Back into it, finally!

*no pics yet, theyll be up later tonight (i can stay up late like a big kid, cause i dont have jury duty tomorro!!!)*

Bought some evergreen stuff, building a 32 topless hotrod with updated running gear, suspension and a scratch made chassy... not gunna be easy, very steep learning curve, dont even think I bought the right size evergreen any tips on getting exact angles would be appreciated... planning to set stuff on masking tape and glue it like that... ?

bah, heres the pics... might do em now before i fall asleep sorry for the sideways one...





munted chassy

You're a braver man than me mate - good luck with your project.

Keep us posted on progress.

mockups with the old chassy... probably wont me this low, want to kinda 'frame' the rear wheels with the arch in the body





haha thanks tezza

Edit- Some 1:1 chassy designs Iv been looking it... want to kinda hide it under the body so i get that awesome bodyline of the rod along the bottom...

started chopping and gluing not being too uppety about the angles, cause i can always start bits over...

that curved tube part is for the end of the tranny tunnel the crappy part next to it was my first attempt... only doing the rails in the large rectangular strips. the rest will be tube, as its easy to bend



EDIT

added some more tube, cutting, throwing it in a pile and gluing!

Thats exactly one way to do it slowly. If you have the drawing pinned or taped to a wooden board then you can use pins to hold the pieces of plastic in place.

yeah im gunna have to rething my method lol. im stupid

anyway, decided to make some custom wheels. heres the start on them.





















sorry for so many photos. testing out the camera on my phone...

Looking pretty good so far, braver then I am cutting those wheels apart lol

thanks mopar i dunno what it is, but i just love destroying perfectly good sets of wheels

got started on the bigger rear wheel today... took a fidderent approach to removing the existing design, while creating a thinner lip to make more room for the ne wdesign (which i have not figured out how to transfer onto the plastic circles yet... can my regular printer print onto acetate?



front


back


the pieces so far


the great thing about making a new set of wheels is that you can make one of the front and one of the larger back one, and make copies

what do i need very much-so right now?

what is the only thing i cannot find?

CLEAR STICKY TAPE.[u]

drew on the design, now i just need tape to hold it still and not smudge off the pen...

sorry for all the posts in a row.... heres the design cut out (edit: very roughly for now.)...

Looking better and better

much respect to you slowly for embarking on a project like this.

i havent developed the patience to try and build my own chassis let alone a set of wheels.

Good luck

thanks guys! thinking of cutting some of the wall off of the inside of the tire so i can make some larger diameter rims... now all i need is some styrene sheet... OR MORE FOOD CONTAINER LIDS >
thinking of making a set of 18s and 20s. might not even use them on this hotrod. Iv got a chevelle wagon begging for the sedan-delivery treatment

Geez, there's some work going into this project mate. I like the wheels. Never thought of doing that to a perfectly good set.

I like the look of it all though. Look forward to seeing how it turns out...

Good Luck! You scratchbuildin guys are certainly braver (or more foolhardy ) than I am!

thanks guys if i can manage to scrape together something half respectable yous should be able to do it atleast 4 times better

wont be doing any tonight- i got crap-arse jury duty tomorrow >.>

list of stuff i gotta make/modify:

- 1x left wheel insert 19"
-1x right wheel insert 19"
-1x left wheel insert 20"
-1x right wheel insert 20"
-2x 19" sleeve
-2x 20" sleeve
-2x front tyre
-2x rear tyre
-4x hub and lugnut plate
-4x mounting tube
-2x front finned rotors
-2x rear finned rotors
-4x calipers

thats just for my sanity

Plans for the wheel inserts are to make each one individually, since they have to be directional. Shouldnt be too hard, unless I decide to 'dome' them outwards. still, that shouldnt be too difficuly, just pin them to a deodorant lid and slightly heat.

Wheel sleeves are going to be easy. pi x diameter etc.

wheel hub and lugnut plates should be simple enough. might even try to just make one and mould it.

slotted brake rotors- going to get some extremely thin styrene and cut out a circle, cut outwards fron center a bunch af times and twist. then another 2 circles for the outsides.

calipers will be a prick. im terrible at making the small stuff and duplicating it.

Tyres are my biggest problem now. I cant justify buying a set of those pegasus ones, just cause theyre a tad expensive for me. so ill be modifying the ones i already have... the rear and front are different sizes, so it should be easy i guess. I just need a new blade for my exacto. they disappear so quickly!.

the wagon body, pillarless on one side while a make a b-piller



now the brakes... they look megacrap cause i rushed to see if it was a feecable material to be making them with... the outside bits are, but the vents need to be much thinner... heres the crapness of pics

Very very good. So are we watching a 32 or a chevelle now? lol

ill probably jump between them both for a while, im just doing the chevelle at the moment cause i font think the wheels would suit the rod

No worries, twice as good now I say

That's brilliant , well done . I had seen similar discs for sale in photo etch parts but never thought of trying to make them myself out of something else.

thanks guys yeah sports, i dont have the kinda cash to drop on PE parts, so ill have fun making my own

tried a different material, heres the method and results...













as you can see its really crappy, a few of a fanned bits layed back down when i glues it together, and one fell off when i twisted it >.>

for my next attempy ill be using the same material, but a different method

next type... im liking these ones alot because they dont infuriate me