Post by muleskinner on Oct 25, 2010 16:05:03 GMT -5
The model depcts a Euclid which was used here in Oregon in the logging industry for some time here in Coos County, in the state of Oregon. The model was built off a unit which was sitting on a Lowboy not too far from my house in Myrtle Point. With camera in hand Mark Wilson (loghauler) went over and took a look and got a series of pictures. The unit was stripped down and in very poor shape. It was all Euclid aside from the fact it some where along in its life made the transition from Euclid Yellow to Terex Pea Green. All the basics were there for building except for the front Main guide rollers and the blade. These I had to research off of the net with the help of Mark.
After getting all the photos and information together I began the build of the Model based on what information I had. Starting with just the Frame and track units from an AMT D8H model I modified everything to the Euclid type suspention and roller units and assembled the frame and running gear. The engine was built off a modified Cat engine cast in resin, which I recieved from a friend of mine in Australia and built it up to match the one in the 1:1. Then came the task of Scratch building the Euc around this. Everything on the unit was built and formed out of Evergreen Plastics, wire and what ever else I could find to go into the model. The skinner cage on the opriginal was bent and twisted so I sat about to duplicate this on the model as well, to make it look as though at one time it had been layed over on its side.
The Hydro Ram on the nose was made out of one of the Rams supplied with the Cat model. The ram piston bar had to be extended one scale foot to reach the top of the blade from the hydro unit where it sat on the front of the nose. The blade had to be extensivly modified and the horizontal arms shortened so they would fit the new attachment points on the track roller housings.
The hardest part was the attaching and aligning of the CARCO winch unit in the back without obstructing the radiator intake, which was in itself accomplished after a few dozen tries. The radiator was by far one of the hardest of all things to build. At first I used the radiator from the cat but found it would not fit the purpose so the whole radiator assemby had to built from scratch to fit into the area in the back. From there all the coolant lines had to be ran forward to the engine an attached.
This unit also had the name Euclid raised on the front of the cowel which I duplicated by cutting out and applying each individual letter fron thin plastic. On the frontal shot of the model you can see part of that lettering on the front below the Hydro ram unit.
After the unit was completed it was painted Dark Japanese Yellow and then weathered with acrylics and calligraphy Ink to give it that beaten look. This was by far the most teadious model I have ever attempted and came together by the holding of my temper and a few choice words.
After getting all the photos and information together I began the build of the Model based on what information I had. Starting with just the Frame and track units from an AMT D8H model I modified everything to the Euclid type suspention and roller units and assembled the frame and running gear. The engine was built off a modified Cat engine cast in resin, which I recieved from a friend of mine in Australia and built it up to match the one in the 1:1. Then came the task of Scratch building the Euc around this. Everything on the unit was built and formed out of Evergreen Plastics, wire and what ever else I could find to go into the model. The skinner cage on the opriginal was bent and twisted so I sat about to duplicate this on the model as well, to make it look as though at one time it had been layed over on its side.
The Hydro Ram on the nose was made out of one of the Rams supplied with the Cat model. The ram piston bar had to be extended one scale foot to reach the top of the blade from the hydro unit where it sat on the front of the nose. The blade had to be extensivly modified and the horizontal arms shortened so they would fit the new attachment points on the track roller housings.
The hardest part was the attaching and aligning of the CARCO winch unit in the back without obstructing the radiator intake, which was in itself accomplished after a few dozen tries. The radiator was by far one of the hardest of all things to build. At first I used the radiator from the cat but found it would not fit the purpose so the whole radiator assemby had to built from scratch to fit into the area in the back. From there all the coolant lines had to be ran forward to the engine an attached.
This unit also had the name Euclid raised on the front of the cowel which I duplicated by cutting out and applying each individual letter fron thin plastic. On the frontal shot of the model you can see part of that lettering on the front below the Hydro ram unit.
After the unit was completed it was painted Dark Japanese Yellow and then weathered with acrylics and calligraphy Ink to give it that beaten look. This was by far the most teadious model I have ever attempted and came together by the holding of my temper and a few choice words.