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30/11/2024 5:25 pm
Greenlight did nice job with these USPS Mail trucks; they're mostly metal, in scale, and very accurate. The misses include a sealed hood (different project for another time ) and no steering. After 4.5 hours and some fabricated parts, the front wheels are now posable.
Grumman LLVs (long life vehicles ) were engineered to turn sharply to better negotiate crowded neighborhoods. Therefore, the front wheels are not close to the A-arms, this decreases the turning radius but gives a some-what of a wonky look.... further enhanced by the shorter front wheel track.
Greenlight actually replicated this. The gap between the A-arms and the front wheels is where the spindle should be....... and NOW is. 😏 😀 😉
30/11/2024 7:53 pm
Brilliant and patient work. I am envious, Chris.
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01/12/2024 12:28 am
exactly what David said Chris, well done. I'm assuming you have a type of vice to hold these rounded pieces to enable you to drill them?
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Topic starter
01/12/2024 4:54 am
@david-green Thanks David. I don't know about "brilliant," but I am patient - or lazy. It's hard to tell. 😏
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Topic starter
01/12/2024 4:59 am
I'm assuming you have a type of vice to hold these rounded pieces to enable you to drill them?
You'd lose that bet Geoff. No such vice is needed. All holes are "eye-balled" then drilled by hand. Anything you see that's white or black is plastic. With a pin-vice-drill, I can precisely get through it in seconds. Only the spindle pivot-posts, axles, tie-rod, and screws are metal.
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01/12/2024 5:35 am
Brilliant Chris! U available next time I need surgery?
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