A bunch of little wood cars ready for paint

[rippersmom]

Here is my pile of cars, all sanded and smooth and ready to be painted. Lots of cars, lots of wheels and axles......gonna take me a while.

Nancy in cold and windy AZ

[Catlyn]

I love it! Isn't that a pretty sight??
All those little cars in the box ready for finishing...cut out of pretty white pine....I think it's white pine isn't it?
So smooth....edges sanded so nice!
A pretty sight indeed!

[Ramjet]

They sure put mine to shame .

Roger

[rippersmom]

I love it! Isn't that a pretty sight??
All those little cars in the box ready for finishing...cut out of pretty white pine....I think it's white pine isn't it?
So smooth....edges sanded so nice!
A pretty sight indeed!

Yep, they are pine, easy to cut and finish. I managed to paint 40 wheels tonight, only have 152 more to go. Then, the axle caps, then the cars. whoohoo. My dining room table was cleared off for about 1/2 a day, now it's back to "normal" with paints and wood stacked on it.

Nancy in AZ

[Fran1942]

That is a bunch of painting!. But with all the different colors, they should be a big hit.
Fran

[wood-n-things]

Way to go girl! Looking forward to some in progress pics too.

[From Belgrade Serbia]

Looking good, looking good

[Terry Murphy]

Looking good!
What kind of paint will you use?

[rippersmom]

Thanks everyone!

Terry, I use water based acrylic craft paints and satin wipe-on poly.

have 2 coats on 10 red cars and 2 coats on 10 blue cars.

have 40 wheels painted, 40 red axle peg caps, 40 blue axle peg caps and 40 light green axle caps painted. Have shortened 40 axle pegs, have the other 80 painted axle pegs to cut tomorrow.

Pictures tomorrow.

time for bed

Nancy in AZ

[fireglass]

rippersmon, Boy I'm glad I'm not trying to keep up with you,you'd ware me out! Good job. Lance

[wood-n-things]

Share pics of your jig for cutting the axles to the proper length for the 3/4" stock please.

[rippersmom]

Share pics of your jig for cutting the axles to the proper length for the 3/4" stock please.

Mike,

I just took a break for lunch and saw your post. I'll take a picture in a few minutes.

[wood-n-things]

No hurry. I'm just sure others would like to see it as well. My wheels and axles arrive today supposedly.

[rippersmom]

my axle jig

okay, the pictures are below. The width of my jig allows just enough clearance for the wheel to turn easily and still have enough axle to glue into the car. The axle pegs I bought are 7/32, give or take a smidge (some are a teeny bit fatter). I drilled the holes with a 7/32 bit.

My jig has 4 holes, makes it easy to handle, for me. You could always increase the # of holes.

Nancy in AZ

[wood-n-things]

Thanks. I appreciate it as I'm certain do all the lurkers...LOL