DW Pace Car - Getting Close ! 12 - 6

[TooOld]

Okay . . . this one's officially on my bench and I should be able to start cutting in the next day or two !



I'm thinking "Pace Car Convertible" !

[ira]

Great Project Bob!
I'll be watching...

[Fletch]

So Cool!

[Pat Minarick]

Can't wait to see more, looks like a lot of cutting.

[TooOld]

Yep , lots of cutting ! But hopefully it won't be much different than my Bandit Trans Am !

[TooOld]

I did some cutting on my "virtual workbench" and came up with this .
Now I'm itching to get started !

[TooOld]

So after staring at this for 10 days I decided it was time to start cuttin' !

The first thing I did was scrounge a Camaro Convertible body from a friend . I figured it would be a better donor but as you'll soon see I'm not really using any of the convertible part of the body . . . but I guess the white does look better than that blue body .



I used a razor saw and a Dremel with a cut-off wheel to make the first cuts . The only reason I'm lengthening the wheelbase is to make room for some Pace Car decals !



I added a half inch piece of plastic to each side and then started cutting the front to fit the two bodies together . At first I was cutting a little bit at a time but soon realized I needed to remove quite a bit to make them fit . I also slit the sides of the scoop and raised it slightly .




I ended up removing the entire front of the DW body !

[TooOld]

I did a lot of filling and sanding today and it's finally starting to look like a Camaro , I was a little worried for a while !

And the DW windshield had to go . . . it just didn't look right to me .



I'm going to use the windshield and cowl from the convertible body but it was a bit too wide , so I removed 1/8" from it .



I also scrapped the first hood and used the hood from the blue body . It is shortened by 1/4" along the front edge .

Here's the hood and windshield set in place !



Still a lot of work to do on the front , I want to enlarge the flares and the body crease that extends back thru the door area .



Here's a peek at the wheels and tires I'm going to use .

These are the tires . . .



. . . and these Rallye wheels came in the mail today !

[plastimatic]

Very nice

[TooOld]

Nov 6, 2014 22:32:18 GMT -5 plastimatic said:

Very nice

Thanks buddy !


I used some CA glue and small strips of styrene to add to the front flares .



A little putty and they should be okay !



I glued the Camaro rear panel on and cut it off 3 times before before I got it where it looked decent . It hasn't been sanded in these photos but you can see the general idea . I'll add the spoiler after all of the body work is finished .

[Pat Minarick]

Now that is some cutting! Looking good.

[ira]

Great Progress!
Real Nice Bodywork...

[wardster]

Lovin' it!

Got any more details to share, regarding your "digital workbench" process? Any tips to offer there? Or an idea of how long you spend at that; where you start ... or whatever?

[TooOld]

Thanks Pat and Ira !

Nov 8, 2014 21:49:34 GMT -5 wardster said:

Lovin' it!

Got any more details to share, regarding your "digital workbench" process? Any tips to offer there? Or an idea of how long you spend at that; where you start ... or whatever?

It's not that hard to do but it's hard to explain .   Basically I took photos of both bodies ,  resized them ,  and converted them to black and white .
Then I used a "free" program called Paint.net to create the new image ,  if you look close you can see it was cut in sections and pieced together .
It's pretty simple but takes some time to learn the program .   I spent maybe 45 minutes on this one .

This is what I started with .

[TooOld]

I finished most of the body work today .   It's lost that Deal's Wheels look . . . looks more like a Camaro-Vette or Cor-maro !

Not exactly what I had planned but once the spoilers are on and it's painted it should work .