markbognor
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Bugsy & Dandy Dan's Carsmarkbognor
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Oct 30, 2009 21:17:52 GMT
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Every year I get roped into set construction by the drama department for their yearly whole school production. This year Its Bugsy Malone. Unfortunately the drama department know someone from another school who has done it and are borrowing Splurge Guns that I was hoping I'd get to make. They have asked me to make them some cars though for the Bugsey/Dandy Dan chase scene . So I set about comming up with a plan. I settled on a flintstones style car, rolling on castors rather than the actual wheels, to ease constuction and manouverability. The cars are assembled from a frame work of 32mm square spruce spar clad in hardboard. I spent the day in school yesterday (it's half term!) getting the first part of the building done, I had four kids helping and another teacher. I was harder work keeping ebverybody else involved than it would have been to do it myself but the keeds need to do some set construction as part of their BTEC course. I started with some drawings, CAD and the old school sort.  Planned out the frame,  Then got building. The basic frame,  Nearly Finished  There's a door on each side,  I just need to add some fenders and head lamps. The plan for the headlamps is to use a small pyrex bowl as a vacuum forming former, and make the headlamp bowls from thin plastic sheet. I might use some clear acrylic as a lense. I'll grab some more pics when this and the other car (still to be made) are in paint. |
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Oct 31, 2009 11:51:46 GMT
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Dude, thats great. Suicide doors too!
It's more or less a Jago Jeep! Stick a mk2 escort axle under it and some trailer lights on the back and you're all set!
Reminds me of how much I used to love D+T at school, The teachers used to open the lab up at lunchtime for use to use more or less as we pleased. I was there every day for about three years.
I remember turning up one dinnertime to make a mirror frame as a valentines day present for my girfriend at the time, out of round bar and brazing it together (To match a clock she;d made as her D+t project over a whole year before). Having never brazed anything in my life, I asked the teacher (Mr Hancock) what to do, and his reply was "I'll light the torch for you, just don't burn your arm off, you'll work it out"
Anyway, Kudos for doing a job I'd love to do if it wasn't for the fact that I just plain can't deal with kids!
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1000 Cool points for the build Mark.
Looks way cool.
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Seth
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Why don't you run the risk and let the kids run fenderless MB?  Nice work  |
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Follow your dreams or you might as well be a vegetable. |
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Great skillz  |
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Excellent work, will look great when painted!
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Awesomeness.
Looks perfect for a Bugsy Malone play - excellent work there.
Keep the front castors locked straight for RWD drift Yo!!
Kids will love you for this......
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I seen a tv show about the Bugsy Malone film. it said that the pedal cars were quite heavy. so helpers were pushing them to get them moving.
Ive seen other people make pedal cars with loads of gears. would still be a bit difficult to get going.
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Put a V8 in it, and slam it! Just kidding, nice clean woodwork.
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markbognor
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Bugsy & Dandy Dan's Carsmarkbognor
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Cheers guys.
Should be some progress tomorrow, I'm aiming to get this one finished properly and at least the bare frame built for the second car.
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I would have happily crused that about when i was small. Maybe i would have given mine a roof chop though I calculate 1,263 cool points for that! ;D P.s tell them not to go out in the rain on those skinny slicks |
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markbognor
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Bugsy & Dandy Dan's Carsmarkbognor
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I've had quite a few requests from staff to take them home at the end. I think they have underestimated how big they are. Got the first car finished this morning, fenders and headlamps. If the drama dept want I'll put lenses in the bowls, but as the material is expensive I've left them out for now.   I'm pleased with how much like the original sketch it looks. I'll grab a couple of pics when its in paint. Some year 8's (12-13 y/o's) are currently painting it. Onto the 8"x4" flats with doors, then the other car. |
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Top job looks wicked |
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markbognor
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Bugsy & Dandy Dan's Carsmarkbognor
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Nov 12, 2009 16:10:58 GMT
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Well I got the second car finished eventually, they are now in paint, I'm a bit dissapointed by them but the art department are massively hard pressed for time, and reliable kids. Getting the rest of the props, the flats (8x4 sheets for the background) and of course their normal teaching has meant the jobs were a bit rushed. There's not be much teacing going on in my room for the last week and a half! Between finishing the cars I made two (working - not painted on!)doorways in 8x4 flats. On finishing the cars I got given to make two A-board signs, and an 8x8 secret doorway bookcase. This I've had to design so that it comes apart for moving around the school, but is still strong enough to be free standing, and light enough for the kids to use. Here's the cars:   The door ways, bot mutch the same, but right and left handed.  A-board signs, looked great bare, look a bit rubbish in paint. Bloomin' kids.  Credit to the kids painting it, the secret doorway bookcase is looking awesome!  From the rear,  After all the big stuff I thought I'd done, but after an hour and quarter long production meeting last night - god can these theatrical types go on! - I sort of got volunteered for a candle stick phone, traditional cone megaphone and some trunchoens. The phone came together rather nicely today, bit of old dowel, some lazy cuttered MDF, a raid of the scrap bin and a bit of wood turning resulted in this;  I got the megaphone finished as well but I've already given that to drama and now can't find it to take a pic. I'll finish this thread off with some pictures of everything up together on the set. |
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stueyt
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Nov 12, 2009 17:00:05 GMT
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That stuff, is just awesome  , you must be really happy with the end results. Congratulations on such a great job. Cheers, Stu. |
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Always looking for the next project!
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VWPowered
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Nov 12, 2009 17:22:48 GMT
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look very well done those chap *thumbs up*
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markbognor
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Bugsy & Dandy Dan's Carsmarkbognor
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Nov 12, 2009 20:33:40 GMT
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Cheers guys, by and large the kids have done brilliantly with the decorating, abely directed by the art teachers. Check out those flats in the background they are excellent.
I'm really loocing forward to seeing it all come together next week.
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I feel the pain with the painting, but the cars look awesome.
After the show, Hayabusa power FTW.
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skinnylew
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Nov 13, 2009 21:15:06 GMT
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wow this is going to be one heck of a production!! brilliant work  |
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, you must be really happy with the end results. Congratulations on such a great job.
