FYI, more info on building the F-20 scale model

Posted by Patrick HMD on August 23, 2013 at 10:43:14 from (75.9.217.185):

This is from the Hyperscale website in case anyone is interested.

Regards

Patrick

'49M

August 23 2013, 12:38 PM

Although I did talk with David for a good 40 minutes Friday evening without others needing to talk to him too. I enjoyed every minute of it. He was very appreciative of being able to talk with someone who has first hand experience with the subject. I grew up driving this tractor and he really wanted my input on it. I was able to tell him just how well he nailed every detail. I was floored that he did not have a real 1:1 tractor to look at and measure and compare as a reference. He purchased a repro parts manual and did his own 3 view drawings from that. Other details came from ebay parts listings and their photos which he printed out to have as references. He ordered all the full size markings from a restoration service and reduced those to the size he needed with his computer. The scale was 1/9 by the way. He said it just seemed like a good size to work with. He does not airbrush. Everything was brush painted. The screen at the top of the air cleaner was not photoetched. He drilled each individual hole using an indexed milling machine. The radiator core is not brass as I assumed. It is all .005 plastic sheet for the horizontal fins drilled to accept plastic rod for the vertical tubes. Amazing work. Amazing tedious work. The cotter pins are flattened wires bent to shape. The cable for the turning brakes is from an old salvaged large scale printer with a large moving print head. He melted the insulation off the cable to see what it looked like and it was a perfect copy of braided steel in the right scale. Stuff like that. He had a number of reference books too that I was also aware of, but none of those would give much more than cursory information like manufacture dates and serial numbers. Plus a few color photos of restored machines. His weathering is pure artistry.

It would fill a very nice book, for him to relate how he built each and every part. A book I would buy. I asked about the StuG tank he won Best of Show with in 1992. He said it was in a box somewhere. Probably out in the garage. Good Grief!

Replies:

• Re: FYI, more info on building the F-20 scale model SweetFeet 19:25:08 08/23/13 (1)
  • Re: FYI, more info on building the F-20 scale model Patrick HMD 10:25:49 08/24/13 (0)

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