Having a rest from the 1/35th and having a dabble at 1/16th scale found a photo of a Fordson Tractor conversion on a narrow gauge truck the drive to the 2 axles was taken from the Power take off on the transmission, a bolt on prop shaft could also be used to drive another trailer . The chassis is made from plastic card and the engine and transmission case is laminated plastic card milled to the required size the axles/diff units and the clutch housing is acrylic rod ,some of the components from Universal Hobbies Fordson (dicast) tractor will be used Rad cowl and some of the gear box bits these being from a failed attempt of doing a "Chuck" on a dicast tractor !! but still that's another story.
A few shots of the start of the project.
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The Chassis
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The basics of the engine block and transmission
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The Universal Hobbies Rad cowl
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The components so far and not a Lego block used so far !! - the wheels are from Slaters
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Barney
Barney,
seems as you are working a lot with styrene, I got curious what kind of glue you're gonna use?!
I currently use acetone mouting styrene parts together, as the special "plastic" glue (UHU plast) I have tends to partially dissolve the styrene, damaging it (warping, changing structure) ...
Cheers
BTW: Nice you're gonna give 1/16 scale a try too ...
Cool project!
I really like those wheels. How big are they in actual inches?
It's really enjoyable to watch your models come together. -- Russ
Gerald - for general use on plastic card and strip/section I use SLATERS -MEK pack -I find it has a good capillary action and is not aggressive to the thiner plastics - for laminating thicker plastic like the engine block and transmission case I use Pastic Magic capillary action is poor but it is very thick syrup type of thing and tends to lay on top of the surface but is very aggressive and makes a very strong weld ideal for laminating
Ray in 1/16 scale (3/4in = 1ft) the wheels work out at 18inches
Barney
Should read Plastic Magic
Welcome to the Big Time! Barney!
I really like the looks of this.
Of course I'm kind of partial to internal combustion 4 cylinder, 4 wheel locos!
The journal boxes are very elegant, can we get a close up?
Are they actually "sprung"
-Marty
Quote from: lab-dad on September 30, 2012, 03:06:38 PM
Welcome to the Big Time! Barney!
I really like the looks of this.
Of course I'm kind of partial to internal combustion 4 cylinder, 4 wheel locos!
The journal boxes are very elegant, can we get a close up?
Are they actually "sprung"
-Marty
Marty ,
Barney has been to The Big Time several times before . He even finished some of the projects he started . The ones he didn't finish I have got ,
Nick
Quote from: shropshire lad on September 30, 2012, 06:07:58 PM
Quote from: lab-dad on September 30, 2012, 03:06:38 PM
Welcome to the Big Time! Barney!
I really like the looks of this.
Of course I'm kind of partial to internal combustion 4 cylinder, 4 wheel locos!
The journal boxes are very elegant, can we get a close up?
Are they actually "sprung"
-Marty
Marty ,
Barney has been to The Big Time several times before . He even finished some of the projects he started . The ones he didn't finish I have got ,
Nick
And the ones he did not grab , I did
Could be a shoot-out at the OK Corral for the rights to this one
Quote from: gfadvance on September 30, 2012, 11:36:03 PM
Quote from: shropshire lad on September 30, 2012, 06:07:58 PM
Quote from: lab-dad on September 30, 2012, 03:06:38 PM
Welcome to the Big Time! Barney!
I really like the looks of this.
Of course I'm kind of partial to internal combustion 4 cylinder, 4 wheel locos!
The journal boxes are very elegant, can we get a close up?
Are they actually "sprung"
-Marty
Marty ,
Barney has been to The Big Time several times before . He even finished some of the projects he started . The ones he didn't finish I have got ,
Nick
And the ones he did not grab , I did
Could be a shoot-out at the OK Corral for the rights to this one
I'll let you have this one . I'll take his previous effort .
See , there wasn't any need to shed blood after all !
( Bliddy Scots , always looking for a fight ! )
Quote from: Barney on September 29, 2012, 01:32:44 PM
Gerald - for general use on plastic card and strip/section I use SLATERS -MEK pack -I find it has a good capillary action and is not aggressive to the thiner plastics - for laminating thicker plastic like the engine block and transmission case I use Pastic Magic capillary action is poor but it is very thick syrup type of thing and tends to lay on top of the surface but is very aggressive and makes a very strong weld ideal for laminating
... ah, thanks! Visited their website/online-shop ... looking, if something similar is available over here ...
Cheers
Nifty! You could build a hundred and still not make the same thing twice.
Quote from: Chuck Doan on October 01, 2012, 07:48:13 AM
Nifty! You could build a hundred and still not make the same thing twice.
You mean , like his Holts ? ! ?
Marty -The journal boxes I copied from the HUDSON catalogue From what I can see the axle bearing is encased in rubber which acts as the suspension and the springs are just an added support and also act as a shock absorber these units are only for light trucks and rail cars not so much for load carrying and no they do not work its just a static model !
Barney