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1/24 scale... car door deadbolt WIP

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  • Member since
    April 2008
  • From: Philadelphia PA
1/24 scale... car door deadbolt WIP
Posted by smeagol the vile on Sunday, August 24, 2008 10:11 PM

well, I am doing my first car model, I am doing a mini, Mr Bean style, for my friend for christmas.

As you can see on the door, he uses a deadbolt to lock the door, (hides the key in the trunk that unlocks a key in the engine, which unlocks a key under the wheel, which unlocks the lock, or something like that.  Then the key is tossed into the window, heh)

I have started working on it, not sure how to go about doing it detailed though.

so far I just have the base for it. 

 

 

  • Member since
    April 2008
  • From: Philadelphia PA
Posted by smeagol the vile on Sunday, August 24, 2008 10:19 PM

I love my luck.  I'm thinking, how am I going to make the lock itself?  I go to plug in my dremel, to try and make the little thiny thin parts of the hanging lock, and I see this!

Im so glad I disected that mouse.

 I still need to do the bolt and all of that, not quite sure how, but Ill figue something out, may use a wire for it.

 

  • Member since
    April 2008
  • From: Philadelphia PA
Posted by smeagol the vile on Monday, August 25, 2008 8:45 PM

Ok, glued one strip of syrene on the other, one slightly smaller on all sides.

When it dried I used my flat file to file a grove, as you can see on the referance pic.  I then used my dremel to square it up and put the grove on the sides as well.

Then using a diffrent head I drilled a hole in the side (which is really the bottom, but how it sits its the side)

I then used gorilla glue (only super glue I have, it serves it's purpose) to attach the lock to the deadbolt.

and Voila!  My first real scratch build of something, tell me, how is it?

 

 

 

  • Member since
    August 2008
  • From: Windsor Ontario Canada
Posted by Higgy on Friday, August 29, 2008 10:30 PM
Nice Job!

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