Wooden DMC build

[lukebrynycz]

^ What those two said!
This is pure genius, hats off to you sir.

[silverlux]

@ Chris Williams - thank you
@ RichH - thank you, means a lot
@ lukebrynycz - good to hear sir, appreciate that

Stay tuned!

Being ambitious here, but will try to finish this baby by Christmas, so 46ish day to go

[silverlux]

tunnel inside body for chassis going through some makeover from wooden strips

putting together

both sides done, now time to see if chassis fits

fits perfect

chassis gets some aluminum acrylic paint, still experimenting by painting it in few layers with brush then sanding, polishing etc to see if I can match
polished aluminum look

rear wheels to be cut

cut and turned, 2 parts of wheels to be glued together to achieve super wide and cool wheel look for the back

glue on

pressed together for super strength so the wheels can withstand super high stress from powerful V type engine

cutting out middle part of the wheel from different color wood to see if I can achieve famous DMC alloy

trial fitted

super patience now, first sanded shape toothpick part ready to be glued on


done

have I achieved it?

3 more wheels to go if yes

[Rich Hanlon]

Individually made spokes? Incredible!

Yes, you have very much acheived it!!

[lukebrynycz]

I still can't believe what I am seeing here. You have a lot more patience than I have!

That sure is something to be proud of, and should be displayed on a Delorean club stand in a clear case at some point.

[silverlux]

@ Rich Hanlon - cheers Rich
@ lukebrynycz - thanks dude, somewhere in future this surely will be seen

[silverlux]

How about an update....OK, here we go!

Still working on bits and pieces at the back of the car, so only 2 rear wheels done. Decided to spray paint them with automotive aluminum paint.
Here's how it looks

time to cut some tread

one tire done, looking good, endless amount of hand cut tread grooves cut in one tire :8ball:

both rear tire treads done

in order to keep going with rear suspension bits, wheel alignment etc, making 2 brackets that will keep chassis in place under car body

decided to DMC it

carved, painted, lacquer coated, polished, screwed on

and second bracket/badge -WCC [Wooden Custom Cars]


looking good

made a pair of spacers that I hope will work well as disc brake imitation

last look at this pair as they will get lick of fresh rubber imitation

can't believe it turned out that good :jawdrop:


and here's few bits done for rear suspension that was done somewhere in start of this post



piece of Guinness goes into rear axle

so aluminum from can wrapped around and dead glued

this will be glued on to axle on both sides as spacer/controller so the axle stays in middle position and be able to turn around


now this is how it all has turned out so far, some parts are painted in different colors - black, blue, aluminum


next week, will try to finish up wit rear of the chassis and front, stay tuned

[silverlux]

Hi lads, my apologies for being offline for a while. Haven't done much with my DMC build as it is at a bit complex stage at the moment where it will be dressed up with pine wood veneer before I take next step building front part of chassis with hopefully working steering. Have been a bit sick with cold etc lately so lost any interest at all to do anything with DMC build. Just didn't wanted to ruin all joy that I get building it. So decided to put it aside for December and enjoy everything else that festive season can give and get myself back on track for 2014. So far it is planned to not paint body of my wooden DMC, but have even pine wood veneer covering sides of the body. should be looking good when finished with all nice curves on fenders. Testing at the moment some cool varnish finishes for body.
Have short video attached where you can have a quick look how my DMC will meet 2014 and for you to have glimpse of how it looks in real life so far
Also latest images attached
Have a good Christmas everybody and smashing 2014 :thumbup2:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3f_JCogpYtw[/youtube]

[OllieWilks]

Incredible! The man hours that must have gone in to this labour of love!

[silverlux]

Hi lads, I have finished my train to enter one of my toolmakers competition for new tools.
Here's video for you to check out how it went for me from start to finish.
Can't wait to start with DMC, hopefully soon.
http://youtu.be/DCSlgf20zRQ

[bjbrownie]

Most impressive!! Amazing that you've built it all from scratch-it's a credit to your building skills, now you need to make a BTTF kit to fit it that doesn't damage the bodywork! 8)

[silverlux]

bjbrownie Wrote:Most impressive!! Amazing that you've built it all from scratch-it's a credit to your building skills, now you need to make a BTTF kit to fit it that doesn't damage the bodywork! 8)

mini flux capacitor as first of the kit
appreciate all comments lads

[RobScott]

i can see somone offering you a real decent amount of cash for that dude!!!! its amazing!!!

[silverlux]

RobScott Wrote:i can see somone offering you a real decent amount of cash for that dude!!!! its amazing!!!

cheers RobScott... 8)

[silverlux]

while was away, finished my train build, entered competition and won main prize.
Back to DeLorean build now

if anyone is interested here's video that got me the main prize
[video=youtube;DCSlgf20zRQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCSlgf20zRQ[/video][/QUOTE]