1/35 Tractor with crane and cargo

[buzzbomb]

Thanks guys, but it's really just slightly faster, much, much messier scratchbuilding. Plus the PPE; you're either making meth or resin printing

Yes there are similarities to the full on scratch build, so I get it. Prototyping is much easier once you have the design rendered.

You are right around the mess/PPE, I watched my buddy go through it as a process, which is why I am baulking at a resin printer.

[frank2056]

Brian, if you set up the printer workspace with good ventilation, room to move around (and room around the printer), easy access to shop towels/paper towels and easy access to the cleaning area, it's not too bad. It will always be an annoyance compared to FDM printing,  though.

[Rick Lowe]

You will still need to be a bit circumspect, though - my Printing Guy tells of a friend who developed an allergy to resin, through not taking enough protective measures, and he's now had to shut down his resin printing business... 

[frank2056]

That's why you have to take protection seriously. The liquid resins aren't particularly toxic, but you will develop a resin sensitivity (basically an allergy) if you skimp on PPE (nitrile gloves, eye protection, respirator mask with organic vapor filters). You have to handle the uncured parts with gloves until they have been fully washed with alcohol and cured with UV. PPE and good ventilation are an absolute requirement. I've seen people on reddit handing parts straight off the build plate without gloves and it makes me cringe.

[Rick Lowe]

And that will eventually mean No More Modelling - or at least any with resin parts...   

[frank2056]

Slowly making progress on this. Every time I design a cabin in 3D, the transparencies are mounted from the inside, resting against the exterior coaming... and every time I have to insert the transparencies, it's time consuming and frustrating. I keep telling myself to find a better way of doing this... but I don't. I spent a while installing, then taping over the transparencies, accidentally knocking off the to-scale rear view mirrors from each cabin. Of course, the CA glue refused to stick every time I tried to reattach the mirror stalks so I replace them with copper wire. Slightly thicker, but they won't snap off.

Here's everything primed. The cabins are not glued down:



The crane operator's seat, facing to the rear. You can see the broken off rear view mirrors in the upper left:



And facing forward:



I changed the fuel cap location to be next to the engine on the driver's side. It made more sense.

[buzzbomb]

Yep, that is working

[Old Wombat]

Yep, that is working

Yep! And coming together nicely! 

[frank2056]

Finally finished! There were many little parts to add, and the crane was almost a model in itself. The unsecured cargo  is a spare electric motor that I printed for my HEMTT Explorer:



The crane is more orange-yellow than the rest of the vehicle, but the difference isn't as noticeable in direct afternoon sunlight. I found some closeup photos of the crane, so I added many of the boxes and hydraulic lines that Italeri skipped :

 





Our French mechanic buddy is not happy with the unsecured load:



I spent a lot of time on the crane and even printed the hook assembly in ABS (the bolts are from Meng), but almost all of it is invisible in these pictures. Here's the assembly before I painted it:



Most of my build goals were met - use up some spare kit parts (and many 3D printed parts) but I still ended up printing over half of the model.

As for the backstory, "Phoenix Vehicles" takes old and abandoned military equipment (from the battlefield in Ukraine as well as captured vehicles or those obtained from Russia as part of the reparations after the war) and repurposes it into farm and industrial equipment.

[Rick Lowe]

I have no issues with the colour difference - they may not have had a paint when cobbled together; or as they're battlefield/other repurposings, the same comment applies.
Whatever, nicely done. 

[kerick]

I have no issues with the colour difference - they may not have had a paint when cobbled together; or as they're battlefield/other repurposings, the same comment applies.
Whatever, nicely done. 

I totally agree.

[Old Wombat]

That's excellent, Frank! 

Different crane colour doesn't matter, cranes often are a different colour to the rest of the vehicle.



Love the "Phoenix Vehicles" company logo! 

[NARSES2]

That's excellent, Frank! 

Love the "Phoenix Vehicles" company logo! 

I happen to agree with both of those statements 

[su27rules]

Great work!! Nice details.          

[zenrat]

Very good.  I didn't notice a colour discrepancy until you pointed it out.  It doesn't matter IMO.  It adds some heterogeneity.