Wooden Model Big Rigs & Road-trains update. Firstly, & most important, -A BIG Thankyou to everyone who wished me good health and better days ahead after me, ( probably ), trying to do too much by myself, and coming down with a rotten Sinus Infection,- Lesson No. 1,- try not to do everything by oneself. Lesson No.2,- No matter how tempting it is,- dont book in too many Customer orders,- just in case things go wrong, & deliveries cannot be made. New Year,- Firstly I have now got some casual help,- a semi-retired master cabinet-maker with 40yrs experience, AND simply looking for something useful to do, other than playing boring bowls, etc !! Also means I can now add some interesting design concepts to my larger, 1:15 scale, ( 1;10 scale ), Model Trucks,- such as;- Fish Tank; DVD Rack; Wine Rack; Magazine Rack; & whatever anyone else can think of. LED Lights,- on my 1:15, & 1:10 scale Models. Got the Lights the other day,- heaps cheaper than a third party quoted me, AND, ( best of all ), I can do most of the fitting all by myself. Realistic Fuel tankers;- looking into the concept of bending thin Aluminum Sheet round a former, joining it underneath, then adding shaped timber ends that have been sprayed with, Chrome, paint. Business Logos, names, etc.- another possibility, as my girlfriend is chasing up a product which can be ironed onto any material, then peel off to reveal the design or wording,- bit like Tee-shirt transfers,- but re-useable up to three or more times. Theres also another product which my girlfriend also found,- a special printable fabric, whereby one can download a pic, then print directly onto the fabric using ones own computer printer, which can create numerous other interesting ideas to enhance my larger Models. Wooden Wheels;- two designs to be available,- the Plain ones I currently use, and, a up-market, Mag style, complete with, tread. - price difference,- a whole 20 cents per wheel !!! Miniature tarps; Loads; even to a low-loader complete with a tractor & working FEL,- Low-Loaders can be anything from a standard tri, up to multi-axle monsters, with dollys to suit, as scored a larger throat Scroll Saw at a recent Garage Sale,- which takes the standard pinless blades. **** Slowly setting up a Display section here at my Port Vincent residence, where interested people can come and see some of my Wooden Models, ( usually the prototype designs ), and perhaps even place an order, or see me actually making one for a customer. ** No new pics available till I get my new Digital Camera,- Yep;- a real camera, not one of those fancy phone gizmo ones,- got no use for a mobile anyway, use a plain desktop computer, & an old fashion landline phone,- works,- therefore its good enough for me. ave a happy day, Roger.
Posted on: Thu, 18 Dec 2014 22:26:54 +0000