Recent content by moon puppy

Those pipes coming down the side of the boiler, are they for the sand? Lot of folks don't know that locomotives used sand on the rails for traction getting started sometimes.

No drawings, no one is going to call you out on it then. :popcorn

Take note how those chevron things on the track links are not worn consistent, the outer ones are more visible, inner are worn...if it were a tire I'd say there's an alignment issue! :rotf

The guys will get in the muck for her. Looks great Glenn!

It was disinformation tactic. Germans tracking the vehicle couldn't tell what direction it was going.

Take it up with the motor pool guys. They don't know front from back.

I'm shocked this has taken shape. Shocked I tell ya! I'd hate to ride in this thing. Matt's Offroad Recovery just had a video about how they had to correct the drive shaft harmonics on the Worlds Largest Off Road Wrecker. Really is a lot of potential in this kit but i'll not do another.

You and I both need to find some lighting for photos. Looks good Mike. :soldier

Nice job Mike.

The rear wheels are a bit bigger than the drums on the axel, I can see misalignment from a build I found on the web. So I found some sprue tub I had in stock and it slipped right over the drum and snugged up the wheel. Now the challenge was to cut two spacers off that tube....:blink Log story...

Google meeting but who's counting. :geekon:

So many nautical terms...confused. Good luck with the casting! :popcorn

Howdy you.. Welcome aboard. Yeah I've said from day one I'll be the one who turns the lights out when everyone has left the forum. We have folks who come and go, you'll see a huge member list. Some just move on from modeling, our forum or whatever else nature brings us. Personally I'm not the...

Way to go Gary. Congrats on a completion. Not a subject seen often. Well done! Good luck on the move!

Thanks guys. I stuffed up the wheel hubs with some 3mm disk, don't know what thickness the sheet was, thick enough for 2 disk each to do the job. Here's a link to the instructions. Follow along with the fun! https://www.mirror-models.com/otter_assembly.pdf Now to figure out how the engine...