Here are a few 'Work in progress' pics
Here are the two donor vehicles that were sacrificed for this project:
Thanks to Verity (naflibomyalp) for the tractor
I felt a little bad as she had just bought a new roof for it
The remains of the forklift truck after I had finished with it
After dismantling the tractor, my first job I did was to paint all the parts requiring black, black:
The only things that I haven't painted are the mast and the axle clips, as function would have been lost.
Here's how I made the flashing light:
I got an orange light and systemx connector from the space theme, and put them together to make a beacon.
I made the protection bar from cutting up an old camping chair!
The bottom of the connector was filed down so that the beacon cleared the bar.
I forgot to take a pic of the body unpainted, but here it is getting it's last coat of yellow paint:
In the pic you can see where I have cut off the front mudgaurds and fixings for the front loader.
At the back, there was just the tow hitch, so I had to shape the front of the forklift to fit onto the rear of the tractor, and I filled in the gap at the top with that engine/winch piece that I don't know what it came off of!
I hope you like my custom
Damo
