844john Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 Love your wall there Alastair! As for the headstock.....it'll drive you mad , time and again you think you've cracked it......then you realise you haven't, as the degree of tip and crowd is very large to compensate for the angle of the boom as it rises....but i guarantee you'll have a big smile when you finally crack it!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmd Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 looking well and nice job on the wall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alf aphid Posted April 28, 2019 Author Share Posted April 28, 2019 6 hours ago, 844john said: Love your wall there Alastair! As for the headstock.....it'll drive you mad , time and again you think you've cracked it......then you realise you haven't, as the degree of tip and crowd is very large to compensate for the angle of the boom as it rises....but i guarantee you'll have a big smile when you finally crack it!!! Ha ha. Thanks John. Just trying to get the house tidied up, and there are little jobs everywhere, we are toying with time to move!! But I’m not sure when the right time is. I haven’t got the geometry right in one position let alone in all the others. Might have a bash again tonight. School night though better not be up too late!! 4 hours ago, jmd said: looking well and nice job on the wall Thank you very much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alf aphid Posted April 29, 2019 Author Share Posted April 29, 2019 Could the end be in sight ? Certainly a bit closer. Not quite right in a few places but have tilt and crowd degrees somewhere good enough! John might need to pick your brains on a one or two points ...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valley Axe Man Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 A good step nearer Alastair must make you feel abit better now you can see the crowd/tip working Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
844john Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 Has the smile worn off yet Alastair? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alf aphid Posted April 30, 2019 Author Share Posted April 30, 2019 2 hours ago, Valley Axe Man said: A good step nearer Alastair must make you feel abit better now you can see the crowd/tip working Yes I feel I’m a step closer! 17 minutes ago, 844john said: Has the smile worn off yet Alastair? Well I’m reserving the smile a little at the moment it’s not 100% yet! I need to sort the connection of the push ram to the linkage. I need to study your pics again probably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret90 Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 Very neat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alf aphid Posted May 2, 2019 Author Share Posted May 2, 2019 Yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! permission for big smiles now? ok not perfect but it’s about there! At last Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Dan Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 Looks just wonderful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
844john Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 I said you'd be smiling Alastair! Just the ram to fit and you're there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mb86 Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 Brilliant Alastair, I can only echo what has already been said. Very neat and tidy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alf aphid Posted May 3, 2019 Author Share Posted May 3, 2019 Many thanks all! bit more progress this evening after unloading 500 bricks (brownie points) bit of fine tuning to do. Air box, exhaust, weights and steps and grab rails oh and of course wheels! Might need to raid little’uns scrap Britain’s toy box Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alf aphid Posted May 10, 2019 Author Share Posted May 10, 2019 Wheeled up! End is sight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valley Axe Man Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 Looking good Alastair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
844john Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 Nice job Alastair! Will she be yellow by the end of the weekend? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alf aphid Posted May 11, 2019 Author Share Posted May 11, 2019 1 hour ago, Valley Axe Man said: Looking good Alastair Thank you very much ! 43 minutes ago, 844john said: Nice job Alastair! Will she be yellow by the end of the weekend? Thanks John, well really it should be, just a few bits to finish off! What grey did you use out of interest? Was it enamel? Couldn't find a gloss grey in Halfords that looked right, not too many battleship grey cars about! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
844john Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 29 minutes ago, alf aphid said: Thank you very much ! Thanks John, well really it should be, just a few bits to finish off! What grey did you use out of interest? Was it enamel? Couldn't find a gloss grey in Halfords that looked right, not too many battleship grey cars about! If I remember rightly Alastair I think it was Fergie grey that I had left over from a scaledown Massey65 kit that I built years ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alf aphid Posted May 11, 2019 Author Share Posted May 11, 2019 1 hour ago, 844john said: If I remember rightly Alastair I think it was Fergie grey that I had left over from a scaledown Massey65 kit that I built years ago Ah ok I need some of that for a fergy too will have to invest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret90 Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 Looking great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mb86 Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 That looks very neat and tidy. Looking forward to seeing it with paint on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 looking good alastair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alf aphid Posted May 12, 2019 Author Share Posted May 12, 2019 On 5/11/2019 at 5:57 AM, 844john said: Nice job Alastair! Will she be yellow by the end of the weekend? I can confirm................. no! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alf aphid Posted May 15, 2019 Author Share Posted May 15, 2019 Who would believe it!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
844john Posted May 16, 2019 Share Posted May 16, 2019 7 hours ago, alf aphid said: Who would believe it!! I should have looked at your post first Alastair....it has been flowing! Looking good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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