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Originally Posted by airdave
Good stuff on those sites.
Plenty of ideas to choose from.
Hard to get specs though.
Unless its brand new stuff, with sales brochures.
I might just genericize the designs.
Maybe not try to recreate an exact model and make?
Create obvious vehicles, but using multiple design elements.
I was on the TUG website and found a nice new Pushback Tractor.
Complete with all the dimensions.
So, I am going to give this a try as my first1/100 model.
This small scale is proving to be a challenge for me.
I have to think at 1/100 when designing
...and think about how much simpler the design must be (to be buildable).
Even full 3D wheels and tires will be difficult at this scale.
I'll probably stick with flats.
This TUG Pushback has the biggest 60" diameter tractor tires.
But at 1/100, thats only .6" diameter!! 15mm!
And then I also have to consider at even smaller scales
...after the models have been printer reduced to 1/144, 1/200 and less.
An even bigger challenge!
lol
Hopefully this will be a fun challenge too.
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you could always do some 1;48 to keep the hercs company