Pete 367 in brass

[Timmy]

I hope the holidays found everyone well.
I have been working on the truck, but I see no sense posting pictures of building the other fender lol. It's pretty much the same side to side.
I'll be building my spacers next and I'll post how that goes.
I did find some pictures though of the trucks I originally took my measurements from.

This truck was originally why this thread was called Pete 367 in brass. This was the truck I was modeling from as it was in our shop for this paint job

And this truck is closer to what I'm modeling right now.
Tim

[civic83]

I would be interested in a scale english wheel too, I never considered one before, I have a lathe, wonder if I could make one... Hmm, prolly better to just get IHbuilder to make me one lol. Anyways, back to the thread, the trucks looking great! I wish I had metal skills!

[Timmy]

Thank you civic83, working metal really isn't that hard!
Here's a small update

I had to add the bend to bottom of the hood

And I think it adds another dimension to the hood

I had to add a support the back of the hood panels, and hold them out to meet the cowl, so I bent up a solid rod support

It fit quite well

And it holds the shape perfect

I then added some fill solder to my fender to make it smooth for the fender spacer

This is the hood spacer and fender, almost ready for assembly
Happy new year everyone!!
Tim

[ihbuilder]

looking good Tim , I actually would prefer working metal as to styrene . My 1st (IH 9370 ) was to be in brass when I looked at the price difference , at the time , styrene won : I'm lookin fwd to hammering out the new hood for the wedico pet I got .

[Timmy]

Ahhhh, the styrene vs. metal question. Quite honestly I like both. They both have there pros and cons. I like styrene for it's ability to build it up with out disturbing the surrounding materials. It can be hard to do that with brass in particular, just because of the tendancy for things to float when heated. However, I hate waiting for glue to dry, solder cools rather quickly.
So here's the next installment

Here the spacers been added to the fender

This is what it looks like on the inside

Both fenders ready to be installed on the center

And here's one of the fenders completely soldered to the center section

Both fenders installed

It fits really nice

And here's some more mock up pics to see the progress




So what do you guys think?
Tim

[Timmy]

Unfortunately I haven't had much chance to work the last couple days, but I do have a small update

I finished triming the door openings

I then cut a piece of aluminized tin to replicate the aluminum door sill

And bent it to match my opening

Next up will be the doors and hinges
I hope you guys are enjoying watching this build as much as I am enjoying the build of it
Tim

[Tamiya Cowboy]

Tim the body is really coming along nicely great job!!

[Brian in PA]

Coming along real nice Tim. I'll get back to you on the PM too, been kinda busy. Keep up the good work!

[ihbuilder]

tim your doing a great job . are you sure your not a tin nocker ?

[Timmy]

Thanks guys, every comment is added motivation. Brian, thanks for answering the pm so quickly, I'm hopefully we can work something out!!
Ihbuilder, I don't think anyone's called me a tin knocker before! Has a nice ring to it!! In fact I am a automotive restorer, and lately I've been restoring a Pete for a friend of mine.
I'm hopeful I'll get some more done today, I'm hoping to get atleast a door done.
And please, if anyone sees something they think is not quite right, please bring it to my attention, sometimes a new perspective can be refreshing, and pointing out the blatantly obvious is sometimes needed.
Thanks for looking
Tim

[Brian in PA]

How about posting some pics of the Pete your restoring. From the one pic you have I see a door from a 359?

[ihbuilder]

"I am a automotive restorer"

well that expains it, much better

[Timmy]

Good eye Brian, the truck I'm doing is a 359! I'll have to sort through pictures to find some of it, but I'll post them when I can.
Ihbuilder, I think I prefer tin knocker now!! Lol
I have run into a snag in my build. Well I have many, but this one is really bugging me, can someone help????
I have my door built about 40%





And this is how it fits, my problem is my hinge.
Now my plan was to use a piece of 1/8 rod and 5/64 tube to make my hinge

Now I'm trying to figure out how to make it work. I want it to look like the piano hinge on a full size truck, but I currently can't figure out how to get my pin into the hinge as the upper door frame is right in the way, and to go up from the bottom I'd have to bend the door out of the way

Hopefully the picture helps my explanation, I hope someone can help me!
Thanks for looking
Tim

[Diesel Demond]

spectacular!! hope you figure out the hinge!!!!!!!!!!

[Espeefan]

Is the cab floor or the sill plate of the cab in the way, or something, that you can't push the pin in from the bottom? You might not have a choice but to solder the hinge onto the cab and door, after the pin is in place. Unless you build the hinge first, and then bolt it to the door.

[ihbuilder]

looks good Tim , here's a pic of my hing for my 5900i heavy haul . They're basically 2 brass butt hinges stacked to make the piano hing . you can find them in any hardware store . I think I used .625"x.5"

[crawler07]

I feel your paint with the hinges, I have the biggest trouble when it comes to them on my build as well. I hate them so much that I built one for the drivers door about 6 month ago and still havent done the pssengers side out of hate LOL..You can look over my 5 ton build and see how I did mine if it helps..

And you doing a fine job here man!! Please keep posting its motivational to say the least!

[Timmy]

Thank you diesel diamond. Espeefan, pretty much everything is in the way, door sill, floor, door frame. I was hoping to keep the doors removable, I like the stacked hinges that ihbuilder used. I looked at my local hardware store but I couldnt find anything that small. So espeefan, I may have to just solder them!
There is a doll house store in town that I'm going to check.
Crawler07, I like your hinges. Do you have anymore detailed photos of how you did them? I want to try everything and see what works best.
I have an idea that I'm going to try, and I'll post pics even if it doesn't work.
This is why I joined this board, everyone is so helpful and friendly!
Thanks for looking
Tim

[Timmy]

Wow what a week!! I didn't get much chance to do anything until today. I played with hinges today, and I'm going to try a couple other ideas before I decide on my final arrangement, but I'd like to hear what you guys think.

These are the small hinges I finally found that ihbuilder suggested

And this is the same thing just from farther away

I like the look, but I've got to do some structure mods to use them. They push the door way back.
What do you guys think?

[crawler07]

yep I like them also. I would get you some pics of my hinges,but it doesnt look like you need to see mine as yours look so good!