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Post by cfesmire on Jul 3, 2012 15:38:06 GMT 1
Many of you may be familiar with what is being referred to as the Route 87 modules. I am reconfiguring the rural farm scene I did a few years ago to a stone cutting and finishing facility of the late 20's and early 30's. The first vehicle to occupy it is a Model AA Ford from Jordan as a finished stone hauler (gravestones, Mill stones etc.) I am building a small derrick for loading/unloading stones to the dock area and remembered an old crab (hand cranked winch) that used to be behind my grandfathers barn for the power. This built from memory out of styrene and old watch parts.
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Post by Cor_DutchArt on Jul 4, 2012 10:39:03 GMT 1
If you told us this crab was a real 1/1 we would believe that immidiately.
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Post by cfesmire on Nov 20, 2012 3:22:26 GMT 1
Done several wreckers of the '37 Chevy from Sylvan but put a fendered bed on this one.
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Post by DavidJohnson on Nov 20, 2012 3:59:03 GMT 1
Chester, I always like your wreckers! Dave
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Post by Sylvain on Nov 21, 2012 11:04:21 GMT 1
Beautiful, Chester, as always!
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Post by cfesmire on Nov 25, 2012 6:09:46 GMT 1
Thanks. I transformed this Imex "Peterbilt" into an early 50's 'Iron nose' Pete.
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Post by cfesmire on Dec 20, 2012 0:41:11 GMT 1
This 848 Kenworth logger was built from an Athearn KW chopped up with new fenders, grille, bumper and air cleaners. The logging unit is from Dennis Aust Models.
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Post by DavidJohnson on Dec 20, 2012 1:36:50 GMT 1
Impressive! In summary it sounds so simple, yet I found myself studying and appreciating a lot of detail on the logger.
Dave
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Post by Meguntic on Dec 20, 2012 12:16:57 GMT 1
Chester:
That one goes to the top of your list, thanks for sharing.
Dwight
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Post by cfesmire on Jan 5, 2013 1:15:51 GMT 1
OK I've been pretty busy so I'm just going to show a bunch of pics of recently finished stuff. Starting with this cheap cast metal boat I covered in wood strips. Then there's this Sylvan White 4000 done in an oil field boom truck. I had one of the Athearn F850's in kit form and with some piping done on the bed turned this into a reinforcing rod (for concrete) delivery truck. This has acrylic paints shot through the airbrush, surprisingly decent results for an acrylic.
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Post by Cor_DutchArt on Jan 6, 2013 23:44:26 GMT 1
Great models Chester!
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Post by DavidJohnson on Jan 9, 2013 14:30:49 GMT 1
Great work Chester. As always I love your truck models modified for the job they do. I'm glad you picked up the boat on the cheap, 'cause there's a hole in it Dave
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Post by cfesmire on Jan 13, 2013 5:21:32 GMT 1
Thank you. A quick one nighter here in the Sylvan '37 Chevy with a scratch built bed with wood deck.
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Post by cfesmire on Jan 24, 2013 2:02:13 GMT 1
As you may have guessed, I had a few of these Sylvan '37 Chevy's laying about. This one has had 1 1/2 tanker bodies from Jordan spliced together and a walkway bed built for underneath it. I really dirtied this one up.
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Post by cfesmire on Feb 1, 2013 16:08:13 GMT 1
This is the Brockway 758 resin kit from Ralph Ratcliffe. Added to the kit are the quarter fenders, heat shield, mud flaps and side marker lights.
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