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Re: Thunder Model Tractor

Posted: 27 Jul 2017, 23:43
by Vincent Power
Nice Woody. :) Very neat and simple mod.

Vincent

Re: Thunder Model Tractor

Posted: 01 Aug 2017, 04:49
by Vincent Power
Apologies for not posting any pics yet. :oops: I'll get around to that shortly. I'm happy to report that it's a neat little kit. The fit is very good with little or no putty required. The plastic is easy to work with though my "A sprue" was bowed when I opened the box, but on the plus side, it didn't affect any of the parts at all.

I've gone a little overboard and wired up the engine, including adding spark plugs. I don't know why I did that :roll:

Cheers,
Vincent

Re: Thunder Model Tractor

Posted: 01 Aug 2017, 06:52
by Mark Aldrich
Neat idea!

Re: Thunder Model Tractor

Posted: 01 Aug 2017, 10:20
by Adam Durrant
Vincent Power wrote:I've gone a little overboard and wired up the engine, including adding spark plugs. I don't know why I did that :roll:
...because it's what we do Vincent, even if no one knows it's there, we do.... :D

Re: Thunder Model Tractor

Posted: 03 Aug 2017, 12:26
by Vincent Power
Thanks guys. :)

Here is where I am so far.
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Cheers,
Vincent

Re: Thunder Model Tractor

Posted: 03 Aug 2017, 16:45
by Mark Aldrich
So...were these just used as tow tugs?

Re: Thunder Model Tractor

Posted: 04 Aug 2017, 09:54
by Gary Boxall
Looking real good Vincent 8-)

Gary

Re: Thunder Model Tractor

Posted: 06 Aug 2017, 12:30
by Vincent Power
Mark Aldrich wrote:So...were these just used as tow tugs?
Mark, I think they were used as Tow tugs, mowing the grass on airfields, they also had a variety of attachments for other engineering work. :?
I'm no expert though.

Vincent

Re: Thunder Model Tractor

Posted: 06 Aug 2017, 12:30
by Vincent Power
Gary Boxall wrote:Looking real good Vincent 8-)

Gary
Thanks Gary.

Vincent

Re: Thunder Model Tractor

Posted: 06 Aug 2017, 12:42
by Vincent Power
I've progressed a little further. :D
A lot of the smaller parts are on and I've divided some of the build into sub assemblies for painting. I still have minor wiring to finish off too.
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I've also added some rust areas and some random damage. ;)
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Moving slowly towards paint I think. :)

Vincent