Thought I'd post my HIC build just for fun...my Facebook friends don't get it. Comments like, "You have too much time on your hands" irritate me...people don't understand that things like this are my interest, not hockey or football. Might be better to share with the fine PPL here.
I HAD a HIC before with an aluminum frame, but when my wife left me I sold off most of my collection. When my town flooded last summer I lost a lot more (including all my tools which will make this new build a bit tricky). I have always missed my HIC and when I saw King Jawa's run of body castings..I had to dive in. I need HIC back to heal some emotional wounds.
I debated just having it hang on a wall as a panel, but I redrew all the pieces for a formed box and one thing lead to another. I have the location of Han etched in a few key spots to help locate the casting later.
Then another day I had them formed. Unfortunately the bending distorted a bit because of the cutouts for the side panels. I had to try to hammer them flatter. I countersunk the holes in the top so I can hide the bolts later. Unfortunately that means with bondo (for the corners also) I HAVE to repaint the frame. Otherwise, all aluminum would look pretty cool. I could have had the corners welded and ground smooth at work, but then I had to now way to get them home so I took it home in pieces and assembled it.
The sides are a bit flimsy so I am going to glue in some aluminum angles or pipes in a few spots later. I am going to have to do my best to make side panels out of aluminum and use glue to assemble at home. It won't be prefect as I no longer have a dremel, grinder, etc etc etc. I started a thread looking for anyone's old Illusive Conceopts panels..just in case. I can't afford castings of Volvo dashboards, and you can see my workspace is not ideal. I have no garage and it's -30 outside.
Thanks for looking! By the way..I have the ONLY replica I know of..of the slab that was made when Luke escaped the freezing chamber.
I HAD a HIC before with an aluminum frame, but when my wife left me I sold off most of my collection. When my town flooded last summer I lost a lot more (including all my tools which will make this new build a bit tricky). I have always missed my HIC and when I saw King Jawa's run of body castings..I had to dive in. I need HIC back to heal some emotional wounds.
I debated just having it hang on a wall as a panel, but I redrew all the pieces for a formed box and one thing lead to another. I have the location of Han etched in a few key spots to help locate the casting later.
Then another day I had them formed. Unfortunately the bending distorted a bit because of the cutouts for the side panels. I had to try to hammer them flatter. I countersunk the holes in the top so I can hide the bolts later. Unfortunately that means with bondo (for the corners also) I HAVE to repaint the frame. Otherwise, all aluminum would look pretty cool. I could have had the corners welded and ground smooth at work, but then I had to now way to get them home so I took it home in pieces and assembled it.
The sides are a bit flimsy so I am going to glue in some aluminum angles or pipes in a few spots later. I am going to have to do my best to make side panels out of aluminum and use glue to assemble at home. It won't be prefect as I no longer have a dremel, grinder, etc etc etc. I started a thread looking for anyone's old Illusive Conceopts panels..just in case. I can't afford castings of Volvo dashboards, and you can see my workspace is not ideal. I have no garage and it's -30 outside.
Thanks for looking! By the way..I have the ONLY replica I know of..of the slab that was made when Luke escaped the freezing chamber.
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