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The brick pattern box is Jarrah with Silver Ash stringing. The second box is Padauk with Silver Ash stringing

Hi Steve.... I made a template of the door shape, then routered the groove following the outside of the template. Cheers, MrT

Finally finished the '34 Chevy Coupe with the Hot Rod theme

It should read table saw

The wheels and tyres are a spare set from the jeep wrangler and are made with
three separate pieces . The slots were cut on the table held in a jig. The three pieces
were then glued together with...

The blower belt is made from rib elastic

Finally finished Jeep Wrangler based on T & J plans

WIP - '34 Chevy Coupe based on T & J plans.
Will post photos on completion

Are all the boards the exact same width.

Hello Crowie

Thanks for your comments

I took the photos before I fixed the door mirrors on the prime mover :B

Hello Dave

I made the wheels myself

Regards Ron

Based on Gatto plans. Dark timber is west australian jarrah.

Kenworth prime mover from T & J plans. Trailer design is based on the full size Nissan Race Team Transporter. Full length is about 1200mm with workshop in the rear trailer (double click on the image...

A pair of F100 Ford Pickups from T & J plans, with a hot rod theme362066362067362068362069

Hi oneye

The wheels are made from Australian jarrah
If you go into the Gatto web site they show examples of the plans.

Ron

Thanks Crowie, the dark timber is Jarrah and the light timbers are clear grade radiate pine. It's 330mm long x 150mm high but an unsure of the scale

No it's not a Caterpillar..... but the decals worked perfectly

1932 Buick with a touch of Hot Rod

Finally completed the latest additions to my collection. A 966 Cat Loader, High Track Dozer, Kenworth Truck + Trailer and Mining Truck.

Thanks for the feedback.

I never kept a record of the hours it took to construct,but it
did take a long time.( many weeks )
I am not 100% sure that the T&J plans are based on a Kobelco,I did...

Finally finished my third T & J display model (with extra details)

Dark timber is West Australian jarrah and light timber is clear grade pine

Thanks for the encouraging comments
My daughter downloaded the caterpillar logo etc from the internet
and had a local sign company make them ( vinyl cut out )

The scale is 1:16 and the approx...

A pair of Caterpillar D4 Dozers

Hi Cruzi
I tried to make the lid as thin as possible and in doing
so left no room for beading and I don't like evidence of nail holes
etc,so I used clear polycarbonate.
The polycarbonate wont...

Thanks for the feed back:B
The box is lined with velvet on a thin layer of
wadding .
The medals can be held in place with small pins into
the lining so they don't slide around.

Made this for a friend, using Rosewood and Silver Ash to compliment the medals.

Thought I'd make a box with dovetail joints and not sand them flush :q

Built two prime movers, two trailers and three excavators at the
same time which took about 10 weeks.
I thought by doing that I could reduce the time but I was
completely wrong .

Thanks again...

Yes Billy it was so boring.I made three excavators at the same time for each of the
grand kids which equates to 200 track pieces.

I won't be doing that again.:no:

Thanks for the encouraging comments.

Yes it is my first attempt at Toymaking.
I have been making boxes ( jewelry etc ) over the last
3 years and had a lot of small off cuts, so to use them up I...

This is my first attempt at toymaking - low loader truck hauling an excavator. Truck and trailer is 1300mm long.