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I'm going to go out on a limb here and speculate...but I'm guessing you are a happy camper with this buy? :) Mike

I still pop in from time to time. But still no time to work on this. Still working 80-90 hr weeks. A couple of updates. 1. I am retiring sometime between Oct 2018 and Sep 2019 so that will free up some time hopefully. At this stage in my life, I don't want another full time job. 2. Never...

Rental trucks must stop at the MN/SD border one too. I am guessing UHAUL trucks are included. I've driven past in my Suburban and a UHAUL trailer without any problems.

Hey...quick update and to answer a question or two.... 1. The load....I need to get the truck done first! LOL. Honestly, when I first started in on scratchbuilding, I was going to build an M88 recovery vehicle. I even took a few hundred pics and measurements and started building the tracks. I...

Well....got the workbenches repainted and put back in. Moving forward anyway. Also took on a part time job to get a few extra bucks each week. Sighs....

No updates. I'd been thinking about getting back here but never seem to find the time. I got the basement project mostly done and have a huge area for the machine shop. Unfortunately, the surplus business is taking off and that eats up valuable free time. But I have a list of "to do" items that...

Thanks John! I will do that sometime! I know I haven't posted in a while, but the project is far from dead. I started over on the radiator (again) and made all new fins....only to decide that if I made the slots through the fins a little narrower it will help my ability to get a nice clean...

I might toss the radiator aside and go onto something else so I can get some progress. I just cannot for the life of me get a small enough amount of solder put in place. The space between the fins fill up with too much solder. The stuff I have is 1/32" but I don't know the melting temp of it. I...

Hey Everyone! This project isn't dead...just haven't had any time to work on it. After I got back from Afghanistan, the Army decided it was a good idea to send me to Germany for a couple of weeks on a project. Then I had a bunch of weekends tied up with work...and I have a shop in town that we...

Hey Dennis, Yeah...I was buying the film from a US supplier for awhile and then they just up and stopped stocking it, so I went the China route. I was searching around after this last fiasco and I found a company in NC. The thing is, they aren't too much more expensive than getting it from...

No update yet but I am working on this. Been having issues with my photo etch operation that has been driving me up the wall. Without going into a great many technical details (unless anyone is familiar with photo etch processes...), the last batch of photo resist film I received was bad....and...

Getting into too thin category. I think I used .032" aluminum strips to keep the spacing between the fins uniform. I think I have some .025 around that I'll use instead. Starting to make the new fins. Hoping to get a bunch more run this weekend. I want to start building! Mike

I'm baaaaaack! Hoping to get back on this project soon. I'm going to start over on the radiator. After I figured out a technique, the last few fins that I soldered in look a lot better than the first few that I soldered. I'm also going to etch the fins out of .003 brass instead of the .004 that...

I'm in Afghanistan right now :) Life just can't get any peachier for me LOL. I'm going to get back on the truck just as soon as I get back. Been itching to work on it again. Working on getting a CAD program down to help me get some parts made. Should be back in a few months. Thanks for the...

I should have thought of that myself.... Total tally so far: 88 fins 44 "tubes" (actually 1/4" strips representing tubes) 3872 solder joints (each intersection of the fin and tube gets soldered....one at a time...) The setup so I can see what the heck I am doing. I got a trinocular...

Grrrr.....ran out of fins. Need to stop and make about 50 more. I'll probably go ahead and make the side rails while I'm at it. I want to try to etch them instead of cutting them out of the sheeting.

Here is an update of where I am at on the build. I started rebuilding the radiator a few months ago. After shelling out a few hundred for a stereo 3x-90x power microscope, I can finally see what I am soldering. This is going pretty good now. The pictures shows how much closer the fins will be. I...

UGH....I see the scale in the topic heading now.... Mike

What scale is it? What is the approximate dimensions? Looks great! Mike

Well this has been interesting reading. Actually sort of possibly maybe at least thinking about getting something to replace my 3/4 ton Ford and snow plow with something bigger. I have one lot that takes me over 4 hrs to do with my current setup. Getting something bigger might cut that down in...