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    I can ramble on abit I am told.So this is the remaining bonnet photos
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    Looking very good Aussie.....Enjoy making the truck, the final model looks great. I made two of these to the same plans about 5 years ago for my grandsons.One of the trucks still exists and it was treated with moderate respect and withstood the rigours of boys playing with trucks. The other one went overboard on a yacht trip to the Whitsundays and probably is still slowly making its way across the South Pacific,
    Keep the posts coming, its interesting to see how you are making it,
    Ruddy
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    While my thoughts were busy hatchin'
    If I only had a brain.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ruddy View Post
    Looking very good Aussie.....Enjoy making the truck, the final model looks great. I made two of these to the same plans about 5 years ago for my grandsons.One of the trucks still exists and it was treated with moderate respect and withstood the rigours of boys playing with trucks. The other one went overboard on a yacht trip to the Whitsundays and probably is still slowly making its way across the South Pacific,
    Keep the posts coming, its interesting to see how you are making it,
    Ruddy
    Have you got any photos Ruddy.
    I have no idea how anyone else would go about building this model>I am following my nose and Putting it all out there .Send me a pm if I am doing something different or wrong.I am really puting this on so I can get better.If no one tells me I may never know.
    Cheers Aussie
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    Wheres the blown big block ??Looking great Aussie keep it coming

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    Quote Originally Posted by scotty60 View Post
    Wheres the blown big block ??Looking great Aussie keep it coming
    Could be coming one day I am a conservative guy you know
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    Right up To your usual high standards Aussie.

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    nice one aussie, looking good
    cheers, billy

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    The parts that holds the truck together,The Chassis was made today.
    I used as much care as I could getting it square and flat.If this is wrong it may make the whole truck wrong.Each of the other major bits must fit this.
    Nothing fancy.Made from Jarrah strips and a piece of cypress pine.
    I also cut the front and rear axle cross members and drilled them for the axles.I did this to make sure they fitted properly before the cabin and bonnet obstruct things.
    They are not needed for awhile & also need shaping,so I can do them when I feel like it now.
    Founf a bit of scrap big enough to do the front bumper.Marked it out and cut on the bandsaw,sanded to finished shape and drilled the ends 3mm ,slit in half and inserted 3mm dowel.That is about all I could fit in today
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    So your not only forgetting things your getting slower in your old age.

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    Great work Aussie, im really enjoying looking at you guys and all the fantastic toys you are making.

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    Grill making Day
    I am a bit late today.For some reason I had internet troubles.Turns out it needed a reset from optus.It wasn't my end.
    Well I cut the small piece for the grill about a week ago now.Today I stuck a scan from the drawings on it and drilles a few holed in the centre to enable scrollsaw blade entry.
    Cut the centre out. Next I cut a blank to fit the cutout in grill.I sneaked up on the fitting as I wanted this as a template for the finished grill bars.The grill is 3mm x 3mm strips of Jarrah and some light wood I was given??? I don't know
    Put them on some wax lunch wrap side by side about 4 or 5 at a time,holding them down,then hitting them with thin CA glue on the back I did this till I had enough stuck together for the grill opening plus a few extra to be safe.I coted the back with thick CA and hit with activator.
    Sanded the front smooth and a few coats of wop.Came up OK.
    Next marked size from template.cut and sanded to fit.
    I did all this before cutting the outside shape off grill shell to keep its strength.
    Cut outsode shape and run the router around it. Marked thickness and sliced on bandsaw
    A few coats of wop,then inserted grill bars and used thick CA from the back making sure none wicked to the front
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    Quote Originally Posted by scotty60 View Post
    So your not only forgetting things your getting slower in your old age.
    I just noticed this Scotty
    From a guy that has taken 2 1/2 months so far ---- to build a chopper
    Something for you to look forward in your old age (another 14 years)
    That is if you haven't come off that chopper by then
    Just joking Scotty.
    OH that real chopper leaves me cold.Keep the motor and wheels .Turf the frame.
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    Hey my earlier post here is missing!

    Looking good Aussie, you dont see models like this very often its a credit too you!
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    Coming along great Ross, Quick question, when you have to make 2 of something such as sides of cab or sides of bonnet. Do you cut the piece to shape using a thicker piece of timber and then slice it through the middle so each piece is the same, or do you make each piece separate? If you do make each piece separate, Do you think it would work by cutting the shape out with a thicker piece of timber then slice it with the BS.so you had one of each side exactly the same dimensions to work on. Maybe you already do it this way. The thought just struck me.
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    Quote Originally Posted by munruben View Post
    Coming along great Ross, Quick question, when you have to make 2 of something such as sides of cab or sides of bonnet. Do you cut the piece to shape using a thicker piece of timber and then slice it through the middle so each piece is the same, or do you make each piece separate? If you do make each piece separate, Do you think it would work by cutting the shape out with a thicker piece of timber then slice it with the BS.so you had one of each side exactly the same dimensions to work on. Maybe you already do it this way. The thought just struck me.
    WOW! See how I go answering this one=
    When I make sides= I start with a length of wood I have put through the thicknesser & cut down to finished thickness for sides.With the car I stuck 2 bits together with thin double sided tape from a craft shop.Then stuck a scan of the side on top.Next cut the window opening and cleaned up to finished size and run a 1/8" roundover bit around the opening.Dont forget to do both sides while stuck together.It just makes sure you end up with a left and right hand side
    I did the window first because the wood is stronger at this stage .
    Then cut the outside shape and clean up
    Actually I found this out,by doing it the wrong way round the first time LOL
    The truck sides are a little different,as there is a taper in the cabin,wide at the back.
    This means the f&r cuts are at an angle so I cut them seperately a a bench saw,then I stuck together with tape and did the window on the scrollsaw(vary carefully)
    Because I did each cut to both sides of the truck one after the other they both ended up the same but in reverse as needed.(I did 2 spares just encase I made a mistake)
    Dont make one side then the other as seperate operations.It is almost impossable to get them the same.Everything that needs to be the same width in the truck have ready to cut.
    The other Question-- make one and cut in half.I sort of do that with somethings but I have trouble getting them exactly the same thickness.Things like the grill I make thicker then cut down.I do this because if I wreck one side I have the other to work with.Things like tearout or other disasters
    (So I would use cut to size material for cabin sides and stick them together)
    Geez I ramble on like our pollies and you still don't get an answer you understand
    Last edited by AUSSIE; 4th July 2009 at 04:00 PM. Reason: Missing words & spelling as usual
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