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1:35th Muir Hill rail tractor

Started by Bernhard, December 02, 2020, 07:00:00 AM

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Chuck Doan

#75
January 21, 2021, 09:14:32 PM
Beautiful work Bernhard!
"They're most important to me. Most important. All the little details." -Joseph Cotten, Shadow of a Doubt





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Hauk

#76
January 22, 2021, 12:52:31 AM
You are the Metal Guru!
Regards, Hauk
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"Yet for better or for worse we do love things that bear the marks of grime, soot, and weather, and we love the colors and the sheen that call to mind the past that made them"  -Junichiro Tanizaki

Remembrance Of Trains Past

shropshire lad

#77
January 22, 2021, 01:00:51 AM
Quote from: finescalerr on January 21, 2021, 09:04:30 PM
Go stand in the corner! -- Russ

Well ,that didn't last long .

TRAINS1941

#78
January 22, 2021, 05:50:05 AM
Quote from: shropshire lad on January 22, 2021, 01:00:51 AM
Quote from: finescalerr on January 21, 2021, 09:04:30 PM
Go stand in the corner! -- Russ

Well ,that didn't last long .

Do you ever sleep???

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

shropshire lad

#79
January 22, 2021, 06:02:50 AM
Quote from: TRAINS1941 on January 22, 2021, 05:50:05 AM
Quote from: shropshire lad on January 22, 2021, 01:00:51 AM
Quote from: finescalerr on January 21, 2021, 09:04:30 PM
Go stand in the corner! -- Russ

Well ,that didn't last long .

Do you ever sleep???

Jerry

Jerry,

  You forget over here in civilisation we are ahead of you in time . Nominally 5 to 8 hours  , but in reality 50 years !

  Nick

Bernhard

#80
January 24, 2021, 08:42:28 AM
Thanks for your feedback.

For the tractor, I again fell back on the model from Plusmodel.

Bernhard

#81
January 24, 2021, 08:43:21 AM
This is now already the third model that I build. And each time I am more annoyed about certain inaccuracies of the actually otherwise good model:
The stub axles of the rear axle are crooked.
I tried to improve this by first milling the mounting surfaces in a jig and then drilling the axle holes.
The success was unfortunately only moderate.

Bernhard

#82
January 24, 2021, 08:43:54 AM
In addition, the fuel tank is crooked on the base body of the tractor when viewed from the front.
This can be hidden to some extent by gluing a 0.25 mm thick shim to the contact surface of the tank support.

Bernhard

#83
January 24, 2021, 08:44:30 AM
With a few tricks, the tractor was ready after all.

Bernhard

#84
January 24, 2021, 08:45:04 AM
Now all parts are ready for painting and assembly.
The primer is done with a solvent-based varnish from Mr. Surfacer, ...

Bernhard

#85
January 24, 2021, 08:45:40 AM
... the final painting with water-soluble paints from Vallejo.

Bernhard

#86
January 24, 2021, 08:46:04 AM
Now the drive can be installed ...

Bernhard

#87
January 24, 2021, 08:46:29 AM
... and the brake can be completed.

Bernhard

#88
January 24, 2021, 08:47:00 AM
The tractor is built up, ...

Bernhard

#89
January 24, 2021, 08:47:30 AM
... and finally the chain guards are mounted.
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