Odin's Toy Factory

Hot Rod Freaky Ford 27 T Bucket in Lavender/Lilac. I don't know what the color is really called. It's oops paint from Home Depot. The color varies a lot depending on the lighting or your monitor. On some monitors it looks grey I'm told.  The original Plans for the 27 T Bucket called for a windshield made of wood, I did not like the look of it and the eight inch thick windshield certainly was not not strong enough made from the materials I have. Leaving off the windshield simplified the build.  Hot Rod Freaky Ford 27 Ford T Bucket  Lavender Amber Shellac Metallic Purple Hot Rod Freaky Ford 27 Ford T Bucket  Lavender Amber Shellac Metallic Purple Hot Rod Freaky Ford 27 Ford T Bucket  Lavender Amber Shellac Metallic Purple Hot Rod Freaky Ford 27 Ford T Bucket  Lavender Amber Shellac Metallic Purple Left Rear Hot Rod Freaky Ford 27 Ford T Bucket  Lavender Amber Shellac Metallic Purple Left Side

A Full Set of Hot Rod Freaky Ford Toy Cars Made From MDF Will MDF stand up to the hammering a small child will dish out, MDF always seems so soft, especially around the corners/exposed areas . Yes, MDF hold up to children. My grandson Odin, has a toy that you put balls in tight fitting holes and use a hammer to pound the balls through the holes. The hammer head is MDF. At this point it has survived at least two children. The hammer head is showing signs of wear but it still has lots of pounding yet to go. Note that there are many manufactures of MDF and even with the manufacturer's product line there are different grades. You need to test the MDF to see if it is suitable for your intended purpose. In the case of my Hot Rod Freaky Fords. These are essentially solid blocks of MDF that  have some holes drilled in them. Yes you can break them, but you have to work at it. I can't break one with my hands which I think might be a good rule of thumb. If you can break it wit...

A 1932 Ford Sedan From the "Hot Rod Freaky Ford Series" in a pale lavender. The body is made from two pieces of 3/4 inc MDF shelving glued up and cut on a scroll saw to make the 1-1/2 inch thickness.  The body is first primed and sealed. The purpose of the primer coat is to seal the MDF, get rid of the fuzzies and provide a smooth surface for the paint. Since the paint I am using is water based I don't want to apply it to MDF directly as it causes the MDF to swell as the water gets absorbed and makes the surface very rough. The lavender color is Behr Oops paint from Home Depot applied with an airbrush sanding with 220 grit sandpaper between coats. Sur to the very high humidity where I live I usually have to let each coat dry overnight before sanding.   The top layer is Rust-Oleum Clear Glaze. This gives it a very glossy finish. The exhaust pipes and hupd are brush painted with acrylic craft paint and top coated with clear shellac. The wheels are brushe...

This is the second car in the Halloween version of the Hot Rod Freaky Ford. The body is made from two layers of 3/4 inch MDF laminated together. In these cars I cut the MDF before gluing them up. I can't cut them well enough on a scrollsaw so there was lots of sanding involved to get the two halves to match. I can glue them and cut both at same time but with 1-1/2 inch thick material you have to cut very slow. I'm not sure yet which works best for me but I'm leaning toward the glue first method. Glue first makes getting the windows right much easier. Sanding inside the windows is quite difficult.  Wooden Toy Car - Hot Rod Freaky Ford - 32 Deuce Coupe - Orange & Black  Wooden Toy Car - Hot Rod Freaky Ford - 32 Deuce Coupe - Orange & Black  Wooden Toy Car - Hot Rod Freaky Ford - 32 Deuce Coupe - Orange & Black  Wooden Toy Car - Hot Rod Freaky Ford - 32 Deuce Coupe - Orange & Black  Wooden Toy Car - Hot Rod Freaky Ford - 32 Deuce Coupe...

A new version of the Hot Rod Freaky Ford 27 T Coupe in Orange and Black Halloween colors. The MDF body is primed and painted with Behr Orange Acrylic house paint and then top coated with Rust-oleum clear glaze. It took lots of coats to get the orange paint to cover evenly.   The hubs and exhaust are painted with flat black acrylic craft paint and top coated with clear shellac. The wheels are finished with amber shellac.  Tools used to make this car include: belt sander hand held drill drill press Japanese saw strip sander airbrush paint brush scroll saw circular saw Wooden Toy Car - Hot Rod Freaky Ford - 27 T Coupe - MDF - Orange - Amber Shellac - Black Wooden Toy Car - Hot Rod Freaky Ford - 27 T Coupe - MDF - Orange - Amber Shellac - Black Wooden Toy Car - Hot Rod Freaky Ford - 27 T Coupe - MDF - Orange - Amber Shellac - Black Wooden Toy Car - Hot Rod Freaky Ford - 27 T Coupe - MDF - Orange - Amber Shellac - Black Wo...

The Play Pal Wooden Toy Trailer Truck Fleet There are five toy trailer trucks in the test fleet. The 5th one is on a road trip somewhere with the QA guy and could not be located for the photo.  The missing truck. None of my toy trailer trucks to to date have followed the original pattern. It started with the wheels. I didn't think the trucks looked quite right  The wheels for these are very inexpensive when purchased in quantity. So why not. Yep that looks like a truck. When the first truck cab was snitched by my grandson who refused to give it back even to get trailer attached I knew dual wheels were a winner.  Next came the round nose on the trailer.  On the first one I had to clip the corners on the trailer to get it to turn without hitting the cab.  On the second trailer I used a circle gauge to layout the curve and cut it on my scroll saw. I liked this well enough that I'll likely continue to use it. Adding some rails.  I had heard from o...

Wooden Toy - Play Pal - Trailer - Truck - Blue - Box Trailer Wooden Toy Play Pal  Box  Trailer Glue Up In The Clamps This was an experimental build testing materials and construction techniques. The entire project was made from wood I had on hand. I mixed up the woods to see how the paint would work with the different woods. I came up with the trailer design after giving my grandson the first truck with a flat bed and the first thing he did was try to haul a car on the flat bed. It rolled right off. Blocks didn't stay on much better. The box bed is made from Southern Yellow Pine left from a previous Toddler Rocking Horse Project.  The trailers under carriage is made from spruce and the cab is whitewood.  The wheels are  3/4 birch purchased from Craft Parts .  The axles are cut from birch dowels. The finish is Behr Oops Paint from Home Depot purchased for $0.50. I applied it using a brush on bare wood. There are two coats of paint with a li...