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Post by cfesmire on Dec 12, 2006 3:44:29 GMT 1
I think I may have resolved the fender problem by heating the fender and bending it into the cycle shape. Added a channel extension to the frame to mount the bumper to and gave everything a coat of primer to give me a better look at the shapes. Still needs work. new.photos.yahoo.com/stryper50/photo/294928803930702546/1
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Post by Sabuu on Dec 12, 2006 17:02:27 GMT 1
It is starting to look like a fine piece of machinery!
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Post by cfesmire on Jan 2, 2007 2:53:06 GMT 1
I found 2 quarry dump beds on ebay that were on a wooden pallet for a rail car load from Smokey Mtn. Trains. At $6.50 for both, I decided to use them on a truck. Here's a mini tutorial on how I made one an operable dump body on a Sheepscot Autocar DC 97. public.fotki.com/stryper50/1/autocar-build/
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Post by eexjoe on Jan 2, 2007 3:27:37 GMT 1
Great photo tutorial there Chester. Can't wait to see the finished paint and patented weather job. Looks like the elves are gonna get some O.T. tonite , eh? Joe
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Post by cfesmire on Jan 2, 2007 13:46:30 GMT 1
Looks like I'm going to have to back up a little. My old truck guru (George Barrett) tells me the dump bed is way too high. He's right (darn it). So I'll have to make all the workings I did in the lower bed frame fit inside the truck frame.
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Post by cfesmire on Jan 21, 2007 5:45:04 GMT 1
A little harbor scene still very much in progress that I will be using the Ricko Horsch in. I was going to wait to get a Lincoln but the Horsch just screams "Limo" and I transformed a railroad porter into a chauffeur for what looks like a very wealthy girlfriend. By the way, I modeled the returning seaman to look just like Humphrey Bogart. I'd like to add that everything except the figures and Horsch (of course) is scratch built. There's a lot happening on this diorama so if you want the whole enchilada you have to visit here: public.fotki.com/stryper50/tug-diorama/
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Post by Sylvain on Jan 21, 2007 9:21:13 GMT 1
Fine work, Chester, again! May I ask how you do the water?
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Post by BillC on Jan 22, 2007 0:22:52 GMT 1
Another beautiful diorama, Chester!
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Post by eexjoe on Jan 22, 2007 2:14:17 GMT 1
Those limos scare me. When I was a kid I watched that movie "Burnt Offerings". That creepy driver drove an old car like in that driveway scene.
Your dio looks great though Ches ol boy!
Joe
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Post by cfesmire on Jul 17, 2007 12:41:03 GMT 1
I received a small tractor barn kit in resin that I will be using to display ag equipment. Nice castings, here's a glimpse of how it's turning out but there is much yet to do.
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Post by cfesmire on Sept 3, 2007 1:49:38 GMT 1
In response to Christian's request for more photos, here's another of those Roco Zis 5's I like so much. This will eventually have a canopy top on the back and one of the sides dropped for a vegetable hucksters truck. I used a technique where you paint the model a rust color (in this case PolyScale rust with rail tie brown mixed in) and when dry, use spots of rubber cement in places you want to be rusted out. I used a thick liquid mask but the effects are the same. Then paint the vehicle in the color you want and let dry. Carefully peel up the rubber cement and you have a nice peeling paint spot. I followed here with a few washes and the finished it with chalks. On a completely different subject. I'm doing a steam passenger ferry diorama from the early 1900's with the vessel passing a section of Maine coastline. The deer are repainted Preiser stags to match our indiginous whitetail deer. Haven't got the ship yet.
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Post by DavidJohnson on Sept 3, 2007 13:56:07 GMT 1
Tremedous rust texture. And living in the rust belt I know rust.
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Post by cfesmire on Sept 3, 2007 14:20:42 GMT 1
Thanks David, I love rust!
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Post by Christian on Sept 5, 2007 18:12:18 GMT 1
Hmm, is that rust on the deer? Outstanding weathering again Chester!
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Post by cfesmire on Sept 14, 2007 4:39:35 GMT 1
Base model here is the Wiking Pete for this model 353. Lots more to do.
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