Cutting open doors and trunk on a 69 GTO Judge, Part 2

As promised, here is the second installment of my 69 Judge with working doors and trunk. We left off with reassembling the doors and now it's time to make some hinges. The simple hinge we will use requires some supplies which are very cheap. Well need a length of brass tube and brass rod, available at most hobby shops and about $1.50 each. We will also need a rotary tool to cut the tube. Using a cut-off wheel on the rotary tool, cut a small length of brass tube about a 1/4 inch or less. Now cut a piece of rod about 2 1/2 inches and slide the brass tube onto the middle of the rod and bend each end of the rod around the tube creating a sort of rectangle shape. Here's a pic.

Now we want to bend the two end downward to create a sort of right angle triangle with the ends.
Some more pics.

For the final bends, we want to make the ends of the rod to finish straight not angled down. What your left with should look like a little pyramid/triangle that can sit on a flat surface. More pics.

All that remains is to cut 2 more 1/4 inch lengths of tube to put inside the door, for this end of the hinge to fit into. Mount/glue this bent rod part of the hinge inside the gap in the body in front of the door. Glue it on the body side of the front corner panel, not the interior side or it won't work. The reason for this kind of hinge is so that when the doors open freely, the hinge allows the door to open without grinding or binding on the door edges and chipping the paint or worse because of the bent design and the fact that the rods can slide in and out of the the tubes. Again, during this process, door and hinge fitment is important to check and adjust often and if you need to grind or cut away some material to do so, then do so. Some re bending of the of the rod may also be needed to get the doors flush. I had to grind away quite a bit of plastic on the inside of the doors to get them to fit right and tweak the rods a little too. It should basically look like this when it's in there.

That's it, do the same kind of hinge for the trunk and you ready to decal, detail and clear coat the model (with the doors and trunk on). Mask or cover your windows to keep the paint out of the interior. Then all that remains is to build the rest of the model (engine, undercarriage, wheels etc.) Which is what I have to do now. Have fun!