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Very fine detail and modeling skills ..... Hats off to ya! I am yet again blown away at the brass work......very nice indeed.....
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How ya coming on ya Gator, Dan?
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Thanks again everyone! :) Sorry about the delay in not posting progress..... Here are some finish up pics of the cab project.
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KA-RAZY!!!!!!!!! Excellent job!
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Holy crap that looks amazing. Nice work.
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Thanks again guys!!!
The custom decals from Mark Wikner arrived. The quality is very good. They are the peel and stick variety. I had LOTS and LOTS of trouble with the RoGator hood decals. Luckily I had lots of extras made up, I needed them! It was almost impossible to get a perfect line. They still are not perfect, but good. I have an extra set if I decide to re-do the hood.... Overall, I'm thrilled! The RoGator can now live up to it's namesake!!! A big first in this 4 month long model building mission. http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL25/.../395137304.jpg This rig just SCREAMS AgChem RoGator!!! :D http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL25/.../395136657.jpg The AgChem logo and the new headlight assemblies really set off the front end and grille nicely. http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL25/.../395136651.jpg Was even able to replicate the "custom" hood arrow stripe I taped onto the real hood. Gives the rig a little more sportiness! http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL25/.../395136659.jpg An oversize decal which I used for the door. Its basically a dealership sticker, like you see on autos. http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL25/.../395136653.jpg The liquid measurement gauges turned out fantastic! http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL25/.../395136646.jpg http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL25/.../395136650.jpg Extra AgChem logos were used to spruce up the plastic fenders. These were where the real ones were stuck on. I want to replace the real fenders on mine so they look this nice! http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL25/.../395136660.jpg The bulk of the day was spent plumbing the various tanks on the sprayer. First I painted the valves, then ran lines to the appropriate locations. Though all this looks like a big mess of spaghetti, The routing from the pump, pump tree to various output points closely duplicate the same routing on the real rig as can be practically done on a 1/16th model. This satisfies the early project goal of keeping the sprayer plumbing accurate and authentic. Not to brag, but this model could be a teaching aid to illustrate the sprayer plumbing.... ::) Anyways, I'm happy. Spent lots of hours, until 1:00AM finishing that project. Here are a couple of views of the underneath side. I'm thrilled that this mess of lines looks like this, organized chaos and clutter, just like the real machine! http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL25/.../395136628.jpg http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL25/.../395136633.jpg The inductor (used to bottom load chemical into the product tank) is finished, just needs polished. http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL25/.../395136634.jpg http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL25/.../395136637.jpg Spent several hours on the foam marker tank to get it finished up. First thing was to super polish the old tarnished finish. Afterwards, I waxed it to slow the re-oxidation process. Used 5 min epoxy to fill the big hole in the top end, then re-sized it to accomodate the valve. Also constructed the little left/right selenoid valves (11 valves used on yesterday's plumbing project.). Mounted it in the cradle and added the water level indicators to finish up. http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL25/.../395136640.jpg http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL25/.../395136643.jpg All this effort pushes the project closer to the boom fabrication phase. I really didn't think it would have taken two months to detail, paint, and finish detail the chassis! ??? And its still not done, but lots closer. Next up is building a replacement exhaust system since I lost the original, and re-engineering a new cab-to-frame mounting system. With the exception of a few minor tasks, the chassis is almost completely finished up! :) |
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Absolutely jaw=dropping :eek: I just don't know what else to say.
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WOW!, Fantastic build......
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Come on now.. Those are pictures of the real one with a little Photoshoping...:D:D:D
This turned out excellent. I commend you on the amount of detail and realism you accomplished. -Mike |
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Your detail and building skills are just amazing work!
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That is absolutely amazing. You captured it down the finest details.
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Hey Dan, Look's great!
Talk to your sticker guy, every time I have vinyl put on my truck and equipment, they spray some liquid on first. And that give's time to line them up, and a pass with the squeege set's them in place. No I don't remember what's in the spray bottle. Hope this help's in the future. Later, Neil#2 aka doodlebug. |
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Thats the real deal there! Nice!
I grew up in Benson,Mn. I welded at LOR-AL back in the yearly 90's, before AG-CHEM bought them out. I was making AIR MAX booms and boxes then. I then welded at Tyler for a few years after high school, before Case bought them out. There I was on Patriot frames, Hyd tanks, and Flex Air booms. My mom still works there, she has been there since 1971. I can really appreciate what you have done here, having see many, many of these built from scratch at full scale. Matt Benson, home of the Moonwalk. |
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Awesome machine, great work!
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Stunning build for sure. Really nice detail work. :D
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The Greatest satisfaction of building a detailed model like that, is sitting back with your feet up admiring your own handy work. It's truly a museum model in every way.
Rob |
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WOOOOOOOOW that is amazing! good on you.
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Very nice. The detail is amazing! It's pretty much a master piece in my eyes. Great work. Just incredible.
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Wooooow
Erik |
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