PappyD340 Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 Incredible work, well done!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sten Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 I agree incredible work, well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam I Am Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 Tom, All I did was watch this thing go together, never posted. Watching you turn a pile of raw material into this work of art was simply amazing. I wish I could think like you just a little bit. ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redneckrigger Posted December 26, 2019 Author Share Posted December 26, 2019 (edited) On 12/23/2019 at 10:10 PM, Sam I Am said: Tom, All I did was watch this thing go together, never posted. Watching you turn a pile of raw material into this work of art was simply amazing. I wish I could think like you just a little bit. ? Thank you! It's not so much a way of thinking, as I see it, but more just deciding that there is nothing you can't do, or at least try. I have watched so many incredibly talented people here on the forum, and drawn inspiration from them, and decided that, this is something I wanted to try, so, I went for it. What's the worst that could happen? Failure? If so, you learn from that too. But, when I reached a roadblock, there was always someone out there to lend a helping piece of advice.............THAT is what made this build come together. I had always built just trucks, some with resin cabs, some kitbashed, but all very heavily based on kits. Then I tried a singe axle vintage lowboy 70% from scratch. It worked. Then a Galion roller, and then a removable gooseneck lowboy, and then a resin cabbed scratch built rollback truck. Now, I have found myself with very little desire to build a boxed kit. Give it a try......expand your horizons......it is only limited by your imagination! Edited December 26, 2019 by redneckrigger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DZ7581 Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 This is an awesome build. I was wondering where you got your wheels? I have a project I want to do that requires planetary hubs like these. If you scratch built them what size tube/scale diameter are they? I have no idea how big they are in real life to build my own. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete68 Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 Very nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
towman1271 Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 Wow.. that's all I can say Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kilrathy10 Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 Seriously, awesome work, Man.... Seriously!! Awesome!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redneckrigger Posted April 4, 2020 Author Share Posted April 4, 2020 On 1/1/2020 at 12:10 PM, DZ7581 said: This is an awesome build. I was wondering where you got your wheels? I have a project I want to do that requires planetary hubs like these. If you scratch built them what size tube/scale diameter are they? I have no idea how big they are in real life to build my own. Thanks The tires are from the John Deere 310 backhoe kit. The wheels are from resin caster Mark Savage from many years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DZ7581 Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 If it isn't too much trouble could you measure and get a diameter of the hub? I just want a ballpark measurement to start with. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim B Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 That looks fantastic! Well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobthehobbyguy Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 On 12/25/2019 at 5:26 PM, redneckrigger said: Thank you! It's not so much a way of thinking, as I see it, but more just deciding that there is nothing you can't do, or at least try. I have watched so many incredibly talented people here on the forum, and drawn inspiration from them, and decided that, this is something I wanted to try, so, I went for it. What's the worst that could happen? Failure? If so, you learn from that too. But, when I reached a roadblock, there was always someone out there to lend a helping piece of advice.............THAT is what made this build come together. I had always built just trucks, some with resin cabs, some kitbashed, but all very heavily based on kits. Then I tried a singe axle vintage lowboy 70% from scratch. It worked. Then a Galion roller, and then a removable gooseneck lowboy, and then a resin cabbed scratch built rollback truck. Now, I have found myself with very little desire to build a boxed kit. Give it a try......expand your horizons......it is only limited by your imagination! So true. Success and failure go hand in hand. If you worry too much about failing you can never succeed. But as you said it helps to be able to draw from the pool of vast knowledge on this board. Wow impressive work. Another amazing piece of artwork. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 Gorgeous. Looks like a factory-fresh real deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 Awesome!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermann Kersten Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 Great model, lots of scratch work but the outcome is really awesome and very convincing. Hermann Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navy1948 Posted August 24, 2023 Share Posted August 24, 2023 Awesome job I wish there was a model kit for this crane as I operated one for years 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straightliner59 Posted August 31, 2023 Share Posted August 31, 2023 Excellent scratchbuilding! I remember watching this, back in the early days of your thread. Very nice work on a very cool project! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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