Fordson tugger hoist

[Ray Dunakin]

I keep telling myself it's a model, but my eyes keep insisting it's the "real thing".

[Bill Gill]

Chuck, amazing skill: you managed to put the brakes on and simultaneously race along over the weekend! And the results speak for themselves!

[TRAINS1941]

Ray this is a model right!!

Jerry

[Chuck Doan]

Thanks guys!



Started on the chain guard. Made from .010 sheet styrene with brass strip bent up for the support brackets. Using 1mm and 00-90 nuts and screws to fasten.



Primed with Mr. Surfacer Mahogany spray, then hairspray airbrushed on, then Tamiya XF flat yellow with a few drops of flat red. Chipped with a toothpick and a soft nylon brush.

I found a crudely painted number in a picture I had, and reduced it and printed it on paper. Then taped it over some Tamiya masking tape that was stuck to a piece of glass. Cut out the number with an X-acto knife and then pulled up and re-applied the tape "mask" to the guard and airbrushed it black. Chased it with some handbrushed paint for a painted-on look. (Ray Dunakin is a lot better at this than I am.)



The inside wasn't painted yellow, and I sponged on some Prismacolor pencil "paint", then speckled it with thinned oil paint (flick a light brushfull over a toothpick). Followed up with oil paint mixed with dirt, and pigments.

The guard is about as fragile as a potato chip, hoping I get it done and installed safely.

[finescalerr]

Looks okay .... -- Russ

[Ray Dunakin]

Looks amazing! I love the grime and grease-spatter on the inside.

[Greg Hile]

Really, really nice!!

[shropshire lad]

As usual Words are meaningless . So I won't use any .

   However, you went to a lot of effort to put a crude looking number 2 onto it . I would have thought it would have been quicker to paint your own 2 onto it and missed out all the rigmarole . Hell, I reckon even I could have done that !

[finescalerr]

You cheated, Nick: You used words. -- ssuR

[Bill Gill]

Chuck, I like the "2", like the yellow and the rust, but really like the subtle ding on the top of the chain guard about halfway between the sprockets.

[TRAINS1941]

I'm thinking of what to say!!

Jerry

[Chuck Doan]

Thanks very much! Nick, I couldn't freehand letter if I had to. But next time I'll know who to ask!

I managed to get the chain guard mounted today. Apparently the bottom half was removed for maintenance and has never been seen again. About all that's left to do are the operator levers. 

[TRAINS1941]

That's so real looking its scary!!

Jerry

[finescalerr]

Yeah, it looks about right. -- Russ

[EZnKY]

Fantastic work Chuck!