Hi Toymakers
Like many others, LOML was highly inspired by Aussie's beautiful coupe. At the WWW Show Melbourne, I found a book of plans for antique cars and trucks and bought it. He has made his first effort, from scraps and just to prove to himself he could do it. All bits were hand made, even the wheels, which the book said had to be bought.
I have attached some photos. What do you think? Seems pretty good for a first effort.
His next project is a coupe with a rumble seat. But first he wants to solve the problem of how to make a hidden hinge so the door opens. The books has a rather ugly butt hinge which you're supposed to buy.
Jefferson was kind enough to demo his really beautiful Vicmarc wood lathe, and I got the bug. David decided he wasn't ever going use a big lathe (mini) so I have ordered a Proxxon micro lathe, which I'm sure will make construction of special bits, like the siren and floodlight much easier, as well as being applied to other toymaking projects.
I will let everyone know how the machine performs after we have given it a 'road test'
Cheers
LiliB
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