Thread: Started My Car

I am Back
Feeling a bit better today.
I have started to glue some of the bits together.
I glued the roof to the 2 sides.I had to make a dummy spacer for the boot areaThis enabled the both sides to sit in position for the roof and check other parts for proper fit.
Prelim sanding off roof to sides.
Will run 1/4" roundover bit around roof sides next.
I turned up gearstick.on mini lathe.
Coated steering wheel ,gear stick and headlights with poly.
Did some more shaping to guards.A lot more to go yet till they look OK.
The Jarrah dust is as fine as talc ,You can see it in photos as white patches.

You are making progress with it now. It really is looking nice. An excellent job on the radiator and when it is all done in polly it will really come alive.


I hope you are enjoying it because we are enjoying watching you do it

Have you got any pics of the gear stick and steering wheel Aussie?

Hope the neck settles down soon,

Chipman

Its looking better and better. Really coming together now.

Well I am happy with today.
Looking at what I did now
doesn't look much,but felt like
I was getting a lot done somehow.
I setup the router and run the 3mm
roundover bit around the side and rear window openings.
Then fitted the 1/4" roundover a went toroof/ sides area..I did this knowing I needed to do it with the 1/2"
roundover bit later.I figured this was safer for me to take a bit at a time. Then hit it with the 1/2".
Gave it a bit of a scrape and sand.
body work will now wait till I have some more wood.(on its way)

I have done some more parts cleaning up and trial fitting.
Coated one guard side with Poly to find the bad spots.
Have a look how dark it went with one thin coat.
I turned up the steering column and spacer
The photo also shows the gear stick I did the other day,
and the kit steering wheel.
Sanded parts of the body and gave a light coat of wipe on to check how it is going.
Starting to look the part now I think.
Hope to get more wood tomorrow

wow that guard really did turn dark.... this is going to be so good when it's done.
Sure is fun to watch

Juvy

Mate, you are such an inspiration.

One day... I'd hope to be able to make something like this, and have it turn out as good as this is going to be.

Trying to work out photobucket Think I have got it
Thanks to Yonnee
Cleaning up parts till wood arrived today.
cut wood for boot (trunk in USA) Used 3 sections of wood as in photos.
Top layer looks a mess at the moment
Have to cut it the best way I can.
Have a look tomorrow and it will be wonderfull.
Someone said you must have some gear.
Well I havent just small cheap stuff.
This is why I threw in this rough shot
I drilled the 3 bits to take locating dowels.They work wonders for me,.
Will glue up this trio tonight ready for tomorrow
Pic of the bumper bars progress.They are getting there.
Same goes for the guards.Only working on one for some silly
reason
There is a box challenge on in the box section,well worth a look.
There is 2 sections.One is all entrants.The other is Beginners only

Maybe someone could organize one for the toy section.
I am only suggesting this.There is no way I want to run it.
Maybe our very good man from Stu's shed.Just kidding Stu.
He is a busy man.

aussie, you can edit your post and remove the first entry between, and including the [ img ] & [ /img ]...

Glued up the ugly lump af wood I hacked out for the boot.
Clamped with my new clamps.$21.99 I think from Bunny's.
Were in cat for $28.?? .I got an email from a friend telling me about them.
Also on Stu's shed.Great buy. Thats for the set of 4.
When glue set ,I sanded sides till it fitted between car sides.
When happy with that I marked with pencil the body line.
Sanded the daylights out of it till I ended up with what you see in Photos.
Untill next time!!













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Coming along nicely now Aussie

I just got a close look of those mudguards... now I am feeling a bit green.. it is that nice Jarrah with the black fleck through it ... that stuff comes up soooooo nice when turned in a bowl etc.

Regards,

Chipman

Yeh Chipman,and your not getting any.Just kidding.
I got it from David in Perth..Was an offcut.Lucky me.
Guards are looking better than that photo now,may put in next post.
Have a question for anyone who knows ,please.
I want to mark the doors ,bonnetand bootlid on the car shortly.
Do I draw them on with an art pen,or maybe groove the lines in.
Any clues ?

Might try pyrography?

Wonder if the set of clamps Aldi has on sale this week is any good? Has 8 different size clamps plus measuring tape and utility knife.... comes in plastic box for 24.99 .... says it's from Delta???
One can never have too many clamps!

Juvy

Originally Posted by keju

Might try pyrography?


Juvy

Never thought of that Juvy.
Only trouble is I dont have the gear or the knowledge
to use it.I think I will practice with a pen,then poly over it.
Make sure I use a pen that doesn't smudge with the poly