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Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2014 20:26:52 GMT -7
Here are a few updated pics of the A100, and its FRONT tracks.....  The first things AFTER the frames are painted is the lower 2 rollers. These MUST be the first added, as they are the ones that will NOT tolerate any side to side play, OR up and down movement, they must be glued solid to the frames! I took GREAT care to see that this was the case, to date, 4 times! I have yet to do it again, 4 more times, for the 2 rear track frames!  Showing the detail of the whole completed track, this one is for the front, drivers side track....  Showing a little of the track "tread" and direction the cleat follows! Notice, its looks as tho its upside down, and It really is! I did this for a reason. The tracks as you all know are on a monster truck, hence the cleat outside edges to be facing downward, this is for traction, in real life, on a tank they "bite" from the center, BUT have much more weight to get a good "grip" when in motion. On a monster truck not having the same amount of downward pressure, the outside edge would bit more, and allow the track to "ride" flat across, and this would give greater contact to the ground underneath it....  Shown from the back, this side will also be used as a "ladder" to get to the door for the driver to open! And the track natural "sag" over the carrier roller, this roller is rigid mounted and would only "spin" in real life, no deed for it to have a shock, or be "sprung" for tension, its merely to carry the track from the bottom roller to the top powered roller!  This shot, shows a bit more of the tread and the cleats and how the natural sag is, on the track! This was merely possible to model (the natural sag) as the tracks are one cleat, or link at a time and is supported by a clip in the center (drive clip) to the outside hinge plates, that also have a pin in them for a bit more outer edge traction!  This shows the 2 tracks, both fronts side by side.....You can see the purple paint on the rear of the track frame here, and to give an idea of what the whole BEAST is gonna look like when these are on the frame! More to follow! The second set of tracks are being assembled! |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2014 23:26:42 GMT -7
That is some AMAZING scratch building and engineering work mate. praising-the-lord-smiley-emoticon
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Post by gardnerpag44 on Sept 27, 2014 11:57:05 GMT -7
Looking great John going be awesome  |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 27, 2014 14:39:01 GMT -7
Dale, Paul,
you guys, realize, something right? These "track frames" are just 2 of them! I got 2 more yet to build!!!! Intense, you bet, a PITA at times, BUT, FUN as hell....Challenge? Yeah, a little....Again, this is the sort of work I strive one, if you didn't already know, I'm so detail oriented its not even funny.....This truck and the 2 match '70 Coronets I have planned, will be the 3 most detailed models I've EVER built, except for one I no longer have....I had a '78 International Transtar Eagle 18 wheeler that I counted EVERY part, including the links to the chains that held the steel coils on the flat bed trailer that I scratch built.....5000 pieces, later. it was a contest truck, played music, ALL the lights worked, and lite up, and the bunk had a "bad" light in it, a red one LOL That truck was 3 feet long, but after almost 18 years and moving around it began to fall apart and I just couldn't do much more with it, I had to part with it, its in the memory of my modeling now, BUT I have one real printed pic of it I'll have to scan at some point.....I could almost cry that I gave up on it....That single one model, made me around $4,000 in contest winnings over the years.....
Thanks guys! It will keep me going, the enthusiasm continues to build....
The wife, says it makes my head swell! LOL (She's probably right! LOL)
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Post by Deleted on Sept 30, 2014 23:13:37 GMT -7
So then, as I said, more to follow! So, you seen bits and pieces of the front tracks as they were assembled, right? SO I thought while I was beginning to build the second set, simultaneously I'd get some pictures to show some of the work done with plastic shapes to achieve the appearance seen in the front set thats now complete and ready to be added to a front differential and then onto the frame of the truck!  How the roller wheel and mount gets to keep true to parallel, and or, vertical, to keep the wheels "tread" surface, horizontal to the track and other 3 corner wheels!  A bit of detail seen here, just a different angle of the same part shown above! Thats it for now! More to come as progress happens! ENJOY! |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 30, 2014 23:14:38 GMT -7
I may as well get it added as yet another "update" As I wait for other model assemblies to cure for handling, I keep the ole Doomz Day nearby!  Both REAR track frames, have the rigid roller in place and all supporting details as well. I'm currently awaiting the glue to cure on the lower rollers for placement to these frames! BUT that might prove a few days as it gets pretty intense for those, as they have to be just so, nothing else will do! As I set and work on others, I went and made ALL the needed parts when I was "designing" and now have them loose "as-needed" during the build, makes for easier assembly time! So, all these little "extra's" make no mistake, they were done BEFORE any of this began going together.....When I know something will work, I run with it, and when I run with a part I'm making, I make SURE I count how many I'll need and then go for "stock" to do ALL of them all in one sitting, or at that very time when the machines are running and the wheels in my head are turning! So, as I wait for another model to dry, and whats seen above to dry, I'm left with well, not much of anything SO, why not begin that radiator/aftercooler duct work coming of the back side of the front inner fender wells....  Just a bit of piecing it together, I might add, A LOT of compound angles to be worked out....I have yet to add the lower and upper parts, but the sides are pretty much done and in place. I do have some filling and sanding to do as they're close but not dead on, as the duct work isn't a perfect thing and using that and a starting point (kit rearward bulkhead, and that not being 100% true, let me to do a bit of smudging it to make it fit....ONCE in the truck, it won't be noticeable!  Passenger side view!  Drivers side view! These got a ways to go, plus I have to get the whole works ready for paint as this is a center part of the model the frame then this and then the body, so.....The frame is coming along too, BUT I have to get this on it to continue with the details of the motor! ENJOY! More to come as progress allows! |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 1, 2014 3:01:51 GMT -7
WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is almost a Transformer!! Great work there mate, the purple looks spot on for it too. (I love Purple). bowdown-right
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Post by Deleted on Oct 1, 2014 12:51:35 GMT -7
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Thanks Dale! Think of it this way. I had to design, then find materials, and carry out the shape, and the parts FOUR TIMES! ALL a mirror image, of themselves! That my friend is the skill level here, being able to duplicate over and over, and not ONE be a casted part! The only "factory" parts? The tracks, assembled one link at a time, AND the rollers, (all but 2 of them) As I was short in numbers of rollers an made them myself, The rollers, I mean the LARGE wheels.....3, one on each "corner".....
As far as color, I LOVE "Hemi Orange" I always have even before I knew what it was. BUT I also love Plum Crazy Purple, Got to be the BEST shade of purple EVER mixed! Just has the look of a "Chick Magnet" all over it, and the banana yellow goes GREAT with it too as you see here! Wished it was a more often used color in real life back in the day....AWESOME "Muscle Car" color together..... Be GREAT to see more of it on our infamous NEW "Challenger" today as well..........
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Post by Deleted on Oct 1, 2014 21:53:52 GMT -7
Got to thinking with all this "interior" work, I ought to see what I have for "racing seats" to use in the truck, and well to my advantage, I have a few old AMT-Ertl '70 Dodge Coronet Super Bee "Pro-Street" models to then see a GREAT candidate for the Monster truck! It needed stripped down, (was paint "Almond" from J.C. Murphy's), almost 25 years ago, if not longer.....The seat? sat in ELO (Easy Lift Off) from Ply Scale, a Testors company/division, for 2 days! That old Almond paint, that was made by I think the spray can company was named "Miracle" or something, WOW is that some damn paint now! BUT.....I got it all off the seat!   Upon seeing how the seat looked "stripped" to bare plastic, I noticed something I didn't before! The glue! Was stuck to the PAINT! I "HAD" seat belts glued to this seat, AND the seat was glued to the car interior tub floor! NO glue distortion on the place! I'm amazed at how long this was in that car, BEFORE I tore it down for spare parts! This same seat was in the same car, as the engine thats going in my Monster Truck! So anyway, me, being me, I thought, How or what do I want to do with this seat, to make it better? WELL, first off, NO holes for the seat belts to pass through for the 5 point harness! SO, holes to be drilled were in order!   So I think they look pretty even so Off to fitting the seat with a NEW seat belt arrangement I had (the old one just didn't fit well to this seat, and will be kept for a future build I'm sure!  Looks to fit pretty good, (I cut it down just a bit, to fit the seat) the other belt set up was simply to long and to wide. This one was merely just a bit to wide!) SO I cut a few sections out of the middle, and whats missing is a center buckle, no big deal.....I'll glue it back into the belts, just before they're painted to go in the seat.... I also plan to add a seat adjustment lever in the front, to go forward and back for different peoples height, and I MIGHT add a rear back lever to adjust how much the driver sits "upright" in the seat. I then will have to make my own roll bar to justify the belts "mount" behind the seat, which is OK, I was planning to make my own roll cage for the truck anyway! Stay tuned! MORE to follow! |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2014 21:48:05 GMT -7
So as I said, more to follow, just a little here and there, SO the engine, remember that BEAST? REMEMBER me saying I had secrets to reveal? WELL heres yet another one! I've went and gone completely overboard with it, the engine with its Superchargers, and dual Turbo's, now also sports a 200 shot of NOS to the dual Holley Double pumpers!  Thats one side, heres the other:  The piping to these, will come from 2 separate NOS tanks, INSIDE the cab! Remember "dual Everything" well I think its now showing! LOL When I'm working on the engine specially the top side of it, I use the trucks actual frame as a holder, as it keeps it level, somewhat, AND allows me to handle the engine if needed, but holds it steady when I need to do detail work to it, OR add detail to it.... PLUS, it keeps it from sliding around on the work bench and loosening up details Ive already added! ENJOY! More to come as I can get pictures and time for progress! |
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Post by CoyoteCrunch on Oct 5, 2014 19:21:00 GMT -7
Holy Schnikeys Dude!!!! AWESOME!!!!!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2014 23:54:11 GMT -7
Holy Schnikeys Dude!!!! AWESOME!!!!!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2014 23:59:42 GMT -7
Thanks Tom! See the 2 finished tracks a page ago? They turned out VERY well, and really do look the part....
(I have ta say here), the last picture I posted with the 2 tracks side-by-side, I looked and said to myself, DAMN wheres the dozer! LOL
The seat above, is painted, and I'm working out the color for the seat belts that have to be added to the seat, and once I have that all detailed up, I plan to go back and add the seat adjustment levers to it....Then I need to paint the mounting of the seat thats connected to it, that ought to be a fun too!
And, I'm working on the inner door panel painting and what thats gonna look like and have it 3/4ths painted right now, but it needs a bit more to it and I have a section or "spot" that I'm just unsure of on how or what I'm going to do it to, BUT, I have a pretty good idea on whats gonna happen to that!
The roll cage I have to design is gonna be the real fun one, ALL custom made, and fitted to the interior of this truck! PLUS, the location of all the added interior parts, I have planned, stay tuned, this is a CRAZY build!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2014 0:05:41 GMT -7
Holy Schnikeys Dude!!!! AWESOME!!!!!
praising-the-lord-smiley-emoticon I'm with CC on this one mate. WOW!! Dale, & others, See, this build is a real intense one for me, why? I'm just that sort of guy, and so its said, I *sigh* LOVE doing strawberry like this every now and again, sadly tho, like a book worm, once I start, I have a hell of a time setting it aside, why? I enjoy it, it puts all that I have for skills to the task.....PLUS, (something I don't think I've ever said) BUT, I'm a engineer of sorts mechanical, and show it in my builds, I know I have a gift of a few things, real engine knowledge specially Mopar, BUT mechanical, how things work and how to "work" things, like plastic....I have a real way with shapes and sheet, I can only say so much here, most you all will get to see at some point or another.....And needless to say the patients of a saint!!!!! LOL One thing for sure, I love seeing what I can stir up in my head and make it become real in front of me, and then to pass it along for others to see, well I enjoy that too! Once this one is done, WHO KNOWS what will be the next one to take its place! LOL THANKS guys! |
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Post by sharp on Nov 3, 2014 15:35:02 GMT -7
WOW!!!!! that is some great scratch building Hemi,can't wait to see this done! two-thumbs-up-smiley-emoticon
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Post by Deleted on Nov 3, 2014 17:01:01 GMT -7
Thanks Sharpie!!!! Now you see what I mean with the skull shifter knobs! I think one would look GREAT in this and even one "Adorning" each bed corner as a decoration.... LOL Kinda like a Gargoyle on a building.....
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Post by sharp on Nov 3, 2014 18:56:58 GMT -7
 THAT WOULD LOOK PRETTY COOL!!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 3, 2014 22:50:04 GMT -7
Yeah I knows it would..ALL sorts of crazy ideas go through my head sometimes they actually make sense! LOL impatient-smiley-emoticon Wife tells me when I talk to myself, it scares her to think WHAT she DOESN'T hear...  |
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Post by CoyoteCrunch on Nov 4, 2014 15:13:22 GMT -7
Actually bud - what is really scary is what YOU don't hear
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Post by Deleted on Nov 4, 2014 15:14:47 GMT -7
From her? OHHHHH I know it! LOL Whatever tho..... |
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Post by stitchdup on Nov 5, 2014 3:45:18 GMT -7
Oh man this is cool, that engine is sexy and the styling is wild. This is going to be a good looking build when its finished. I may have to Hemi my truck after seeing this....
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2014 12:31:33 GMT -7
Need parts? Let me know I mold my own details so. I have a supply too!
And thanks! All sorts of FUN can be had......Hemi has all the right letters, in the right places!
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Post by Skip-O-Matic on Nov 9, 2014 17:15:02 GMT -7
This is one crazy sick build you got brewing here Hemi. Awesome detail and some mad fabricating.
I am surely watching your progress on this one. Skippy really likes.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 9, 2014 21:01:06 GMT -7
Thanks Skippy! Alot goin on, on this one! One I was told I ought have entered into the Monster Truck contest, but I didn't want to limit myself plus this is one of those, I don't want to limit myself in any sort of way.....As to keep me from not being able to go all outs on it! I'm puttin a TON of time, and details in this one so....Just for the sake of being able too! Plus, theres a few tricks I have yet to reveal on it as I go, they're said and all, which keeps things, interesting! The fabrication, believe me, was some damn fun tho.....Specially make 4 of the same thing and making them pretty much mirror images of themselves..... Brewing huh? Yeah, I guess you could say that! |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2014 1:54:02 GMT -7
So then you all have been wondering, I haven't worked on this one to much BUT, over the weekend, and a little tonight, I got some done to this ole stand-by.... The frame now is painted black, and some of the intake duct work, is also on its way to being completed....Heres just a look....  Simple, the underframe got its flat black "undercoating" as spoken about!   The last 2 pictures show the drivers side duct work "Pre-Filter" in place, it HAD to be in place for the duct work "top" to be set in place! THIS will allow me to design the lower top portion of this duct....I still need to do some "angle" work to get this side done. I have yet to make the needed "see-thru" screen for the other passenger side of the interior! Short update, but since the absence, I thought something was better then nothing! More to come! |
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