Okdoky Posted December 22, 2012 Author Share Posted December 22, 2012 Like everything else, it will be my representation as close as I can get to the tangle taking account of what I can fathom out from the photos!!!!!!!! But it will be by no means perfect, like the masters of the art, as some bits just get too hard to handle and will be fudged accordingly !!!!!!!!!!!! But that is hopefully where a coat of primer and a few coats of paint will mask a few of those glaring mistakes !!!! It will hopefully look good from a distance !!!!!!!! Start of filling up the chassis side rails And the relay valves and pipes (assumed serving part of the air brakes system and possibly air actuators for the gearing and transfer box) Nige 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkkeeper Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 progressing well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Okdoky Posted December 23, 2012 Author Share Posted December 23, 2012 Thanks Hawk Is it madness ???????????????? Is sending me mad at times !!!!!!!!!! But how mad can I really get ??????????? I have been lubricating my pipes with much needed amber necter and soothing a husky throat ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, well that is my excuse if ever I needed one !!!!!!!!!! Just in case I display the TM with the cargo bed off, I have drilled out the bracket holes and shaped the centre slope in the middle The two main air tanks plumbed in (third one made but do that tomorrow) The load sensing valve and fittings plumbed in and secured to chassis Very fiddly angle to place it at Chassis filling up nicely now Hope you like Nige Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianthemodeller Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 Ooooo, it's gonna be a good 'un! The chassis is starting to look nice and busy but, forgive my impertinence, how do you fit a load sensing valve without having the axle on place first? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Okdoky Posted December 23, 2012 Author Share Posted December 23, 2012 Yep !!!!!!!!!! I did say at the beginning I was going to try and work from the wheels up !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ERM !!!!!!!!!!!!!! Got diverted and I suppose I am putting off the inevitable of having to tackle those axles, diffs and all the other gubbins !!!!!!!!!!!!!! Will have to make a decision on that soon !!!!! Nige Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Okdoky Posted January 3, 2013 Author Share Posted January 3, 2013 Back onto the workbench after all the pies and pints from the festive season !!!!!! No headaches though thankfully !!!!!!! Also after appearing worldwide on live TV with my family at Stirling Castle New Year Concert with the Proclaimers !!!!!!!!! Don't worry, my head not swelling too much as was only a bit part with 6000 other people !!!!!!!! Ha ha ha ha ha !!!!!!!!!! https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=557753714253518&set=a.100461476649413.748.100000566829707&type=1&theater Had a go at making the gear box and actuators and fitted it to a donor clutch housing from another kit engine lump that looked similar !!!!!!!!! Hope these work as it looks like Photobucket may be getting unstable and losing or mixing up pics in my folder !!!!!!!! BLOODY TECHNOLOGY !!!!!!!!!! Nige 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Okdoky Posted January 5, 2013 Author Share Posted January 5, 2013 Added some more detail to the engine and gear box and first dry fit to see if it still fits !!!!!!!!!! Nige 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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brianthemodeller Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 Are you having a tiltable cab on this as it would be a real shame to hide the engine detail? How about a workshop scene - cab tilted, doors open and up an a ramp to show off the chassis? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxy Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 Yep Nige, Photo bucket is giveing us all a headache at the mo. Nice going on your build here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Okdoky Posted January 5, 2013 Author Share Posted January 5, 2013 Yep Nige, Photo bucket is giveing us all a headache at the mo. Nice going on your build here. Is really annoying ,,,,,,,but hey it is still free !!!!!!!!!! Thanks for looking in Nige Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heloman1 Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 It's getting bette all the time.... with apologies to the Beatles. Looking at the colour of the cab, it's not a Hertz Rent a truck is it Nige? Hope you enjoyed the concert. Colin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Okdoky Posted January 6, 2013 Author Share Posted January 6, 2013 I will get the drip tray under her ASAP !!!!!!!!!!!!! Adding a few more leaky pipes to busy up the lump Lump will fit but I have to leave off the fan to get the radiator to sit in front and allow the cab skin to go over it Suppose that might be because an 8 cylinder engine is longer than a 6 and I don't have the actual engine length to work from There has to be some sacrifices to accuracy if I am to get this done Nige 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Okdoky Posted January 6, 2013 Author Share Posted January 6, 2013 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Shaw Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 You could always cut the front end of the engine off to shorten it. I`ll get my coat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkkeeper Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 looking good, cracking progress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Okdoky Posted January 27, 2013 Author Share Posted January 27, 2013 Have spent the past few weeks faffing about and not really succeeding in doing anything real constructive on the model until today !!!!!!!!!!!!!Had a stab at folding the distinctive cargo bed sides in tin foil, as I cannot figure how to get the same effect in styrene with the straight and sharp folds !!!!!!!!!!I can get the folds, but making them as accurately each time is very hard to do ,,,,,,,,,,, but I will persevere !!!!!!!!!!!I also need to remember not to mark the folds with my exacto knife as I should have remembered from the DROPS that it starts of a severe metal fatigue fracture point !!!!!! ALWAYS USE A BLUNT BUT FINE BALL POINT EMBOSSING TOOL !!!!!!! The sharp fold on the bottom of this one was splitting early so already scrap !!!!!!!I also have to figure out how I am going to bond the panels to the side pieces that have the locating holes that match up with the corner posts of the cargo bed !!!!Also have to glue a reinforcing rod along the bottom edge and make the four holes that allow the side panels to locate on the cargo bed and pivot when sides are to be lowered !!!! This is what I am trying to achieve !!!!!!!!!!More to follow tonight 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Okdoky Posted January 27, 2013 Author Share Posted January 27, 2013 Tonight I changed tack and had a go making a fuel tank, as my head was splitting from all the complicated hold and folds of the cargo bed sides !!!First off, I made up 20mm X 20mm plastic shims in pairs. The original though was to make the tank hollow with the end pairs and middle pairs joined by a wide diameter hollow tube to save on plastic sheet !!!!! I REALLY NEED TO STOCK UP SOON !!!!!!A circle of thinner plastic is glued on the outers and then the tin foil burnished over the ends. I ended up having to use far more shims making it almost a solid lump. The tin foil was carefully wrapped and glued tightly around the former with a slight overlapping end lip on each end !!!!!!Next problem is the fuel tank hangers !!!!!!!!!! This is what I needed !!!!!!!The hangers are not like the Italeri kit ones as the trough is on the outside curve, not the inside like the Italeri parts !!!!!!Made my own by pressing strips inside a 'C' section brass using a solid square brass strip that fitted neatly with the tin foil !!!!!!!Sides folded flat !!!!!!TrimmedTight fit needs careful prizing out !!!!!!!!!Because I need a bend, I drilled and cut the trough with sharp scissors leaving the side lips intact !!!!!Because the strength is then lost, I had to replace the missing trough with something else !!!!!!!Using the lighter, I melted the sprue just enough to put a full 90 degree bend !!!!!Sanded and glued in the trough at the corner using two part epoxy !!!!!!! I am going on the basis that the retainer straps will fill the top trough so the sprue inside will not be seen !!!!!!!! The outside face of the corner can be smoothed off later with car filler which itself will add some strength !!!!!!!!Hope you likeNige 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianthemodeller Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 Superb - and nice to see you have been excused the decorating again... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkkeeper Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 super job & execution on the difficult items. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Okdoky Posted January 27, 2013 Author Share Posted January 27, 2013 Hi guys thanks for looking in as always !!!!!!!! Someone on another forum quite rightly noted that my fuel tank ends needed a sex change !!!A quick fix with a shim addedMy outy is now an inny !!!!!!!!!Nige Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Okdoky Posted January 28, 2013 Author Share Posted January 28, 2013 Fuel tank hangers sorted and fixed to chassis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Okdoky Posted January 28, 2013 Author Share Posted January 28, 2013 Adding plumbing to the fuel tank 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianthemodeller Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 How can you confuse the sex of the tank with that filler pipe??? Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Okdoky Posted January 28, 2013 Author Share Posted January 28, 2013 (edited) Brian It might need to get a circumcision yet, as I don't know what length it should be !!!!!!! The real Bedford in Linlithgow did not sell, so I am going to take a day off and get some more vital statistics soon !!!!!!!!!! Be prepared for a painfull snip !!!!!!!!!!! Nige Edited January 29, 2013 by Okdoky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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