Hello...Good Evening and welcome........

well...couple of random updates.....

first a handy guide to dismantling corgi's new ford transit which shock and indeed horror, is actually a good model!!!!!

so..if you've read earlier episodes of normanshowse...you'll know why the transit is on the desk...if not feel free to refresh yourself....

so anyway...back to the tale in hand...how in the wide, wide world of sports do we take it apart!!!!

right then...we are looking for screws or rivits in the bottom somewhere..

so flip it over and exahust off..and start looking for hiding places..spare wheel carrier at the rear

and a clipped in panel at the front...took a bit longer at the time mind.....

screws out..floorpan away...glazing and lights out.. and an ingenious way of holding on the rear panel.. and jobs a good 'un!!!

and next on the desk...WSI's Scania R164 6x2....possibly more of a challenge than the van.....

and the rebuilt compressor has been pressed in to action.....

My CAT 740 ADT has been for its first trip to the paint booth....

Here's an early build shot..

The idea came from Scott fenwick's website

http://www.earthmovermodels.piczo.com/closeInterstitial();?cr=7 where after working out the donors.....Cararama/motorart Volvo A40D..and Norscot's CAT 725...and lots of plastic.....!!!!!

so got the parts and game on!!!!.....anyway...got some CAT Paint via work...and here's he first build after a shot of paint...

Couple of shady paint finish bits....so out with he micro mesh...(6000+grit sandpaper)

and back to the booth....

Oh...and mostly this week i have been drinking Old Peculiar from california...and Tusker kenyan lager!!

So tune in again for another exciting normanshowse adventure...........

D

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