BlackDavy's workbench

[blackdavy]

Tyco dozers were probably modeled close to Cletrac. I have done a bunch of research and have started my conversion.

Below is a AG-6 ref. photo with Tyco Dozer cut up and then Mods added.

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[blackdavy]

I used Auto CAD to draw up the front grill and Cletrac symbols sized to 1/87 and printed out. I'm working on getting it primed and more details added.

[halfasskustoms]

Good job.

[blackdavy]

Started working on my first white metal model ever, the Wheel Works 34 Ford dump truck. The Conway Coal Company had two Ford Coal trucks a 32 and 34, the 32 had a dump bed similar to the model but the 34 had a large scissors lift dump bed and this is what I am going to replicate. I have some distance shots that have given me the idea of how big the bed was.

The cab is 5 pieces, now I must have taken this apart countless times due to filing and sanding the roof the overhang on the doors and back were just way to much. I added some small aluminum details on the front nose, such as the V8 emblem on the grill the ford oval and chrome detail on top of radiator shroud.

The dump bed is made from an black satin aluminum clad plastic laminate sample, I sanded the laminate of the back to leave a small amount for rigidity and bent the sides out at the top, brass square stock is used for the side braces (only front and rear on the real one) the dump bed bottom was some other metal sample cut to size.

One question is what do you guys use to hold these multi piece cabs in place while you glue them so they stay inline. I used my homemade magnetic base but after taking it apart multiple times I just sort of winged it.

[blackdavy]

I started on adding a driver to the coal truck. There really is no room for a HO guy to sit in an HO truck, go figure. I took a bunch out waist to shorten him up, cut off his feet, shaved off the front of the legs shaved off most of his butt and a bunch of his back. The left leg was cut off and bent into position the right are cut and shaped to hold the shifter. The left arm needed just a tad of adjustment so it will hold the wheel. I had to add a floor pan to mount the seat and floor shifters. I added a lunch box and thermos so he won't go hungry. 

[alcarter]

You probably should add some 1/87 pain killers for the poor guy, considering all the surgery he has been through!

In a closed vehicle, I often use an N scale person, because they fit right in and are "big enough" to give the viewer the impression of a driver (or passengers).

Al Carter

[blackdavy]

Thanks Al I'll keep that in mind next time I try to jam a guy in.

[Christian]

Hi & welcome. The Wheel Works kits have been around for a long time and they must have sold a lot of them but you hardly ever see one finished, so I am rather curious about that project.
Also, nice info on the Tyco dozer and a great little conversion!