Randy D Posted August 11 Author Posted August 11 Thank you Gary ! Brian, Glad you're liking this my friend! Victor, Thank you ! Jeff, Appreciate you checking in buddy!! Dom, thank you! BD, thank you sir! Working on the chassis..... Building up frame horns.. 3
Randy D Posted August 11 Author Posted August 11 Making up the springs from nickel silver stock... Spring hangers.... shock mount filed from white metal stock... That is all for now, Thanks for looking in. Randy 3
Gary Chastain Posted August 11 Posted August 11 Wowzer, that is some incredible fabrication, outa my league
Biggu Posted August 11 Posted August 11 And I thought 3d printing was cool …….. this is out of this world !!!! Randy, your skill set is unbelievable. Its a really good thing you display these parts with tweezers as I am sure if posted alone, no one would be able to understand it is a miniature replica and not the real thing, absolutely stunning.
meechum68 Posted August 11 Posted August 11 .... stunning... absolutely stunning! Your skills... mindboggling amazing!
Straightliner59 Posted August 12 Posted August 12 I don't have any idea how I missed this! That engine is...I'm speechless. It's amazing, my friend! I still have to check out the rest of this project. I just had to say that!
BK9300 Posted August 12 Posted August 12 (edited) Another inspiring post of your amazing work, Randy! This last series is quite interesting to me, because I'm going to need to make Western Star frame horns for my next build, too, so very inspirational for me to see this. Just marvelously complex detail you create! Edited August 12 by BK9300 typo 1
redneckrigger Posted August 25 Posted August 25 This is a stunning build! But way down deep, a piece of me thinks that just maybe instead of doing all this incredible detail work, you built a 24 to 1 pair of tweezers and found a huge fiberglass hand to hold them and are showing us pictures of a real truck……..just sayin’! This is absolutely incredible work sir!!! 2
Randy D Posted Wednesday at 06:45 PM Author Posted Wednesday at 06:45 PM Big thanks to those that took the time to comment!!!! Gary, I don't think much in this hobby is out of your league😀 Jeff, As your build proves, 3d is really cool!!! Thanks Michael Brian S. thank you! Steve, always appreciate you!! Daniel, Thank you and be sure to check out all the great builders in this section of the forum. Brian K., Thank you and really looking forward to your bridge truck build! Tom, Appreciate the kind remarks. Your crane build is an inspiration to all !!! Les, Love it and thank you!! Some work on the sprayer booms. Ref. pics of different trucks and systems... more to follow.... 2
Randy D Posted Wednesday at 06:55 PM Author Posted Wednesday at 06:55 PM Center section of boom examples .... a start on the basic frame... 2
Randy D Posted Wednesday at 07:03 PM Author Posted Wednesday at 07:03 PM A couple of ref. pics for the boom sections.... making up the pillow blocks and hard water lines.... 3
Randy D Posted Wednesday at 07:04 PM Author Posted Wednesday at 07:04 PM That is all for now, Thanks for looking in! Randy 1
BK9300 Posted Wednesday at 07:06 PM Posted Wednesday at 07:06 PM (edited) I knew that MCM notification in my email meant something special would be waiting. Fabulous attention to detail, Randy - good thing your truck has a brass frame and metal suspensions. Awesome work! Edited Friday at 04:00 PM by BK9300 Typo 1
Biggu Posted Wednesday at 08:13 PM Posted Wednesday at 08:13 PM This is awesome.... crafted like a fine watch maker.... your metal work is more than something to behold...I love looking at this come together, every time I look I see something I missed the first time, your 'welding', soldering is just perfect.... man this is cool...
BDSchindler Posted Wednesday at 09:25 PM Posted Wednesday at 09:25 PM I have got to learn how to solder like this...words escape me, Randy 1
vincen47 Posted Thursday at 12:08 AM Posted Thursday at 12:08 AM Your metal fabrication skills are mind blowing. 1
Straightliner59 Posted Friday at 08:27 AM Posted Friday at 08:27 AM On 9/3/2025 at 12:45 PM, Randy D said: Daniel, Thank you and be sure to check out all the great builders in this section of the forum. Oh, yes! I've been admiring a certain crane! 1
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