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wow nice chassis"thumbsup" love the fuel cell box

Digging those tanks!"thumbsup"

impressive skills man. really nice alloy frame ! you did that on what machine and is that our personal machine or one you have at work ?

stratton.

The local surplus store sells Co2 powerlettes individually. With the top from a wire-nut I have oxy and acetylene tanks. Google images provided the safety labels.
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/e...9/P1020361.jpg
a small ATV toy lent me some wheels for the cylinder trolly.
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/e...9/P1020384.jpg
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reference
http://img.alibaba.com/photo/1189627..._Jerry_Can.jpg
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a little frosting
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/e...P1020409-1.jpg
some left over valves from the parma hemi made good jerry can caps.
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/e...9/P1020411.jpg

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I left the original lexan windows in for as long as possible to add rigidity to the body as I worked on it. It was always my intent to cut the windows out and create new ones but I struggled for some time to come to a solution on how to install the new windows and maintain the appearance of a gasket. It was only after a lengthy discussion with a friend on what I've been doing with my time that I thought to myself "the shape of an H". I knew styrene came in "I" beam shapes but I was happily surprised to find they made "H" columns, which in this case are almost square in dimension.
For the window gaskets I drew the shape of each window on a piece of paper, then began bending the small "H" columns. I made a drill bit jig to get the curves all the same, then holding the shape with my fingers I'd lift the curved section up then hold a lighter beneath it long enough for the section to soften, let cool then done.
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http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/e...9/P1020421.jpg

Amazing work with the styrene and build!

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Originally Posted by STRATTON (Post 3334490)

impressive skills man. really nice alloy frame ! you did that on what machine and is that our personal machine or one you have at work ?

stratton.

I have a bench top bandsaw I had some custom 16t blades made so I could cut the aluminium. everything was done with a bench top drill press and bandsaw.

wow! 8)great detail.

great build, a true scaler, do you have anymore action pics of the finished mog"thumbsup":twisted:

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Originally Posted by XxRockStar199xX (Post 3334565)

great build, a true scaler, do you have anymore action pics of the finished mog"thumbsup":twisted:

I have one video. Otherwise I haven't played with it much. I keep meaning to but I get distracted with other things.

Unimog3 - YouTube

this is really detailed to the core. great job

Wow that is some serious detail! Mad skills there!

man this thing is sick. i love all the detail great work!"thumbsup"

Great job on the Mog. Killer details and fab work! You should be very proud!"thumbsup""thumbsup""thumbsup"