How To: Creating Scissor Doors

[PETET]

okay i know you guys been very keen on to know how i make my scissor door.. hope this turorial helps you to create on of your own creation with this guide.
experinecing on HOTWHEELS Z

we want to achieve this outcome

*sorry pic blurry, but u get the idea

note: there will be some cutting plastic involved!,(IF YOU DONT WANT TO SACRIFICE YOUR TOY, dont even bother trying hoho)

this turorial preferbly 1/18 cast, i;ve been trying on 1/24, it can be done but without lowering the car.

OKAY let start without too much talking..(therell be some later on hoho)

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*take the door apart including the base and. try to find a plastic that will fit through the screw hole of the door and that will just fit into the screw base of the car shell.

*one end is angled cut

*try bending them without breaking to create the angle that the door is open.

I made mine like so...


*understandable by now?
hope so.

okay.. now we need to do a little cutting
here the pic:

notice that the circle on the lower picture has been cut straight to let the door do their opening without having this little knob(or whatever) in a way. and compare the difference befor and after on the top yellow circled.

ok its nearly there...

we have cut the excess plastic that are in a way for the door to do their thing.. we now need to try tu stick the BENT PLASTIC
pic;

hopes the picture tells the story better than my words.

okay. i used a temporary tape just to try it out. try put the door together and just stick the angled cut plastic to the screw pot and trhoug the door screw hole (NO SCREW NEEDED). (see pic for more info)
you can use glue or equvalent, to keep the end bit stick to the body.

dont expect the door to elevate that high. so long that the door is on an angle already sick hehe..

and trala we done..

where the gap that the dashboard give the room for the door. really helps on the movement of the door.
pic:


and trala... again..

finish product


hope that this tutorial is straight forward.. i have been telling everyone what i use is only that bent plastic.

sounds like an un-profesional job hoho. oh well atleast i give you guys an idea. comments are most welcome..

if anything is unclear. please ask.

and my current project has one of this tooo..


cheers
-peter

[bkvj]

well, you did an awesome job!... but i dont get it really. i dont know how you did it on the swing arm. can you edit your post or sometihing how you did your swingarm? i want too do it on my "test" bburago posche 911( i want too do all my tests first on that one hehehe) and then on my maisto porsche cayenne.

[cwmax]

It looks like it's not a hinge at all, the hole in the door hinge slides on the bent plastic. It slides down while the door swings up and out. It's not a one swing movement.

Looks interesting from a distance. What does it look like close up? It's bad enuff the manufaturers of these models can't seem to make a realistic looking hinge point. Doors always look like ass hanging off the side (too far from the car).

Just a question to you, and maybe everyone else... What are you thinking when making your mods? "This looks cool" ?

Did you think on a 1:1? Would you even be able to get in this car. Would this work on a 1:1? Or is it just "Go with what's cool"

It's great that you're creative enuff to come up with your hinge, just ... to me the idea of scale modeling is to build a SCALE MODEL of a real car, make things look realalistic, or as close as you can get.

My

[Rubberband Man]

Go with what makes the car look good and unique, and I could care less what my mods look like on a real car. About the tutorial, great job I didnt think it was that easy, exactly what kind of plastic did you use anyway?

[PETET]

hehe. if you think this doesnt get to the real one.. i dont mind.. so long you get the idea.. and if you can show me how to create the EXACT copy of the 1:1 thatd be great.

base plastic of 1:46?? that felxible enuf.

i told you that this is a trial and error thing.
and this doesnt apply the same to all the cars available.

[Gafoto]

Actually yes the hinge does look realistic CW. Ever seen a Koenigsegg CC? Go look it up and you'll see this hinge is pretty similar. Its almost impossible to make a single hinge butterfly door. The parts are just too big to work on a 1:18 model.

[PETET]

.. have anyone try this method yett?

[supratuner89]

Ive started it but cant find a plastic that wont break when i bend it
and the how to is great

[ElRxBandito]

Originally Posted by Gafoto

Koenigsegg CC.

**drool** very very very very very very very B-E-A-Utiful Car, or should I say Rocket?!

[supratuner89]

Petet: where did you get the plastic from?
the plastic that i tried to use breaks when i try to bend it.

[PETET]

for me the plastic is from an unused 1:24 base that i sacrifice.. or even smaller car. they usually flexible

[Gafoto]

Originally Posted by PETET

.. have anyone try this method yett?

I have tried this method just yesterday with my Hotwheels C6. It seems to work well but I used a bent metal rod instead of plastic. I'll try to get pics up soon. I really like the tutorial petet!

[PETET]

thx gafoto post sum pics bro..

cool page hits but less response.. hmm.. come on show us...

[Customdubs]

I was wondering if i sent my car to you could u do the custom doors for me becasue i jsut dont get the forum..I could send u the hole car or jus the body and chasis and door or what ever...Could you please e-mail me at [email protected]


Thanx

mike

[FlySkyline]

You should have PMed him about having him do work for you instead of posting it in this thread.