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After looking at the cow catcher, I decided that it had a closed up look, not like the cow catchers I’ve seen. The entire bottom was a solid piece of brass joining the vertical ribs so that one could not see through the ribs down to the tracks.
Here’s the before picture:
So I used my vertical mill to remove the solid bottom portion, opening up the bottoms of the vertical ribs and then chemically blackened it.
I made a muffler and exhaust pipe out of various sizes of brass tubing. I added a drive shaft & rear axle support rods, all attached to a wooden simulation of a transmission and Model-T’s IC engine’s lower end. In this picture you can also see the machined bottom side of the cow catcher.
I painted up a number of Ozark Miniature detail items; track tools, jacks, hammer, wrench, shovels, rake, pick, chains, bucket and added them to the truck bed area & driver’s side of the bed’s stakes & rails. In the 1st picture you can see the exhaust pipe just below the bed's frame on the left side.
I also converted a CO-2 type fire extinguisher casting to simulate an old carbon tetrachloride fire extinguisher like those available in the 1920s and mounted it in the passenger’s side of the cab. The Model-T driver now has a companion dog riding along in the cab.
You'll notice that the hood is missing in all of these pictures. I'm in the middle of making louvers for the side hoods. The louver forming tool is designed and machining has started.
More later!!
Here’s the before picture:
So I used my vertical mill to remove the solid bottom portion, opening up the bottoms of the vertical ribs and then chemically blackened it.
I made a muffler and exhaust pipe out of various sizes of brass tubing. I added a drive shaft & rear axle support rods, all attached to a wooden simulation of a transmission and Model-T’s IC engine’s lower end. In this picture you can also see the machined bottom side of the cow catcher.
I painted up a number of Ozark Miniature detail items; track tools, jacks, hammer, wrench, shovels, rake, pick, chains, bucket and added them to the truck bed area & driver’s side of the bed’s stakes & rails. In the 1st picture you can see the exhaust pipe just below the bed's frame on the left side.
I also converted a CO-2 type fire extinguisher casting to simulate an old carbon tetrachloride fire extinguisher like those available in the 1920s and mounted it in the passenger’s side of the cab. The Model-T driver now has a companion dog riding along in the cab.
You'll notice that the hood is missing in all of these pictures. I'm in the middle of making louvers for the side hoods. The louver forming tool is designed and machining has started.
More later!!