How To Make Pop-up Hood Hinges

[@ModelCarMuse]

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[@MileHighScaleModeler]

Thank you for the shout out, Doug! I appreciate the in-depth how-to for the hood hinges! Once you showed the counter weight, it all made sense! We appreciate you!

[@kipphawley4514]

Hey, thanks for your interesting note on the hood hinge. That was very cool info on that.

[@christesta2521]

Great tip Doug. This is something I never would have thought of. Thanks for sharing.

[@CycolacFan]

That’s genius in its simplicity. I bet with clever use of magnets you could have a hood that stays open or closed and is also detachable.

[@robertkees6048]

I see more and more diecast 1/18 cars moving to more realistic hood hinges which is a nice trend. Things like this are making them step up their game from the telephone pole sized hinges that are on most models today. It's fun to see such creative ability and so tiny, you have the skills to pay the bills, I need bills to pay the skilled.

[@bradwolfgang1037]

Doug, great idea, I agree completely and I used this same approach with a 1975 Dodge D100 Sweptline Shortbox pickup. I used the kit scale hinges, ( permanently attached to the hood )that pivot & “fall away/recess” when the hood closes. The only addition that I did ( to what your video shows ) is that I made small sections of the “base attachment” of the hinge under-hood structure that each pivot up/down ( along with the hinge ) to form a “seamless” under-hood structure appearance at the base plate of each hinge. The bases only form part of the under hood structure when the hood is displayed open. When the hood closes, the bases of each hinge “fall away / pivot” down into the inner cowl. To avoid a “prop rod” look, I made a horizontal “pin hole” in one fender ( in the base of one hinge ) where I inserted a short length of a cut-off straight pin… to hold the hood open for display. To close the hood, I just pull out the pin with tweezers, and the hinges ( with each of their base plates ) drop away into the cowl. It worked great, and no “slot” appearance in the firewall or cowl. Great video, looks great. Thanks 👍👌

[@timkustom]

Very cool explanation! Thanks for sharing.

[@TJsModelBench-jb4xt]

Perfect timing! My current project is based on a car with the hood removed. Now I can have my hood hinges up, but can set the hood in place if I want to. Definitely giving this a go! Peace and love.

[@alancyr3100]

Very cool idea! Great tip. I'm sure we will be seeing this tip implemented on many builds. Thanks for sharing.

[@twistedplasticfanatic9534]

That's Awesome Doug!! Great tip and thanks for sharing!!

[@Jurvaa]

I was thinking more elaborate mechanism, but yours is super simple. Thanks for sharing.

[@cratecruncher4974]

Nice explanation. Fabricating has become a big part of my hobby in recent years. It's nice to see someone getting past shake and bake builds.

[@12345682900]

Love the simplicity of this; so often "we" tend to overengineer articulating features. Nice done, very cool! 😎🤓😎

[@FrankDeMaria-te2ee]

That's great. I work on 1/64 scale diecast cars & will definitely try this. Thanks👍

[@Builtbyronny]

Cool 👍 thank you

[@briansenecal3071]

Dang Mr W. Thats genius. Always struggled w/ that issue. U make it simple, purely a good look. Thx for posting/ sharing.

[@logan-taylor]

what an awesome video! Absolutely love these detailed tutorials

[@kevinsmith7697]

Very cool, Doug! Learn something new every day! Thanks for sharing, buddy!!! 👍🏻🏆🫡🇺🇸

[@popeyeman69]

Very great idea! Much better than bending paper clips

[@StoutCreations24]

That’s a fantastic tip!

[@sethgooch1567]

Wow very ingenius ! Will have give that a try ! Thank You for sharing Doug

[@kenmorris2858]

Great tip Doug, you are the best, cheers from Nova Scotia...

[@ScaleDreamsStudio]

excellent how to video. Thanks for sharing

[@doctorpc4x4]

LOVE IT. That is one clever bit of building

[@ScaleAutoGarage]

I can’t even bring to say how brilliant this very simple method is. Thank you so much for sharing this. I will keep this in my mind for future work for sure.

[@modelcarmadness5119]

What an ingenious idea, very simple when you know how, thanks for sharing with us.

[@jonoskowski5545]

Thank you for showing how you did this. It’s a very creative

[@johnnyvscustomsgaragetassie.]

What a great idea, Doug, Thanks for sharing the how to. Cheers JV

[@TD-Modelisme]

Thank you for sharing this very clever trick👍

[@MetalMania3DTV-TAS-AUS]

Absolutely brilliant tutorial and idea, loved it, and appreciated 👍🍻🦘🇦🇺😎

[@THROTTLEPOWER]

Great vid!!! 👍👍

[@chuckjorgensenjr4095]

That is a great idea, Doug. I'm going to have to try it on something. Thank you

[@pactrarc]

Fantastic video Doug, thanks for sharing.

[@BillyStrangeAutoModels]

Fantastic idea and implementation!

[@ianhoyt2638]

Great work Doug! Love your videos!

[@pappytinkers]

So cool Doug! I will certainly give this a try

[@stephenirvin4426]

Thanks for all the awesome tips and other videos!

[@AAWOLFE-zc6ly]

brilliant sir, just brilliant ...thank you for sharing...

[@garyparker2969]

"Pure Genius" T Y SIR 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Have a Blessed Wknd Ahead Brother 🙏🤗 Gary.

[@cardzscaledreams3917]

Really cool idea. Thank you sharing. Def going to have to give this a try.

[@JasonPaetznick]

Awesome tip thank you so much. Do you have a video on making door hinges as well. I enjoy your builds. Very much keep up the great content.

[@lansvsion9543]

Amazing! Very useful tutorial, thanks!

[@JamesJackson-dq2tj]

Really a nice touch.

[@richarddevier1922]

hey great tip love the videos

[@marcosfernandeznanita7150]

Thanks for sharing Dog, that is something that i will try some day, i like the look of that

[@scottmccloud9029]

That is so slick. Thanks.

[@BigSkyModelWorkshop]

Absolutely brilliant.

[@machineman6498]

Thank you for making this

[@williambarrett3538]

Genius! (Again.)

[@johnjong9182]

Nice tip. Thanks. 👍

[@johnhopkins6565]

That is awesome!

[@TMMGarage]

Really brilliant!👍

[@briankarnowski5614]

That is too cool!

[@mrhay2u]

Ingenious

[@tjmmodelcraft8486]

Cool vid! Brilliant idea

[@chuckymonster1000]

That’s brilliant

[@scalemodeloutlaw]

Great tip thank you

[@cruzer2123]

You are awesome my friend....

[@moparnut6286]

👍😎🇺🇸🏁

[@OniworksGarage]

Ha!! that's just genius!!

[@njcivicwagon1]

Amazing tutorial. Thanks for sharing. Kutgw

[@michaelhintzmikesminiature1812]

Great tutorial. Thanks for sharing