1948 MG TC long term build

rubegoldberg · Post by **rubegoldberg** » Wed Jan 07, 2015 8:54 pm

there are so many possibilities for detail work on these things!

i'm already plotting my next monkey + freecad + 3d printing....

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Wed Jan 07, 2015 9:03 pm

Ooohh, 3D printer, I would like to get into that technology
Been looking into soldering brass as well
ahh so much to learn!!!!!

CJSomerset · Post by **CJSomerset** » Wed Jan 07, 2015 10:48 pm

AL - LOO - MIN - EE - UM

Problem is, I've got one of these sat under a tarp in my drive way, and it's been there 14 years

If I started making a model car I'd feel really guilty!

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I think it's safe to assume that you'll get you kit finished before me....

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Thu Jan 08, 2015 12:01 am

I laughed out loud at that one!
You are so fortunate to have that car. If you ever want to ship it over to sunny (wet) BC Canada, I know someone who would take it off your hands...even if the steering wheel is on the wonky side

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Thu Jan 08, 2015 5:15 pm

Looking to strip the chrome and re paint it.
I have not done this before, so will try out a couple tricks on plastic spoons this weekend if possible.
Anyone with some advice??? Do people do this routinely??

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Fri Jan 09, 2015 8:38 pm

How is this for a hint at my newest acquirement

It is a little bigger than the 1/16 MG, this is a Pocher 1/8 Alfa Romeo

rubegoldberg · Post by **rubegoldberg** » Sat Jan 10, 2015 12:07 am

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Sat Jan 10, 2015 12:14 am

I have another one coming, so two Alfa's
My face looked much like your cartoons' when I got the box open
Hilarious picture, Will

Tomtom12 · Post by **Tomtom12** » Sat Jan 10, 2015 5:59 pm

This is looking great, I like the way you did the leather seat and the carbs, keep it going

David

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Sun Jan 11, 2015 12:27 am

Thank you David

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Tue Jan 20, 2015 6:47 am

Woah, have not posted much on this build recently
This weekend was trying to get bulk of red paint done and wheels painted
I was fooling around with some glam shots so here are some pics. Everything body wise is still dry fit, rad just plunked there for fun

Still have to clear coat it and struggle with an ill-fitting bonnet, but she is looking pretty good and will finish off nice

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Thu Jan 22, 2015 8:49 pm

I put the leather and carpet in the back of the cab last night
I am working on getting those bonnets back into shape, removing the CA glue and fixing the hinges up
Have all the body dry fitted still so I can sort out any fit issues along the way
Hopefully more paint this weekend and then clearcoat...soooo sloooow

Tomtom12 · Post by **Tomtom12** » Thu Jan 22, 2015 9:17 pm

Coming along nicely keep it going.

David

m0rce · Post by **m0rce** » Thu Jan 22, 2015 9:19 pm

Soooo shiny

Looking good mate!

S.

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Thu Jan 22, 2015 9:53 pm

m0rce wrote:Soooo shiny
Looking good mate!

S.

Thanks man, she isn't even cleared or polished yet
I went a bit nuts with the BMF (bare metal foil) chrome...just too purty stuff!!

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Sun Jan 25, 2015 7:19 pm

Weekend so far...clear coated major body bits
Wood dash is the next undertaking

kiwigav · Post by **kiwigav** » Sun Jan 25, 2015 7:26 pm

Looking very nice. really nice finish on paint work

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Sun Jan 25, 2015 7:40 pm

Thanks Gav
It is coming along and I am not getting sick of it one bit.......liar!

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Tue Jan 27, 2015 6:15 pm

Car is cleared, but not going to rub it out as that ripped off all the clear on my test area
I made two wood dashboards copied from the plastic

Shaped from solid pear

Thin dark veneer over a plywood

This is pear with aluminum bezels

Lots of metal to polish and then add fake glass and the dials

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Sun Feb 01, 2015 10:25 pm

Still,working with the dials, can't quite get the white balance on the computer right to make them the same...need keep plugging at it. You don't want to see the pathetic kit decals for the gauges ...yikes

So what is on the car is cemented
Got a few of these manufacturer plaques off a guy on E Bay for build displays...he combine ships them so got 5 different ones

A weekend's work

rubegoldberg · Post by **rubegoldberg** » Sun Feb 01, 2015 10:48 pm

man, this is looking SWEET! i love the use of real materials like the wood in the dash. RESPECT!

btw, since you asked via pm, i think the darker version is the one.

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Sun Feb 01, 2015 10:58 pm

rubegoldberg wrote:man, this is looking SWEET! i love the use of real materials like the wood in the dash. RESPECT!

btw, since you asked via pm, i think the darker version is the one.

My home computer is letting me down printing out dial faces...will have to do it at work over the week. Hard to get a perfect dial photo off the web and then balance the whiteness properly to match off different printers.
Sorry, I planned on plugging away at the dash and showing you both to compare, but the printer had other ideas, so I switched gears and glued up

I am going to make both dashes fully, bezels, dials and all.....and then I will show you for a more fair comparison. I like the dark too, btw

rubegoldberg · Post by **rubegoldberg** » Mon Feb 02, 2015 3:17 am

hrm...how are you doing the white balance?

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Mon Feb 02, 2015 3:37 am

Closing my eyes and jamming the exposure up and down

I don't have a proper photo software program, so just doing it in my mac's photo editing.
It works ok, but I did things on different days at work and didn't match them well enough so the two larger dials got different exposures
These are pics from the Internet so they vary tremendously as well

Good question for the photo guy.....do I get Adobe Photoshop???
That was recommended by a guy doing his own model decals on inkjet printers...something I really wanna do, and was considering getting.

AND
How do you not RUN the freaking ball inside the 5 with less than a minute left with the strongest running back in the NFL????!!!
For (;$/;$)&$/:(--/$-@&:"$& sakes Seattle

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Mon Feb 02, 2015 3:41 am

Hmmm maybe I should do a little photo blitz of making the dash and bezels and such
It isn't really that hard with a small tinge of woodworking ability and the right tools
?maybe Ya

rubegoldberg · Post by **rubegoldberg** » Mon Feb 02, 2015 5:38 am

inorite?? so much for beast mode.

anyhoo...photochop is a sledgehammer. you need a mallet. photoshop elements is an option, but for pure graphics layout there are other aps, especially for the mac. google is yo fran. in the meantime, if you need help with shops, hit me up. i can take your various images and match them up for you no problem.

CJSomerset · Post by **CJSomerset** » Mon Feb 02, 2015 10:37 am

Love those dials! Did they really only have a speedo on the passengers side!

I can't quite judge how big they are but I'm surprised you got them that clear, each number must only be a pixel wide?

I also work with Photoshop all day so if you and Rube can't get it right I'll gladly have a go.

rubegoldberg wrote: photochop is a sledgehammer. you need a mallet.

It's more like the factory complex that makes the machines that forge the sledgehammers

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Mon Feb 02, 2015 4:03 pm

Thanks CJ
It has nothing to do with my computer skills and everything to do with blind luck....and trial and error

I am going to take both of you guys up on program software for decal making
I have not found a great tutorial on it yet so maybe we should do one ourselves

rubegoldberg · Post by **rubegoldberg** » Mon Feb 02, 2015 4:24 pm

i'll be trying it soon since my vintage dt-1 kit has no decals.

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Mon Feb 02, 2015 4:26 pm

rubegoldberg wrote:i'll be trying it soon since my vintage dt-1 kit has no decals.

Ok cool
We should make a little project out of it and do a little how to for people ....and mostly me!

rubegoldberg · Post by **rubegoldberg** » Mon Feb 02, 2015 4:34 pm

ha! you may get to yours first. i'm all tied up with wheel lacing right now.

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Thu Feb 05, 2015 5:45 pm

I have a four day long weekend coming up starting Friday....hope to get the rest of this MG buttoned up

m0rce · Post by **m0rce** » Sat Feb 07, 2015 7:59 pm

She's looking great Scott.
Lovely wood/leatherworking.
Lookin forward to ur next update.
Regards
S

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Sat Feb 07, 2015 10:12 pm

m0rce wrote:She's looking great Scott.
Lovely wood/leatherworking.
Lookin forward to ur next update.
Regards
S

Thank you sir, appreciate the comment and sorry for this long winded thread

I am at the final corner with this project. Lots of chrome to get on, the steering wheel to finish and the 'bonnet' to paint and fit
So far the chrome is disappointing and I am considering stripping it and Allclad painting....but I want to finish now...it may be bad enough to take it all off and repaint

I painted oil based paints on the steering wheel Thursday night...it takes upwards of five days to dry. So at midnight last night I wiped it all off and did it in acrylic. Just finished clear on the wood wheel and the MG centre logo
The bonnet is too long, so will have to trim. I oven cleaned the piano hinges overnight, polished them up and put bent edges in vice today to straighten.
Painted the bonnet red and had a nice blob of run down the middle....after vowing to do many light sprays
Going to get coffee and spend some time with wife

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Mon Feb 09, 2015 2:45 am

Steering wheel pic
Think I better touch up the position of the piping on that seat

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Tue Feb 10, 2015 1:57 am

Done like dinner, well mostly done
The Minicraft kit

My inspirations

What I came up with

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Tue Feb 10, 2015 4:51 pm

Some engine pics

Tomtom12 · Post by **Tomtom12** » Tue Feb 10, 2015 6:52 pm

Very nice well done, love the interior.

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Tue Feb 10, 2015 7:04 pm

Thanks man
It even has that real leather smell because, well because it IS real leather!

Tomtom12 · Post by **Tomtom12** » Tue Feb 10, 2015 8:44 pm

Don't let the wife catch you sniffing it she might think you have a fetish

CJSomerset · Post by **CJSomerset** » Tue Feb 10, 2015 9:03 pm

Oh yeh!! That's one nice looking MG

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Tue Feb 10, 2015 9:26 pm

Thank you and your dancing bananas

rubegoldberg · Post by **rubegoldberg** » Tue Feb 10, 2015 10:16 pm

this thing turned out great! you put in a LOT of hard work, so now enjoy the rewards. damn fine, sir!

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Wed Feb 11, 2015 1:53 am

rubegoldberg wrote:this thing turned out great! you put in a LOT of hard work, so now enjoy the rewards. damn fine, sir!

Thank you my friend
I also really enjoyed our banter through the build, you were a big help and made it fun

rcfanuk · Post by **rcfanuk** » Wed Feb 11, 2015 9:25 am

That's beautiful, very nicely done

Steve

Aliktren · Post by **Aliktren** » Wed Feb 11, 2015 9:51 am

wow, amazing!!

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Wed Feb 11, 2015 4:10 pm

rcfanuk wrote:That's beautiful, very nicely done

Steve

Thanks so much for the kind comments!

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Wed Feb 11, 2015 4:11 pm

Aliktren wrote:wow, amazing!!

Appreciate it, thanks for looking and commenting

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Mon Feb 16, 2015 9:47 pm

Working on the label now
Using dry transfer decals as it cannot be engraved in the silver box
I have to go get some of the #er transfers; there are a few different fonts and many sizes

Will do a final pic when I finish it

m0rce · Post by **m0rce** » Sat Feb 21, 2015 7:43 am

What a great result!
Lovely job Scott.
Where will she eventually sit?
Mantle piece? Display unit?
Thanks for sharing your skills man

Regards
Sergio