Car Show - Scroll Saw Challenge

[BadBob]

19 hours ago, RabidAlien said:

Those are AWESOME!!!!  Do you still have the plans for them, or know if they're available online?

These are from the The Great All-American Wooden Toy Book by Norman Marshall published in 1986. I was also published in "Great Book of Wooden Toys" It's all old school as in you will need to make/enlarge patterns by hand. Some of the plans were also published in the Shopsmith Hands-On magazine. That is where I first encountered them. I need to make some more of these. I have a box of parts that I haven't used.

[BadBob]

This one has one of my at

This one has one of my at painting peg dolls. I'm not to good at it. However, someone bought it. It now lives in Germany.

I had a problem drilling the hole for the peg doll until it dawned on me to wait until it was done and drill the hole with it painted and the wheels on.

[BadBob]

My grandson saw a photo of something similar and asked for one. That started the ball rolling.

[lawson56]

Here's my Addition

[BadBob]

This one is not real sporty, but it is different—everything except the axles. While making these toys, I discovered that it is easier and quicker for me to cut wheels on the scroll saw than using hole saws.

[flarud]

I cut this out last December.  I had to put my touch on it.  

[flarud]

10 hours ago, lawson56 said:

Here's my Addition

Bobby, where would I find that pattern?  

Thanks, 
Barry

[Norm Fengstad]

Took another look through these just super

[BadBob]

Itty Bitty Mini Model-T is only three inches long.

 

[BadBob]

Here is one of my favorite toys. These little monsters are a bear to cut on a scroll saw. The body width is right at the limit of the scroll saw. It will remind you real quick where to keep your fingers.

[kmmcrafts]

On 8/12/2020 at 5:38 PM, OzarkSawdust said:

Good job on the cut! I may have to find a pattern of my old Roadrunner. Mine was a 1973, yellow with black stripes . Love the Roadrunners back then, fun cars. It had the "slap stick" and was very quick, I won 5 trophies with it and placed high numerous times at the drag strip! Does your son-in-law still have his? My stepdaughter and her husband still have mine, but I have visitation rights when I go to Nebraska...LOL. 

My brother has one that is the plumcrazy purple color with the white stripe and white interior.. has a built 340 with the 6 pack carb. / intake.. I can't remember now if it's auto or manual transmission..  

[amazingkevin]

Top notch scrolling here!!!

[amazingkevin]

On 8/13/2020 at 5:02 AM, John B said:

GTHO Falcon
 

A few other's I have made
 

 

The time you spent doing high quality work shows big time. I,m amazed that you can get this kind of quality from plain old wood!!!! 4 star for you!!!

[kmmcrafts]

I said I would post another one with a story to go along. This one is a throwback from many years ago (2006 to be exact). This is the third piece I’ve ever cut on a Scrollsaw. Back around 2007 ish a friend was over and we was going through some of the stuff I made and he seen this and had to have it. I gave it to him thinking I could make another and he just loved it. Then a few months later I was at his place and no sign of it anywhere so I asked him where he put it. He couldn’t remember it so I showed him this picture then he remembered that I gave it to him etc but he claims he don’t know what ever happen to it.  His kids were big time brats and I suspect they got mad on his way home and they probably got mad and broke it.  Needless to say I’ve never given him another piece since. He has bought many from me but never been given again. I rarely give anybody anything these days as free has no value to others so they care less about the hard work I put into making a piece. I do give as gifts for occasions but never to just give for the sake of giving. Shame that someone took that giving gratitude of mine away as lots of people could have enjoyed that. Lol

Now the second half of the story is when I finally had the urge to make it again my hard drive that I stored patterns on crashed and I lost the pattern of this and of many other great patterns from back in the day.   I do have the drawing of this as a icon but as soon as I enlarge it, it gets real pixelated so I’ve never made another. 
 

 

Edited August 19, 2020 by kmmcrafts

[Rolf]

All of these great automotive cuttings are getting me motivated! Some beautiful work.

I had Commissioned Charles Dearing back in 2007 to do a fretwork pattern of my car, maybe it is time for me to finally cut it.  Actually I want to do an Intarsia version  of it that I will design myself. All I need is time.

Edited August 19, 2020 by Rolf

[munzieb]

5 hours ago, Rolf said:

All of these great automotive cuttings are getting me motivated! Some beautiful work.

I had Commissioned Charles Dearing back in 2007 to do a fretwork pattern of my car, maybe it is time for me to finally cut it.  Actually I want to do an Intarsia version  of it that I will design myself. All I need is time.

That is one great looking car and the restaurant behind it has great reviews too! 

[oldhudson]

I don't have a automobile, but I just finished this item and it has wheels so I'm hoping you'll accept it. This is a model of a Stearman Trainer. I hope it will be a whirl-i-jig and the plane will turn to face the wind and the prop will turn. Most of the wood is cedar. The prop is from an old garden spinner gadget that stopped working a couple of seasons ago. I used a bandsaw, drill press, and scroll saw. Hand painted. I'd like to find a plastic pilot, like Gonzo or Kermit from the Muppet show.  If I get it running in the garden I post another pic.

Posted Sept 6.  Well as it turns out this makes an awful whirl-i-jig. Two problems: 1) good whirl-i-jigs are very thin and fairly long, which helps them turn into the wind (my little project is short and fat); 2) my house is located much lower than other homes near us and to the west and north we have acres of wild woods, thus the wind is blocked. Although in the winter when the leaves are off the trees/bushes we get lots of wind.

Edited September 7, 2020 by oldhudson
update

[RabidAlien]

Nice!!!!    I was wondering which version of the Stearman had a 10 bladed prop, but hey, wartime experimentation and all that...LOL

[Rolf]

22 hours ago, munzieb said:

That is one great looking car and the restaurant behind it has great reviews too! 

Do you live in my area? 

[munzieb]

1 hour ago, Rolf said:

Do you live in my area? 

I used to live in the Poughkeepsie area bud did a lot of business at Macarthur and Farmingdale airports. Moved south in '08. Wasn't there a German restaurant on Lake Ronkonkoma at one time?

[BadBob]

It's not a car, but if you have a car you might need a tow truck. I've made several of these and have a smaller one in the works. This one is part of my grandsons fleet.

 

[Rolf]

On 8/20/2020 at 2:27 PM, munzieb said:

I used to live in the Poughkeepsie area bud did a lot of business at Macarthur and Farmingdale airports. Moved south in '08. Wasn't there a German restaurant on Lake Ronkonkoma at one time?

We went there as kids, it has been closed for a long time,

All of these beautiful cars and planes,  I made this one years ago. The pattern was published Back in 2006 in an issue of SAW.

Edited August 23, 2020 by Rolf

[kmmcrafts]

All the toy cars being posted I dug out the pictures of one I did several years back. 

 

[Tomanydogs]

Here’s my sons ‘52 Chev I made a while back. And a motorcycle which was a puzzle that I converted into segmentation it stands and you can view it from either side. Right now I’m cutting my husband’s ‘71 AMC Javelin. 

[munzieb]

That is impressive!