Egilman
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Nice photos of an M-60A1.... -
B-25J Mitchell by Chadwijm6 - HK Models - 1/32
Egilman replied to chadwijm6's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
Uh, Pilot, Co-pilot and Bombardier are clearly in box cover pic..... I'm in for this one as well.. -
That is one beautiful camo job brother... Very effective.... Excellent photographing job as well....
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Derrick Cope used to run at Spanaway and Evergreen till he graduated to the big time.... Cope Bros Machine is where I would get my heads shaved & blocks bored....
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I did, most of what I stated was tongue in cheek.... My apologies if I offended... Nascar and USAC are two completely different sanctioning bodies... Everyone knows that... Spanaway Speedway where I ran sportsman cars for a few years in the late 80's used to be a 1/4 mile USAC dirt track, then became a 1/2 mile dirt track, then back to a 1/4 mile but paved, until they sold out to a housing developer.... Kinda familiar with the history brother...
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What Exactly is this? It's what they do with all the worn out parts when they rebuild a grand national stock car is what that is.... {chuckle} It's a throwback to the old days of USAC Modified dirt track class... A lot was lost when USAC essentially folded, All the Sportsman classes were hit the hardest.... This is Nascar's attempt to keep the bare bones of backyard homegrown sportsman racing alive.... I'm in....
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https://www.ebay.com/itm/374822136270?chn=ps&mkevt=1&mkcid=28&srsltid=AfmBOorf3xqekXjD5_B7RKXN_RqiNC9KbTgbxv-Dtfu4BWM2oibY1p4M4oU Best price available I can find.... The big dollars are aimed at the 1/16th scale version... You can still get the 1/24th scale at semi reasonable prices....
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{Chuckle} Except for the color... (they were OD green in government service) Although I will say they looked a lot prettier in Chevy Orange... or even black....
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Keeping my head in the game.....
Egilman replied to Egilman's topic in 3D-Printing and Laser-Cutting.
Another short update.... Lower Rear Springs.... It was interesting and a lot easier than doing the uppers.... An overall look, Full Frame... Now I have to go back to the Front Springs and adjust a few details, I found a better way of doing them on the rear springs.... Anyway, next up will be an axle, not sure whether front or rear yet.... Onwards...
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My pleasure My Friend... Here's a couple of pics of what the trailer looked like... Hope it helps....
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Rik, you have a private note brother...
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Yep it's a member of the G506 family of Chevrolet 1.5 ton trucks.... It's specific designation was the G7105 K51 Panel Van (Radio) They made thousands of them but only a few hundred radio trucks... Mostly they were bomb or dump trucks.... Lots of variations to the line, it was a very successful medium duty truck.... Plain Panel Van.... G7107 Dump Truck & G7106 Cable service truck... And another... (don't know what specific model... Many many different flavors of the G506 family of trucks....
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Of course you do brother, you build fine machinery out of metal, A plastic kit is a piece of cake... {chuckle}
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Rik, that is an absolutely gorgeous engine, beautiful job... But I have a question that needs to be asked.... What civilian truck are you going to put it in? In a WWII military truck, everything is green, Olive Drab specifically, there are some peripheral details that are black or metal color, but they for the most part are buried in the overall OD Green... Being historically accurate that is...
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Keeping my head in the game.....
Egilman replied to Egilman's topic in 3D-Printing and Laser-Cutting.
Thanks OC... The springs took a bit of work... -
Keeping my head in the game.....
Egilman replied to Egilman's topic in 3D-Printing and Laser-Cutting.
Well the Upper Rear Springs are done.... And the bottom side... And an overall view.... Now I have to repeat this but upside down to complete the lower half.... Onwards....
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Nice work....
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You gots a PN brother... According to my references yes, it is the retracted version of the access step, the reason it is not covered by most model kits is it is flush and practically invisible in it's in flight retracted position... Also when on the ground, it is usually in its deployed position as seen on the USAFM's Hurricane, (thanks Andy) although you will see pics of it released but not fully extended... Looks like a little oval bump... with two edges/ridges across the top lengthwise...
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Keeping my head in the game.....
Egilman replied to Egilman's topic in 3D-Printing and Laser-Cutting.
Well another update... Rear Springs, I was hoping that I would be able to use the springs I had already made to build the second version... Unfortunately no That wasn't going to work so I've set about building a whole new set of Rear Springs..... And in measuring it against the detailed photos I now have I found that I also needed to rework the Bracket as well to more accurately reflect it's true position on the car... 3/4ths inch closer to the rear and up at the turn of the curve on the frame rail... Then I added in the old springs and the ends sat way to low, so I was forced to completely rebuild the springs reflecting the correct measured position on the car... The curve is now accurate, 40" long by 2" wide with a 3" drop at each end... I've included two pics showing the current iteration colored in the cars natural yellow color.... And one of the spring itself showing the upper mainspring and first leaf... and it's one solid piece as well.... Next posting when the spring itself is finished... Onwards.....
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Monofilament, in the very smallest sizes, yes they make it that small... If you can't find it in black, that's ok you just use an indelible marker to color it.... If the fishing stores don't have it that small, the sewing/craft stores will.... .3mm ferrules for clinching the loops...
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We've all been there done that!!! {chuckle} Not bad at all for a firstie..... Well done...
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Well you made it, I on the other hand, have a few years to go before they start calling me an old fart.... (if I get that far) Happy Birthday Brother.... (and yes, I as well would like to have just half your talent my friend)
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Keeping my head in the game.....
Egilman replied to Egilman's topic in 3D-Printing and Laser-Cutting.
Update; Well starting off the rear springs, First we need the mounting plate.... The spring lays across the top and is bolted through the bottom on all four corners.... It also pivots on the shaft of the Mounting Bracket... Here it is attached to it's bracket.... And in it position in the frame.... Next up, the upper rear spring itself..... Onwards...
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Keeping my head in the game.....
Egilman replied to Egilman's topic in 3D-Printing and Laser-Cutting.
Another Update, I know it's been a while, but this part took a bit of time to re-design.... Front Springs... And the bottoms.... All correctly laid out... They might look a little weird when compared to normal leaf springs, this is because they are asymmetric leaf springs... Asymmetric means that one end is longer than the other... This particular set of springs were 2" x 35" with a 15" forward axle mounting point leaving 20" behind the axle.... They have been through 8 iterations before I could finally get them to configure into a solid block and still look like the real thing... An overall view... They do look good if I do say so myself... {chuckle} Anyways, I'll be taking a few days to do some RL stuff before starting on the rear springs... (shouldn't be too bad as I now know how to do them) That's all for now, Onwards.....
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I have the Bug and the plate with the aluminum rods for bending curved pieces... (forgot what they called it) Just did a search of their vendors and most have little stock left and eBay has nothing listed in the US... The UK has a few available, but the prices are going thru the roof... The hardest one to get today is the 8" version, good for folding those long tank fenders but the price is over 100.00, there is one shop that still carries their long (4" + 8") blades for the larger hold & folds.... They won';t last long... It's a shame, they were the original, everyone else is a copy or a ripoff... A must have if you do a lot of PE....
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