1970 Ford C 600

[Jürgen M.]

That is one awesome paint job Jeff!

The scheme and the execution. Lot of passion in there!

[Biggu]

20 minutes ago, Jürgen M. said:

That is one awesome paint job Jeff!

The scheme and the execution. Lot of passion in there!

Thanks for the very kind words my friend ..

[Daverde]

That’s awesome work I love it!!

[Firebuilder]

Nice work, tank and platform look really good!

[Gary Chastain]

Nice clean paint line well done

[Biggu]

54 minutes ago, Gary Chastain said:

Nice clean paint line well done

Thanks mate , and it was a masking job I didn’t mess with, I just ran the tape around the cab, burnished it a bit and shot the paint. May be I should stop messing and fretting, seems I get better results. 🙄😉

[Biggu]

So as mentioned earlier, the ‘bumper’ for the tank had a noticeable ‘droop’ to one side. It is just part of what happens when printing. It is not an exact science yet but sure is close 😉, I initially thought I would leave it as it is part of the tank frame and it wouldn’t be an easy fix as well it may not look too bad.  But upon reflection and looking at it over and over I decided it was just ‘bent’ enough to make the whole thing look off ‘kilter’. So, a couple sleepless nights got put to good use and I got to thinking how I could try and  straighten the bumper a bit.  As it was pretty much all assembled, taking it apart was not in the cards and trying to cut it off was out of the question as the resin is very brittle and must be handled with care. I decided I would take a small piece of square aluminum tubing , glue it to the bottom of the bumper , well clamped and that may take a little of the droop out of the bumper. And on e painted the aluminum tube would not be that noticeable. It’s not a 100% perfect adjustment but it looks better to my old eyes.  I’m happy with the results. 

[ShakyCraftsman]

5 minutes ago, Biggu said:

So as mentioned earlier, the ‘bumper’ for the tank had a noticeable ‘droop’ to one side. It is just part of what happens when printing. It is not an exact science yet but sure is close 😉, I initially thought I would leave it as it is part of the tank frame and it wouldn’t be an easy fix as well it may not look too bad.  But upon reflection and looking at it over and over I decided it was just ‘bent’ enough to make the whole thing look off ‘kilter’. So, a couple sleepless nights got put to good use and I got to thinking how I could try and  straighten the bumper a bit.  As it was pretty much all assembled, taking it apart was not in the cards and trying to cut it off was out of the question as the resin is very brittle and must be handled with care. I decided I would take a small piece of square aluminum tubing , glue it to the bottom of the bumper , well clamped and that may take a little of the droop out of the bumper. And on e painted the aluminum tube would not be that noticeable. It’s not a 100% perfect adjustment but it looks better to my old eyes.  I’m happy with the results. 

Great fix Buddy.

Ron G 

[Biggu]

2 minutes ago, ShakyCraftsman said:

Great fix Buddy.

Ron G 

Thanks Bud, took some unused brain power, but I think it was successful. 

[ShakyCraftsman]

2 minutes ago, Biggu said:

Thanks Bud, took some unused brain power, but I think it was successful. 

So you found that last brain cell...lol

😆🤣😂🤣

 

Ron G 

[Biggu]

12 minutes ago, ShakyCraftsman said:

So you found that last brain cell...lol

😆🤣😂🤣

 

Ron G 

I guess so

[BK9300]

Tube looks like it was meant to be there all along - good idea!

[Jürgen M.]

Awesome job Pal! 👍 

This is gonna be a real eye catcher. 

[Biggu]

20 minutes ago, BK9300 said:

Tube looks like it was meant to be there all along - good idea!

Thanks Brian, that was the only thing I could come up with that didn’t require a complete rebuild. I was just lucky I had a piece of square tube. It is tucked under nicely. Thanks for checking in. 

[Gary Chastain]

Great fix, well done