Another thing I wanted to get done before it goes to paint is the center console. That way I can get it over to an upholstery shop with no rush. This is just an armrest mostly with one, maybe two, cup holders and vinyl padded pockets in the front and back for my phone and any papers that need to stay in the car. I debated about making a door on it but I just don't need to store anything in my toy car. I had that storage on my Camaro and I never put anything in it. The upholstery will look cleaner without a door too.

This is the design:

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A friend of mine is a cabinet maker so he had tons of scrap MDF and the tooling to make nice joints. We did all the straight cutting this morning at his place and then I machined the parts with rounds on my CNC. Need to let the front curved part sections glue overnight (they're pinned with dowel too) and then once I get the cup holders I ordered I'll decide on location and machine the hole(s). Once it's all glued/screwed together and set I'll take it back over to my friend's place for outer sanding and to router the rounds on the edges. The console will slide hook on a part I'll make bolted to the car floor and then have screws that secure to the top of the 12V battery box. The cup holder holes will be my access for bolting it down. Should be secure enough plus it's bolstered by the seats a bit too.

Parts cut and joint slots added:

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Sitting in the car:

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Machining the front curved parts and the rounds on the side panels:

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Clamped to cure overnight:

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Total cost so far - $15.07 for cup holder inserts. Ha! I love projects like this.