Mike, it is obvious to me that you should, at all costs avoid DIY, as it is very apparent that you are far better at modelling, judging by the superb work on the bulldozer, following recent events I'm sure SWMBO will agree............
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DIY is not the problem, I am actually pretty good at it, having moved or rebuilt internal walls, refurbished the kitchen from the floor up. It was just a case of not connecting the brain to the hands and eyes. And as someone that would use a shoe to knock a nail into a wall I do not think she qualifies.Comment
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Update,
The bar armour and brackets are now underway, but I cannot just cement the lower brackets in place as there is not locating drawings or locations marked, just the 2D sketches on the instructions which give a vague location....
Locating the first bars and uprights in the jig....
Work underway.....
This one finished....
And a test fit - now for the lower brackets.
Cheers
Mike.Comment
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Hi Mike
Bar armour has turned really well. Always a fiddly, painstaking job but right up your street.
JimComment
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Outstanding bar work. She gets high marks for improvisation though.Comment
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Oh wise one, like the paper template for the work, great idea.
On another note the annual shoe hurling is about to except names, should I put you down ?
Skippy Hop.Comment
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Update,
Been a few days since the last update, but I have not been idle... I have had one small enjoyable distraction. The cab has had more brass added and still more to go.....
Bar armour for two sides only....
...Rear and right side...
Tracks - I started to construct the tracks but really found them to be weak and really would not take too much pulling around, so a quick search on the interweb found a set produced by MK+35 (MMT35-007). These are metal in the Fruil genre and I had very little clean up to do, but I changed the cast track pins for 1mm dia plastic rod which only required the hole to be enlarged a whisker which took place during the clean up - AND they fitted !!! I did remove about 1mm from the bottom run of the track ready for when mounting on the base, and using the D9R Doobie book as a reference weathered them before fitting...
The ripper is only a dry fit to be added tomorrow...
As I said I have a small enjoyable distraction - we have a young lady (aged 10) who has been a great admirer of my work and professed her interest in building a model. It was obvious that she could not build any of the kits I have in the stash, so for Xmas I bought her a kit which I thought would interest her more. I should say the without her hearing aids she is totally deaf, but that has not stopped her in any way, drama, dance, kickboxing and a love of her own and our three dogs to name a few.
So the rules were laid down - I would guide/advise but not build so the ideas come from her and are discussed and acted upon - the model....
Work so far, all filling done, the tail has a slight bend and the brown is the new texture being added as a lot of the original detail has been lost with filling and shaping - the texture for the new 'skin' AMMO by MIG anti slip Brown.....
Cheers,
Mike and Becky (age 10 going on 100).Comment
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Hi Becky
That is a wonderful beastie you have there. Well done. Making models is a fun hobby - far better than staring at a screen for hours on end.
Mike - your work isn't bad either
Jim
So Becky is 10 but I didn't realise you were nearly 100 :rolling::smiling:Comment
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Sorry Jim I think he's past it!Comment
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Thank you for sharing your "Beastie" with us old Duffers Becky, we hope to see more progress on this soon. Hi Mike ...great that you have the "little" lady involved and she is doing the work herself! Good on you Mate! :thumb2: Rick H.Comment
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Very kind of you younger than me but older than him, ( He's retired now ) .Nothing better than having some one with your skills to guide her . She'll soon be soldering the pe !Comment
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Great work on your beast Mike, it's not bad at all!!
Becky, OUTSTANDING work on your T-Rex. Great to see you having a go at the hobby. Keep it up - I think you have Mike worried already!! Well done.
ATB.
AndrewComment
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Mike, The dozer is progressing well, looks very fiddly with all that etch & looking very nice.
Becky, what's not to like about a T-Rex? Looks really good. :thumb2:Comment
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Update,
The brass work is still progressing and thankfully I am nearly at the end of the bar armour... only the part that is attached to the door to go....
Left side...
Test fit with the 'ladder' in front.
There was some confusion with the lower mounting brackets. The instructions would have you look for these...
When in fact you need these...
...As you will have used all the others...
Bar armour jig in use with tools... tweezers for handling and locating, scalpel for applying c/a...
One last pic of mounting brackets....
More later,
Cheers,
Mike.Comment
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that's a lot of brass!Comment
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