New Projects
Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2017 5:22 pm
It's been a long time since I was last here but health issues and other things kept me away from the shop.
Like most woodworkers, I collected a large number of scraps and so I decided to use them by making toys vehicles. The attached pictures show my first attempts this time around. As usual, I made some adjustments to the plans I had. First I added headlights and tail lights and on the tractor trailers I added poorly painted windows.
The plans for the pick-up trucks called for a solid sided truck bed as seen in the middle truck but I decided to be creative and make them a bit different. The first attempt (the brown one) was using popsicle sticks to make a rustic looking truck. It worked out well but is a little flimsy so I used 1/4" BB plywood to do the red one. The other change was to pin the fenders on with three 1/8" dowels to help prevent them from breaking off if the truck was dropped.
I am now working on a couple of "coupes" similar in design to the pick-ups.
Sorry for the quality of the photos. I took them with my tablet and they looked good but turned out dark when transferred to the PC.
Enjoy Your Shop!
John
Like most woodworkers, I collected a large number of scraps and so I decided to use them by making toys vehicles. The attached pictures show my first attempts this time around. As usual, I made some adjustments to the plans I had. First I added headlights and tail lights and on the tractor trailers I added poorly painted windows.
- Painted Trailer Trucks 1.jpg (557.06 KiB) Viewed 11777 times
- Painted Trailer Trucks 2.jpg (558.67 KiB) Viewed 11777 times
- Painted Pickup Trucks 2.jpg (605.2 KiB) Viewed 11777 times
Sorry for the quality of the photos. I took them with my tablet and they looked good but turned out dark when transferred to the PC.
Enjoy Your Shop!
John
