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The last part for this update are the cable drums, which are placed on the sides of the telescope boom. These were made out of plastic cotton reels, rectangular evergreen pieces, u-shape polysterol rods and round rods/tubes in different diameters. 19112018 (32) (Large).JPG 19112018 (38) (Large).JPG ...

With this done, i continued to add the rubber shock absorbers, out of 1mm black styrene sheets, to the bottom and the grating of the basket. I further drilled small holes into the shock absorbers to imitate the attachment bolts. 16092018 (76) (Large).JPG 16092018 (80) (Large).JPG 19112018 (43) (Larg...

so the next, a little more complex, part was the further completion of the basket pipe system. Since i want to have it moveable it was a bit tricky to get the right angle to have the pipe tilting properly (ok still not 100% accurat, but fine for me :D ) 07082018 (16) (Large).JPG followed by some fur...

..the finished pieces, placed onto the boom 16092018 (58) (Large).JPG 16092018 (81) (Large).JPG the next small things were the the scene light for the basket.. 19092018 (2) (Large).JPG 19092018 (5) (Large).JPG 19112018 (50) (Large).JPG ...and the support/strut for the telescope boom (not showing eve...

followed by creating the parts on the underside of the telescope boom segments (no idea what their function is or what they´re called :?: ) 07082018 (22) (Large).JPG 07082018 (23) (Large).JPG 07082018 (24) (Large).JPG 07082018 (25) (Large).JPG 07082018 (26) (Large).JPG 07082018 (27) (Large).JPG

"I‘m a bit further with the progress on this project, just haven‘t had the time to post it properly here, but this will follow the next few days 8-)" ...Ok it´s been a bit more than just a few days :roll: , but i was more in the contruction than the posting mode :lol: So at least a lot more progress...

Great conversion, i like it

Wow this looks perfect
Man your decals are awesome, Great work!
I do agree that regardless how good a model is done, you can ruin it with the decals
Are you making your decals with a standard printer or do you use a professional one ?

CCFR-45 wrote: ↑

Sun Sep 23, 2018 12:54 am

Detail is good! I'm amazed at your patience. I don't have the patience or skill for something like that.

Dfdeng44 wrote: ↑

Sun Nov 04, 2018 1:41 am

Amazing skills.

Thank you again
I‘m a bit further with the progress on this project, just haven‘t had the time to post it properly here, but this will follow the next few days

Wow so many very unique builds!! I love the Chevy suburban ambulances