Thread: progress on the 29 (pics)
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05-18-2009 04:57 AM #1
once you get it sit on the car the way you want it. i take a nail head slide it under the top and hook it on the lip of the top of the car and tap it with a hammer on top. going around it till i can connect the dots with a stright edge. then take a magic marker mark the outside of the marks. then use a 4 in side grinder with a paddle wheel 80 grit to cut the final 1/4 inch. jonathan
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05-18-2009 05:36 PM #2
Thanks guys,
all these suggestions sound great!!!!!... the nail head Idea and the cutting the middle of the pattern out.... sound really good... I was thinking about it... now the pattern I made spans the gap with the curvature of the roof ribs... so logically if I was to cut a piece of metal that size it would span the gap correct?? now my donor roof is ribbed so if I was to pay my patter on the out side of the roof (raised ribs ) it would be bit short correct?? but If I was to lay it on the inside of the donor roof it should be perfect since the ribs would be going the other way not raising my pattern off of the roof.. correct? okay now this leaves one delema the inside of the roof has the original factory brace on it... I assume these are glued with some industrial glue if I could remove them my problem I think would be solved .. anyone have an Idea on how to remove them and if my logic is correct...
thanks
simon
Ditto on the model kits! My best were lost when the Hobby Shop burned under suspicious circumstances....
How did you get hooked on cars?