Army Vet's 1/35 scale Dragon Wagon

[fumblethumbs]

Definitely wouldn't be crawlin' under that trailer to rescue a puppy! That's lookin' a little flexy.

 

[spud]

Lol if it were yours I'm sure you would

 

[panzerace007]

ARMY VET ,

Welcome to th HERD I'm glad you could join th G.B. ! Th More th Merrier !!

Great Subject !! I'm lookin' forward to th Build !!

 

[alfonzo1]

Awesome kit Vet, if you dont mind me asking how much was the kit because I know it has gone up in price at a major model chain in England recently, always feel like we get a pretty crappy deal,

Incredible photo Spud, that would make quite the project, nice dio set up.

Alan.

 

[spud]

Alan I've seen this kit for 116 on emodels and the famo version for 125. emodels also seem tobe really cheap

 

[Army Vet]

Whats up everyone !!!
Panzerace- thank you for the welcome..
Spud - That's a crazy pic .. Im with fumblethumbs ! My dog would be S.O.L ! I wonder how they got that thing over the tires with out blowing them out ?
Alfonzo - I purchased the kit about 2 years ago I think it has been in the stash for awhile but I got it for about $110.00 or so. Even just the tractor is expensive kit to buy . It was just one of those days where I treated my self . I dont do that to often .. I would love to have the FAMO .
I went from building the tractor to starting with the trailer .. I think it was Spud that gave me the advice for that which I think was great ... To give me incentive to finish the whole thing . Give me a few and I will have the pics up
thank you all !
Lee

 

[Army Vet]

Here are some pics of the trailer.


Trying to show that the loading ramps move up and down.


Now for the steps on the side/fenders, they had photo etched diamond plate or tread plate





This is my progress so far- hope you all enjoy! Any feedback is welcome. Thank you all and I'm off to the bench.

 

[spud]

yep the idea was mine looks like you have a good start on the reat end.

i also thing there is covers for the wheels but i could be wrong. if there is that would explain how they dint pop the tires

 

[Chris S]

Nice work Army Vet .... I like the steps ...very neat .

Most lowloaders have drop down feet in the back ,which takes the weight off the tyres when loading heavy machines ,also stops the trailer trying to tip up

Chris.

 

[NecronautDrummer]

I see that you've got a PE bender. I'm thinking of picking one up. How do you like it?

 

[Myke]

Great looking kit and great work on it. This has about 1.2billion diorama possibilities as well. I'll be following this closely as I would love to build one of these in the future.

 

[fumblethumbs]

Nice work on the trailer Lee! Diamond plate looks great!

 

[Quaralane]

Nice progress

 

[Army Vet]

Whats up guys !!
NecronautDrummer- The PE bender Is a great tool .. before I got it I used a razor blade to bend my PE parts I then made a a PE bender out of plexi glass it work great as well .. I can post a pic of it if you would like to see it .. The one in the pic is from a company called The Small Shop I got it as a gift ..
Fumblethumbs - Thanks .. The fender on the left i glued my finger to so there is a print in it I hope that primer and paint will hide it . Do you know of anything tha will get superglue off of PE??
Myke - Thanks for the kind words .. This might sound lame .. But I think Im going to put it on a wood base and for ground work was thinking a section of street with debris around pulling a stug or something on to the trailer . Thats my plan for now . Most likely it will change like you said sooo many possibilities.. Its also alot of model to work with this thing is on the big side..
Thanks you all!!
Lee

 

[NecronautDrummer]

I'm almost positive that, like an accelerator for CA glue, you can get a CA de-bonder. I can't remember who makes the purple bottles of CA that everyone seems to have, but I'm sure they also make the de-bonding fluid. Should do the trick on the fingerprint.
BTW, I wouldn't mind seeing your acrylic PE bender. The shop at the school I work at has tons of acrylic sheet laying around and going to waste (kids used to do some small acrylic shop projects such as lamp bases and solid pencil cases).

 

[Myke]

Oooooo, great idea for the dio. That sit nicely on the shelves.

 

[panzerace007]

ARMY VET ,

Great lookin Steps & trailer ! That Diamond Plate looks fantastic !!!

Regarding the CA Fingerprint trick .... I've used Acetone to remove super glue . It's th main ingredient in the De-Bonder. Save a few $$ - run down to th hard ware store & grab of bottle of Acetone !! Try dabbing it first .... you don't want to flood th area & De-Bond th fender !

 

[spud]

Oh nice tip there panzer

 

[punkpigpen]

hey that diamond plate photo etch is tight! Oh and welcome aboard!

 

[schweinhund227]

That kit is so well engineered.... Tamiya made us Proud !!! it went together like a charm..

Maybe I should revisit mine... beein in a Box since 2000 !!! what a shame... painted and never finished it...

Don't know why ?

Take care and hey ! ENJOY the kit..