Re: Fumotec 490
 

Long paint curing times have majorly slowed me down :( so disappointed with how long i've had to wait, even still parts are dry but if handled too long will leave a mark.
All painting done in my loft which is dry and about room temperature, it even has a window which gets direct sun light through it

Anywhere here's where I've got too still loads to do

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Re: Fumotec 490
 

Looks great!! Keep us updated!

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Nice model and will be a good runner I think.
This type of valve is under concideration for my rebuild now. Anyone that can get feedback how they perform.
What size of pump did you go for?


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Re: Fumotec 490
 

Worked perfectly in my machine with the pump supplied by Fumotec, its exactly the same valves which he use in the 490 except made of steel instead

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Only valves I'll use, haven't had any problems with those valves and pump. A lil' pricey but superior quality!! I'm sure you will find out :)

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It lives again! Only really the cab and stickers to finish it of. I have some of the smaller detailed parts like hand rails to fit if i decide to put them on or not?

http://i721.photobucket.com/albums/w...F53B3782E6.jpg

http://i721.photobucket.com/albums/w...36866BD045.jpg

http://i721.photobucket.com/albums/w...97D315F3B6.jpg

http://i721.photobucket.com/albums/w...C09E45138A.jpg

http://i721.photobucket.com/albums/w...C0D34F3F2E.jpg

http://i721.photobucket.com/albums/w...6317C10DF4.jpg

http://i721.photobucket.com/albums/w...50A926A415.jpg

Kind of hard to get a picture of the rotating bucket but here it is

http://i721.photobucket.com/albums/w...59B43FAA0F.jpg

http://i721.photobucket.com/albums/w...D813475190.jpg

The battery hidden in the counter weight

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Re: Fumotec 490
 

So this happened :rolleyes:

https://i.ibb.co/fDqzcpq/F7-FE5275-A...5368529-A9.jpg
https://i.ibb.co/HYFGvZW/0-B85-A9-AF...ECCF95-E52.jpg

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Ooh, It's in pieces & unpainted again. What went wrong with it?

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Oh the humanity...

What's the new color going to be?

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I had a terrible time with paint, it never really cured and could chip off with the slightest knock. So after much thought I decided to strip it and repaint it using an airbrush instead of spray cans.
So far I’m really glad that I’ve done it, there was things I wasn’t happy with the first time round so this has given me a chance to repair/fix these which will hopefully improve the machine. Anyway it slowly goes back together. Still loads more painting to be done

https://i.ibb.co/pw1pYjx/52-C8-B5-C6...75-B5536-E.jpg
https://i.ibb.co/bNc3zqP/373-FBF13-E...88-EA8-E01.jpg
https://i.ibb.co/zmBQ2zF/2-EAA001-B-...1-C86578-D.jpg
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Much better!!! I can tell the difference. Any videos of the rotating bucket?

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Looking good Calum :cool:

Have you used it lots?

And yeah, how's that rotary screener working for ya?

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liftmys10 - thanks I'm super happy with how its turning out.

Joe - sadly I have not used it since I originally painted it! Disgraceful I know :( I will aim for completing it this year for some summer digging.
I cant comment on the screen either, as its yet to touch any dirt...

Been distracted building and painting other trucks, but I should be back to this soon enough

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A screener showed up in the mail Friday, pretty simple bit of kit to put together, Frank does good work. :cool:

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Note to self - Do not try and paint 2 projects at once!

A shed load of sanding, filling, primer, paint, anger, more sanding, more filling, more painting and some clear coat later progress is being made!

Currently down to the last 4 main items, everything else is hanging up curing and waiting to be fitted. Alongside a Tamiya Scania which i'm building :cool:

https://i.ibb.co/3hrVH6S/IMG-20190513-214908.jpg

https://i.ibb.co/MkkJSfX/IMG-20190513-214937.jpg

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Finally the painting comes nearly to an end, only the cab and interior parts left to do :rolleyes:

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https://i.ibb.co/jDXgQhZ/IMG-20190519-091337.jpg

Assembly begins, far easier this time around as I know what parts I struggled with the last time - these hose fittings were a nightmare before because I installed the hard pipes then put the plastic hose on. Trying to tighten these connectors without damaging anything was near impossible.

Better results this time :cool:

https://i.ibb.co/Dp93ybq/IMG-20190525-222738.jpg

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Re: Fumotec 490
 

Looks great in the new paint

I love the tiny castle nuts, are the bolts crossdrilled yet?

Re: Fumotec 490
 

Thanks, really happy with it. Its not perfect but trying to a flawless finish in your house is near impossible, you've never seen dust like it until that clear coat goes on :rolleyes:

Yes drilled already, waiting on some 1mm split pins to turn up

Calum

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A little more done tonight

Started of with the hard pipes - the screws that hold the pipes on was a nervous job, trying not to scrape any paint but I got away with apart from a little mark.

Then all the pivot holes cleaned out from paint, the ram was put into its place and the stick mounted to the boom :D

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Calum

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Well it lives again :cool:

Everything connected up, oil in the tank, bled it up and checked for leaks - so far the only one was a return pipe to the tank which was a quick fix.

I've been painting interior parts in the meantime - a mixture of airbrushing and hand painting

https://i.ibb.co/Qb1pVkJ/IMG-20190616-142558.jpg

https://i.ibb.co/rt33Xy0/IMG-20190616-142603.jpg

Also last weekend got the final coats of yellow on the door and cab, those were clear coated and left to harden up. I've given them a light grey colour inside. Next job will be to glue the windows in and mount the door

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And yesterday it was time to test it out, just some light digging whilst I set pump speeds and pressures. I mainly just wanted to see how a trial went, lasted nearly 1 hour on a 5000mah battery which I'm happy with :D
Then as the battery was coming to an end my swing stopped working :rolleyes: soooo thats was the end of that, packed up and back on the bench I removed the motor and gears to find a grub screw loose... A dob of Loctite and back in it goes!

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