perez
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Post by perez on Mar 4, 2008 19:32:37 GMT 1
wheew! it starting to get hot ova here. nice cars u made there David! does the wheels roll?
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Post by DavidJohnson on Mar 7, 2008 3:54:33 GMT 1
wheew! it starting to get hot ova here. nice cars u made there David! does the wheels roll? Nope, they don't roll. I'm happy just to achieve a level ride with all 4 wheels touching the ground.
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Post by Sylvain on Mar 7, 2008 10:08:40 GMT 1
Fabulous work on the Packards, Dave, congratulations!
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Post by DavidJohnson on Apr 9, 2008 3:42:45 GMT 1
Growing up in the homestate of Greyhound I knew of three types of buses--- school, city, and Greyhound. Ok, I'm not much of a bus guy but when CMW made a bus in Greyhound livery I had to have one. I shortened the mounting pegs for the mirrors and sanded their outer edge thinner. Also painted the wheels and interior, and added a driver. Here is a link to Don's Bus page where I found some Greyhound PD4103 photos. They are images B134, and B159, 160, 161. www.angelfire.com/al/silverball/don.htmlenjoy, Dave
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Lee
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Post by Lee on Apr 10, 2008 2:01:01 GMT 1
You did a lot more than just the mirrors. Repainted the seats including a white top on each seat. Driver also. You also cut a line for the front have of the door. The first thing that I did was thin the front strip.
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Post by DavidJohnson on Apr 10, 2008 3:47:01 GMT 1
You did a lot more than just the mirrors. Repainted the seats including a white top on each seat. Driver also. You also cut a line for the front have of the door. The first thing that I did was thin the front strip. Do you mean reshaping the chrome strip that holds the destination board and turn signals? Now than is ambitious as it means repairing the hole left behind.
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Post by cfesmire on Apr 10, 2008 23:33:08 GMT 1
Your chrome looks a bit brighter than the bus I had in my hands Dave. I wouldn't be surprised if you did your BMF magic there too.
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Post by DavidJohnson on Apr 11, 2008 1:22:28 GMT 1
Chester, It must be the lighting. Too much of the light came from a single incandescent bulb! But I did use a tiny bit of BMF On the backside of the clear headlights, and as fog lights behind those slots in the bumper. The fog lights could use some improvement. Dave
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eexjoe
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Post by eexjoe on Apr 11, 2008 23:07:27 GMT 1
Beautiful job on that Greyhound!!
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Post by DavidJohnson on Nov 12, 2008 2:59:57 GMT 1
The owner of a model railroad where I operate asked me to build the GHQ Bobcat for him. The Bobcat would be too modern, but its precessor the Melroe M400 fit his era. This was introduced in 1960 and was the original skid steer loader. A few years later it became the Bobcat. ( I learned this history preparing for this project.) The car body and engine are scratch built from styrene and bits of brass. The loader must do some work, and this GHQ manure spreader was built for the same individual. Weathering was most fun.
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tom
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Post by tom on Nov 13, 2008 0:50:59 GMT 1
Nice work David! I can almost smell the spreader...
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Post by Christian on Nov 13, 2008 1:16:28 GMT 1
Hehe. Great modelling Dave, I like those a lot!
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Post by cfesmire on Nov 13, 2008 2:53:57 GMT 1
No doubt weathering on a manure spreader is mandatory. Nice job Dave.
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Post by RAOlson on Nov 13, 2008 23:12:26 GMT 1
Love the Melrose skid steer!
Did you also build the Chevy/GMC truck? If so, is that the Wiking cab or a resin copy?
Richard O.
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Post by DavidJohnson on Nov 14, 2008 0:31:48 GMT 1
Thanks, guys.
The Chevy truck is the Alloy Forms model.
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