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Fordson tugger hoist

Started by Chuck Doan, January 10, 2017, 09:04:51 PM

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#645
February 12, 2021, 01:41:28 AM
Ray.
great what a paint job I have never seen it before.
cheers

WP Rayner

#646
February 26, 2021, 06:11:32 AM
That's outstanding Ray  :o :o  I've never seen styrene weathered so convincingly.
Paul

Stay low, keep quiet, keep it simple, don't expect too much, enjoy what you have.

Chuck Doan

#647
March 02, 2021, 10:26:05 PM
I added a board for the operator to use when cranking the tractor. More Prisma pencil graining.




"They're most important to me. Most important. All the little details." -Joseph Cotten, Shadow of a Doubt





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Hydrostat

#648
March 02, 2021, 10:56:52 PM
Chuck,

how did you make this tiny pine cone?

Volker
I'll make it. If I have to fly the five feet like a birdie.
I'll fly it. I'll make it.

The comprehensive book about my work: "Vollendete Baukunst"

Hauk

#649
March 02, 2021, 11:10:23 PM
Quote from: Hydrostat on March 02, 2021, 10:56:52 PM
Chuck,

how did you make this tiny pine cone?

Volker

I havent noticed the cone until now.
What a great detail!

Regards, Hauk
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TRAINS1941

#650
March 03, 2021, 05:07:38 AM
Nice!  The pine cone is a added touch.  I hope you show the tree it came from?  ;)

Jerry
Why isn't there mouse-flavored cat food?
George Carlin

WP Rayner

#651
March 03, 2021, 06:00:39 AM
Holy crap... :o :o Now the daVinci of modellers is making scale pine cones!

Just astonishing work as always Chuck. You never fail to inspire.
Paul

Stay low, keep quiet, keep it simple, don't expect too much, enjoy what you have.

Chuck Doan

#652
March 03, 2021, 09:20:39 AM
The pine cone is the result of a 25 year project to grow a scale pine tree specifically for this project. Oh, wait it's March 1st, not April.

They are from a neighbors' tree. Probably stunted from years of smog, I don't know. But free for the taking.
"They're most important to me. Most important. All the little details." -Joseph Cotten, Shadow of a Doubt





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Hydrostat

#653
March 03, 2021, 09:49:26 AM
Phew - you must be lucky.
I'll make it. If I have to fly the five feet like a birdie.
I'll fly it. I'll make it.

The comprehensive book about my work: "Vollendete Baukunst"

Barney

#654
March 03, 2021, 01:27:09 PM
IT just gets better - I need a lay down
Barney
Never Let someone who has done nothing tell you how to do anything
Stuart McPherson

shropshire lad

#655
March 03, 2021, 03:44:05 PM
Quote from: Chuck Doan on March 03, 2021, 09:20:39 AM
The pine cone is the result of a 25 year project to grow a scale pine tree specifically for this project. Oh, wait it's March 1st, not April.

They are from a neighbors' tree. Probably stunted from years of smog, I don't know. But free for the taking.

  Looks like there is a marketing opportunity for you , Chuck . Scale bonsai pine cones . $10.00 a bag .

Bernhard

#656
March 04, 2021, 01:24:43 PM
It's really details like this that bring a model to life. Outstanding!

Bernhard

Bill Gill

#657
March 04, 2021, 02:21:15 PM
Dang, Chuck. I'd hoped you'd carved the pinecone, following the correct fibonacci sequence for the clockwise and counter clockwise spiraling sequences for that particular specie's cone scales...

Chuck Doan

#658
April 18, 2021, 07:16:57 PM
I made an operators seat for the tugger hoist. It's a close copy of one on the donkey at the McLean mill in British Columbia.



The seat is from the Danbury mint die-cast Fordson, but it was sanded down to be thinner on the bottom side. It is made of a brittle translucent plastic. Painted black and buffed with pencil lead.

   

The seat post was heat formed from styrene strip. I made a former from thin brass. I clamped the strip with alligator clips and dunked it in near boiling water, and made close-to shape bends around the former. Then I clamped it tight and dunked it again.



The strip matches the former perfectly with no springback.

   

           





             




     



                     
"They're most important to me. Most important. All the little details." -Joseph Cotten, Shadow of a Doubt





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finescalerr

#659
April 18, 2021, 08:47:31 PM
Why didn't you just use the strip of brass for the seat post? The model looks absolutely stunning at this point, by the way. -- Russ
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