Halftrack to Halftrack

[Allen Dewire]

Hi Mike,

Top build and spoken like a true Gentleman Sir. It is always a pleasure to follow your antics projects and to see your work. Enjoy the break and have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. See ya on the other side, Jackie in hand!!!!

Prost und Ho, Ho, Ho!!!!!
Allen

[Fernando N]

Hi Mike,

Caught up again and the work area and cab are great, the attention to detail is fabulous.:thumb2::hungry:

You have a Merry Christmas too and hope to see more of this one in the new year.

[Guest]

Mike .
You seem to have been in the wars over lost PE and partaking in Protests in our " wonderfull " Capital .
Senior Management here has become most vocal these past few years and has taken to shouting at the TV , thank goodness we haven't advanced to the marching stage just yet ! .
I sympathize with the loosing things , in fact I don't think it's you, the the other dimension where things disappear to only to be hurled back after you have spend hrs searching. That PE will return in possibly in late spring as you think about another build .
The build is in a different leaque , absolutely great and the additions are superb .:thumb2::thumb2::thumb2:

My only concern is where is the Benghazi Burner !
Yours .
453 Cfm Race retired .

John, I left the shouting at the tv some time ago, I am now into launching the remote down the hallway. Do you know you can assemble a remote in under five minutes???:face-with-head-bandage:....
And many thanks for the kind comment
Mike

[Guest]

Hi Mike,

Top build and spoken like a true Gentleman Sir. It is always a pleasure to follow your antics projects and to see your work. Enjoy the break and have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. See ya on the other side, Jackie in hand!!!!

Prost und Ho, Ho, Ho!!!!!
Allen

Cheers Allen, you take care if you are on the road at this time of the year. And yes, here I am again, back from xmas, very quiet, electrified the door knob..... Happy New Year, Mike.

[Guest]

Hi Mike,

Caught up again and the work area and cab are great, the attention to detail is fabulous.:thumb2::hungry:

You have a Merry Christmas too and hope to see more of this one in the new year.

Hi Fernando,
More on the build today, xmas is over and need to get away from the tv. Happy New Year.
Mike.

[Guest]

Update,
So got the cheeriness out of the way, wife is flaked out on the settee, tv talking away to the dogs, dogs full of chicken and vegtables, laid out snoring and fa....... So it is time to get to more serious items.
Decided to start and organise the sequence of the final build and paint. I realised that if I build and then paint/weather then things are going to get broken in the handling of the model. So the chassis was the first to get the treatment along with the main suspension, front wheels and mudguards on the cab.
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The front..
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main suspension (still to be finished/ top rollers to add).
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The suspension units are still free, this is so that I can add the cab and work area without too much getting in the way. So the next job will be to add these items and then get on with the final part of the build.
Cheers,
Mike.

[JR]

Looking the dogs alright, even if they are sleeping Mike. :thumb2:
No chance of getting near the remote, I dropped it once and now am banned from going anywhere near it.
John.

[Guest]

Looking the dogs alright, even if they are sleeping Mike. :thumb2:
No chance of getting near the remote, I dropped it once and now am banned from going anywhere near it.
John.[/QUOTE
Hello John,
Ours do not stand a chance.....
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[Guest]

Update,
Going through the list of items I want to include in the interior, there was the obligitory kettle, teapot, burner and gas bottle to build as well as the compressor to go under the bench. So I set to today and started it. and here is the finished item ready for primer and paint.
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Now where's that remote.....
Cheers, Mike.

[JR]

Nice fins on the compressor Mike , what's that on the outerdge of the belt drive , some copper ?

When we needed a new remote Sony said they didn't do one anymore, ha said I , lies , found a super German company who makes them ! Received the new one within a week.
Carry on Mike enjoying this :thumb2:

John

[Guest]

Nice fins on the compressor Mike , what's that on the outerdge of the belt drive , some copper ?

When we needed a new remote Sony said they didn't do one anymore, ha said I , lies , found a super German company who makes them ! Received the new one within a week.
Carry on Mike enjoying this :thumb2:

John

Remote - first stop Amazon, second stop ebay.
The copper is to add a rim around the pulley wheels just to give it some depth. I have various grades/thikness's of copper wire and i take off what i want, wind it around a drill that is slightly smaller than the wheel, so it looks like a spring - slide it off the drill and then cut across the coils so that it leaves you with rings. I then put a ring into a pair of smooth faced pliers and give it a squeeze and there you have a flat ring or even instrument bezel, all stucl on with c/a thin stuff, or a little liquid glue just to hold it and then c/a to finish the job.
Mike

[Steve Jones]

That is a little piece of magic. Wonderful work Mike:thumb2::thumb2:

[Guest]

Update,
Painted and weathered the compressor and also decided to add a hose pipe to go with it, once dry it will be put in place under the bench.
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And that is it for today, thanks for looking.
And A Happy New Year.
Cheers, Mike.

[Guest]

That is a little piece of magic. Wonderful work Mike:thumb2::thumb2:

Steve,
Many thanks, main dimension is 20mm long. Happy New Year.
Mike.

[Mini Me]

Nice progress Mike, awaiting the final build will it be a 2018 or 2019 model?
Cheers, Rick H. and Happy New Year!