Chuck Most Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 Cool seeing another rig rod go together- I've been working on one myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren B Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 SWEET BABY JESUS! That is just killer Ken... thanks for giving me an idea for one of my snap petes (had 4 and built two but didnt know what to do with the other two! PLEASE GIVE US A WIP THREAD HERE? OH my yes we need a complete WIP here for sure.... or at least finish thread from where you are at now, this thing is totally mind blowing......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren B Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 Oops, it's Sunday. Been working on my rat rig. Trying to scrape up all the odds and ends parts for it. a lot of scratch here. Revell 41 Chevy pick up cab. Revell Kenworth W900 Cat engine and drive train. I've been working on the front suspension today. Going with coil springs. Just made the perches. Ken the more i look at the model the more i see, this is totally crazy building. love it and cant wait to see it finished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W-409 Posted October 29, 2011 Share Posted October 29, 2011 (edited) I just made a photo booth. It's just normal box and I sealed it with white paper. Needs to do some cleaning, the seam between those papers is just there, where it shouldn't be. And the second picture shows, that I need better light for that. I'm working on that Funny Car right now, it is completed soon, I hope... Edited October 29, 2011 by W-409 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Cranky Posted October 29, 2011 Share Posted October 29, 2011 Niko, if you buy a piece of poster board, you can use it as a sweep, nice and seamless, your photos will look crisper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W-409 Posted October 29, 2011 Share Posted October 29, 2011 Yeah, that's really good idea! Thanks. Must buy one poster and then I don't have those ugly seams anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diesel Gypsy Posted October 29, 2011 Share Posted October 29, 2011 Here's how my bench looks tonight (7.40pm UK time) And the `41 Plymouth engine I'm working on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Cranky Posted October 29, 2011 Share Posted October 29, 2011 Love these pics . . . I've been at the bench myself, but it's always an iffy proposition and then EYEGORE wants to play photographer! See what I mean? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Cranky Posted October 29, 2011 Share Posted October 29, 2011 Here are some bench pics . . . I use these to help me stay inspired . . . somewhat: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hypermung Posted October 29, 2011 Share Posted October 29, 2011 I'm extremely organised this week... Check out how clean the hobby desk is... Upside down is my 11yo sons 68 R/T Charger (his first ever build that he wants me to post for him once he's finished), & on the cutting board is the start of my latest project.... See the reference picture of the blue plough in the background?.... I'm scratch building one in 1/25 scale Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bandit1 Posted October 29, 2011 Share Posted October 29, 2011 (edited) hey Glenn! i bet you would win the contest "cleanest work bench award" since i have never saw one that clean since i started building when i was about 12 years old! and please tell me about your plow project? Edited October 29, 2011 by bandit1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bandit1 Posted October 30, 2011 Share Posted October 30, 2011 here is mine so far... comments and criticism welcomed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Most Posted October 30, 2011 Share Posted October 30, 2011 I just wonder how you guys keep things so neat and straight- my work area looks like a hobby shop exploded half the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenb Posted October 30, 2011 Share Posted October 30, 2011 My workbench looks like a bomb went off on it tonight. Definitely have to do some tiding up. Been working on the rat rig engine. Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W-409 Posted October 30, 2011 Share Posted October 30, 2011 I just wonder how you guys keep things so neat and straight- my work area looks like a hobby shop exploded half the time. Chuck, you haven't seen my workbench... It's like two hobby shops exploded at the same time in same place. . . . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Cranky Posted October 30, 2011 Share Posted October 30, 2011 I stopped worrying about the messy work bench a few years ago. I must have finally stumbled upon a messy system to keep track of all the tools, etc . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren B Posted October 30, 2011 Share Posted October 30, 2011 (edited) My workbench looks like a bomb went off on it tonight. Definitely have to do some tiding up. Been working on the rat rig engine. Ken That engine is sweet, very nice build!!!!!!! If your workbench looks like a bomb went off then mine must have went thru a hurricane, I really need to get all this organized soon, however now that its getting cold ill be moving my model building inside because my insulated garage isnt so insulated its colder in the garage in the winter than it is outside................... Edited October 30, 2011 by Darren B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Cranky Posted October 30, 2011 Share Posted October 30, 2011 Love these pictures . . . I hope everyone keeps them coming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bandit1 Posted October 30, 2011 Share Posted October 30, 2011 My workbench looks like a bomb went off on it tonight. Definitely have to do some tiding up. Been working on the rat rig engine. Ken hey ken what paint did you use on the kitty motor? was it a brush on or spray? and if its a brush on then where would you go and get it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenb Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 I asked around and some truckers told me that tractor supply sells caterpillar yellow. So I went there. They don't have caterpillar yellow, They have equipment yellow, traffic yellow and cub cadet yellow. This is cub cadet, I'm assuming they sell it to touch up the cadet lawn mowers they sell. The equipment yellow wasn't very bright, looked a little grayish if I remember right. The traffic yellow was what you would use for painting lines in the parking lot, very bright. The cub cadet yellow kind of had that caterpillar look. I decanted some of it through a straw into a jar and airbrushed straight as it was, no thinning. The paint brand is valspar. Dries very slow. I cooked it in the dehydrator over night, about 12 hrs and it still had a very heavy paint odor. Put it back for another 12 or so. It's fine now. A very convincing cat yellow. I'm happy with it. I have a build log for this truck in "on the workbench" listed as rat rig. Should be posting an update to it in a day or so. Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bandit1 Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 I asked around and some truckers told me that tractor supply sells caterpillar yellow. So I went there. They don't have caterpillar yellow, They have equipment yellow, traffic yellow and cub cadet yellow. This is cub cadet, I'm assuming they sell it to touch up the cadet lawn mowers they sell. The equipment yellow wasn't very bright, looked a little grayish if I remember right. The traffic yellow was what you would use for painting lines in the parking lot, very bright. The cub cadet yellow kind of had that caterpillar look. I decanted some of it through a straw into a jar and airbrushed straight as it was, no thinning. The paint brand is valspar. Dries very slow. I cooked it in the dehydrator over night, about 12 hrs and it still had a very heavy paint odor. Put it back for another 12 or so. It's fine now. A very convincing cat yellow. I'm happy with it. I have a build log for this truck in "on the workbench" listed as rat rig. Should be posting an update to it in a day or so. Ken I asked around and some truckers told me that tractor supply sells caterpillar yellow. So I went there. They don't have caterpillar yellow, They have equipment yellow, traffic yellow and cub cadet yellow. This is cub cadet, I'm assuming they sell it to touch up the cadet lawn mowers they sell. The equipment yellow wasn't very bright, looked a little grayish if I remember right. The traffic yellow was what you would use for painting lines in the parking lot, very bright. The cub cadet yellow kind of had that caterpillar look. I decanted some of it through a straw into a jar and airbrushed straight as it was, no thinning. The paint brand is valspar. Dries very slow. I cooked it in the dehydrator over night, about 12 hrs and it still had a very heavy paint odor. Put it back for another 12 or so. It's fine now. A very convincing cat yellow. I'm happy with it. I have a build log for this truck in "on the workbench" listed as rat rig. Should be posting an update to it in a day or so. Ken cool ill hit my local tractor supply up here and see if they have cat yellow! i know they "USE'D " TO!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Cranky Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 I never get tired of seeing these pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxer Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 (edited) I have to feel sorry for cleanliness addicts who must spent hours keeping everything neat on their workbench, sweeping debris up and putting everything back in the slot engineered just for that tool! I was born with a "piles" mentality. There's a pile of tools ... knives, files, tweezers, etc. ... to the right of the cutting mat. Also a pile of sandpaper bits, a pile of cut pieces of rod and styrene bits, a pile of parts that are drying, a pile of parts that are glued and clamped, a pile of parts that are waiting to be installed, a pile of parts that need cleanup and sanding, piles and piles and piles. Thing is, I know whats in each piles. This was how I sorted everything on my desk at work, some piles of paper being a foot high! But ... I knew where everything is. Same goes for my computer desk here and the bench out in the garage. Just ask me for something, anything ... it will only take 5 seconds! Edited October 31, 2011 by Foxer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hypermung Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 hey Glenn! i bet you would win the contest "cleanest work bench award" since i have never saw one that clean since i started building when i was about 12 years old! and please tell me about your plow project? The bench was considerably messier than this but I cleaned all the garbage off it on Fri nite. As for the plow, well I've been inspired by a thread from Chuck Most on his crawler tractor & decided to do something myself out of an old panzer tank... http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=37403&hl=tractor&fromsearch=1...... What good's a tractor without something to pull behind it?...That's where the plow comes in. I had a pair of wheels in the parts box & the rest has just come together from scrap & strip styrene, although I fear the plow may outshine the tractor pulling it................The last pic is the quadrant gear that raises the plow out of the ground & there's about 10 hours of work just in that one little piece....Sheesh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Cranky Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 Very interesting. Please keep it going. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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