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  1. Edward Gore
    Super cool project. I like that you found a Ford motor to put in it.
  2. Edward Gore
    There isn't very much modern railroad accessories in 1:35 so I have to make the couplers from scratch. The reference photo from the internet shows this unique style coupler. I cut apart another old model tank for the mount and a couple rocket tubes for the knuckles. This photo makes the model look wonky but it's the close up angle of the photo... I think
  3. Edward Gore
    Thank you!
  4. Edward Gore
    Thanks for your compliments. I almost hit a wall with the brass hydraulic cylinders but glad to have managed to solve that with another material.
  5. Edward Gore
    Hi @vincen47, Thanks for your compliments. The track section is an injection molded kit in 1:35. This helps me line everything up in 1:35 during the build. The style is WWII era but the "European Gauge" is contemporary gauge for North America.
  6. Edward Gore
    Thanks for sharing your realistic detail techniques.
  7. Edward Gore
    The traction wheels were figured out and installed. The drive traction wheel truck had to slide forward and rearward to contact the rear road wheels to drive on the road. I used the vertical slide rails from the FUG fork lift kit and cut them down to fit this function. The front traction wheel truck is now cemented and curing. They really work!
  8. Edward Gore
    I want the arms for the road wheels to articulate so I tried making the hydraulic cylinders from brass but that was a total fail. I need to set up a soldering station for brass fabrication. Until then, I made new ones from the sprue pieces from a couple different kits. Completing these now. Hopefully these will work in plastic.
  9. Edward Gore
    Parts G62 and G63 from the Feldumschlaggeät FUG will be used to make the road wheel drive cones. These drive wheels press against the rear road wheel tires to drive them with friction. Grab handle making tool was used to make the grip for the road wheel drive cones. Parts G31 and G32 with G63 for the front traction wheel hubs. Prototype: https://equipmentseller.wf.com/Attachments/Images/original_fe0d807b-b7ae-4b49-b148-8c3394f25b31_998871015_C.jpeg Thanks for looking...
  10. Edward Gore
    Working on the traction wheels. I bought two very expensive styrene sheets BUT they included a FREE NEW CAR! ? (car dealership ad blanks in the license plate frames). I used this thin sheet material to make discs to cover the outboard side of the traction wheels to look more prototypical.
  11. Edward Gore
    Very clean masking!
  12. Edward Gore
    I like where this is going. Looking forward to the colors you chose
  13. Edward Gore
    More of the bottom fabrication completed. The holes will receive the axles of the road wheel arms so they can articulate like the 1:1 prototype ? hopefully
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  15. Edward Gore
    I hadn't considered that the outside diameter of the road wheels would block view of the pivot point of the road wheel arms at the hub detail. I have to change that so we can see it. I extended them using the wheel axles from the other arms and then glued them together pinning them with brass rod. This will look more interesting on the model.
  16. Edward Gore
    @vincen47 and @Ace-Garageguy, Thanks guys for checking in and for your comments.
  17. Edward Gore
    Awesome scratch work!
  18. Edward Gore
    The arms for the road wheels were sourced from a Tamiya M2 Bradley lower hull. The suspension arms were a perfect size for this project so I started cutting them out.
  19. Edward Gore
    Basically the FUG chassis and Tramcar Traction wheel assembly.
  20. Edward Gore
    This project is based on the designs of Trackmobiles. Heavy Equipment tractors that have pneumatic road wheel tires as well as traction wheels for the railroad to pull rolling stock freight. Trackmobile examples: https://www.machinerytrader.com/listing/for-sale/192544133/2019-trackmobile-hercules-miscellaneous-equipment https://i.pinimg.com/originals/eb/5a/ea/eb5aeae672f1703e5fe00c738249d08d.jpg https://www.marketbook.ca/listing/for-sale/192542857/2015-trackmobile-hercules-miscellaneous-equipment The three kits I'll be pulling parts and subassemblies from are all 1:35 scale and this will set the scale for the model. The cabs and upper deck parts will be from the FUG. The pneumatic road wheels will be from the Turtle. The railroad traction wheels from the Tramcar.
  21. Edward Gore
    Awesome detailing on this cool project.
  22. Edward Gore
    Thank you for sharing your pictures of the show.
  23. Edward Gore
    Very nice! I plan to build mine basically out of box in a lowered stance like yours without the rear brooms.
  24. Edward Gore
    Nice replica of the movie car.
  25. Edward Gore
    @Hi-Po @kruleworld @ChrisR Thank you so much for the compliments!
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