CHAPTER XIX

RED CROSS MOTOR AND TAXI-CAB (PLATE VIII)

=Red Cross Motor.= Begin with a piece of wood 6-1/2" × 4" × 1/8". Glue and nail to this two pieces of stripwood, 1/2" × 1/4" × 4-1/4", A B and C D in Fig. 242.

Next cut out a piece of wood 4 inches by 2 inches (a piece of cigar-box will do for this, or a piece of stout cardboard)--E in Figs. 242 and 243.

Saw out the corners F and G, so that the piece of wood E will fit between the strips C D and A B. Saw slits at H and K to hold the cardboard hood. Glue E in position as in Fig. 242. A seat must be placed in front of E; it should measure about 2-1/4 inches by 5/8 inch, and may be glued to a piece of stripwood, 1/2" × 1/4" × 1-1/2", which is glued to E as in Fig. 243.

The bonnet is made of two pieces of stripwood, M and N, 1/2" × 1/2" × 2-1/2"; these are glued together and glued on as in Fig. 242. A piece of wood, P, well smoothed and with edges rounded, is glued over M and N. R is a piece of wood 4 inches by 1 inch, with the corners cut off or rounded. The hood is made of a piece of thin cardboard, 5 inches by 9-1/4 inches, cut as in Fig. 244.

This hood may be painted grey or khaki-colour, and a cross painted in red on the sides, or cut out of red paper and gummed on.

The hood is glued inside the strips of wood A B and C D in Fig. 242, and fits into the slits H and K in E.

For axles and wheels see Chapter XIII.

Figs. 245 and 246 show another kind of van, made of cane and brown linen.

=A Taxi-cab.= Begin with a piece of wood, 6 inches by 3 inches. Cut out two pieces of cardboard (medium thickness), 2-1/2 inches by 2-1/2 inches. Draw doors on them and cut out as in Fig. 247. These pieces are painted the colour desired for the taxicab.

Cut out a piece of wood, 2-1/2 inches by 3 inches, for the back, A B. Cut two blocks of stripwood, 1/2" × 1/2" × 1" (C in Fig. 248), to be glued on to the bottom to support the seat and back, A B. When glueing these blocks in position see that they are about 1/8 inch from the end, and not quite close to the edges. If additional strength is required these blocks may be nailed as well as glued; the back, A B, is nailed and glued to these blocks.

Now cut two pieces of stripwood, 1/4" × 1/4" × 2-1/2". Glue these posts 2-1/2 inches from the back, A B (D E in Fig. 248).

Now glue on the sides. Side F is glued to post D E, to block C and to back A B; the other side is glued in the same way. A cardboard seat may be glued across the blocks and painted the colour desired for the interior.

Now to make the front of the cab. Cut a piece of cardboard of medium thickness, 2-1/2 inches by 3 inches, G in Fig. 250. Draw and cut out the windows (the shaded portion of Fig. 250). To the bottom of G glue a piece of stripwood, H, 1/2 inch by 1/2 inch, leaving a strip of cardboard 1/8 inch wide on each side. H is for the driver's seat. Now glue the front, G, to the posts E D (Fig. 248), and the block H to the bottom.

Two cardboard seats, cut as in Fig. 251, should next be fastened by paper hinges to the inside of G.

To make the top of the cab cut a piece of cardboard, 4-1/2 inches by 3 inches (Fig. 252). Make a half cut along A B and bend. Glue portion K to the back of the car A B, and L to the tops of the posts E D and to the sides F. If necessary a paper hinge can be used to fasten the top L to the front G.

A cardboard seat about 1 inch wide is glued to the block H for the driver. The sides of this seat (M in Fig. 248) are made of pieces of wood, 1-1/2" × 1" × 1/8", one corner being rounded as in the figure, and they are glued to each side of the block H. Two pieces of cane should be glued on each side and to the roof.

To make the bonnet, first cut the piece of wood P, 3 inches by 1-1/8 inches (Fig. 253). Two round cardboard discs, R and S, with centres painted red are glued at each corner. Next two pieces of wood the shape of Q in Figs. 249 and 253 are cut out. One piece, R, is glued to P, and P is glued to the bottom 1-1/2 inches from the front (see Fig. 248). The other piece, Q, is glued in front. A piece of cardboard, 1-1/2 inches by 3-1/2 inches, is cut as in Fig. 254; half cuts are made along the dotted lines. It is painted as in the diagram. This piece of cardboard is bent along the dotted lines and glued round Q and R to form the bonnet.

Two pieces of wood, 1/4" × 1/4" × 3/4" (S and T in Fig. 253) are glued in front on each side of the bonnet; these have round pieces of cardboard gummed to them to represent lanterns.

A number should be glued behind and in front of the car and a steering wheel added.

The wheels may be made of wood or cardboard; diameter about 2 inches (see Chapter XIII).