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Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2013 5:18 am
by nmanica
KK here she is with her "Load" I'm using TRU-COLOR paint railbox yellow which I think is close to cat yellow and by doing this it will not mess up my airbrush and I think the color looks much richer.
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Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2013 5:24 am
by nmanica
Client wants a tracked front end loader,Great so do a thousand other people! He said " I know you can make one" HaHaHa so I take the GHQ tracked log loader use the booms from a build from some other client,Then "BASH" the Langley bucket and whatever gear I needed to make it happen! I think it happen.
P.S. I have GHQ kits but I'm not using them............yet.
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Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2013 5:30 am
by nmanica
PIcked up this busted up MT car at a swapmeet,and yes it is metal so I guess it can go here,
cleaned it up sanded it primed and painted,wood deck is from SIdeTrack Laser I cut them to fit tapped out new holes for the bloster pins added trucks and "BAM" and yes there is a twin in the works also
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Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2013 6:26 am
by StarCruiser
Does it ever end? Is there no stopping you??
Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2013 8:20 am
by nmanica
StarCruiser wrote:Does it ever end? Is there no stopping you??
The only thing that would stop me is if "I stop thinking out of the box !" and let's not forget all the folks at GHQ for making the BEST DARN white metal kits around !!!!!!!!! becasue without the kits there would be no thread ??? thank you GHQ
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Posted: Thu Mar 14, 2013 4:12 am
by nmanica
So you gotta love going to swapmeets and seeing what other people are selling because it's "broken" or "trash" god I love people like that !!!
SO the mill gon is white metal missing parts,big deal I give the guy a buck the first picture is the after stripping and adding some "parts" second picture is after it's primed.
I know some people are saying" Why did he use white paint"...... good thing you asked !!!when you paint if your top color is light them you use white the top coat will SCREAMMMMMMMMMMM ,what the white paint does is helps the lighter color show thur better and then if your going to paint a dark top coat use your good old gray primer.
I really really reallyyyyy wanted to paint this today !!!! but I held to my own rule.wait 24 hrs between each coat,that is one reason it takes me so long to paint stuff but............ by waiting I get very little tape life off
came across this and I was like "How dare you " dropped a buck and left I will not show you the before pictures very ugly but here they are stripped,I'll dig in the parts box and replace all the missing parts two wheels and a hood.
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Posted: Thu Mar 14, 2013 5:30 am
by nmanica
SO with GHQ's ok I;d like to post this picture,Like i said in the eariler post about using white paint as a primer I just finshed this GP 40 today,the yellow and light blue got the white the dark blue got the gray primer.Can you see it or is it just me ???
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Posted: Thu Mar 14, 2013 10:10 am
by nmanica
Thanks,cama I'll be painting the mill gon sometime on Thursday and this will be a good test it's goign to be a ONL mill gon all blue with yellow ends so we'll see how that comes out,and a "bashed" GHQ wheeled log loader should be picture ready also.
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Posted: Sat Mar 16, 2013 5:19 am
by nmanica
SO got my order from BLMA today this is the first time I'm using there tread decking.......and so far I'm happy.
I'm building the GHQ ladder truck for a very close and dear buddie of mine,little does he know I'm 'tricking it Out" for him !! I hope he likes it?
Here is a baseline picture building going slow due to the arm and hand.
got the steps cut out,I'm using all the little bits I have left over can't waste this stuff
rear view,this was a tough cut,but I got it done.
So I want the entire deck in tread plating and after the mistake last nite I'm going to change things up abit.I filed off the stops for the ladder cover on the left side and the bases for the PEE parts on the right,I wanted to have one large peice of decking.
things are not really square but then it won't be me building it so I'll use the ladder cover as a stop worked out good I was off by 1/100th of an inch !!!! that will never happen again in a zillon years !!!!
SO now I run into a second problem,sometimes I wonder about me ???? being that I filed off the holder for the PEE how do I get them to stay put ?? I guessmated where they should go and drilled thur the decking into the body the small tab on the bottom will act as a holding point??? I hope ???
and here we are at the end of the build so far,comming along will get it done,he's in no rush as he still need's to build the buring building for his layout.
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Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 5:47 am
by nmanica
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 3:08 am
by nmanica
Posted: Sat Mar 23, 2013 5:17 am
by nmanica
Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2013 9:24 am
by nmanica
THE BOY IS BACK !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! been way to long love this kid to death !!!! weather as been really nice so we've been working on the ranch,nice to have help even better when the help is six foot and tougher then nails !! takes a load off an old man's back,weather is iffe this week so we can get the ladder truck done and I got my GHQ order so I need to get the crane done remember that ??? I do,so as time permitts I'll get some building done and psot pictures.
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Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2013 9:20 am
by nmanica
Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2013 6:16 am
by nmanica