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  1. Edward Gore
    Started cutting all of the sprue bits from the ‘glass’ parts. There are a lot of them. Then sanding carefully with sanding boards. Then finally carefully painting the edges black. This will hopefully block the glass prism effect that would make it look toy and out of scale. This is just the dust from sanding the parts of all the sprue gates.
  2. Edward Gore
    @Gary Chastain @DRIPTROIT 71 Very kind words, Gentlemen
  3. Edward Gore
    Awesome compliment. Thank you
  4. Edward Gore
    Nice finish and weathering
  5. Edward Gore
    Dry fitting the cabs for progress assessment before glass parts are installed. Also added a few more decals to the cabs.
  6. Edward Gore
    @Dutzie @James2 Thanks for checking in 🍻
  7. Edward Gore
    @cifenet @Bainford @Jürgen M. Very kind words. Thank you so much for the compliments and for checking out my model build.
  8. Edward Gore
    Love this 😍 What dry transfers do you use?
  9. Edward Gore
    Very impressive scratch building !
  10. Edward Gore
    Gluing in the hydraulic lines for the road wheel arm cylinders. A few decals set onto position. Thanks for looking in ...
  11. Edward Gore
    Working on the hydraulic fittings and hose. I'm making them from insulated solid wire so the road wheel arms can articulate and the hose will have the flex needed. The wire is removed from the flexing part then the insulation is reinserted onto the ends of the wire which will represent fittings and glue into the cylinders. The hydraulic cylinders are mounted with what looks like a giant bolt and washer fastener so I went shopping for Scale Hardware. This will also allow articulation of the road wheel arms with a strong fastener.
  12. Edward Gore
    Road wheel assembly. these are the wheels that will drive on pavement off of the railroad. Dry fitting I discovered that the road wheel arms need to be extended further so the drive cones on the traction wheels will make contact like the 1/1 prototype. Traction wheels are slid outboard (rearward) during rail operation and the road wheels are raised up. Then if driving on the paved road the road wheels are lowered and the traction wheels slide inboard (forward) so the drive cones make contact with the rear road wheels to drive.
  13. Edward Gore
    @gotnitro? Yes, I'm pleased with the color as well. Sponge method sounds, well sound. May try that next time. Thanks for commenting.
  14. Edward Gore
    Window weather stripping painted on the driver cab. Painting the brakeman's cab today. I'm doing this before I glue the glass in place.
  15. Edward Gore
    This was the only way I could figure out how to build and paint the cabs. Paint the insides first then build the cab subassemblies. Then mask from the inside to protect what I've already done inside so I can paint the outside. I still need to glue in all the glass, cleanly as well 🤔
  16. Edward Gore
    Assembling the cabs. I'll mask the openings before painting the outsides.
  17. Edward Gore
    Very nice scratch build. I just figured out what the rims are made from 👍💡
  18. Edward Gore
    Hi @Scott Eriksen, Thanks for checking in! I'm still in to 1/35 armored stuff when I'm not building static stand alone rolling stock, sci-fi, figures, oddball kit-mash ups, oh yeah or cars and trucks 😁 Recently there are a lot of 1/35 kits from Academy, Amusing Hobby, Border Models, Miniart, Meng.... with full interior including engines, transmission, drive train, and driver compartments. A little pricy for those not interested in the 1/35 scale range starting at $50USD and up. My favorite builds of those kits are when they make them exploded view display builds 👍💡
  19. Edward Gore
    Thanks for the compliments. The dials and gauges are so tiny in 1/35 that I wanted to magnify them. Putting a sort of dome on each one did that I think. The weathering is actually accidental at this point in the build, Lol. Thank you for the compliment.
  20. Edward Gore
    Interior detail getting done. Kit decals installed upside-down, probably. They are so tiny. Creating gauge lenses with a drop of Kristal Klear.
  21. Edward Gore
    This model is based on the Trackmobile but is my own design using kits I already have in the stash. Trackmobiles I see online are usually yellow or orange so I want mine to have that sort of U.S. Forest Service green. Paasche, indeed it is!
  22. Edward Gore
    Added a pin wash of dark green to compliment details on the inside of the cabs. A little on the wheel hubs and seat mechanisms as well. Then masked and sprayed the drive cones ‘chrome’ to simulate polished wear. These will receive a pin wash of bronze and black later.
  23. Edward Gore
    Great problem solving. And excellent finding the splatter guard for the grille. Thanks for sharing all your detailed progress.
  24. Edward Gore
    @cifenet, Thanks again for checking in and for your comments. Base color on. I had to decant an old aerosol can of OSH Safety Green and use the AB. Thanks for looking...
  25. Edward Gore
    This subassembly now has a sort of, Alejandro "Burda" Burdisio, or Ian McQue, design going on here. Now prepped for primer.
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