Starting Another Model Build

[Shagee415]

Hey Kenbo do you sell these models? If so how much they run. I showed my mom and she loved the last one you posted. Your work is amazing.

 

[Kenbo]

Hey Kenbo do you sell these models? If so how much they run. I showed my mom and she loved the last one you posted. Your work is amazing.

Thanks for the kind words. As a rule of thumb, I don't sell these models. They take somewhere in the neighbourhood of 120+ hours to complete and even at $10/hour, that's $1200.00. Who, in their right mind, would pay that much for my silly little models? I just keep them myself. I did give away my motorcycle model but that was for my father as a Christmas gift.

 

[DKMD]

Not sure if I'm going to bother going into that kind of detail...

Am I the only one who chuckled at the thought of Kenbo sparing even the smallest of details?

 

[Shagee415]

Thanks for the kind words. As a rule of thumb, I don't sell these models. They take somewhere in the neighbourhood of 120+ hours to complete and even at $10/hour, that's $1200.00. Who, in their right mind, would pay that much for my silly little models? I just keep them myself. I did give away my motorcycle model but that was for my father as a Christmas gift.

Thanks for replying. They are amazing

 

[Kenbo]

I put another 7 hours in on the Jeep today. I got the hood finished, the front and rear bumpers made, the clutch, brake and gas pedals, the shifters, the floor board and the windshield done. There is still some sanding to do, but you guys get the idea. That's all there is until next week. Hopefully next Saturday or Sunday.

 

[Kenbo]

 

[ironman123]

Kenbo, is this Military, like M151A1 or older M38A1. Looks more like the M151A1.

Ray

 

[Kenbo]

Yup. She's military.

 

[NYWoodturner]

You know that blue lighter will go for millions some day at auction "This was Kenbo's lighter that appeared in all those photos of those famous pieces" You need to find a way to personalize it to minimize fakes later down the road
Another awesome thread. - Thanks Ken

 

[Kenbo]

Well, I had a pretty good day in the shop and made some pretty good progress on the Jeep. The parts that I got finished were......the hitch, the rear bumper extensions, the headlights, the signal lights, the "axles", the steering wheel and the windshield latches. That was 8 hours. I had to make 4 steering wheels because I broke 3. I had to do the spokes in the steering wheel 4 times because I just wasn't happy with them. I don't know why, but I decided to turn the headlights on the lathe. That was kind of fun actually.
The good news, is that if everything goes the way that I want it to, I will be able to play in my shop again tomorrow.

 

[Kenbo]

 

[Kevin]

For those that don't know, Ken likes for me to point out the occasional imperfection in his builds, because I am such an expert on these kinds of things ().

Ken you got the growth rings slightly off of vertical on your headlights. Try to avoid that in the future my friend. Otherwise looking very good......




I'm also seeing a fairly nasty mess in that planer bed. I hope you aren't failing to cleanup your sawdust between each pass of wood!

 

[woodtickgreg]

As always I'm blown away with the small scale work you do and the quality and precision of your work. I always enjoy your threads!

 

[Kenbo]

For those that don't know, Ken likes for me to point out the occasional imperfection in his builds, because I am such an expert on these kinds of things ().

Ken you got the growth rings slightly off of vertical on your headlights. Try to avoid that in the future my friend. Otherwise looking very good......


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I'm also seeing a fairly nasty mess in that planer bed. I hope you aren't failing to cleanup your sawdust between each pass of wood!

That's not a planer, that's a lathe. And that was the mess that I made turning the headlights. It's kind of funny that you mention the orientation of the headlights. I noticed that they were slightly off kilter and tried to fix them, but the glue had already set too much and I couldn't rotate them.
I was hoping that no one but me would notice.

 

[Kevin]

That's not a planer, that's a lathe.

 

[Kenbo]

Another day in the shop today. This is the first weekend in a long time that I have gotten the entire weekend out there. Lately it's only been one day out of two but I got lucky this weekend. I started of the day with some silly lathe work, making the drive shafts. I made two of them and installed them between the transfer case and the differentials. I then worked on the exhaust, which was a pain in the butt, because I didn't have any of the dowel size that I needed, so I had to make some 3/16" dowel before I could make the exhaust. Then I worked on the seat for the interior.....which are a bit of a pain due to the angle of the back of the seats. I also ended up making the cushions for all the seats and installing them all in the Jeep. I also cut and installed the hood stops........and that, was the entire day.

 

[Kenbo]

 

[woodtickgreg]

I don't know why but the pintle hitch and those rear bumperets are my favorite parts

 

[NYWoodturner]

I am just blown away at the detail. I always am. I know that this is not 20% of the final detail and there will be details I cannot even imagine. Truly amazing my friend... truly amazing

 

[SENC]

You are soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much more patient than I am. Phenomenal work!