Mike asked me to post these pics for him. I guess he’ll reply with all the details. jb
How lucky I am to have such good friends .
I have to tell you , I have had a real pig of a day , it’s hot and clammy , and I should have known better than to try posting photos . I got so frustrated I nearly bent round and bit my bum . AAAAAAAAAAArrrrrghhh .
Then I thought , John helped me before , I tried going through the instructions I had written , but something ain’t right --me , for certain --so instead of getting all ratty , ask John for help .
And John helped .
I shall not make a habit of it John --I hasten to add that John posted the pics without comment ,just did it . Great .
So , the pictures .
Well , I have this MOW thingy on a shelf by my bed , and thought , dammit , Martyn ( my son ) made a bloody good job of that , it deserves a wider audience .
So , audience , courtesy of John Bouck , pics of a beautiful bit of modelling .
It is based on a diecast model claiming to be 1/18 scale --it is actually 1/20 near enough , but hey --how many of you know the size of the real wagon ?
Martyn looked at a few pics of MOW stuff and worked out his own version .
Naturally , I think it’s pretty good .
Any adverse comments posted will be met with severe sulking . So watch it .
Mike
Mike,
I used to own a real Ford truck of that vintage. Flathead V-8 and all. (TOC would like that). Even the same color.
Nice bit of modeling.
j
Mike,
Great piece of work. My brother-in-law used to have a Dairy farm work truck with a flatbed, workbench, vice, and welder. It was a '56, like the one pictured. His originally came with a 292 V8/compound 4-spd. When the Ford engine got tired, he pulled out the running gear and stuffed in a Pontiac Bonniville 389 tri-pack w/automatic tranny. The truck was a real work horse around the farm for many years. Sadly, when he died, the truck had the equipment stripped off the back, and ended going to the salvage yard. Pitty!!!
Your son picked a great truck for the MOW vehicle, and did a great job of converting it.
JimC.
I ought to add that the model only uses the cab from a diecast , the chassis , springs and so on are brass . The body as you can see is timber ,the bogie is a modified carriage bogie from a proprietary model . Odd tools are scratched or borrowed from 1/24 truck accessory kits ,or even nicked out of the kits themselves . We have a loft full of truck kits ready to convert . I shall be posting another ,half finished one shortly .
Mike
ps
in common with all true modellers , we are constantly on the lookout for anything that can be used in modelling , you may be surprised where you can pick up good stuff . For example , I am making a diesel power plant utilising the engine from a truck being converted into a railbus . So that’s a spares box job . Bendy drinking straws make good flexy exhaust pipes .
Kiddies’ "wavy paper " kits are used to make corrugated metal from used aluminium cooking trays , these are licked clean prior to use of course . By me . Look around you , it is quite good fun finding useful stuff . And the dried food contains penicillin .
I am in the process of making another type and will give details soon
I have been asked if the vehicle is powered . Yes , a large hamster resides in the sleepers on the flatbed , thewood has a hard growing property which hamsters like , they eat them from inside . Then they get carried away and run round in a hamster wheel . Radio control ensures sharp stops ( electric shock across temples ) and a quick squirt of rf up his bum gets him running .
Mike
ps No animals were harmed in the construction of this device . They did not feel a thing , and only showed slight singeing of whiskers . Except when one little bastard bit me --he got strapped to the rails in time honoured fashion , and Roy Rogers never showed up . A couple of strange guys showed up, but said " my dear , this is soooo barbarous , I have to leave " and wiggled off giggling to each other . Modern cowboys , I’ve shot 'em