My first post - Electro 12 at 1/25 scale in progress

[Ed Kennell 35,751]

Amazing..... wish I had 1% of your talent and patients.    

[Jparkes43 329]

Wow would you do a 227-5 (only joking)

James

Edited February 1, 2014 by Jparkes43

[steve k 82]

That is awesome!          great job so far, as all the others I am looking forward to the rest!    BTW I love the slant six dragster

[stevasaurus 22,229]

WOW...I love the Cowboy Caddie...  Very nice touch with the stick holding up the hood...and the rust...very cool.

[squonk 38,911]

That Caddy has Steve's name all over it!   Nice touch with the horns!   ROAD TRIP!!

[Digger 66 3,476]

Bravo ! 

I can't wait to see it    .

[papaglide 541]

Awesome man! Fantastic work Mr Moto. I can't wait to see more!

"Mr Moto" ......now that's old school. Very cool handle!

[mr.moto 96]

Hey, guys. This time I have a question. What is the correct Wheel Horse nameplate to go across the back of this Electro 12? Can't find any good reference photos of the rear!

[ol550 825]

Might check Vinylguys store in the venders section.  Has a kit shown for a 70 Electro, don't know for sure

if it is the same in 69 though.

[Vinylguy 4,666]

Mr. Moto

 I would be happy to send you a file that you can scale from. 

I will email you a PDF and eps file. or what ever you need.

I do have that model and will try to make a decal kit for it.

 

 

PM me your email address and I will send the file.

Edited February 3, 2014 by VINYLGUY

[mr.moto 96]

Thanks, Vinylguy! I already have a decal created for that that one. Just wasn't sure it was correct.

[Vinylguy 4,666]

sweet

 Never hesitate to ask if you need anything for your creations. 

You will find that most everyone here is ready and willing to help

especially when it involves a Wheel Horse of any kind.

Thanks again for sharing your project.

[mr.moto 96]

I think I might have spoken too soon! Look for a PM, Vinylguy.

[mr.moto 96]

The tractor is starting to come together now. I had to build a few items that weren't in the kit like a taillight, lift valve, lift cylinder and neutral pedal.

 

 

 

 

 

Oh, and a fuel filter, too. This is it on the tip of a toothpick.

 

 

Detailing the battery always adds some extra visual interest. That's the kind of thing that helps make a model look real.

 

 

I took a little liberty with the transaxle and painted it aluminum. I thought that would also give some visual interest - sort of an eye catcher - but I'm not really happy with it. Before everything is done it will end up being red!

 

 

Now, this next part was fun to do. Wheel covers are an essential part of an Electro and I had an idea to make them out of a soft drink lid using a hollow punch. It worked like a charm! The horse decals didn't want to snug down on the shiny Alclad painted finish and a couple of them had to be redone but in the end they came out okay.

 

 

 

 

After a little bit of paint, she was up on all fours and ready for some test fitting and even some assembly.

 

 

 

I had already painted the fender unit but during test fit I realized that it needed a cutout for the hydraulic hoses. Now it's waiting to get repainted. The weather the last few days has been very rainy and I don't want to paint the "shiny bits" until the humidity goes down. That really affects the finish.

 

 

In the meantime, it's starting to sprout wires and hoses and this is how it sits for the time being.

 

 

Hope to make more progress soon but right now I need to check a weather forecast!
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Ed Kennell 35,751]

Amazing work ....

[Vinylguy 4,666]

INCREDIBLE!!!!!

I will never look at a soda lid the same.

Edited February 5, 2014 by VINYLGUY

[squonk 38,911]

ZOMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!         

[C-101plowerpower 1,605]

wow, just, wow. you sir are very very talented with tiny bits

i think i want one

 

Koen

[userj8670 68]

Wow I am at a loss for words

[papaglide 541]

Mr. Moto. Freakin awesome!!

[neil 2,398]

Like everyone has said , awesome attention to detail . My father does military modeling & some of his dioramas are  just some thing else , He has a complete 8 ft x 8ft diorama of the D,day landings built in the attic , with trenches . The use of different materials to create certain effects is just mind bending .

My father would paint Cat tray litter to imitate bombed rubble .

Egg cartons would be used to make concrete pill boxes& he would use plaster spreadover polystyrene foam to create a battlefield landscape , Pieces of clear plastic food cartons would be cut up and used as broken sheets of glass .

When the diorama is complete he would photograph the scene in  black & white grainy film and you would think that is was pictures from a real battle scene .

 

This  tractor project would look amazing in a wheelhorse dealership Garage diorama

[mr.moto 96]

A Wheel Horse dealership would certainly be a worthy and challenging project! Being a member of a local club, Baton Rouge Scale Modelers, I'm familiar with the level of detail and creativity that many military modelers put into their work - not to mention the number of hours. I tend to stick with the vehicles only but you've planted the seed of an idea for a sort of "corner of the showroom" instead of a full diorama.

[SousaKerry 500]

I used to do quite a bit of superdetailing when I was into model railroading in HO scale (1:87) but I never got to the level your at. Now my hands shake too much for that kind of work.

[Wheel Horse Kid 104]

WOW! Amazing work!!!!! That mower deck is very, very cool! I actually bought that same kit with the Indy Car and Wheel Horse Electro 12 a couple of days ago from Ebay! By the way, Welcome to RedSquare!

[Torino 14]

Neil, I would love to see some pics of your fathers diorama.