PHPaul

Crane print files on Thingiverse I posted the print files for the crane, feel free to download and use them if interested.

If you can use Fusion360 (I tried, learning curve too steep) then TinkerCAD is a breeze. Also free, just sign up on-line.

I created the files for the printed parts in TinkerCAD. The telescoping booms are just standard Plastruct shapes, I can get you the part numbers if you like. When I'm sure I'm done with the crane prints, I'll post them to Thingiverse and put a link here.

Thanks, @Jürgen M. I'm liking your day cab. Designing from scratch is a ways out of my skill set for sure!

"Precise" he sez... My work(usually) gets a little better with each project but I'm not sure "precise" is an applicable term just yet... Thanks, again very kind, the standards here are very high and I'm essentially a beginner. Thanks Gary, it's coming along. Not sure why the method didn't occur to me earlier.

Thanks Jeff, that's high praise coming from this group! In between scoring sessions on the body sides (old, arthritic hands... ) I've been printing details for the service crane. The hinge pins are (obviously...) temporary to check articulation. Once I'm happy it'll come back apart for paint.

Final layout of body. Transferring to styrene now.

First pass at the service crane. Version 2 of the base is printing now to allow more lift angle on the boom and provide a mount for the lift cylinder. Telescoping booms are Plastruct shapes, the brown stuff (boom stops, base, winch) are 3D printed. With some detailing such as hydraulic motor for the winch, lift cylinder and hoses, hook mounts on the booms, block on the end etc. I think it will do nicely.

Cancel that request for a crane print. I figured out a way to build one with a combination of scratch building and 3D printing that should be quite realistic. We'll see how that goes.

I cut down the poster board template and I think that's going to work. Just need to lay out the side doors. Probably one full height at the rear, two at the front and one over the wheel well. Also pictured is some of the stuff I've printed for the "load". Bumper vise (there'll be a diamond plate bumper full width of the rear) compressor with hose, welder and oxy/acetylene tanks. I want to do a crane and the one posted by @yh70 in the original thread is perfect, but it appears to be configured to be printed by a resin printer. If someone can confirm that and/or is willing to print it and send it to me (for a fee, of course) I'd love to use it.

@yh70 I agree, that's much better. Thanks for the picture, I haven't had much luck finding 10 wheel service trucks. I'm even planning on painting it red!

In this post, I asked some questions about building a service truck. I ordered the AMT Paystar 5000 Dump Truck kit and in my usual impatient fashion, I have started on what was supposed to be a Winter project. . In order to design the service body, I had to build the basic frame and mock up the cab to see what I have to work with. I'm a very visually-oriented person. Fairly often, I have a mental picture of what I think I want, but when I actually build it, I find several things I'd do differently. That's particularly true in this case as the entire focus of the project is the service body. Build, re-think, rebuild is the path to satisfactory results, but that gets expensive in styrene, so I did a couple of mockups out of poster board. As is often the case, Plan A was unsatisfactory. Plan B is much closer to what I want, and with a little tweaking will likely be the way I go. I dropped it down over the frame, and made it longer. The extra length will require a frame extension and the drop will require removing the second fuel tank or moving it to the other side. I'm thinking it's too tall as a 6 foot man standing on the ground wouldn't be able to reach anything in the top of the side boxes. I'll probably shorten it to at least the top of the cab. The next step will be to fab up the inside partitions and wheel well (also out of poster board) and make some final decisions on design before hacking up some styrene. Comments/suggestions/criticisms welcome.

Oh, thanks very little! I really shouldn't spend more money on models if for no other reason than that I don't have a place to put them, but I grabbed the Galaxie/Falcon combo anyway.

That seems like a good idea, David. I'll give that a shot. Thanks!

Exterior of the shop pretty much done (still need to add the external part of the furnace chimney) and placed on the diorama. Just need to "landscape" around the foundation. Took a little head-scratching to find a reasonably logical place to put it. Inside details are largely done tho things may occur to me later on. Printing hand tools at 1:64 is pretty sketchy. I used to be able to find photo etched stuff online but can't remember the search phrase that brought them up.

Looking specifically for hand tools to detail my shop on my 1:64 diorama. I know I found some a couple of years ago, but I can't remember where.

Thanks, David. Still working on the interior. My 3D printer is getting a workout!

Thanks, David. The building is my 1:1 repair and fabrication shop. My modeling space is a corner of the basement.

Fall is in the air, and the diorama is calling to me... I decided to replicate another 1:1 building on my place. I built this 20x24 building originally as a tool shed to store lawn tractors and ATV's and such. Several years later, after simplifying life by giving up farm animals and selling little-used toys, I decided to convert it to a heated shop. I ran power to it, insulated the dickens out of it and finished the interior. It's been MUCH more useful as a year-around shop. I built the model with a removeable roof and am detailing the interior as closely to the 1:1 as patience and skill will allow. There are a few more things to add, both scratch built and 3D printed. This WAS supposed to be a Winter project but once I get into something, I tend to work on it until it's done.

The third shot is particularly convincing. Nice work!

This will be a Winter project. I'll start a build thread when I start the build. I'm just laying in supplies and gathering ideas at the moment.

I'm thinking large construction equipment - excavators, bulldozers, haul trucks, etc. As @Warren D mentioned, any significant quantity of the basic fluids - fuel, hydraulic oil, DEF - will add up quickly, weight-wise. A 10 wheeler is starting to make a lot of sense. I just hope I'm up to the challenge.

Lots of good stuff there, Thanks!

That's almost EXACTLY what I have in mind. Thanks!

I can certainly use the pictures for detailing the Paystar, thanks! I'm planning a service body with a welder, air compressor, generator, fuel tank and crane among other things.