Thread: T&J 1950's Tow Truck

Bret is back in scale model building...
Got to get a seat on this build...always great photos and build notes..
Cheers, peter

I am in on this one Bret great to have you back building again. It looks like a great truck

Great start but you made me head hurt. LOL
Looked through the pictures and we're building a wrecker down a ways and it's another build, had to back track to see whats going on.
I started to buy these plans but then got into another train build, now I'll get to see what I missed.

Hey Bret,

That is BEAUTIFUL - top, top stuff mate

Regards

Keith

Originally Posted by htl

Great start but you made me head hurt. LOL
Looked through the pictures and we're building a wrecker down a ways and it's another build, had to back track to see whats going on.
I started to buy these plans but then got into another train build, now I'll get to see what I missed.

Sorry HTL. Maybe I should start a new thread for the Mack Superliner. I never did start one for it. I thought I did a long time ago but I can't find it.

Originally Posted by crowie

Bret is back in scale model building...
Got to get a seat on this build...always great photos and build notes..
Cheers, peter

Thank You Peter.

Originally Posted by Dalboy

I am in on this one Bret great to have you back building again. It looks like a great truck

Thank You Derek..

Bret

Originally Posted by Keith_1

Hey Bret,

That is BEAUTIFUL - top, top stuff mate

Regards

Keith

Thank You Keith.

Bret

Had a very nice evening last night for this time a year. A rain storm came through about 5p and brought the temp from 97* down to 80*. It was wonderful in the shop so spent 2 hours out there last night after work.

Rear axle spacer I glued this up from 2 scraps.

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One awesome thing about these full size plans is you can just measure right off of them and start marking your parts.

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Gluing the axle in place.

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So here is a little mess up I fixed. The axle block came out just a hair too narrow. So off to the hardwood model cutoffs drawer.

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Found this piece.

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To fill in this gap. I don't really like showing my mistakes but they happen and the fun is finding a way to fix them so that nobody notices.

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Front axle.

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I took the front axle over to the router table to round over the edges but the hole in my table was too big and the axle tilted and I ended up have to hand sand it all down. Almost mucked it up.

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Quick Mockup

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These spacers are for the rear bogies so they can articulate a little bit.

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You may notice my holes are a different size. The plans call for 5/16" axles but in my opinion that is way out of scale so I went with 1/4" instead.

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Hope to get some more progress done today. Since we had the storm last night it is suppose to only be 93* today so let's hope.

Thanks for stopping in.

Bret

The build is looking good. I have a scrap draw like with loads of bits and pieces certainly have had to dive into it when I need a small piece made and don't want to cut a chunk off the end of a whole board.

Looking good Bret it is good to see people making these silly mistakes and find that we all learn from them when we make them.


I never make mistakes just don't read my last post in my build

Mistakes are my helpers domain,

I just re-engineer.......

Good progress Bret, keep cool. Cheers, Peter

Originally Posted by crowie

Mistakes are my helpers domain,

I just re-engineer.......

Good progress Bret, keep cool. Cheers, Peter

Thank You Peter.

Originally Posted by Dalboy

The build is looking good. I have a scrap draw like with loads of bits and pieces certainly have had to dive into it when I need a small piece made and don't want to cut a chunk off the end of a whole board.

Looking good Bret it is good to see people making these silly mistakes and find that we all learn from them when we make them.


I never make mistakes just don't read my last post in my build

Derek I couldn't imagine a master like you making a mistake. I really like your scrap drawer by the way. Good stuff in there.

Bret

I have made lousy progress on the tow truck and anything project wise. Between the triple digit heat, inventory at work, and minor health issue I have not got much done. However I have made a few small bits. Wanted to post it up so you guys didn't think I abandoned this thread.

The springs for the front axle you can see on the right.

The main piece in the photo is one of the two rear axle assemblies.

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Thank goodness for this awesome fan I have.

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And this Endura Cool head wrap that keeps me cool and sweat out of my face but makes me look stupid.

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This little vise my father in law gave me many years ago works great for these small pieces.

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Holes drilled out
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Rounding over the tubes with small hand files.

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Rounding over the casing. I used the router with a roundover bit to make the front axle but using the file by hand was much better.

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That's number one roughed out.

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That's it for now. Thanks for stopping in.

Bret

Looking good Bret and it is always great to get back making. A little late now but when the rear axle housing was still attached to the long length of wood could you not have routed it then while you had something that you can clamp to hold it while routing. I know it would mean that it would need to be cut to shape on the timber, hope that made sense.

There is an old saying "He who never made a mistake never made anything"

As for looking silly who cares as long as it helps make you feel comfortable sound like something I could do with

Yes Bret, Life can sometimes get in the way of our enjoyable hobby plus you have 2 boys who need your attention not to mention one having a birthday next week...

Saying all that, you are one top model maker Bret, keep the good work coming, even if slowly.. Cheers, Peter

bj383ss
Looking great!!!
May I make a suggestion if you have a copier just copy and print the parts, cut them out and with some stick Elmore's glue stick it to the wood and save yourself a lot a work and mistakes.
I tried the spray on glue but it didn't like me.
Then just belt sand the paper off and your all set and way ahead of the game.