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Post by BUCKY on Apr 17, 2019 14:35:19 GMT -6
Neat work on the suspenders!
Air tanks look good, and will fit in the spares bin, if'n ya doesn't need 'em!!
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Post by JCON on Apr 17, 2019 20:07:33 GMT -6
Nice work Beekster!!!
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Post by MARCO on Apr 18, 2019 10:49:20 GMT -6
White magic in action! Great work!
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Post by JED on Apr 18, 2019 12:33:49 GMT -6
Great work Beekster
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Post by Beekster on Apr 18, 2019 13:29:46 GMT -6
The load deck of the trailer is coming along nicely now. Yesterday I cut out some of the support structure at the back where the suspension will mount and replaced it with .156" stock in place of the .250" I started with. I did this (delicately, mind you...) so that the suspension frames will sit closer to the deck, and the wheels will then just clear the underside. I did this since I'm mixing 1/32 parts with 1/35, so the suspension is probably taller than it should be, and the wheels are standard 22.5" tires and not the low-profile tires the brochure describes. I'm trying to avoid issues with proportion when I move on to the gooseneck and rear ramp and get the deck height as close to stock as I can. Stock, unloaded, is 39.25" above the ground plane, or 1.21" in scale. Right now the trailer sits at 1.271", or about two inches above where it should be. I don't have .060" that I can trim off the axle mounting pads on the suspension, but I've probably got half or two thirds of that so that is what I'll shoot for once the suspension frames are installed for good. That won't happen for a while, because I need to be able to lay the load deck flat on both top and bottom to work on the gooseneck and ramp.  This image shows the basswood strips fitted to the aft section of the load deck. There's more work of this sort to be done for the front section, and eventually for the rear ramp. But I like how this looks:  And lest you think the M911 tractor is being ignored, I present this:  Tamiya NATO Black (first ever use of Tamiya paints!) on the cab interior parts, and flat black enamel on the dash for some contrast. The Tamiya-coated stuff will get a thinned overspray with Dullcote in the next couple of days to seal the surface. I'm going to use enamels over the top for the seat cushions, belt buckles, and other details. The instrument panel will get drops of Future in the instrument bezels so I can decal them, and other details will be picked out with enamels. Then Dullcote, and more Future on the instruments to give them a little shine. |
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Post by MARCO on Apr 18, 2019 14:01:12 GMT -6
Looks better and better!
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Post by JCON on Apr 18, 2019 15:46:14 GMT -6
Good job!!!
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Post by BUCKY on Apr 18, 2019 21:46:07 GMT -6
It's fun watching this sort of work being done!
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Post by Dukemaddog on Apr 19, 2019 12:03:23 GMT -6
I also like the look of the basswood on the trailer. Brilliant idea! Cab is looking good!
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Post by Beekster on Apr 25, 2019 10:51:36 GMT -6
Slow progress this week. Since I have taller wheels than would be correct, I have to tweak the proportions of the trailer a little to get things right. The ramp you see taking shape here has been on and off a couple of times this week; the initial attempt left the ramp much too steep. I mocked it up much as you see here, and mocked up the Madill with the spar down, and put them together. Sure enough, the spar dug into the ground. Now, I don't intend to pose the yarder actually coming off the trailer, but I want the angles to be plausible. So this is where we're at now:  The ramp has an acceptable angle, and I think it is long enough now that the loading ramps will be appropriately sized when I build those. The frame has also had material added to deepen the structure, so that the side plates will have something more to grab on to. I have also been sanding the sides as I go to narrow the width a bit so that I can build the sides with the proper profile and not make the trailer too wide. Other stuff has been happening, too: I've got paint on the interior, and paint & decals on the instrument panel. That last isn't even fully dry from some touch-up, which is why areas still look glossy. That, and thinning the paint some. If it doesn't dry dead flat I'll brush on a little Dullcote to kill the shine. And some work in the background has been done on the Madill, too, but I'm not ready to post that stuff up just yet. Suffice to say that color is going on the bigger pieces and getting close to a final stage where it can be sealed with Dullcote.  |
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Post by dogfish7 (R.I.P.) on Apr 25, 2019 14:56:40 GMT -6
Lookin good Beek.
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Post by JCON on Apr 25, 2019 22:44:49 GMT -6
I like it!!!
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Post by JED on Apr 26, 2019 8:58:18 GMT -6
Looking good,well worth the time and effort you're putting into it
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Post by BUCKY on Apr 26, 2019 14:21:34 GMT -6
Great bit o' progress!
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Post by ogrejohn on Apr 28, 2019 13:48:56 GMT -6
Jeez that looks great!
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Post by Beekster on May 2, 2019 9:24:40 GMT -6
Hello, gents! Since the weather in Portland has been glorious of late, I've been tending to yard work, detailing the sedan, and getting new shoes for the roadster over the last few days. But I haven't neglected the bench entirely. There's paint going on the Madill yarder, and that thread will get an update soon. The M911 has had the hydraulic lines for the winches plumbed. I used .125" styrene tubing to make sleeves for the connections under the winch deck; had I thought this through more clearly I would have drilled the ends of the kit standpipes and made thinner sleeves from sheet styrene; this looks quite clunky and rather half-assed (if such a term is permitted). Oh well...most of this will be barely visible once the spare tire is on there, and all will be painted black anyway:   It was tedious and fussy getting the lines plumbed, but I'm using a really flexible silicon-coated wire so that helps. I used the same stuff for the spar hydraulic lines on the Madill.  I only had one mishap here. When washing the model to clean off the superglue accelerator, the left side ring and cable end were eaten by the drain monster. I robbed replacements from the spare M911 kit. I can make rings for that one from brass wire, and drill the locations, which will be more sturdy. The cable end can be swiped from an M26 Pacific recovery truck that is earmarked for a soft-cab conversion to an early-1960s Skagit/Madill yarder on a stretched frame, so it won't need the cable ends. The cab interior is now finished and installed. I had to trim the mounting tabs for the instrument panel, since it wanted to sit too low. Pretty easy fix, even with shoehorning it around the wire for the air horn feed. Yeah, these shots are overexposed but that's the only way to see into that rather sepulchral interior. A standard military version in pale green would stand out more. Now I need to do the remaining details for the cab, especially that rather daunting side mirror frame.   |
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Post by BUCKY on May 2, 2019 13:48:46 GMT -6
Cool stuff, here!!
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Post by JCON on May 2, 2019 17:21:43 GMT -6
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Post by MARCO on May 3, 2019 4:40:23 GMT -6
GReat work so far! Looks perfect!
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Post by dogfish7 (R.I.P.) on May 3, 2019 9:26:26 GMT -6
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