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Hi, jrts and dwgannon! Thank you for the flowers! jrts: Last week I received a letter from Canada with the 2nd price of the airplane contest - thank you very much again. For the next contest in the armoured section I have just a target in my mind. :lol: I think the jeep would fit in...

Report_72 Presently progress of construction work - bottom up: Report_73 Presently progress of construction work - top view:

Report_66 The following pictures showing the mounted small parts, which require a lot of time and patience. Steering gear - top view: Report_67 Rear shaft drive - top view: Report_68 Front shaft drive - top view: Report_69 Steering gear with push rod - bottom...

Report_63 The next thought was causing with the realization of the shaft drive. The solution of the designer looks not very workable to me, because the fixing of the cardan joint would stand against the right endposition of the shaft drive. So I tried to make the cardan joints in a movable...

Report_57 This 12 paper rolls will become the damper. It looks bad in the moment, because I grind the edges. Report_58 After coloring, making a slideway of aluminium folie and refine it with some nuts, it looks much better. Report_59 All dampers are mounted by glueing to...

Report_53 After some fun at the last weekend it's time to go on with new energy and power. The axles are fasten with some clamp of wire to the flat springs. This clamps were tighten with screws on the lower side of the original. I was looking for a methode to realize that nuts made of...

Dear friends, Everybody, who is waiting for the next building report of the Willys Jeep, I have to disappoint. Normally I build on the weekend and on Monday I'm posting a new report, but this weekend it was impossible, because there was very much activity in Austria. The half of the country...

Hello Leif! Thank you! Sometimes I think, I'm the 'missing link' between the cardmodelers and the plastic modelers. :wink: Servus Josef

Hi, Bernie! Thank you for the nice statement. Your work is also fascinating. How many spiral drills do you have destroyed with this action? :) Kindly greetings Josef

Hello Gil! Thank you for the compliments. Making of selfmade etchingparts in 5 Steps: 1. FILM: After drawing the parts, I make a film. Small films are printed to transperancy film with a inkjet printer (Epson Stylus Color 1160). Bigger films were done by a repro studio (reason is the...

Report_48: For the compensators of the flat springs I want to try something new - I love to be experimental. The mounting was done with real bolts and nuts (M 0,8 = 31,5 mil!) Report_49: After a long time and some censored exclamations (not the right words for young ears) all nuts...

Report_42: In the meantime I have collected enough part to activate my etching machinery and I could start the making of the mainframe. This one I want from start on do with etching parts for the reason of stability and weight. Here you can see both of the frame rail, where I have etched...

Dear Leif, Following the hints about working with wires, the tips and tricks were very good and useful. For your problems about the seats, there is eventually one more possible solution. Perhaps you can also work with styrene microstripes. Warming and forming them with a hotair-gun, gluing to...

Report_37: As the last part to the engine, there are missing the clutch and the gear. I took the parts of the paper kit and build it officinal. The screws were done again with little punched cardboard disks. Finally I primered all with the brush. Report_38: After this I use my...

Report_34: The next logical step was to connect engine and cooler. The right distances I could read in the drawings. The lower tube was made by a piece of wire, colored in black and glued with CA glue. Report_35: The upper tube was made with the original paperparts (two paper...

Report_31: The cooler also is made with the original paperparts. The coating on the inside of the front opening should made by thin paper - I haven't made it, because I use paint for the coloring and without the coating the material would looking thinner, more like real sheet...

Report_27: For the pulleys I made some extra parts and supplement the leadings for the pulleys. All discs and the alternator were made of paper. Only the axles are pins. The fan belt is a piece of paper, which was glued on joint, finally stronged with a little piece of silkpaper. The fan was...

Report_23: For the air filter/carburetor/exhaust manifold I also used mainly the original paperparts. Only the bellows was made of wounded tin-solder and the exhaust manifold was made of styrene microstripes (evergreen). Report_24: For the color of the exhaust manifold I have try to...

Report_20: The motor is ready colored and the ignition system is build in. Report_21: The contributor was colored in brown, as I remember I've seen this color by old cars. The spark plug jack was made new as angular connector. Two paperrolls glued together and smoothen with thinned...

Hello Bernie! Thank you for your attention. The report in 'Kartonbau' is more up to date, but I'm working very hard on translation to english, so I hope this afternoon both forums would be at the same release date. Kindly regards Josef