making door hinges ??

I have a early 90's TA model I was wanting make the doors open.
Well I got the door cut out pretty good(minus the skin on my finger), heres a pic..
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c242/xeroinfinity/models%20two/Dsc00173.jpg

Here was my first attempt at a hinge.
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c242/xeroinfinity/models%20two/Dsc173.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c242/xeroinfinity/models%20two/Dsc00174.jpg

My second attempt I relocated the hinge and bent the wires. Still no worki .....
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c242/xeroinfinity/models%20two/Dsc00177.jpg

I just cant figure this out :banghead:
I was thinking the tube part needs to be out from the fender more, or puttin a tube on the door too.....

Any one done this before ?

Any pics or help in general would be greatly appreciated! :grinyes:

I think this may help you :wink:

http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=675883

From the pics it looks like you are putting the hinge too far in to the body hence leaving it no room to swing..Here's another option:
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb85/speedsnipe/door.jpg

HTH
Steve

Thanks for the help guys !!

That car in the link is bad ass !
Brass door and hinges, thats way ahead of my modeling skills at this time. :grinyes:

This is just a crapy model that was bound for file 13,
so I've been playing around.

Initially Steve that was what I was trying to do but I just gave up to soon.
I thought that one might get in the way of the dash.. :dunno: That is a good idea though.

Which at first I did have the door jamb all fitted, but took the front jamb off to make a different hinge...:rolleyes:

And yet I figured out another way to make them,
though I dont know if it'll work.
Thiers not much room to work with thats for sure.
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c242/xeroinfinity/models%20two/Dsc00h174.jpg

Something like this for now...

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c242/xeroinfinity/models%20two/new_hinge.jpg

I'll post back when I finish,,,, banging my head :smokin:

ps- I did try doin a search but was overwhelmed with all the finds and none I looked at had anything that was pertinent to what I was doing.

thankx again !

I scrapped out the previous idea, wouldnt work that close together :(

So I went with Steves idea, and it worked !!! :D

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c242/xeroinfinity/models%20two/Dsc0y17.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c242/xeroinfinity/models%20two/Dsc007r.jpg

I placed two tubes inside the door so the wires/hinge
had somewhere to easily attach and align the door.

Now the trick is duplicating it on the other side :sly:
Might even try and do the trunk .... maybe :p

I would think about it the other way around:
have the tube part of the hinge on the door and the arms stuck to the body, that way the door would hinge/rotate at a point and there wouldn't be any real moving parts.

It's not very clear but here's how I did my old 911 GT3 doors.
http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=/502/158486gt3_17.JPG
the tube on the body had been painted red to hide it...
it's not accurate to the real hinge but it opens correctly (into body).
http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=/502/158486gt3_14.JPG

Yea that's pretty much the way I did mine too.

Yours just looks prettier :grinyes:

......after maybe 10 goes at getting the alignment of the door right......
a good pair of needle nose pliers helps.

Yea it took me 30-40 minutes of trial and error to get the hinge in working order. Luckily I have some tiny needle nose and that helped a lot !
My big meat hooks are all clumbsy and dont work well with these tiny parts.

Funny the add below has a hinge in it... what irony! :lol:

Well I made the left door hinge smaller and have now cut out the drivers door.... and the trunk ! :naughty:

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c242/xeroinfinity/models%20two/driverdoor.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c242/xeroinfinity/models%20two/trunklid_glass.jpg

These two should move more smoothly since I'm experianced now :lol:

Wish me luck on the back hatch/trunk , this'll be fun ! :grinno:

Well I have the doors and back hatch completed , but its not perfect as I'd like....
I still need to fab hinges for the hood,
In the process of making hood scoops first though.
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c242/xeroinfinity/models%20two/crudtrunkhng.jpg

This model is total crap anyway, its a AMT if that means anything to you all.
My boys said things didnt fit right and they were not jokin!
Did come with a nice pulley/belt piece.
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c242/xeroinfinity/models%20two/serpentine.jpg

I am at the body-to-chassis fitment and it's slow goin,
thats for sure.
You can see they made two right hand tail pipes tips.
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c242/xeroinfinity/models%20two/bottom.jpg

This is where I had to modify for the door hinges.
Very crud lookin :disappoin
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c242/xeroinfinity/models%20two/firewall_M.jpg
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c242/xeroinfinity/models%20two/zfdghhdh.jpg
I guess for my first attempt at these mods,
on such a small scale, it isnt to bad. :dunno:

Here are pics of the last model I built ...
about 10 yrs ago , monogram :D
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c242/xeroinfinity/models%20two/L_side.jpg
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c242/xeroinfinity/models%20two/undr_hood_2.jpg
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c242/xeroinfinity/models%20two/Interior.jpg

That has also been my model for my real 69 GTX I've been working on,
for about the last 10 yrs also :banghead:

Well I guess I'm as finished with this experiment :)

Here is the hood scoop and snorkle.
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c242/xeroinfinity/models%20two/Ram_air_2.jpg
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c242/xeroinfinity/models%20two/Ram_air_1.jpg

I decided to throw on some paint, not to shabby!
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c242/xeroinfinity/models%20two/hood_scoop.jpg
I tried a crackle finish on the hood but it didnt take :disappoin
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c242/xeroinfinity/models%20two/blue_bird2.jpg

Under the hood, I made a hood prop and an air box for the ram air hood.
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c242/xeroinfinity/models%20two/Dscfronteng.jpg
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c242/xeroinfinity/models%20two/engineclose_up.jpg
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c242/xeroinfinity/models%20two/Ramairhood3.jpg

While I was waiting for paint to dry, I used some chrome sprues that the parts came on to make a chopper frame :lol:
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c242/xeroinfinity/models%20two/chopper_1.jpg

Kinda got me inspired to build a new large scale model :grinyes:

comments questions are welcome :popcorn: