hey I have been watching your videos for a few years an this one has gotten me on the edge of my chair there is so much that could be added later on . you already have a diorama in the makeing. give Molly a cheese puff for me lol. she is a keeper
Hey Gary, Why not get a slow spinning table, like one of the spinning displays in a crystal cabinet, fix a holder in the middle of it and slow spin the wheels? then you can load a brush and turn on the spinner and lay the brush on the edge. Cut up a bunch of shish kabob sticks and tacky wax them to the wheels. Just an idea...
Great update Gary. I use Vallejo paints quite a lot. But I use Model Air with my airbrush and Model Colour for detail work with a brush. Think you're going to have to thin yours down quite a lot to airbrush with it. Practice first my friend.
Hi Gary. Very impressed with your progress so far and looking forward immensely to following the build. And, being primarily a car modeller myself, I hope you can do a series on that NASCAR kit sometime. It's clear that you're intending some chrome work, so a suggestion you may wish to think about. The Alclad 107 is probably the best you'll find for spray work, though you'll need a very glossy black base. For hand-painting a chrome look, I haven't found better than Model Master Chrome Silver 1790. It's brilliant and, being an enamel, it's perfect for applying with a brush over acrylics. Interestingly, it not being available in Australia, I sourced mine from Poland and it still arrived faster than your stuff from Hobbylinc!
Hi Gary, like the way you do your presentation. Just saw this one pop up, very interesting. I agree with you about the wheels, but suggest you hold off "fixing" them in place until the cars are completed - you may need to rotate after assembly for weathering, touch up etc. A tiny drop of CA should be enough to fix in place after. Looking forward to the next instalment.
Well you read my mine. All what you said coming in the next video, except for the CA, don't use it much, thats some bad stuff. Will stick with plastic cement for plastic models. Thanks for watching.
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Looking like a good start Gary. WOW!! 472 parts for the rails. I agree with Tony hold off on "fixing" them. Con't reading Tony's post. lol Oh, Hi Molly. You small black cutie of a cotton puff. ZZZZZzzzzzz
Go to my you-tube channel.....the video right before I started the Dora build shows my air brush set up. The video is called "New air brush and compressor". Also latter on I bought a Badger air brush that I really like, I think I show it in one of my videos of the Dora build.
Welcome to the world of large models Gary. And to the high paid modelers hired to write the assembly instructions. I hate to say it, but their may be a couple of born again nazis in the mix somewhere, just to mess with you. LOL! You're doing a great job of it, so just keep on being Gary. Regards, Solomon
I totally agree. I simply don't follow them start to finish, I do exactly what you're doing. I break it down, look at the process, and rearrange to my liking.
This is a massive project, it is quite interesting seeing how it is coming together. The largest current railway car is the Schnabel and it is a little bit less than half of the size of the Dora. It uses a similar truck and bridge design. Here is the link to a video showing one of these as an idea of how big Dora actually was (bigger than two of these side by side) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-7s1VgRwdBLs.html The logistics behind setting up one of these guns would have been insane, at least a thousand people working to set this beast up.
I live only a few miles from Diamond Heavy Haul (look them up). They have those traliers that are over 100ft long with 20 axles.and are based on the same principal. They are out in the country and when they come through the small town out here they have to make some hair pin turns, it's something to see.
