Hoosierdady
Fan of wheelspeed
I started the body in the paint and body section but now that I'm getting to the tech and assembly I figured I'd start a actual build thread for it. Here's the link to the body section...
http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/pain...tch-styrene-build-1929-model-tudor-sedan.html
Well, to speed things up I'll just post a few progress pics from the body work.
Here's the 1:1 on it's day of arrival.
I printed out a few spec sheets on the '29 Tudor. I cut the pic into 3 pieces for now. I'll cut a couple more out before it's all said and done. I'm using .40 and .20 styrene. The braces in the cab itself are just to keep things spaced evenly while I'm roughing out the main support pieces for the roof and sides.
I've got a lot of sanding to do as you can imagine, but for less than 2 hrs of work I think I've done pretty good so far.
I clocked 3 more hours on the build. As it stands I'm right at a total of 6 hrs in labor. I added some reinforcement to the b pillars. I used two strips of .40 styrene and carved a groove down the middle of it to create some detail. I had to cut the pillars to relieve some pressure on it that was causing a bow to form too.
I also added the side pieces and another layer of .40 styrene to the roof. Then I started sanding...and sanding....and sanding.
It's getting worthy of the shop now. I needed to add some side detail around the windows and the back. I used some .20 styrene for that. You can see one side versus the other. I still need to do around the windows and add a few other touches.
The rear window ended up being a little bigger than I wanted, but I might be able to make it smaller with some trim work.
Here's the passenger side before the trim...
I added some window trim and also the wheel well molding for the rear.
Next up was to start on the windshield frame.
After that I moved on to the firewall and gas tank.
After that I moved on to the interior and the base coat for the rust.
I tried to keep the dash as close to the real thing as I could. It's hard to see in the first pic.
But I backlit the gauges and used a amber LED to give it a old timey look. I've since coated the interior and exterior in the iron ore paint from Sophisticated Finishes. I used a sponge to stemple the paint on to give it a rough texture. The interior will get wooden strips for structural support just like the 1:1 has. I'm using a old dew rag for the cloth on the seats I think. I'm still up in the air on that as I may look into some cow print faux fur for it instead.
As I posted above, I had the body under the Iron ore paint to start the rusting process. I only did the interior because I don't want the rust rubbing off on my hands the whole time I'm building the rig.
I did some rust detailing on the steering wheel too but it's not in these pics. Here's a dash shot.
http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/pain...tch-styrene-build-1929-model-tudor-sedan.html
Well, to speed things up I'll just post a few progress pics from the body work.
Here's the 1:1 on it's day of arrival.
I printed out a few spec sheets on the '29 Tudor. I cut the pic into 3 pieces for now. I'll cut a couple more out before it's all said and done. I'm using .40 and .20 styrene. The braces in the cab itself are just to keep things spaced evenly while I'm roughing out the main support pieces for the roof and sides.
I've got a lot of sanding to do as you can imagine, but for less than 2 hrs of work I think I've done pretty good so far.
I clocked 3 more hours on the build. As it stands I'm right at a total of 6 hrs in labor. I added some reinforcement to the b pillars. I used two strips of .40 styrene and carved a groove down the middle of it to create some detail. I had to cut the pillars to relieve some pressure on it that was causing a bow to form too.
I also added the side pieces and another layer of .40 styrene to the roof. Then I started sanding...and sanding....and sanding.
It's getting worthy of the shop now. I needed to add some side detail around the windows and the back. I used some .20 styrene for that. You can see one side versus the other. I still need to do around the windows and add a few other touches.
The rear window ended up being a little bigger than I wanted, but I might be able to make it smaller with some trim work.
Here's the passenger side before the trim...
I added some window trim and also the wheel well molding for the rear.
Next up was to start on the windshield frame.
After that I moved on to the firewall and gas tank.
After that I moved on to the interior and the base coat for the rust.
I tried to keep the dash as close to the real thing as I could. It's hard to see in the first pic.
But I backlit the gauges and used a amber LED to give it a old timey look. I've since coated the interior and exterior in the iron ore paint from Sophisticated Finishes. I used a sponge to stemple the paint on to give it a rough texture. The interior will get wooden strips for structural support just like the 1:1 has. I'm using a old dew rag for the cloth on the seats I think. I'm still up in the air on that as I may look into some cow print faux fur for it instead.
As I posted above, I had the body under the Iron ore paint to start the rusting process. I only did the interior because I don't want the rust rubbing off on my hands the whole time I'm building the rig.
I did some rust detailing on the steering wheel too but it's not in these pics. Here's a dash shot.