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    Scratchbuilt 1/8 scale M915A1

    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...
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    Scratchbuilt 1/8 scale M915A1

    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...
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    Scratchbuilt 1/8 scale M915A1

    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....
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    Scratchbuilt 1/8 scale M915A1

    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...
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    Scratchbuilt 1/8 scale M915A1

    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...
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    Scratchbuilt 1/8 scale M915A1

    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...
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    Scratchbuilt 1/8 scale M915A1

    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...
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    Scratchbuilt 1/8 scale M915A1

    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...
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    Scratchbuilt 1/8 scale M915A1

    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...
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    Scratchbuilt 1/8 scale M915A1

    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
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    Scratchbuilt 1/8 scale M915A1

    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...
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    Scratchbuilt 1/8 scale M915A1

    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...
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    Scratchbuilt 1/8 scale M915A1

    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...
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    Scratchbuilt 1/8 scale M915A1

    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.
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    Scratchbuilt 1/8 scale M915A1

    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...
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    Scratchbuilt 1/8 scale M915A1

    Hmmmmmm....that is an idea. I've been using .025" aluminum shim stock for a spacer when I was experimenting soldering these individually. Actually, I could probably do something like this, but toss the whole works in an oven and let it bake. I'll have to contemplate this....while I make another...
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    Scratchbuilt 1/8 scale M915A1

    That is a little different idea than what I tried. I tinned the tubes (actually .016" x 1/4" flat brass), slipped a few fins on, fluxed everything and then used a small butane torch to heat it up. It didn't work as good as I thought. I like your idea, but my problem is to keep 100 or so flimsy...
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    Scratchbuilt 1/8 scale M915A1

    A few pictures of the grille that I built last winter. Now that I've figured out how to beat copper over a wood buck without a bunch of creases and warpage, I think the roof section will be pretty easy now. Overall shot Closeup bottom right corner (bottom driver's side actually) Top corner...
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    Scratchbuilt 1/8 scale M915A1

    LOL...I would LOVE to make the engine, transmission, and transfer case actually work, but my limited machining knowledge would never get that done....or it would take me 100 years to figure it out. I have both a soldering iron and a resistance soldering setup plus a number of small butane...
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    Scratchbuilt 1/8 scale M915A1

    It's going to be a static display model. I am striving to put as many of the details in this as I can. I'm working off of around 1400 pictures of every imaginable angle on this truck. I probably have around 300 or 400 measurements, but I plan on getting more measurements before I deploy to...
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