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Alfa romeo RL SS carved in balsa wood

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Hello everyone, I'm new to the forum, and also to the hobby. My name is Fabián and I am from Córdoba, Argentina. I started by making my track out of wood and buying some commercial cars, until I saw some wood model building threads that I really liked and so I decided to try carving my own cars, just for fun. I initially come from model railways and then I went through the construction of motorized scale model airplanes. Please excuse me, because I am not a specialized carver, but I want to show you some progress in this attempt to build from scratch. From here go my respect and admiration for the wonderful wooden models of some carvers, whose work encouraged me to present my car. The idea is to try to rescue the spirit of the car, in this case an Alfa Romeo RL SS from 1926. I found very little documentation of that model, not even plans or measurements, but we'll see what can be achieved. Also, apply some techniques that I learned in the construction of model airplanes such as carving and the use of brass and aluminum sheets. The model is out of scale, because as it is the first carving, I wanted to do it in a large size that allows me to work more comfortably with some details. I started trying to make a plan starting from the few photographs found. Here, the first advances. I hope you like it, and from now on, advice is heard. Greetings and thanks.
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Before continuing, I'm sorry for my bad English, I hope you understand what I'm explaining. The model is currently in a more advanced stage, but I have little time to edit and show progress. In a second stage, I worked by cutting and shaping the brass and aluminum pieces to then glue them onto the carved body...




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Very nice work Fabian.


Joel
Welcome on board.
Excellent craftmanship.
Looking forward to seeing more progress pictures.

PS: looking at the first couple of pics I thought that you were carving a boat ;-)
Very good to see you using traditional methods. I look forward to seeing your model progress.
How did you make the louvres (lumbreras?) in the front?
Mike
Very good to see you using traditional methods. I look forward to seeing your model progress.
How did you make the louvres (lumbreras?) in the front?
Mike
we momentarily fix the plan or scheme on the aluminum piece in this case, underneath, we put a piece of balsa or soft wood
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then, with the help of a ruler and a pen, we mark over the grooves

We remove the paper and it would look like this

now we mark the final limits of the piece that we are manufacturing, this can be done before, but it is easier for me to do it in that sequence

finally, we cut the piece. Any questions, you can ask me

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question for forumers: I want to post a photo of the original car, most of them are under copyright. Can someone tell me how they do when a forum member uploads photos in a thread? are they free of rights? Or can they just be posted? I will appreciate help
advances in the hollowing out of the copckit, varnish layer on the bodywork, carving, painting and placement of seats
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I also started with the aluminum cutouts that bound the copckit and the doors. They were glued with cyanoacrylate




I can see somewhat annoying details in the joints of the aluminum strips but I will have to live with that.... :sneaky:
the interior of the cabin was not painted until that moment, I could not decide on a particular color
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The chassis...
I went for the idea of making a plywood chassis cutting it with a bench jigsaw, but the pieces were very thin and broke, so I went to my friend lisandro and his magical cnc laser cutter... sorry gentlemen, but then it was that the CNC "terminator" and its electronics killed the craftsman and his hands ... :(;)






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Wordless...
As for the pictures, are these on the internet? In which case you can hotlink them from here.
Maybe put a reference to the site/author.
some advances, preparation and placement of steps, supports for headlights, radiator grille, and general painting of the chassis...









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manufacture and placement of the front of the radiator and windshield....



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Wordless...
As for the pictures, are these on the internet? In which case you can hotlink them from here.
Maybe put a reference to the site/author.
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Hello, I show you some small advances, with the bodywork already mounted on the chassis....














Where I live it is difficult to find spoked wheels, I decided to make my own version, they are turned in balsa wood, I used a hand drill for this task, the hub of the wheel is a brass pipe. So that it is well fixed to the axle, I press the end of said hub with a plier, then the wheel is placed under pressure, they work well for me ....



still missing lights, rearview mirror, steering wheel, etc... and of course, a pilot. I can see a lot of imperfect details, but I like the overall view, and I must say that I am really enjoying this build. Comments and advice will be well received, I hope you like it.... greetings
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First class. A most enjoyable thread. Hope there are more to come.
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Man, this is so impressive. I really like the combo of wood and aluminum.
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Thank you guys for your words, for me it is very satisfying to be able to share my work with you. Soon I will show more progress and of course, there will be a video to check the performance on the track....
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question for forumers: I want to post a photo of the original car, most of them are under copyright. Can someone tell me how they do when a forum member uploads photos in a thread? are they free of rights? Or can they just be posted? I will appreciate help
If you can copy the photo from another site then you can post it, but please credit the source.

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If you can copy the photo from another site then you can post it, but please credit the source.

Don
thanks for the information
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