How To Open & Hinge The Trunk On Your Model Car Ep.300 

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Wow, thanks! He is actually an inspiration of mine.

Right on Clifton!👍

Pro Tech is great stuff.

It would work for that, I'm sure.

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I want to see that too for my 59 El Camino. I imagine it’s quite similar but a bit more tricky because you have to cut the interior panels and fabricate the door jams and make it all fit right.

@@vladtheimpala5532 G'day Vlad, Dennis here. A 59 El Camino eh? Oh yeah, they've got a nicely laid out interior, and spacious. When you add a few personal improvements to that it would be a shame to hide it partialy. Those doors are long so it would give a very nice view of all the goodies and also make the kit stand out. Oh yeah. I've decided to go suicide doors on my Chevy because there's more workable area at the rear as compared to the front of the door frame. Also l think it will show the interior better. Good luck on your El Camino.

@@denniscoughlan685 I looked closely at my 59 El Camino kit and I think trying to make the doors open is a little above my current skill level. I haven’t built a model for years and I’m not confident that I could do all the fabrication required. I’d have to modify the interior a lot. The bench seat is molded into it so I’d have to cut it out, then do some fabrication so it would still have seats. I would also need to do some modifications up near the dashboard so I think I’ll just put it together with non opening doors. It seems like when I was building models before, most kits came with opening doors but maybe not. I have several kits that I haven’t started yet because I’m going to need to do some rearranging of my room to make a place for working on models. Maybe I’ll post some videos when I build them, although I doubt that I have anything to teach people about modeling. Anyway, good luck with your Chevy. Suicide doors are cool.

@@vladtheimpala5532 G'day Vlad, doors can be tricky. The good news is that there's already a groove moulded into the plastic to outline the doors. If you have a scriber then that's great, if not then you can use an xacto knife blade. Use the flat edge of the blade to follow the groove and keep the blade at a 45° angle then very lightly, so the blade is just resting on the plastic, slowly follow the groove from one end to the other (no stopping during this) about 8 to 10 times. This will deepen the grove enough to use the sharp edge tracing in the same manner. Be patient, it might take more passes with the flat edge. Now very lightly trace the line with the sharp edge slowly.....no stopping. This is the critical part because the blades are long and pointed and if you're not careful that blade will bend just enough to jump out of the channel and score the plastic around it. Now, very lightly, repeat the same motion with the sharp side a few times, well....maybe quite a few times. After a little while hold the plastic up to a light facing the outside and from the inside you will notice a visible line from the cut. Continue on this way and eventualy you will cut through. But go slow and never put too much pressure on the blade. If you do manage to score the plastic not to worry, a little buffing with steel wool will smooth it out. If the scoring is deep then thats when putty comes into play. Not too many people can pull this off without cutting into the outlying plastic so don't feel bad if you do. Just be patient, go slow and you'll get through nice and straight. You will be pleased. You can either glue it in the open position or hinge it like Luca did. I would imagine it's the same proccedure as how he did his trunk. Cutting the seats out should be easier because you're dealing with a 90° angle. Good luck.

Thank you so much 😀

Sweet. Thanks for watching

Ok. That one isn't as old. I'll look into that. Thanks

I just thought it was a good video I learned a lot from it I've mini tub 2 of my model kits since I've watched it.

@@raymondwalker7281 now THAT'S cool! I like hearing that. Well reading...😁