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Stangfreak
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A resto in need Oct 11, 2014 15:06:00 GMT -8

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Post by Stangfreak on Oct 11, 2014 15:06:00 GMT -8

I have been working on cleaning and restoring this vintage Matchbox Firehouse for well over a year now, off and on. I finally located something to use to fabricate a whole new roof. It was a real thin material, so it was kind of a pain to have to glue it to ta piece of thicker sheet styrene plastic for strength. So the roof ended up being 6 pieces glued together. Then to fabricate and locate the mount for the pole in the center. Now that that is all finished, I need the right side door. If I make one, which would be a "BEAR", I will have to make two so they would be alike. If anyone knows where I can get a door please let me know....

Heck, my new roof looks as good as the original...

My new roof is the rear one.

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A resto in need Oct 11, 2014 21:11:18 GMT -8

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Post by Stangfreak on Oct 11, 2014 21:11:18 GMT -8

I decided to give making the doors a try. I cut them to size and traced the windows onto the styrene plastic. Drilled holes where each window will be then filed them to a square. I made the swinging rod out of a piece of round styrene and glued them to the doors and cut each end to size. They fit perfect and swing open as good as the old ones did. Gotta get more red paint now!