Removing doors and windows (UH)

[Fendthead]

I was asked if I would show how I open the doors etc on models by someone lookin at my 718 thred, so here goes .

This is my way of doing this, I suspect others have better ways of doing it

After dismanteling the cab to the stage that you can get the glass out I simply use a sharp knife and score around the doo I want to open, take your time as one slip and you can be off accross the glass with the blade......and thats a bad thing. once you have scored a deep line you can carfully break the glass out.

Once this has been done you can trim it to size, then sand all the edges, finaly polishing at the end

I'm not going to use any of the other glazing on the model I am doing

[Fendthead]

finished door

[Fendthead]

Once you have the glass sorted you need to do a few mods to the cab, first remove and save the hinges and handels , then cut what would be the rubber from around the door frame then repaint the black rubber

[Scotty12]

Thanks Fendthead thats a great help cheers! 

[Tractorman810]

if you carefully drill a .5mm hole in the top and bottom of the door on its piviot point, then drill the same size hole in the top of the arches, and top of the cab in the corisponding areas, insert some .5mm thin brass rod, and you can get it to open and close, did it on my mf5480 that i swapped to a mf 6480 a while back, cut the door out the same way as this mind