Forum: Static Conversions
03-17-2023, 04:45 PM
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Forum: Construction Equipment
03-14-2023, 05:03 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 35
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Forum: Construction Equipment
03-13-2023, 03:10 PM
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Replies: 34
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Re: Back to the Fifties
Thanks....
The latch is something "smallHaul" thought up years ago, as the bed goes up a spring pulls the latch down then a bend under the bed pushes it back up as it comes back down all mechanical....
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Forum: Construction Equipment
03-12-2023, 12:05 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 35
Re: Back to the Fifties
Ok....I'm kind of new at scratch building small detail pieces with brass stuff so some of this may look a little amateurish to some of the builders ....
A builder on another site was kind enough to...
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Forum: Construction General Discussion
03-09-2023, 01:07 PM
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Replies: 54
Views: 4,518
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Forum: Highway Trucks and Trailers
03-08-2023, 04:14 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 2,895
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Forum: Highway Trucks and Trailers
03-08-2023, 04:12 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 6,570
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Forum: Highway Trucks and Trailers
03-08-2023, 04:10 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 5
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Forum: Construction Equipment
03-08-2023, 12:18 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 35
Re: Back to the Fifties
Frizzen... Brain storming is always good....I have the floor pressed tight against that tab on the cab so it's kind of a friction latch...
ddmckee54...Ahhh... new ray I gotcha now... I'll keep my...
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Forum: Construction Equipment
03-06-2023, 03:47 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 35
Re: Back to the Fifties
Frizzen... That's a good idea about drilling some hole for tie-wraps.. I just don't lay things out wisely...I lay it out and it looks like it makes sense but when I start sticking it down.... not so...
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Forum: Construction Equipment
03-05-2023, 12:59 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 35
Re: Back to the Fifties
Time to wire this thing up....
just the basics, headlights, tail lights, back-up lights, bed lift....
One of the first things I do is slip a piece of cut off insulation, red and black on the LED...
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Forum: Construction Equipment
03-03-2023, 04:30 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 35
Re: Back to the Fifties
ddmckee54... do you remember a brand name or anything....
Frizzen...Gasoline ally did have a smith miller air horn but the picture was kind of blurry... I haven't ordered anything yet
They also had...
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Forum: Construction Equipment
03-02-2023, 05:45 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 35
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Forum: Mechanical tech
03-02-2023, 01:16 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 5,127
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Forum: Electronics tech
03-02-2023, 01:15 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 8
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Forum: Electronics tech
03-01-2023, 04:49 PM
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Replies: 7
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Re: Ramp control on Bruder trailer
One thing I have learned in this hobby is sometimes you just have to "try it" sometimes it works...sometimes it doesn't.. If you can afford to drop 15 bps on an experiment I would try
it... I doubt...
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Forum: Construction Equipment
03-01-2023, 04:36 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 35
Re: Back to the Fifties
Yeah, I have a set of Structo air horns, wipers, and mirrors, for a Structo dump truck I have .... they a little more toy like than I want....but I'll scan thru there again in case I missed something
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Forum: Construction Equipment
02-28-2023, 10:57 AM
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Replies: 34
Views: 35
Re: Back to the Fifties
Semi tractor you say..... :rolleyes:
Well these are reproduction cabs, and the dump beds ( I bought 4 from a guy) were rusty and a little bent up and some were missing tail gates so the collectors...
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Forum: Tracked Utility Vehicles
02-27-2023, 01:19 PM
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Replies: 4
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Re: My newly built track tractor truck
That's pretty cool.... I like the innovation, you really can do a lot with the WPL gear....
I have a Q60 cab I want to do something different with at some point, just not sure what...
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Forum: Construction Equipment
02-27-2023, 01:09 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 35
Re: Back to the Fifties
Funny you should mention running boards :D
I doubled up on the springs and they are pretty stiff, if they do bottom out a lot I'll just load it lighter LOL
Yeah the cab hinges are kind of odd,...
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Forum: Construction Equipment
02-27-2023, 01:02 PM
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Replies: 65
Views: 66
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Forum: Construction Equipment
02-26-2023, 04:28 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 35
Re: Back to the Fifties
So... I made a "floor" for the truck so I have a place to mount stuff... and create my rats nest of wiring....
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52698572449_ddeb6d175f_z.jpg
And I created this...
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Forum: Euro Style Trucks and Trailers
02-26-2023, 02:53 PM
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Replies: 62
Views: 25,771
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Forum: Construction Equipment
02-24-2023, 12:49 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 35
Re: Back to the Fifties
Wish I had seen this sooner I would have done my rear view mirrors differently.. but I'll go with what I have
I'll get an update out this weekend.
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Forum: General Discussion
02-24-2023, 12:47 PM
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Replies: 8
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Re: Battle Bots
Yes 250lbs.....and that fight last night with Minotaur was a great fight....
I know right....they found gold alright... about 12 years ago.... now it's the most watched reality show on cable ....
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