wooo...package day!...ish...

actually it's the result of three deliveries but.....

..finally it's all turned up!

from the top....

4 of Motorart's JCB 3CX's

2 of Corgi's New Ford Transit

2 of WSI's lovely Scania R 6x2 Tractors

plus 2 lion toys Nooteboom 4axle Ramped semi's to go behind them..

oh...and the JS330 in 1/35th.....

The best thing is when i've finished there wont be a trace of JCB Yellow amongst them!!!

An awful lot of silver...and Green is destined for them...

these are destined for a customer at work...here's the fleet inspiration

This is not the first i've done, that was a DAF XF superspace... but this time its scania's with 2 x 3CXM's on the back...no pressure but these are destined for the MD's desk....the transit's are intended for the same customer...as they run them as fleet engineers vehicles......

i'll stick something up here as i do each part of the conversion and repaints...as the first of the ford transit's is already on my desk in pieces.....

And a couple of updates from other projects......

Super Long Front.....Started on the base machine....http://www.land-water.co.uk/page.asp/LongReach25m.htm yep...one of land & water's Hitachi EX750's!...nothing like doing things the hard way!!!!....i'll try and put a more detailed post up eaplaining a bit more!

Challenger tank and Low Loader....not much really just got to chain it down and get a a case for it..apparently the recipient finishes with the MOD on the 5th of November!!!!!!! no rush then!

Dave

the middle of the week...

not much really.....

test fitted the dipper on the super longfront...required a touch of "adjustment" with a big file....seems to be somewhere like....

these are the times my mind tends to wander to what do i fancy building next....apart from some more green machines..(another commission.....watch this space)...had a wander to the dutch building machine forum....http://www.bouwmachineforum.nl/ click on forum...the dutch seem to be very happy to paint plant in company colours which has potential......

but then a quick look round my desk sorta quells my inspiration to start something new......it reveals....2 8x4 heavy haulers..4 econofrieght tractors...a selection of 8x4 tippers...cat scrapers...CAT 777's.....all at a point where i've come up against an issue thats stopped me in me tracks....but i need to motivate myself....

i've stuck a link up to Tim Cotton's Excellent heavy haul blog...and talking of the like...this weekend, we are moving some big crane pieces in sunderland, a HOOOOOGE big white box from acrefair to ellesmere port...photo's of the move will probably appear on the blog!

This weekend i have been mostly.....

apart from failing miserably to motivate myself to detail the car.....

i've been modelling!!!...first was some green action...i've had a 1/48 Challenger 1 on my desk as part of a custom comission from a customer at work...finally got got a blast of british army olive green...which is a bit of a custom mix..nato green and olive drab..couple of coats and i've got a pretty green tank!!!!

it's an academy kit...less said the better....not the greatest...but it does the job after a fair bit of furtling! especially..underneath and at the rear.....as the final destination is someone at the MOD my big worry is to get it to look right! and the more eager readers (are there any?) will notice it's sat on one of the very fine WSI Nooteboom low loaders...but the next step is to secure it to the trailer! using the appropriate MOD Tie-down scheme! so after this moment..i'm on a painting frenzy! so just after i mixed up some CAT Yellow...first shot on the scraper body...then my compressor called it a day!!!!!! turns out my pressure regulater has called it a day!!!!...so cap on the paint and back to the building desk...

And this is the result of yesterdays plastic bashing session....the main boom of a super long reach

excavator.. today i've been rebuilding the dipper which is sat next to me as type this drying....

as is normal with me it's been an on and off project for some time!!! Mostly off....but anyway after struggling to deal with laminating 2mm sheets of perspex to build up the main boom and the resulting delaminating and swearing!!!

I stumbled across some old perspex display stands in the warehouse at work...so these were dutifully claimed..the nice 10mm thick sections form the core..and after finding an easy way to cut it! (scroll saw cuts but it melts back together behind the blade, Jigsaw not too bad..tile cutter! the way forward!)and sanded to final shape with a laminate of thinner plastic coat of filler and bosh jobs a good un!, it must be right...i've left it alone!

notice i didnt mention the base machine....all guesses welcome!....

anyway back to work tomorrow.....

online pics.....

so in this web 2.0 world..(it's the new world of the internet if yer not sure)...

hosting your pics online and sharing them with your web mates...or random strangers....

i usually go have a trawl on www.flickr.com stick yer fave tag "heavy haulage" is a good one in the age of cheap portable digital cameras..lots of people are keeping cameras about..and with the easy to use video camera option... www.youtube.com but you've got to remember to use the right tags.....

some links i like include...
The wanderings of Dave weston.. http://davidwweston.fotopic.net/
Mally Haynes from ALES..top self escort provider... http://www.flickr.com/photos/14304449@N07/
classic commercials... http://ccmv.fotopic.net/

roly billings outstanding plant vids. http://www.youtube.com/user/RolyD8k


but in the cyclical world of interests on the internet...people posting pics on forums...which then close do you have a folder of links on your computer..unlike mine which decided to lose all mine..or the forums shut down....

Dave....
off the to trawl the net for pictures.....and i promise to post some soon.....

evening.....

so let's if we can grab hold of this t'interweb blogging mullarkey.....apparently it's the way of the future.............

so as i am the worlds slowest modeller...photographer.. etc....i thought i'd stick some "progress" (and i do use the word loosly!)pics up...etc also as i work for a heavy haul company in the north of england...i'll stick up some nuggets of info..pics...also my other interests include anything with an engine...cars.(v proud owner of a nissan 350Z)..plant...you know diggers etc..boats..

and if you wondering..norman is one of my cats Skweeks being the other.....and everything seems to belong to them or be really interesting to them