Evening All,
Thank you all very much for the support and I truly hope everyone had a good Christmas under the current circumstances with all the restrictions. It was definitely strange.....
Neil - Thank You Sir, I am having a blast and you know my lights are on and there is nobody home most of the time. Hope you had a good Christmas down in London town my friend...
Tim - Thank you too Sir, but my jockstrap's pinching me, slouched to attention, while queuing for sardies at the office canteen........Also hope your Christmas was a good one, if not a bit weird in these times............
Lee - A big thanks too my friend. I truly hope you get rid of this evil disease and back to normal soon. Then you can finally get back to the bench and enjoy a bit of plastic snipping and glue slinging........
Graeme - Vielen Dank Mein freund. I'm so happy to have the RPtooz cutter to help out for the mass production. Still a ways to go. Hope you also had a good Christmas and I wish you einen Guten Rutsch ins neue Jahr!!!.........
Mr. Benson - I agree my friend, but the challenge is what makes it fun. When something goes right, it's even better. Lot's of table time over the holidays helps too. Thanks and I wish you and the family all the best for the New Year. Is Holly in college yet???............
So an update is now in order, so please stay awake until I'm finished. Thank you for your understanding.......
First Tiregate...I made the second set and it worked!!! I surprised myself with this,
The old messed up ones on the top, the first set on the left and the new set on the right. Ok, they are a tad smaller in diameter, but I blame that on the rubber shortage late in the war. The left set, 1943 and the right set, early 1945. Now to paint the rims, put in the spindles, glue the back spokes in and paint the tires. I then started to assemble and glue the rest of the reels on their rails and for the compartments. This is where we stand as of earlier tonight,
Still a few more to finish gluing on and then a quick coat with the hairy stick and paint the connector caps. I had to keep the rail width at 1,25cm so they would all fit, with the proper distance between them, in the compartments. Next up will be the tire rack and the phone wire cable reel holder in the 1st upper and lower compartments in the trailer. They look like this,
I still haven't figured out what the object is behind the phone cable reel holder. I be working on it though.............
That's all for tonight folks. Once again, a big thanks to Jim (Jim and Samson) and Paul Scott (Scotty3158) for their generosity and kindness in sending me reels for this project. All C, C and C cheerfully accepted and thanks again for for not snoring........
Prost
Bad Santa
Allen