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    Quote Originally Posted by Billy View Post
    noice work again Aussie, seeing how you made the wheel centres brought the light on in my brain, makes it clear when shown by others, good onya
    my workshop spotless now, all organised. Will select next sawdust making project this week, Im thinking two old cars, one original one hotrodded and make them both at the same time. A mate just dropped off some nice red coloured aussie hardwood, might use some of that.
    cheers, billy
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    Quote Originally Posted by AUSSIE View Post
    Billy Just For you Mate.I buy the standard rim from the USA and just drill the front ones and clean up with a dremal type tool
    The back I make the insert as in pic I only have a very small lathe and cant make larger things. I am looking into that.Need More $$$

    Aussie time to start making your own rims you have the gear and the know how.

    Love that little lathe

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    Quote Originally Posted by wheelinround View Post
    Aussie time to start making your own rims you have the gear and the know how.

    Love that little lathe
    I am looking at getting a bigger Metal lathe and fitting a wood chuck and a set off jaws
    Back To Car Building & All The Sawdust.

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    hiya wheelin'
    I know its hard to believe, my missus thought her car had been stolen but I'd actually put it in the garage for the first time in ages.
    i'll get a couple of photos up when i get home tuesday
    cheers,
    dustbuster billy

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    Default it was tidy, really it was

    well it was tidy for a couple of days, but when I got home last night my neighbour came over with some oregon he needed cut, and he brought a couple of six packs too.
    So, by the time we'd done the cutting and drunk the beers it was back to being messy.
    Took some photos anyway, hopefully they'll load ( haven't tried this before )

    Starting new project, this one will take a while, it's a glass top and sides coffee table, 1200 x 600, with a diarama of a '50's garage inside it. The cars are all 1/24 scale plastic kits. I'm making the table frame first, then over the next few months make the cars etc. put the glass on last. I'll see if I can upload photos as I go on the scale model sub forum. Will use ideas from the plastic models to make timber models.
    cheers all, billy. here comes the sawdust

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    Default trying photos again

    ok that didn't work, I'll try it againAttachment 110059

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    Default Catch up

    I have had a weekend off,sort off.
    Today I have put up some photos I should have put up earlier and try to catch the WIP
    to where it is .The chassis is mainly strips of Jarrah.The front solid section is cyprus pine,just because I had it.Nothing much in making chassis.It is in its rough stage at the moment.I have temp fitted most of the parts and next will clean them up for final assembly.
    There is a pic of unpainted wheels to make it clearer on what is needed.
    The bonnet and grill sitting in place.All just to see if they fit OK,before puting away safely till needed.
    Hope this helps.Should be a bit of progress tomorrow if all goes well
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    taking shape looking great, whats the grey on the tyres and what are you going to finish them with Aussie

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    Quote Originally Posted by scotty60 View Post
    taking shape looking great, whats the grey on the tyres and what are you going to finish them with Aussie
    I was thinking Mat grey with another coat was good for tyres and top coat of satan estapol.to help it last.Black looks a bit harsh I thought.What are your suggestions?
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    not to sure , maybe a darker grey not quite black.Think need to have it all together to get overall look of vehicle will help decide.Maybe even a darker stain of reddy brown darker than the jarrah might look good.

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    Default brack japan

    hi aussie, I use " black japan" stain on my tyres, not too black, even a bit see through so might not cover the grey. Thats a nice finish on the bonnet, very shiny, what did you use there?
    cheers,
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    I have made the wheels removable.Might wait till I assemble it to see what it looks like.
    The bonnet is coated with wipe on poly as is the rest of the body.I dont know if I mentioned it,but I use micromesh to get the required finish on the WOP anything from mat to a full gloss.Good stuff MM.
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    i tried wipe on poly on 1 of hotrods but wasnt impressed with it,must have done it wrong yours looks good as far as i can see i the picture.

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    Hi Aussie
    I must have been sleeping, because I've logged in a couple of times in the past months and haven't caught up with this thread.

    The model A truck is coming along a treat. You're working very fast, and the results are beautiful. I especially like the grille, which when done in timber looks really stylish.
    You're very well organised, and are patient enough to get lots of pieces finished, before assembly. I think that might be one of the keys to your overall consistent and lovely finish.

    I've got mixed feelings about showing the thread to Dave, because he has the same plan, and I really want him to do his without being influenced by how others have done it. But the stages being described are marvellous reading, and I'm sure I'll weaken and show him.

    He's currently finalising a bi-plane, and then will get back to the cars and trucks. I must say that the jarrah comes up so warmly when done in wop, that it makes me want to go out and get some. But to be practical, we really should stick to red gum which is available both in rough sawn and kiln dried, and is also rather richly coloured.

    But the next one we do, will have to have a sharper finish, more in line with what you're producing. I want to experiment with an idea I read about, which suggests use gloss as your base, and then multiple layers of satin poly, to achieve a really deep finish. We'll see if I'm good enough to achieve it.

    Will post the red baron's (red) plane shortly. Keep up the good work on the thread. Look forward to seeing the finished product.

    Cheers
    LiliB

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    Default Wop

    Hi y'all,
    what is wipe-on-poly?
    haven't heard of it before this thread
    Although I did wonder what WOP meant in earlier posts.
    Truck lookin' good Aussie
    cheers, Billy.
    did I mention the sawdust?

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