Whoohoo...they unblocked Photobucket.  Nice work on the castings.  I've
always wanted to delve into aluminum casting too.

Derek
T065
SV016
KV-2 on hold

On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 6:55 PM, Don Shankin <[email protected]> wrote:

> Now that I've wiped the drool off of my keyboard, I just want to say that
> you do awesome work.  Care to share any details of your casting process
> publlically?  This is exactly want I want to do, but am afraid to try.
>
>  On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 10:02 AM, Forlorn Foundry <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Sd.Kfz.250/8 Neü 7.5 cm KwK51 (Progress report)
>>
>> [IMG]http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/yy326/ForlornFoundry/SdKfz
>> %20250/sdkfz250-8-neu-1.jpg[/IMG]<http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/yy326/ForlornFoundry/SdKfz%0A%20250/sdkfz250-8-neu-1.jpg%5B/IMG%5D>
>>
>>
>> http://s804.photobucket.com/albums/yy326/ForlornFoundry/1-6th%20scale%20SdKfz%20250%208%20Neu/
>>
>> I've made a lot of progress since my last post
>> - I finished casting all the road wheels
>> - Made patterns for and cast three-part drive sprokets
>> - Started work on the lower hull made from aluminum plating and a lot
>> of drilling and tapping.
>> - Started work on front suspension/steering (biggest pain in my butt
>> so far ).  I'm waiting on some spring steel strip to build the front
>> leaf spring.
>>
>> I still have a lot of work to do before it's driving around but I'm
>> happy with the progress I've made so far. Next on the list will be
>> making new swing arms (I wasn't happy with the ones I cast),  make up
>> some track link patterns and start casting.
>>
>> Let me know what you think.
>>
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