1:16 scale Universal Power Shovel.

[Scratchman]

I will start this out with these four photos of the prototype









Gordon Birrell

http://www.flickr.com/photos/77318580@N00/

[Scratchman]

Here's my start on the frame.









Gordon Birrell

http://www.flickr.com/photos/77318580@N00/

[Mobilgas]

Gordon,     Wow!!!  another build.....do you ever sleep looking  forward to seeing this one come together.   Craig

[finescalerr]

Okay, don't encourage him. He's just showing off. -- ssuR

[NORCALLOGGER]

Gordon,
Beautiful start! 
Boy, the way you and Marty have taken off with these builds makes me feel slow .
I started mine almost a year ago and still have a way to go . 

Looking forward to seeing your progress.
Rick

[TRAINS1941]

Gordon

By the time I think of doing something your done and moving on to the build.

I hope your retired because if your not when do you sleep???

But anyway just what we all expected another great start.

Jerry

[Ray Dunakin]

Wow, off to a great start already -- you sure work fast.

[JohnP]

I can't wait to see the transmissions. This will be good.

John

[danpickard]

Holy crap...this one should be some real fun to watch come together...beautiful (only a modellers eye would truely think this ) prototype to start with Gordon.

Dan

[Scratchman]

Thanks guys for your comments. The Fordson tractor thread for this shovel starts on page six on my Monorail locomotive thread .

http://www.finescalerr.com/smf/index.php?topic=874.0
 

Here's a site on some tractors.

http://home.gwi.net/~dclough/catgas.html

Gordon Birrell

http://www.flickr.com/photos/77318580@N00/

[lab-dad]

Gordon,
Lots of underbody details I did not know about.

How do you do the neat, crisp, clean 45 degree bends?
the usual hot water and bend?
Not having good luck with .010" x .100"............

-Marty

[chester]

Great stuff Gordon. Like the precise rivet work particularly.

[Scratchman]

Marty, I just did a cold bend on my strapping work, but I'm working with a 030" x 188" piece of styrene. The 010" x 100" styrene is just to small to work with without having problems. It's the same deal as the tension rods on the boom. I would go with brass but then the brass is harder to glue. Your 1:48 scale stuff is wonderful, but I think that the large scale bug needs to bite you a little harder.

Gordon Birrell

http://www.flickr.com/photos/77318580@N00/

[finescalerr]

If you want a model with a lot of impact, large scale (usually 1:24 and above) allows for a greater degree of perfection. The trade off is that the big models take up a lot of space and storage becomes a BIG problem. Ask me how I know .... -- Russ

[lab-dad]

Oh trust me I love large scale! It is so much more fun!
I thought about doing mine in 1/16 but when I found out you were doing one, I figured I would just do the hard one and let you and Gil do the bigger ones
My cheater treads came yesterday so hopefully this weekend will have some promise of progress!
-Marty