WD Titan 10-20 HP Tractor in 1/35th

[Barney]

Bill - before I started the heat I rolled the H beam over some 3/4in tube to get the curve started then used an hair drier for a heat source in this case on the H beams - close gives you plenty of heat - move it away a bit and it becomes less - I tried it on channel first but it just twisted but the H beam has more strength in it but the back flange has to be cut off after cooling in the jig - it was all experiment with a little bit of hope ! and much swearing but it did the trick in the end - I found Plastuct not very good seemed brittle - but the evergreen much softer - I also tried a tube /rod type bender (often used as a rail bender) made it out of LEGO using 3 wheels a bit of heat again from the hair dryer and the results were good but not to good for an upward bend on the Titan tractor - better used just for a bend in a chassis - I hope it all makes a bit of sense I had many failures just for just a simple job as I thought at the beginning
Barney

A good example of a bender is on the KB Scale narrow gauge site http://www.kbscale.com/track-parts.html look under RB01 Bender I just made it bigger in Lego

[Bill Gill]

Thanks Barney. I had tried a heat gun on "low" and held at a distance but it was much too hot. Hot water was so-so. Holding over an electric stove element was painful and hard to control. I like your use of Legos and your Lego tube bender is another fine example of that. Thanks.

[Sami]

I like lot of this construction.

[Barney]

A short update on the build - Mudguards now fitted + Transmission /gear box some detailing with Tichy & Grandt Line bolts and Nuts

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[Barney]

other side and underside
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[marc_reusser]

Simply lovely styrene work.

[Barney]

AN ATEMPT TO SEND A PHOTO WITH NO Fotki

[Barney]

Well that did not work - no Photo -back to the drawing board

[Barney]

Try again

[Barney]

EUREKA - by jove I think I'v cracked it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Barney

[Barney]

just trying one more

[Barney]

I hope that will please Mr Russ and I hope I can remember how to do it !
Barney
And thanks Bill for all the help

[Ray Dunakin]

Is that a steam tractor or some kind of early diesel?

[finescalerr]

Thank you for taking the trouble to post those photos the hard way! --Russ

[Barney]

Ray thats the one Im building - its a Paraffin (Kerosene) 4 stroke engine -petrol is used to start it
The tank at the front is the radiator just loads of water does the cooling - crude but it worked !
Barney