Fordson tugger hoist

[Chuck Doan]

I hate painting brass.

[finescalerr]

A great answer. It's like asking Babe Ruth why he hit so many home runs and his answering, "I hate striking out." -- Russ

[Ray Dunakin]

So awesome! I could sit and stare at this model for hours!

[Hydrostat]

I hate painting brass.

Tinning and blackening with a fluid from a tiffany shop leads to a somewhat rusty appearance and a reasonable subsurface for coloring. And there's no yellow brass if some color should chip off. Or be chipped off  .

[Peter_T1958]

A piece of art already in itself! 

[TRAINS1941]

Because Russ that wouldn't be Chuck!

And the model is a beautiful thing!

Jerry

[Bill Gill]

Chuck, Take your seat at the head of the table!
The operator's seat is terrific.

[Chuck Doan]

Thanks All!

I finally got some model time, and I finished the fairlead assembly. These are the rollers that guide the ropes from the hoist drums to the load. I copied them from a donkey at the Mclean Mill museum in British Columbia.  I also referenced a lot of old donkey pictures for ideas.

The rollers were painted on my drill press "lathe" and I used a soft lead pencil for the burnished places. Prismacolor pencils were used for the basic rust coloring. Oil paints and pigments were used for the grease. Various grades of sifted bark were glued down using diluted white glue.







The dark parts were 3D printed, the lighter parts were made from styrene, and the gold parts came from purchased .6mm, 00-90 and 0-80 brass nut and bolt hardware.

[TRAINS1941]

Details, details and more details.  Such beautiful work!

Jerry

[finescalerr]

Goodness gracious! --  Russ

[Ray Dunakin]

Every time you post an update, my jaw hits the floor!

[fspg2]

Great stuff! I like it very much!!!

[Bill Gill]

Rolling right along , Chuck, with more amazing details.

[Hydrostat]

He did it again. Great touch with the striae.

[lab-dad]

Could a fellow 1/16ther purchase a fairlead?
I like the worn grooves never seen that in a model.
Martin