Thread: 1940 Ford Pickup

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Originally Posted by 40FordDeluxe

Nice work! Do you steam the plywood to form it to the structure of the plane? Just curious.

1st soaked it a 50/50 solution of water and ammonia couple hours and then I steam it with a converted rug steamer covered up for 45 mins to and hour. quickly clamp it in location and let dry, then glue .

How thick is the plywood you use?
It would have to be pretty light to be flexible enough.

Originally Posted by johnboy

How thick is the plywood you use?
It would have to be pretty light to be flexible enough.

Its 3 ply. 3mm thick. The grain runs in different directions as is needed for strength. Steaming wood can really let you get some sharp bends, of course it depends on the wood also. We use Birch ply.

I recall Steve Lang posting about Bend Ply, a plywood product that has the grain in the laminations arranged to be flexible in one direction? I'd not heard of it prior to his posting.

another picture this with the gun mounted
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New to the forum and building a 40 ford pickup myself. Must say you made it very easy for me to figure out small details. I will keep following this until it's done!

Originally Posted by cadkins23

New to the forum and building a 40 ford pickup myself. Must say you made it very easy for me to figure out small details. I will keep following this until it's done!

Welcome to the forum ! Feel free to ask any questions. I did a lot of redo's because I didn't like the results. I also wasted some money. Start a build thread and show us what you've got !

Got the exhaust pipes in for the plane here's some pis's.

very cool!

I agree, that is so much more than a simple pipe.
Did your shop do that work? Is it baffled inside??

Originally Posted by 34_40

I agree, that is so much more than a simple pipe.
Did your shop do that work? Is it baffled inside??

Yes it has baffles or maybe more like deflecting scoops at each inlet. We didn't do the work, a shop in New Zealand did them. Sometimes its easier and faster to let someone who has done them a few times before have the work.
This gives me and idea for my tail pipes on my Ford.

love the rivets

That pipe clearly would have been easier (and cheaper) to have welded it.

Nice attention to detail.

Originally Posted by firebird77clone

That pipe clearly would have been easier (and cheaper) to have welded it.

Nice attention to detail.

Yup it would have been, but than we've have just another after market looking piece of un-authentic crap. We build these planes the way they were back in the day to the correct specks . Its just like cars you can walk up to a car and see all the after market stuff on them and the owner claims its original. Its either right or its wrong.

Originally Posted by Navy7797

Yup it would have been, but than we've have just another after market looking piece of un-authentic crap. We build these planes the way they were back in the day to the correct specks . Its just like cars you can walk up to a car and see all the after market stuff on them and the owner claims its original. Its either right or its wrong.

Good on you for the authenticity. I did Civil War reenacting for many years, and made it a point to stay away from the guys who came with tents, coolers and sleeping bags. In some endeavors, authenticity counts.