Talbert 25 ton tag trailer progress pics

[eexjoe]

Hey all,

I recently updated my Fotki site to include progress pics of a Talbert AC3-25 tag trailer that i've been working on of late.
I painted it yesterday and in a week or so will start the decaling and adding the wood deck.

public.fotki.com/eex-joe/talbert_ac3-25__25/

Regards,
Joe Enriquez

[skunk]

Simply unbelievable. I really like the way you make the rims. How did you make the bolts, and how did you fashion the tiny oval holes?

[eexjoe]

Thanks for the compliment Skunk.
The wheels and rims were cut from solid ABS rod, which is an absolutely incredible material to work with.
The wheel bolts are brass wire that was inserted through holes drilled in the rims. The ovals were made by hand with several sizes of drill bits. I wish they came out better but without a milling machine they're kind of tough to do.

Joe

[skunk]

So you drilled two holes, close together, and then you just cleared out the middle area? Making six exact copies seems like rather dreary work...

[cfesmire]

Håkan, he's got a whole bunch of elves (see pic #32) doing all the mundane tasks so he can move on to the fun stuff. They are VERY talented elves. Great work!

[nickvoges]

Joe,
thats out of this world. Even this moveable parts are incredible. And the idea with the rims is genial. Will try something similar for cars now. As well its a lot of work to show all steps with photos, but brings us a lot of fun. Good luck with this project.
nick ingmar

[seveyd]

I am a great admirer of your work! The detailing of all your models is incredible! I love the idea of the jig to hold the super structure in place. What where the ROCO Models you cut the suspension for the trailer from? I noticed in your previous models, along with this trailer the details of the break drums, Bendix Air distributors and universal joints on the truck models. Did you make them or were they sourced through some else?

[eexjoe]

Thanks for the comps Seveyed.
The suspension for this model was made from the dolley section from Roco #1402 , the equipment trailers.
I make alot of my own parts but I also use parts like driveshaft ends from Kibri and others.
A lot of times I also find items sold as model RR detail parts to be of use.

Joe

[skunk]

eexjoe said:

I make alot of my own parts but I also use parts like driveshaft ends from Kibri and others.
A lot of times I also find items sold as model RR detail parts to be of use.

Joe

True! The RR sections in US hobby shops are often quite impressive. I think that for a scratch builder, life is much easier here in the US than it is in Germany. There, so much can be purchased complete, that many of the scratch building tools and materials are not available.

On the mo87 board, it seems that only about one in ten modellers can even access evergreen styrene. So not everything is better in Germany for the 87th scale vehicle modeller.

[Marc S.]

skunk said:

On the mo87 board, it seems that only about one in ten modellers can even access evergreen styrene. So not everything is better in Germany for the 87th scale vehicle modeller.

I think you can get Evergreen styrene all over Germany; you just need to know that it exists and where to look. Traditionally, model cars and railroads are sold through what we call toy shops. Evergreen, however, is usually stocked by specialized model kit and R/C-shops, together with wood of all sorts and shapes, chains, metal and plastic profiles, tools etc. - everything ship, plane, and R/C builders need to be happy.

People building 1/87th scale rarely look at those specialty stores as the offerings tend to be in much larger scales.

Marc S.

[skunk]

Aha! So, maybe it is that here the hobby stores have to stock everything in one place?

[eexjoe]

Here's the finished trailer minus the wheels.





Joe

[DavidJohnson]

Joe,
An amazing piece of scratch building, right down to the small details. Thankyou for showing the in-progress photos so we can truly appreciate what went into the construciton of this model.

Dave

[BillC]

Beautiful work, Joe.

[eexjoe]

Thanks guys.
I'll let you know when I get the wheels casted, on , and it's finished.

Joe