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Vince P

Mini cow chow freightshaker 1/87

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Phone blipped & lost a lot of the early build pics on this one. 

Started with an athearn ho 1/87 scale Freightshaker coe.

Opened the drivers door which will be hinged with. 0.014 tubing with 0.007 wire to mount it to the body or vice versa. 

Alloy forms roof airfoil,  many Plano PE parts going into this mini beast, scratched frame, scratched axles and suspension, Ratcliffe resin Driptroit 8V71 with Fuller lone ranger transmission hehehehehe, and a whole bunch of other scratched and PE parts.

And Napa provided genuine Driptroit alpine green 

 

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Thanks Paul slow as a snail wait I think a snails faster lol. 

Taking my time on this one not sure what trailer will go with it yet. 

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Well got some trailer work done the slider & reefer are by A-line and the slider functions.

Also cored out the reefer exhaust with a #80 drill bit 

Painted 3 wobblies red and a replacement grey wobbly. 

Still a ways to go  but made a little progress. 

Also got my Detroit 8V71 and my crackerbox inline Jimmy painted in Detroit alpine green. 

Getting there more to come over the next several weeks. 

 

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Okay gang I'm back still here been a rough period to say the least 

Wife had a heart transplant. 2019

Early this year left leg and foot amputated 

So haven't really been in a modeling mood last few years 

And divorce coming in January 

Just hope yall can understand 

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8 hours ago, Vince P said:

Okay gang I'm back still here been a rough period to say the least 

Wife had a heart transplant. 2019

Early this year left leg and foot amputated 

So haven't really been in a modeling mood last few years 

And divorce coming in January 

Just hope yall can understand 

Wow, thoughts with you

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Hoping to pick up where I left off 

Trailer got the slider damaged when it got nocked off the shelf 

So waiting on new parts 

Still trying to find tubing for the shakers door hinge as I have 0.008 wire just need the tubing 

So as stated hoping to update this in next week or 2

I'm back 

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Posted (edited)

Oh yesss..

"Trailer got the slider damaged when it got knocked off the shelf"

Hate it when that happens.  HeHe , well, back to work then. 😎

Good to see you back.

Johnny

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Posted (edited)

Going to be slow as in 2 weeks finally going through divorce 

I'll be in and out gang 

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14 hours ago, Vince P said:

Going to be slow as in 2 weeks finally going through divorce 

I'll be in and out gang 

Hang in there, went thru that about 20 years ago and she threw out all my builds and unbuilt kits in the trash among other stuff

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Hey all finally something to post on my mini cow chow as I hit a brick wall at high speed 

Think willy coyote kinda hit on this 1/87 mini beast 

Well I finally found the right 2 pieces that were holding the project up mainly the cab door hinge 

Here is a pic to give you an idea the size of my hinge material 

And you guys think you have problems with hinges 😆 

Work to resume soon couple other projects I'm working on first 

 

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Holy Cow !

And some people thought I was a little nuts for working on 1:64s. 😳

Johnny

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9 hours ago, Johnny M said:

Holy Cow !

And some people thought I was a little nuts for working on 1:64s. 😳

Johnny

Like that huh 😏 

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Here's the victim once I get done with a few other project's 

Possible frame we will see along with a scratch built rear axle 

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