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Post by BUCKY on Dec 9, 2017 13:16:55 GMT -6
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Post by JCON on Dec 9, 2017 13:25:27 GMT -6
Whose a bad influence??? Little ol' us???  I was thinkin' we were the exact opposite!LOL    I thought you said we were angels Bucky???  |
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Post by BUCKY on Dec 9, 2017 13:54:57 GMT -6
That's right, Joe.......GOOD influence!!  |
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Post by JCON on Dec 9, 2017 13:57:49 GMT -6
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Post by JCON on Dec 9, 2017 13:58:58 GMT -6
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Post by JCON on Dec 9, 2017 14:00:41 GMT -6
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Post by Beekster on Dec 10, 2017 15:21:08 GMT -6
Yes, yes...angel or Minion, who can tell? Anyway, I said I would tear into this one again and so I have. The cab has now had some minor flaws fixed, the rearview mirrors attached, and some primer on. Looks better than I expected it would, frankly:    I actually succeeded in soldering the outer mirror element on the right side to the inner one without melting anything else. All I had to do was melt off the glob of superglue that previously held things together there. Clearly my soldering skills have improved a touch in the intervening years. And I said I would rip the winches off, and this is the result:  You can see the hole created up by the headache rack when I removed the winch platform. Years ago, I used pretty thin material to make the deck structure; I would use thicker stuff today so that I had divots to fill instead of holes. I will make a new platform that will cover the hole, and make it a winch control station. I'll use the blobs seen in the first images on this thread to represent covered winches. Below you can see some details of the faked rear suspension, which should look more like this:  upload img to html linkMine looks like this with the wheels out of the way. You can see that I made the arrowheads and faked the rest of the structure, especially the underside. This model is not going to be one where you turn it over to show how accurate it is. Fortunately, this whole area will be in shadow virtually all the time when the trailer is coupled:    You can also see how much beefier the accurate spring pack is, scaled from dimensions in the brochure. The axles are a bit further apart to accommodate larger wheels & tires, and the width of the springs is about twice what Revellogram gives you for the R700. |
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Post by JEFF on Dec 10, 2017 16:38:42 GMT -6
Excellent kit bashing and scratch work, Beeks.  |
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Post by Beekster on Dec 10, 2017 17:06:12 GMT -6
Excellent kit bashing and scratch work, Beeks. Thanks! It is definitely something of both, what with having to start with a snap-fit kit to get major elements. My longer IDF version will be better, since I've done more scratch work to make an accurate suspension. I'm trying to figure out just where I left off and why on that one, and I think it was a case of dual purposes not meshing well. I'll post a thread on that one in the Softskins section soon to explain the backstory on that. For now, a few images of parts are in the thread on Revellogram Macks. |
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Post by JCON on Dec 10, 2017 17:16:06 GMT -6
Looks really good!!!
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Post by dogfish7 (R.I.P.) on Dec 10, 2017 21:23:46 GMT -6
" If it itches, Scratch It."
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Post by BUCKY on Dec 10, 2017 21:31:04 GMT -6
Nice bit of work, beekster!!
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Post by Beekster on Dec 12, 2017 18:34:22 GMT -6
Ok, the winch deck is coming together. I've built a winch control station using sheet and strip stock, a pair of leftover Tamiya Sherman tow lugs, a pair of straight pins my wife will never miss from her sewing room and some Archer Surface Details treadplate. I've based it loosely on the Dragon Wagon winch station, minus all the linkages which I conveniently assume to be beneath the deck surface:   The winch blobs on the outboard platform have been covered in epoxy putty like this for years, and I've still got some work to do there. I need to consult the one image I have and decide what else to do with these.   All of this is simply mocked up in place for now, but I like this arrangement better than what I had here before. |
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Post by BUCKY on Dec 12, 2017 18:41:16 GMT -6
It looks very well planned! I like the layout a lot!
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Post by Beekster on Dec 12, 2017 18:47:51 GMT -6
It looks very well planned! I like the layout a lot! Thanks! It does make more intuitive sense this way. Note that I offset the winch controls to the left of the platform so that the operator has room to get around behind them from the right side. Next up is a utility pole for the brake & electric lines. Then it's time to attach the trailer and use some string to see if this orientation would actually work to route the winch ropes aft across the gooseneck. That may show that I need to make some more fairleads for the gooseneck to guide the notional ropes. |
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Post by dogfish7 (R.I.P.) on Dec 12, 2017 19:29:56 GMT -6
Some great Sratcherization there Beekster.
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Post by JCON on Dec 12, 2017 22:02:53 GMT -6
Nice execution sir!!! Like where you are taking this journey...
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Post by Beekster on Dec 13, 2017 15:33:41 GMT -6
And I changed my mind once again. Just because my one photo appears to show covered winches does not mean mine must be covered, I decided. It was easier to rework the winches so that they mirror each other but spool in the same direction than to continue with the cover blobs. I've also punched some discs to make reflectors and taillight clusters; a little chrome silver and transparent yellow & red will look fine. I have to do the same thing for the trailer, which has had the dust washed off of it and is sitting on a heater register to dry out. Also take a look inside that left front fender. See anything amiss? Kudos to you if you don't see a linkage going from the steering box to the cab. I will tack the cab in place with blobs of liquid rubber, then measure and cut for a shaft. It probably will have to be added after the cab & frame, painted separately, are glued together for good.    upload a photoSomething else I'll make note of here: The Chilean Army circa 1990s-2000 or so did not have standard camouflage colors or patterns. Everything was left up to the local unit commanders to use whatever they thought best for the terrain in their operating area. I'll be using a variant on the camo seen in a photo above, Dark Green and Yellow Sand with black squiggles, rather like the US Army's 1970s MERDC scheme. Mack painted all their frames Black at the factory, and so will I. I will leave the camo to the cab, winch deck, and trailer. |
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Post by dogfish7 (R.I.P.) on Dec 13, 2017 15:50:45 GMT -6
Awesome work.
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Post by JEFF on Dec 13, 2017 15:52:39 GMT -6
Excellent progress, Bro. Looks better and better every update.  |
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