UPDATE:
The deck boards were glued on tonight. Not that exciting so no photo.
I have been thinking about paint and Yellow might look good.
That is all for now, the Amherst show tomorrow, YAAA
Just a bit more work done as pieces are attached, reattached and sometimes redone. I will be using a O ring to transfer the power from the motor to the drive wheel. The pulleys were made from plastic train wheels that I remodeled. Do they count towards the good use of a roundy thing?
Here are some members of the crew inspecting and talking the finer points of engineering the under side.
Progress is slow but it is coming.
More progress has been made. After experimenting with differnet materials to make fenders I finally decided on cutting PVC pipe and applying a bit of styrene for sides. It is going to be a tight fit for the pilot of this contraption and it wouldn’t do for him to get an extremity caught so the wheels are fully shielded.
The aerodynamic cow catcher is made from PVC pipe with a backing of a strip of plastic from a window shade. I also added a center piece for extra strength and also something that may have made Professor Fate proud, a battering ram.
There is still lots to do but it is coming along.
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Nice Wind Splitter and pity a poor cow!
How you say?
Looking Sharp!
Now I see why the interest in my wheels Todd. Kind looks like a WW2 German rail howitzer.
Yes Devon I developed a case of wheel envy when I saw your creations. maybe the copper boiler could double as a cannon??
You know Todd I was thinking about adding a touch of Victorian flare/ steam punk to this build and I did have the Nautilus in mind BUT after my experiences with the caboose racer this one will be even faster and will leave the tracks at a higher rate of speed to crash.
The more detail it has the more likely it is to break.
The next step is to design a rear wing and a seat for the pilot.
Don’t forget the ejector seat!
Here Todd, Martin Baker Mk-10.
Can I get that seat in 1:24 scale??
I was thinking about gluing 2 pieces of wood to make a “L” shape.
Don’t let the yet to be named pilot see that comfy ejector seat…
I smell Dr Loveless
A bit more work has been done on the build and some painting done but since the site has been updated I can’t upload a photo the way I used to?
I used to resize photo to 500x350 or so, name it on my desktop with no spaces in the name, go to freight shed, browse, click on image then upload and done. Now when I try to upload it takes me to a weird behind the scenes page?
Todd Haskins said:
You know Todd I was thinking about adding a touch of Victorian flare/ steam punk to this build and I did have the Nautilus in mind BUT after my experiences with the caboose racer this one will be even faster and will leave the tracks at a higher rate of speed to crash.
The more detail it has the more likely it is to break.
Todd, I think this one may track better. Seems to me, that the weight is down much lower. Plus I really like steam punk/Victorian flare, and this thing already has the basic lines that it would all look great on. Nice build.
Todd: Don’t worry. Dave was just teasing you. That ejector seat would take you a little over budget. Worse, it doesn’t look very steampunk at all.
Yes, I’m with the guys who see steampunk written all over this build. I’m thinking oak or mahogany for the fenders, with the obligatory brass hardware everywhere, maybe brass rivets or campaign-style hardware for the corners, especially on the cow plow.
In any case, I hope you’ll be preserving that marvellous copper boiler you got there!
Cheers!
I don’t know John I think that copper boiler needs some paint. I wanted to keep it shiny and even cleaned it up but it is not looking so good with the yellow and black paint scheme. The pipe came from a old jacuzzi I was tasked with removing and junking about 8 years ago. I saw that cool pipe, 2 of them actually and I knew they would be used someday somewhere so in the parts box they went.
I still can’t upload a photo to my freight shed otherwise I would be posting a photo here. I don’t know what is wrong.
The new pit crew arrived yesterday along with a pilot and they quickly went to work on the racer.
I got the photo posting problem solved, Thanks guys, it turned out to be trouble with my server after Bob upgraded the site for us so here is an update on my build.
With less than 10 days left in the build challenge and lots of work still needing ot be done the little buddy of the RR Boss who happens to be a Leprechaun put the call out to some of his kin. The call was answered by a crew and arrived and went right to work. One of the brave little guys has actually volunteered to become the pilot of this contraption. He has no idea what he is in for…
More to come.
I bought a roll of pin striping last night for $5. This thing is gonna look swell or as the new pit crew says “Smurfy”
They told me that putting stripes on the car will make it go faster…
They are worried about all the snow we have plus another possible 12" Sunday- Monday. We had planned on making a video of this contraption in action to be submitted for judging consideration. We might have to get the shovels out or lay down some temporary track on top of the snow drifts.
I should box mine up and send it to you so you can pull mine around in the video. I don’t have a layout so my video wil consist of pushing it around on my table.
Do you think you could put a link and pin coupler on the back. At the speed this thing is projected to go (I know it is classified but isn’t expected to do warp 8) my poor fortune teller will probably get so dizzy she won’t need a fortune teller to tell her she will blow chunks whent he ride is over.
Great build Todd… .very imaginative. My vote, if we are voting!, is to leave the copper unpainted!
Had the stack been silver soldered, in polished would be great, but with all that soft solder on it, polished will never look right.
Paint it Chartruese!
John