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Hello there Slow crawling project. I've started brake links a few weeks ago. Today I combine all parts together. By the experience of the Front Engine's brake link , I improved my assembly method by do all on a template. This method is better for both assembly and precision.

Hello Zathros Thanks for sharing your experiences. During my childhood I asked my dad took me to the train station mostly every evening to see the trains. I liked to see the steel wheels roll on the track while the ground was shook. I felt like a big monster ran passed to me. It was so...

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Thank you Ronson2k3 Hope you enjoy this report too :) I spent 3 weeks for air brushing frame bed and starting the suspension units. There are so much parts to assembly on the suspension. I can't finish within today.

Hello all Thanks for following my work and all your kind words. This project takes longer time than my expectation. But I never felt that it was too far to the goal. Because I've never been alone on this way. Thank you Bob for sticking with me. Today I spent whole day for wheel box. All...

I wanted to see how is the model's length when finished. I was surprised its length in the first look. The total length is 1.6 m.

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Hello there Start to build the back engine's frame bed. Long frame pieces were cut by hand. Others are laser cut. Laser cut machine was well calibrated. All parts are sharp and exactly in precision. The building sequence is engine main cylinders , inner frame , outer frame and back frame...

Today I've received 5 pages of laser cut parts. After checked all dimension , found no size error. I'll start to build frame bed this weekend. I got a recommend from the laser shop to reduce lines' nodes. There were too much nodes. It makes the line be like a dot line and extends the cutting...

Hello thanks for all kind words. Today I've finished all wheels. I painted metalic surface instead of using the silver sheet at the front engine.

Hello all Thanks for all viewings :) A few months I spent my time on 3D design. Recently I'd unrolled the frame bed of back engine. Together I tried to cut by a laser cut machine. I've found a laser cut shop not far from my place. The machine owner who designed , built and program this machine...

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Hello oklacnw and all Thanks for viewing. Today I added the feed water pipes under the ash trays. I design to used 3.0 and 3.5 mm of wire for those pipes. Now I'm doing on grease piping of the trailed truck's bearings. The wire size is 0.5 mm. ----kooklik----

Hello again :) Still keeping on the design. Now I am detailing in pipe work. Start from water feeding system. The right back area is feed water heater. It took much time to find out the drawings. And less reference pictures caused me confused on drawings reading. Last 2 weeks I visited Denver...

Hello again The back engine design is mostly complete. Ash tray is rather complexed and took much time. I couldn't see from out side pictures and the drawing was rather difficult to understand. ----kooklik----

Hello thegreek270 and Merry Christmas Thanks for your kind words. I think it takes 2 years from now to release. I'm designing the back engine. It's not ready to be unrolled yet. ----kooklik----

Hello Mac Wait to see your boat in different size.