Post Apocalypse "Road Train" kitbash.

[Guest]

Looking great.

[Guest]

Thanks EJ.

I started today by smoothing off the underside. There were lots of ribs, and swivel points for the bogies that looked out of place, so I ground them down as much as I could (and ended up with lots of holes!), added some offcuts of card as packing pieces, then thin card. This now gives me a nice flat surface to add ribs & rails back in, but in the right place this time.

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I then made a start on the trailer. It's going to be a drawbar type, with swivelling front bogie, about 2/3 the length of the main rig. The main part of its chassis was made up from Maquett I-beam, doing my best to keep it square & true, then I dived into the bogie. Framework was again made with (smaller) I-beam and the inverted leaf springs were made by laminating 2 x 0.5mm strip.

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The underside looks a bit messy as I've used CA on the (brown) torque rods to add strength. Technically these should have swivels at either end but I haven't yet developed the Simon/Scottie/Steve superhuman powers needed for that kind of detail :smiling5:

A bit of crud should disguise it well enough later down the line.

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And in place on the chassis with wheels added temporarily on a rod running through the axle tube. Now that I have the height I can work on the rear suspension tomorrow and add the towing A frame to the bogie.

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[scottie3158]

Andy,
Excellent scratchery mate all looking very neat and nicely done.

[Peter Gillson]

Andy - I'm late to this one, but what a great project, looks fun and challenging at the same time.

Peter

[Guest]

Thanks Paul, and good to have you along Peter.

[Steve Jones]

Your scratchery is top notch Andy. Luvin your work. Looking forward to seeing what comes next

[Guest]

Cheers Steve, glad you're liking it so far.

I got the rear axle done today. Here it is with the wonky wheels held on with blutack. At least they all touch the ground lol

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And without the wheels

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I dug this out of the bottom drawer of my PC desk. I used to use it for chopping photo's up but it does a great job on thin plasticard.

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Using that, cutting a square deck for the chassis was easy. I edged it in C section, added the towing frame at the front, and put on a few rivet & rib details

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I've also made a start on a fuel bowser for it. I'm not sure how uniform I'm going to get the shape so it might end up covered in stuff to disguise that! :smiling5:

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[Gern]

This just keeps getting better.

[minitnkr]

Looking mighty fine. If you pin/bush the bogies you could get some articulation if placed on rough ground or have you? The chopper was a great find. Don't forget, what ever was not ready-to-hand was rough cutnfit fabricated by non-pros, likely w/o proper tools:smiling3:. PaulE

[scottie3158]

Lovely work I was thinking of getting one of those paper cutters now I think I will look again.

[Guest]

This just keeps getting better.

Thanks Dave. I'm coming up to the tricky bits where I need to get creative and start adding the bodged up additions. Imagination is not my strong point, but hopefully something will come to me.

Looking mighty fine. If you pin/bush the bogies you could get some articulation if placed on rough ground or have you? The chopper was a great find. Don't forget, what ever was not ready-to-hand was rough cutnfit fabricated by non-pros, likely w/o proper tools:smiling3:. PaulE

Thanks Paul. I did consider articulation but thought it might push me a bit far. There's none in the main rig, and I'm thinking about a flat, arid landscape for a base anyway, so the bit of "slop" in the axles will hopefully be enough.

Lovely work I was thinking of getting one of those paper cutters now I think I will look again.

Thanks mate. I saw the cutters mentioned somewhere and remembered I'd still got one. It works a treat.

[papa 695]

Some great work Andy, keep it coming.

[Guest]

Thanks Ian.

[Jim R]

Hi Andy
Very impressed. It all looks neat and well thought out.
Jim

[Mr Bowcat]

That's coming along a treat Andy. :thumb2: