Lectures on modeling

How do you make models?

Do you make kit as it is? Or do you make it with a bit of contrivance of yourself?
Or do you make it as it like it can be moveable all open and close parts?
Anyway, everyone makes it with his own idea.
This corner introduces how to ultimate modeling (building from scratch).
Try to practice a luxurious modeling life that nobody has this model ishere.
With these hints, try to make ultimate modeling!
-YOW-
Concepted cars

These are models I made for my collections a few years ago.
When I made those, I didn’t use special tool and machine.
Anyone who had experience to make model will be able to do it.
It is important to have passion to get it mine.
So, why don’t you make model with your passion?

All modeling published by Modelcar Racers vol.13
It compares the way to modeling by an amateur 10years ago and the way to modeling by professional when I set up YOW MODELLI.
The difference is how you feel it.
There are a lot of spiritual factor.
Have expectations!

Looking back at the time

At that time, there was no personal computer, so for making prototype I started making shape from clay and soft wood.
Of course, I didn’t know Silicon light board shrinks, so I was surprised and guessed wrong so many times.
Although, what made me want to make shape with forgetting myself?
At this time, making Decarls started from cutting deducted copy and cutting-seat, also continued masking.
It was so many works with my hands.
At present, it is indebted me for a personal computer (magical box).
The software can make a etching manuscript from a block copy of Decarls and 3D software can make a solid prototype.
It is good surroundings it’s like make hands degenerated.
But those convenient things are only helpful for making things.
With watching past products, it is better to make with own hands than to make with machine.

I explain with Modercar Racers vol.13 how to make model at the present time.

It is not different past and present to get data, although, I can get information in the world indebted by internet.
It’s convenient to get many data from past magazine and museum, but I’m confused with too much data.
It’s only a reduction world, so it needs deformation which is very dull.

At that time, I drew three-sides-picture on a piece of graph paper by calculated size from data.
With this picture and photo, I made body of model by clay and light board.
With translating English and Italian data to Japanese, it is important to understand history of mobile.
It is impossible to make goody not to like.
I measured base of wheels with a tape measure in Italian museum, and I checked a color with chart of colors.
Well, at present time, it gets freely to change size and ratio of lengthwise and crosswise with taking a few pictures into personal computer to change solid data.
And also communication with model lovers is important to maintain passion.

The original material is light board.
Stick thick light board and start to cut biggish than outside size.
It is like Bird Curving.
It is the best to cut the state of covering seat cover.
For preparing for modeling by silicon beforehand, fill up froth of light board.
Not to sink silicon into it.

Make an outline by handcraft paper and pour silicon into it.
At past time, there was no evacuating and getting rid of froth machine, I used silicon I could buy in model shop.
I didn’t notice about shrinking rate, it was true I only thing of changing for resin.
At the present time, I make that nature use of making, so I made it little bit bigger.
I can get to choose shrinking rate and not shrinking rate.

The two models of left are made from light board and the right is made from resin.
I used resin body for prototype.
At this time, for to decide standard of groove, flatten the lower part.
At present time, it is easy because MODELA and endmill shave a standard side.
The good thing of digital data is making right and left sides as turning over.

With seeing resinous skin, revise warp of the body of a car.
Human eyes are random, so it looks good for me.
This was the most difficult at that time.
At present time, I only rub and put together accumulations named of kmical wood.

Make it shapes of image with a tool by electricity and a rasp.
Using back-ground paint stretches its surface, not to mind about a inner curved surface.
Make each parts with plastic board and epokici pute.
Make it up with thinking about drawing.
This section is the same with a present time, although, I don’t use poliestel pute( A cause of not to stiffen) to make a master with thinking about casting silicon many times.

At past time, there are many cars styled boxy.
It was possible to make be look like with getting a charm point of the car.
In the trade of real cars artists made with their hands, so it was good to make model car.
But the present show-models became complicated shapes because of making by CAD.
It is impossible to make with epokici pute and plustic board.
These three curved sides and curved lines of plural value is on modeler’s endmill.
Handmade car is made the best by hand making.　A car made by CAD is made the best by CAD making.
Is it of course???

The progress of making parts of windows is modeling windows of body which became a master by silicon.
“The picture of left”
Pour resin into it and make a copy of parts of windows.
“The picture of right”

Cut the parts of windows for body.
A pattern of windows are for a pattern for vacuum.
“The picture of right”
At present time, take clearance thinking about thick of vinyl chloride sheet and adjust.

Now, it is the progress of making windows.
Shave parts of windows with motore tool.
At past time, I used cheep Ploxson’s.
It singed an axis immediately and not turned round quickly, sometimes an edge bitted resin so I got hurt many times.
At present time, I use a firm one made in Japan“Clestic・PouerCrester PC33C”.
It turns round 30.000rpm, it’s a magical pencil.
The edge of blade is a super hard cutter, so it is great to shave.
I recommend this.

Vacuum vinyl chloride seet with adjusting each car. This is using smoked vinyl chloride seet.
Use clear 0.2mm-0.5mm thick board for each part.
The car of right has seven windows, so it’s impossible to do it at once, and then divide to do it.

Now, it is the progress of making wheels of tire.
Make it with wheels sold by each parts manufactures.
Choose wheels with comparing body and seeing clearance, and choose flat rate and long with comparing balance.
For show-model there are almost only one, so you have to make it.
A rim of a wheel is made with aluminum and inner parts are made by combination of each material.
These are a master, and make wheels for one car.
At past time, I didn’t know to draw on resin, so I worked hard.
At present time, I can reproduce them without be worried about froth.
At last the pattern of making wheel uses the minimum chisel “Sharpen a screwdriver for watch”.

Well, body and windows are done. Detailed parts are also done.
These works are not change now and before.

The picture of the side of rear.
A tail lamp cut from vinyl chloride seet and uses cutting seat.

This is what wheels of tire fitted temporary.

The interior is not inconspicuous, so make it selectively for an atmosphere.
Materials are plastic board, plastic stick, a piece of resin, and epokisi pute.
It looks good little bit smaller than looking.
At present time I make it this way, after making these many things, I can get the point.
Find an accent of that car, and have designer’s mind.
It looks good with putting emphasis on there.
It is the same with drawing pictures.

It is over. So let’s make models!