Wooden DMC build

[silverlux]

drawing

painting

covered with clear plastic for protection and test fitted

edges sealed

rear bumper in progress

[silverlux]

preparing space on bumper to carve DeLorean letters

first letter done

all letters carved with paper knife

filled with white paint

turned out well for a first try

[RobScott]

flipping heck fella! its really coming along!

[silverlux]

RobScott Wrote:flipping heck fella! its really coming along!

I know man, crazy stuff

[RobScott]

I'm used to working with metal and fibreglass, i could never ever imagine to get that sort of finish with wood.

[silverlux]

RobScott Wrote:I'm used to working with metal and fibreglass, i could never ever imagine to get that sort of finish with wood.

Cheers Rob, still long way to go till actual finish on the outside

[Rich H]

I really wish I had the patience and the skill to make something like that

I am more impressed with the level of detail and accuracy of the model with every posting

Love the photos, keep 'em coming!

[silverlux]

have this order to finish

in meantime back on DMC and starting to work with few tiny wood pieces

pine wood for rear lights and red mahogany for the rest

all pieces in place, quality of image is not great as I'm shooting with my phone, my other camera broke down
there is 3 different wood colors to imitate lights

wood splitters glued individually between wood pieces(lights)

one side sanded down and done, other to go

job done on lights and surrounding area

[bjbrownie]

There's more work been put into this little DMC than Lotus put into theirs! :lol:

[silverlux]

bjbrownie Wrote:There's more work been put into this little DMC than Lotus put into theirs! :lol:

absolutely, because Lotus don't make cars from wood
thanks for comment mate

[silverlux]

time to finish rear bumper pieces





next piece

[silverlux]

time to put together rear pure wooden Louvre

putting in place parts for frame

sides for frame in place, all other parts can go in

all in and sanded, time to cut some holes

holes cut and sanded, time to put in some detail

all in place and sanded down



now starting with engine cover, first pieces glued together


sanded down and test fitted

sides added


looking good altogether, need to add few more bits on that engine cover next time

[silverlux]

Decided to do some work on fenders to give more look to the car
so shape cut out of pine wood as it is soft, flexible and perfect for the job

glued in place

and sanded

the rest of fenders done as well, looking good, need to shape a bit more when wheels will be in place



next, will try to make wheels now, center pieces will go in sometime after


as I don't have lathe wood turning thing improvising with my DREMEL tool, carving is even done without support stand, everything done by free hand in air with very tiny carving tool

pay attention to wheel, looking good

only 2 turned out well as other two has to be wider and a bit bigger for the back


so, tried to come up with chassis that would be similar to real car. It would be easier to make normal one as for all cars, but felt right to make
one as close as possible to real one....this was my first try
rough plan drawn up

now, this is what I achieved

wasn't happy with it, so destroyed it after 2 days work
this is how first attempt ended

so second attempt, printed out best available real chassis 3d guide

drawn up to match woodie dmc scale and cut out


started with this piece of mahogany block

center piece done

front side part getting ready, few more wood strips glued in for extra strength

front done, end parts needs to go on as well

rear part of chassis coming together

chassis strength parts done, now need to free up some space for it


once tunnel for chassis made under car body, proceeded further detailing chassis at he rear end
made up middle part and other elements, added wheels to see how it looks together

[Chris Williams]

WOW!

[Rich H]

Amazing!