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it came, and i set it up, and tried to get my dremel to work with it, but then i saw on the workstation box that my model isn't compatible. its real old. a friend's neighbor drove a garbage truck and picked it up one day and brought it home and gave it to me. i have no idea how old it is. anyway, i ended up spending an additional $85 for a dremel 3000 with the flex shaft attachment. i used it today to buff these guys.
all that took about 20-25 minutes at slow speed.
so much for that. back to the project:
i started on the cat a few days ago, and got these parts epoxied together, per the instructions.
i'm gonna epoxy the treads to the frame later tonight.
I have the same Dremel stand and you will love it!!
Pappy
The only place you'll need to remove the paint is the inner of the rear drive wheels for a good epoxy bond, scuff these areas up with sand paper for good tooth, I'm sure this is in the manual (I read it there first) but wanted to remind you.
tomorrow i'll weather the tracks and epoxy them on. the next day i'll epoxy the engine components on.
Something I tried (unsuccessfully) to do with the seat was to add a worn area where the driver would sit. If you could pull this off it would look great. If not, cover it with a tarp.
Thanks Bryan, you reminded me of something I forgot to do, so, I just did it.
Come on Kev, dont back out on me now, we're supposed to be in this build together.
I'll post mine in my thread, my paint is still a bit wet/shiny tho, ha.
The hubs on the main body are a great holding place while you add all the details to the engine and body. Once the tracks are on its more difficult to hold and rotate the whole thing to work on the body, dont ask how I know, I think I had my tracks epoxied on at one point then took them back off till I was finished with everything else.
I also had the body on a popsicle stick while working on it as an extra handle to make it easier. (as seen on my page3)
Going back and fine tuning these parts to fit easily is a bitch after everything is weathered and detailed due to all the handling required.
Ie, make sure the holes in the track hubs slide loosely over the axles as step one tonight.
and here it's posed with the treads.
the doubled up 4x4s are just propping the control levers up while the epoxy sets up.
the jury is still out as to whether or not i'll add wires/hoses. i'll prob'ly have to give it a shot....
Excellent job on the track rust and engine grime.