tom
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Post by tom on Dec 6, 2008 17:05:23 GMT 1
Sheeesh Dave! That's a lot of work. Looks good.
Tom
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Post by cfesmire on Dec 6, 2008 22:55:31 GMT 1
Exceptional modeling David! Looks like a lot of hard work paying off well.
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acd
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Post by acd on Dec 7, 2008 4:50:06 GMT 1
Your Packard really looks great Dave and those wheels look great too. Your picture inspired me to buy six Cadillacs today at a train show just for the wheels. I can't wait to see the completed car.
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Post by DavidJohnson on May 31, 2011 3:54:00 GMT 1
Here is an in-progess photo of a resin casting from Nick Voges, in primer and ready for painting. I've drilled out the windows, and fitted it to a chasis from a Woodland Scenics model. The model is a 1950 Olds 88.
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Post by Sylvain on May 31, 2011 8:31:23 GMT 1
Interesting work on a very nice model!
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Post by cfesmire on May 31, 2011 15:13:52 GMT 1
Dave, this was a solid resin casting you hollowed out?
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Post by DavidJohnson on Jun 1, 2011 5:16:04 GMT 1
Chester, The castings I have from Nick Voges are hollow, but with well formed windows. Some require a small amount of milling to make the roof thinner. The 50 Olds here was thin enough for me to just drill and file out the windows.
Another model I am working on will have the solid transluscent windows.
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Post by nickvoges on Jun 7, 2011 21:37:55 GMT 1
Hello Dave, you made a very good job with drilling out the windows. What will you use for the glass? I´m very curious how you finish with the chrome parts. And you found a good solution for the moveable wheels. The close up photos in the nature are very good, congrats..... Best wishes nick
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Post by DavidJohnson on Oct 12, 2013 3:54:08 GMT 1
For my latest project I began to learn simple resin casting technique. This is a conversion of a Wiking Porsche tractor to resemble a Minneapolis Moline 335. The 335 was manufactured in the late 1950's. The models are for a local friend who has a Minneapolis Moline factory on his model railroad. First photo shows the styrene master test fit onto the front. Here they are ready for painting by airbrush. In the same session I airbrushed a vintage Varney tractor, painted directly over red plastic without modification. I found that the grey primer on the Wiking tractor shows through and adds depth to engine details, where I intentionally left the yellow thin. The fleet is ready for shipment. Well, sort of. My friend needs the tractors for an open house and factory administration did not approve overtime for fabricating stacks and head lights. So these will be installed later by field service. Boxcars hide the factory, or rather the work bench clutter.
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Post by halfasskustoms on Oct 12, 2013 16:13:18 GMT 1
Wow those came out real nice.
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Jerry
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Post by Jerry on Oct 14, 2013 5:06:18 GMT 1
Dave, I am very impressed with your work shown here. It appears that the steering wheels are cast as one piece. If so, I really am impressed, for this is no easy task.
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Post by DavidJohnson on Oct 15, 2013 4:50:10 GMT 1
Jerry, It's nice to hear from you. I should clarify that I resin cast the grille only. Each tractor is a Wiking Porsche.
Dave
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Post by DavidJohnson on Jan 18, 2014 5:35:07 GMT 1
I like the Oxford die cast Edsel but I am not a big fan of Continental kits. Here is how I converted my Edsel. The spare tire and bumper are plastic parts which easily pry off. I protected the model with masking tape while sawing the extension off with a hack saw. Then I filed it back to almost even with the tail lights. The center section of the bumper broke while I was removing the license plate. I replaced it with a bit of Evergreen strip. The spare tire on the black Edsel was lowered a bit and tilted forward.
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Post by Sylvain on Jan 18, 2014 10:15:24 GMT 1
Very interesting, Dave, nice work!
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Post by alcarter on Jan 18, 2014 16:59:57 GMT 1
Great conversion, Dave! Now where did I put my hack saw...
Al Carter
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