Okdoky Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 The combination of the excellent KFS pieces with your itchy scratchy engineering compliment each other perfectly. Still hooked Nige 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ripaman Posted April 1, 2016 Author Share Posted April 1, 2016 I don't know how I managed to miss this build so far Richard. This is really amazing work. I am also impressed by your work space: it's not a man cave but a man cathedral The Typhoon is a looker too. Hi Julian glad you like what I'am doing, yes I do love my Man Cathedral but did make it so my wife can join in too. will get back to the Typhoon when this is finished. The incredible work continues, Richard! Such awesome workmanship and attention to detail. Thanks very much Alpha it is coming along do tend to be a bit slow on the build Just gets better and better Richard,beautiful work on the cab detailing too! Glad you like it Steve, trying to capture the look of the Matador I assume you have a lathe, vertical and horizontal milling machines, laser cutting machine, water jet cutting machine, 3D printers, Ion drive flux capacitors, magnetic plasma containment fields and some technology known only to time-travellers from the 24th Century..... first to items yes, last item [/url] Well, with this material, the result is totally pro , and all the work I do is live up trash, envy .... lol Thanks Francis OK, I'll follow along, this is really cool. Thanks for looking in Rich, do like the look of this The combination of the excellent KFS pieces with your itchy scratchy engineering compliment each other perfectly. Still hooked Nige Hi Nige, yes you are right KFS do a brilliant job on their models would have bought the Matador as well but they had none in stock, I have cut, added and reshaped to make it look like the frame and I am glad to have made a cab and crane from scratch, been a lot of fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ripaman Posted April 1, 2016 Author Share Posted April 1, 2016 Here is a couple of pic's with the roof on, will glue this on once I have painted inside cap, would the colour be the same Olive Drab or do I go with grey?? Â Â Â Â Â Went back to the boom and added the light up on the top and then added the plate to show operator the angle of boom when raising up. Â Â Â Â Added the pointer and received some primer from AK and primed the man crane body, had a couple of runs which I think was due to thinning the paint to much. Â Â Â Â Well that's it for now, Regards Richard 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrancisGL Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 Really amazing progress, cheers RIchard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianthemodeller Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 It is a real pleasure to watch model engineering of this quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichO Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 Really great scratching! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richdlc Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 glad you are still going with this one!I'm sorry I was never able to get over and photograph that real one I mentioned all those months ago for you :-( But unless they actually own one and spot any errors, I think the casual observer will still think it looks amazing!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carius Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 Bravo, Bravo... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony C Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 Pure art, now what about that Hurricane? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 WOW 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ripaman Posted April 16, 2016 Author Share Posted April 16, 2016 On 4/2/2016 at 12:46 AM, FrancisGL said: Really amazing progress, cheers RIchard Thanks Francis, progress has been a little slow On 4/2/2016 at 1:25 PM, brianthemodeller said: It is a real pleasure to watch model engineering of this quality. That is very nice of you to say Brian On 4/2/2016 at 10:21 PM, RichO said: Really great scratching! Hi Rich same to you mate On 4/3/2016 at 8:23 AM, richdlc said: glad you are still going with this one! I'm sorry I was never able to get over and photograph that real one I mentioned all those months ago for you 😞 But unless they actually own one and spot any errors, I think the casual observer will still think it looks amazing!! No worries Rich, just looked at a lot of pictures and scaling off a 1:48 model and has you say I don't think anyone will know On 4/3/2016 at 8:36 AM, Carius said: Bravo, Bravo... Thanks Carius On 4/3/2016 at 10:16 PM, frankie said: WOW Thanks for looking in Frankie Finished off the rear pintle hook and brackets, still have the latch to make, used bolts and nuts from scale hardware    Then made the fuel and air tanks         Starting to look like a AEC Matador with Coles Crane   Until next time Regards Richard 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carius Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 Fantastic work indeed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichO Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 This is really great stuff! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gremlin56 Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 Really amazing work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Delta 210 Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 Your skills continue to amaze and impress! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mancunian airman Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 More than skillful, its a Masterclass 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ripaman Posted June 15, 2016 Author Share Posted June 15, 2016 On 4/16/2016 at 11:16 AM, Carius said: Fantastic work indeed. On 4/16/2016 at 9:54 PM, RichO said: This is really great stuff! On 4/16/2016 at 10:11 PM, Gremlin56 said: Really amazing work. On 4/16/2016 at 11:32 PM, Alpha Delta 210 said: Your skills continue to amaze and impress! On 4/17/2016 at 1:32 AM, Mancunian airman said: More than skillful, its a Masterclass Thanks alot Guys, not been on much lately, yard work etc etc, oh and camping, when you only get about 5 months in between winter you have to get out. Will have been doing some work on the Matador, going to build as best I can to the picture below.   I started to build the deck, not sure if this is correct but it looks Ok to me     Changed the fuel tank, made it smaller because I need to make cupboards which mount after the fuel tank   Also started on the Generator, then made the sides with louvers, I made a jig out of ebony and brass to get the shape of the louver, took a few goes but in the end it came out not to bad.      Took awhile to get it right here are the scrap pieces     Anyone have some pictures of what is inside????    Well that's it for now, Regards Richard 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kev67 Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 Great bit of scratch building especially how you done the louvers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrancisGL Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 incredible scratching, such a professional level scary ... lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Delta 210 Posted June 18, 2016 Share Posted June 18, 2016 I am running out of superlatives! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianthemodeller Posted June 18, 2016 Share Posted June 18, 2016 (edited) I am running out of superlatives! Your vocabulary must be better than mine, I ran out several updates back! Edited June 18, 2016 by brianthemodeller 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troffa Posted June 18, 2016 Share Posted June 18, 2016 wonderful work on display here, superb stuff. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wogga Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 Every forum should have a scratch builder to show the kit bashers how inept they are and leaving them feeling worthless great stuff to watch... feeling worthless Lancashire. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard E Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 Every forum should have a scratch builder to show the kit bashers how inept they are and leaving them feeling worthless great stuff to watch... feeling worthless Lancashire. I am running out of superlatives! By the same token, every froum needs a random superlative generator for when we mere mortals' vocabularies run dry. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gogser1 Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 Absolutely amazing. I wish I had even a few of your scratchbuilding skills! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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