitting magic piece(thick rubber) so the reclining seats pop back when no pressure on to them

rubber strip fixed under the seat

back

and back up..works perfect