Tony Bryan

Would have to agree, both look great, look forward to seeing what you do next

You certainly are a master of weathering, very realistic touch with the use of wood , would have been one heck of a ride going up and down that mountain

The aussie site that that was posted on was here My link and yes, Aussie's love the 1/16th truck kits, there is a couple being built on this forum, chopped up, and modified The biggest following would be in Western Australia, where all things are big, road trains, mines, machines, paypackets, where else can a labourer earn $120k a year working in a mine If they where released, I would buy 10,I'm down to my last 8 but if they haven't been released by now, I have my doubts they would release them again, but never say never, stranger things have happened so put me down Tony Bryan Australia

Cans are great for a lot of things, so here is another tip, the underside of a spray can has a nice concave shape, depending on the can of course, but you can use this for tank ends, fill it with resin and slide it out, cast it in rubber, then slide your pipe in, pour the resin in the centre.... tank ends, if you use aluminium tube the resin will release so you can do 2 ends........ and then if you get the right can, you can make ribbed guards out of them as well, this works for 1/16th better than the smaller scales

Costic soda bath works ok on the older type glues, as well as striping the paint off, , BUT BE CAREFUL with it, it does emit fumes when the caustic is mixed with warm water let the solution cool before you place it in, I mix it strong, and give it a rough scrape with some 360 w/dry paper so the caustic can get under the paint when it comes out the glue is also brittle, so most of it can be picked off or scraped off gently, it will not work on revells blue tube needle type glue, as this melts the plastic together care needs to be taken with the freezer trick, as two things can happen, one turns the plastic brittle so when you are manipulating the plastic it can crack it, and two, as the ice is forming it can also crack the plastic Hope this helps

Hello Juha Great job on the Star

Sergy, try here, My link http://www.scalehardware.com absolutely brilliant to deal with Chris, excellent job on the B train, and as usual great detail

Sergy Very nice choice of truck and colour scheme, there is a few good idea's you are sharing here, especially they way you have lowered the kit to look the same, and the way you made your wing, very clever will defiantely be watching this one

I just have to agree, very cool

wow, there are some very nice detail and scratch built parts there, I like the logging trailer that is nice

Hang on a sec, you modified a AMT D8 kit and made this???? outstanding work William That unit looks as if it has just been brought back from a job But I am a little confused with your terminology catskinner?? muleskinner?? are these logging terms?

Ernie they are very easy to make, here is some that I have made for my 1/16th Kenworth SAR, you dont have to go over board with them like I have but they are quite easy, have a try styrene box with folded photo etch cheque plate batteries also made from styyrene, with brass clamp didn't like the first termials I made some in brass really all they are just a box with a couple of terminals,

another great subject with a interesting story from the "old days" of logging very nice detailing you have added

Courage to post???? That looks fantastic, and very realistic, I do hope you will post more

Cossett If you are talking KW in Australia and it's model designations then try and find this book called Kenworth-Making History, it's the story of Kenworth in Australia, ISBN # 0646447297, you may find a copy on evil bay if you are lucky, it may have all the information you need

The 1/24th scale kit is actually a nice kit, includes working rear suspension etc and true 1/24th scale,

William Thank you for the history lesson on the machines that you build, I enjoy this as much as your skill as a builder, The D8 maybe inaccurate for what it is ment to be , but is a good platform for modifying to some other machines, as you have shown here One of the biggest problems is the tracks, which I have found a solution with diecast machines, the grousers always look out of place with the D8 The early years of logging in the States, must have been exciting, dangerous, spectacular and imaginative, with the extraction of logs from various locations that had never been logged before, which leads to inventions of machines to do that job, and this looks like it is one of them Very nice job so far, and look forward to more of your history lessons and builds Thanks for sharing this here

Dave That looks fantastic, I just have to admire your skill with manipulating plastic the detail is perfect, I really look forward to you building the truck for it,

That is so cool, you are building the loggers, and your dad is building the harvesters, before long you will be building a Mill another great logger

Hey Jerry I have 2 custom sets that I need done in 1/16th, you ready for that yet or are you just doing what you have the art work for?

That looks like Lego chain to me out of the technics kits, you can get from ebay, search lego, chain, technics, I brought 200 links for the drive on my crane, NCK andes, chain look exactly the same, will take a pic and post it so you can see Dave, never thought of the instrument supplies, great tip Thanks bit like using old clock cogs for rivet spacing

When i first saw the self loader, I was very impressed with the detail, now that I have seen more of your work I am even more impressed, I just am so impressed that you add every detail, and not just some of it, thanks for joining and sharing your models, look forward to seeing many more

There is some very nice work happening here, love the detail you are adding, certainly inspires others to having a go doing the same as you have done

Hello Ray Very nice work with the rivets, certainly a lot of work, check this site out, they do decal rivets as well as weld seams etc, and apply just like decalsMy link and another company where you can make your own in ant sizeMy link Both are interesting products, and would certainly save a lot of time for anyone else doing the same thing I really like how you made your rack, certainly shows some detail Look forward to more updates

Those are the original Col Grey (coley) engines that are now being cast by Jaymar, but the Jaymar ones are no where near the quality of the old Col Grey stuff, Col Grey was one of the original casters here in Australia