After a week of making a jig I have now completed the front wheels for the half track I am working on. As I enjoy making wooden toys/models it will not go to waste. A quick pic of the jig and then the wheels followed by one of them dry fitted to the chassis, I lost count of the number of parts but at the last count for what you see is over 115 pieces and that is without the track which there are 62 links,62 guides and 62 pins. And that is only the beginning as there is all of the superstructure to do.
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Grand Master
Great labour of love your workmanship is reflected in the wheels, magnificent.
Peter.
Peter.
A cunning Jig Derek. Great thinking. It's easy to see why you'ree a leading light in your field.
wm460
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That is a wheelie well made jig.
KevinMc
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What skill.... wow...
Reminds me of watching Mr Blizards Toy making on the TV when I was much younger...& funny I saw the book in a book exchange last week...
Kevin
Reminds me of watching Mr Blizards Toy making on the TV when I was much younger...& funny I saw the book in a book exchange last week...
Kevin
Paul hd
Fellow
Fantastic looking jig and that project looks amazing.
I wish guys like you would make videos of this kind of work.
All the best,
Paul
I wish guys like you would make videos of this kind of work.
All the best,
Paul
hawkeyefxr
Full Member
I can see you love making these vehicles but you attention to detail, are you a secret steam engine enthusiast as well as they go to your lengths of detail to make things.
Thank you guys.
I would love to have the patience and skill to make a live steam traction engine somewhere in the region of 4" scale or better still a steam lorry
Here is one using stills I have more
I have some of his books and also remember watching him on Telly
I would love to have the patience and skill to make a live steam traction engine somewhere in the region of 4" scale or better still a steam lorry
Here is one using stills I have more
I have some of his books and also remember watching him on Telly
hawkeyefxr
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A live steam lorry, that sounds good, unfortunately that needs a lot machining an engineering tooling.
Penpal
Grand Master
Seems like a hundred years ago but more like seventy my brother in law used to drive the then huge semis all around Australia. The main roads were not sealed. On one trip from NSW to Western Australia and then up to the nth of Austalia around the coast of WA one trip he had 23 tyre failure. They the drivers were real cowboys you had to be tough to survive.
We had our 62nd Wedding anniversary in the last couple of days.
How kind of you Derek in response to Pauls request to make your video of stills. The memory of your achievements are legend.
Peter.
We had our 62nd Wedding anniversary in the last couple of days.
How kind of you Derek in response to Pauls request to make your video of stills. The memory of your achievements are legend.
Peter.
Congratulations on you Achievement Peter of 62 years.
I have been asked by many toymakers for a set of plans but I will be doing a pdf of the build as well as drawings, many of those from an Australian forum in the toy section as well as quite a few on an American one.
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Great Video Derek, the missus even watched it, then she watched the one of you grand son she loved that one.
Great Video Derek, the missus even watched it, then she watched the one of you grand son she loved that one.
He still drags his tool bag out and sits on a stool and puts wood in the vice and hammers it, then goes indoors to tell my wife that he is making something with tracks but it is a secret that is because I am making the half track at the moment.
Freck Fraser
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WOW Derek, tidy jig and I really like the model, wish my attaention to detail was so well "detailed"!!! Would love to see the finished model.