Hot Rods Scallops - how to?

...Did you ever do that scallop thing?

 

Noop, not yet. I've got 4 vehicles that are in limbo to be finished. So my mind, time and money is spread around too much. But your reaching out may get me doing "something" on this!

Tom

 

https://www.motortrend.com/how-to/1102rc-1955-chevy-bel-air

 

THANK YOU!! This is very helpful!

 

Cool, thanks for posting. I had asked for How-To help in the All You Can Eat scallop thread and got no response. This is great. Thanks again.

 

Awesome! Glad I could help.

Sorry, I must've missed your post, that thread got pretty long! Glad to help.

 

keep it simple can work

 

I'm thinking this is good advice... I need to play around with some more ideas, and keep 'em simple. Thanks

 

I think the best scallops I've seen have always been the ones with no straight lines.
None.
Like a French curve.
No matter how long and narrow they are.

I would also avoid constant-radius curves at the crotch between each scallop. A gradually changing radius looks more organic and more part of the whole design rather than a portion of a perfect circle which tends to look like a separate design element. Again, more like a French curve.