Pete 367 in brass

[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

[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 ?