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Post by okdoky on Mar 12, 2008 0:47:33 GMT
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Post by okdoky on May 4, 2008 3:44:20 GMT
Don't you just hate when life and mental blocks get in the way!!!!!!!!!!! This is where I have got up to with the DROPS for the time being ,,,,,,,,,, still very much a work in progress! Took it to Perth show with a couple of my built ones just to prove that I do actually finish some. Some great guys at the show willing to part with words of wisdom, hints and tips. Also loads of fine builds to show how it really should be done :_| :_| :_| Thanks for the ideas and encouragement guys! I promise I will try to move up a gear. No catching up with you lot though! Nige
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Post by Lonewolf on May 4, 2008 8:49:24 GMT
Still looking pretty good mate..
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Post by okdoky on Oct 8, 2008 12:31:56 GMT
Have been out of touch with everybody on here as I have been working on a one to one project (house extension) so only just getting back to doing a tiny bit of modelling on the VW.
Will do an update soon once I resite my PC and get it plugged into the net again. Using work PC to see how folks models are doing.
Hope everyone is well
Chat soon
Nige
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2008 18:53:42 GMT
Nige, this project is worth waiting for matey, take your time.
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Post by darkside on Apr 16, 2010 20:05:07 GMT
did this ever get finished Nige ?
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Post by okdoky on Apr 19, 2010 0:24:11 GMT
Hi Darkside
Fraid not. The build still sits, STALLED in the box until I can give myself a good kick up the backside. House alterations have really taken there tol on my work space and build time.
Considered doing some on hols but had to give it a pass as consentrating on nissen hut.
Really getting me down not doing what I want but house does come first
Nige
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Post by okdoky on Aug 1, 2010 8:24:25 GMT
Hi folks ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, am up at the caravan and have taken the DAF up with me. I was going to take the Leyland D/decker too but when Kaz saw me fill the boot of the car she gave me two choices. Take the bus and leave me or leave the bus and take me !!!!!!!! Probably wise I have the DAF only so I will give it more attention it deserves. Looking over the new photos I decided to revamp the load handling secondary control housing and hydraulic fluid resovior as I could pick faults in my first attempt. I am much happier with this version as the hinged cover for the control box has more accurate shape and dimensions. Same with the fluid resovior. More work to follow over the next two weeks. Nige
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2010 9:46:39 GMT
Nice to see this resurrected Nige, it would be a superb article for the magazine.
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Post by okdoky on Aug 2, 2010 2:44:52 GMT
Nice to see this resurrected Nige, it would be a superb article for the magazine. Hi Nick Thanks for the compliment. I am glad you like it. I have only done one article on a model way back when I finished my brother's Volvo F10 -6 many many moons ago in TMW. The way I have been working on this DROPS motor it may be quite a while before it is finished to write something constructive about it. Any how, here is a wee bit of replacement work again correcting some more of the previous stuff. A little more work while the wife and kids are sleeping. Added some of the visible pipework around the fluid resovior breather filter with the LHS hook arm and main frame to check fit Then made a replacement roof hatch which I hope will have the hinge working first the basic hatch of two layers plasticard added the exterior fixings hinge pin and brackets fitted trying to remember the look of the closer that grips the hatch shut that would be visible when the hatch is open as in the last pic. I am enjoying getting work done to this beasty again as it has been long over due. Hope you like Nige
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Post by okdoky on Aug 3, 2010 23:03:49 GMT
Made a start on the hydraulic arms for the LHS. These proved to be more fiddly than their content as nothing seemed to stick to the plastic tubing and I have still to figure out the pivot ends for the cylinders and the rams. The tube has a nice thick structure with small diameter hole that takes aluminium tube insert. It just needed a couple of thin plasticard shims in the tube to centralise and give a friction fit. I have put these on the frame for test fit again while I figure out the end details. The brackets for locating the rams on the main frame required a good strong fit and filler of JB Weld two part resin from a tube. The pivot point for the rams of the hook arm consist of a wooden toothpick. The rams are located just for test fit Some bits still look a bit rough and ready as they need a bit of sanding and filling here and there. More to follow when I can figure out what bits I have and how I can use them. Nige
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Post by okdoky on Aug 6, 2010 2:06:52 GMT
I am enjoying getting the amount of free time to myself to do some serious effort on this long outstanding project. My lovely wife is allowing me to occupy the caravan dining table either on my own or with the girls doing their 1/76 Airfix builds. Real family quality time together. Got a chance to cut and fit out the rams for the hydraulics on the LHS. I am hoping that the two part epoxy resin that joins the plastic pivot points to the aluminium rams will be able to take the repeated posing. I don't have much confidence in the super glue as appart from sticking my fingers together the plastic has already parted from plastic. some more dry fit Lots of filing of the resin main frame brackets to allow the degree of articulation I need. Nige
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Post by cosmosman on Aug 7, 2010 9:56:44 GMT
Looking good.
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Post by okdoky on Aug 7, 2010 23:03:32 GMT
Hi Jim Thanks for the compliments but I am finding it hard to get the rams and pivot points to hold as secure as I would like just now. One of the pivot points has already popped off when test fitting. Am hoping the superglue has fixed the problem for now. Still got the hydraulic fluid pipes and valve fittings to set out but at least the extent of articulation about right. The spacing on the hook arm rams which run immediately alongside the hook arm need a bit of adjusting to sit parallel with each other and allow the main frame rams to also sit parallel but adjacent to the LHS sub frame I am now working on better fixings for the main frame pivot points and ram anchor points on the LHS subframe. Given the failure of one ram pivot point already I need to make these points as strong as possible if I am going to get any posing of the Flat racks Slow progress but if the rams work in the end it will be worth it. I would love to know how everybody else gets their rams to fit and work so well and glue easily. Nige
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Post by okdoky on Aug 9, 2010 14:59:41 GMT
Brackets for the sub frame made from rectangular hollow section tube shaped and sanded with the emphasis on keeping strength so not necessarily accurate to type. Because the subframe cross member was scaled and shaped to look like the original I have had to cut into it slightly to make the brackets fit in. This is because they are a little over scale dimension wise but better strong than scale in this case. Main frame pivots Hydraulic arm pivots Well it all fits in now Nige
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