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Old 12-04-2012, 06:43 PM
Peter Tommasini Peter Tommasini is offline
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Originally Posted by Chris R View Post
Thanks for the words guys. Peter T, I figured out how to do the buck based on pictures from 2 old "Trend Books" from the late 50's. A metal shaper named Jack Sutton built bucks in similar fashion.

I look at the car 2 dimensionally and see it in a grid. This helps identify all the lines, highs, lows, curves, etc. Then I figured out which pieces to start with as main stringers and then the shorter/smaller pieces filled in after... It's a bit difficult to explain... I have a video on youtube here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LynsRY9tiBA

Chris
You have done a nice job on the buck...
and the body as well....
Peter
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