Monogram '31 Ford Model A

sometimes i seem to have less brain power than god gave fishpaste wrote:

I like that. Must remember that one.

Hi Colin,

Looking great so far Sir...

With regards to the door pins, is there no way of extending the pin and then gently heating up a small flat screw driver and melting just the tops of the pins to stop them from falling off...

Andy...

Was thinking of drilling, pinning with a thin length of wire Andy..... however you may be onto something with plastic rod, will have a go mate .... nice one.

I have been able to fit the door to the body with tape and then using a .025" drill bit drilled through both top and bottom hinge. Then using a straight pin (they measure about .024") snip them very short and used them for a hinge pin. The head points upward and look to be part of the hinge.





I hope this helps.

Neat idea Colin and it looks great too.

Nice work on the hinges, Colin.

After a few days "off modeling" due to my youngest lad and his partner having a holiday up here i ventured back into the cave and did a little

Got the pedal assembly in place



Installed the brake reservoir, the hinges are done and work a treat .. don't know wheather to leave them "chrome" or paint them body colour. Laid a chrome trim around the body work



got the back seats in place (the instructions say to glue them to the inside of the body but that seems a little hit and miss so i went this route after a few angle measurements

Looking Good Colin.

Snake wrote:Installed the brake reservoir, the hinges are done and work a treat .. don't know wheather to leave them "chrome" or paint them body colour. Laid a chrome trim around the body work

Hi Colin,

Love seeing this come together, I like seeing the chrome hinge pins, they look well with the body trim...

Andy...

Just adding the finishing touches now

Got the bulkhead rods in place



Having to do the same as Al for the bonnet as it was a very poor fit when assembled as per the destructions



Decided on red plates, gave the whole lot a paint over with acrylic



rubbed the highlights off with a cocktail stick shaved into a flat end with a scalpel

It's looking good Colin and I like the number plate tip.

The kit radiator braces, as always, look out of scale. If it's not too late, I think you should replace them with some thinner styrene rod. JMO.

Yes, radiator braces are a tiny bit thick.  That's a problem with any thin moulded plastic, from steering wheels to old style wire wheels.  Still, the engine compartment is looking good!

Like the job you're doing with this one, Colin. You just might convince me to dig mine out again.

Love the license plate; must give that technique a try. Those hinges are some of the best I've seen.

Lookin' good !

THE BOSS wrote: If it's not too late, I think you should replace them with some thinner styrene rod. JMO 

harron68 wrote:Yes, radiator braces are a tiny bit thick. 

advice taken on board and changed as it wasn't too late.

Fuse wire and some red rubber dampeners that i saw somewhere sometime on something similar ... if they're totally wrong then i'll get rid ... but i like them

That looks better Colin.

awesome. They look perfect now.

Found some little chrome caps that fir nicely into the wheel centres



The inner door was very bland so i made a door card out of black craft card, and improvised some spare chrome parts for winders and handles



just needs a few paint touch ups and a looking over for anything missing and it's done

Hi Colin,

Brilliant Sir, love the door card touch too, I thought you'd been using that flocking stuff at first...

Andy...

Inner door touch and wheel centers are most excellent.  Rubber "dampers" on the radiator supports not to my liking, but it's your work, so please yourself.  I like the way the shifter comes up through the floorboards, very real!

All done ....




Pictures in the finished thread HERE