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Scratchbuilders!: Automotive
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Scatchbuilding Michigan tractor shovel
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Lebanon
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Posted: Friday, November 20, 2009 - 02:39 AM UTC
I'm new in here and I'm a Clark - Michigan archivist looking on the internet to find a professional craftsman who can custom build for me 1:25 scale models of Michigan tractor shovels. I have thousands of pictures and a lot of factory brochures/catalogs/manuals.

Anyone can help me with that?

Thanks...

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Posted: Friday, November 20, 2009 - 03:44 AM UTC
You mean something like this:


Fellows name is:
Don Campbell
and you probaly can track him down via his Flickr account

Hope that helps.
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Lebanon
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Posted: Friday, November 20, 2009 - 05:01 AM UTC
This is Don's model and it's a scale model of the Michigan 675.

Well to be honest, I'm looking for a VERY detailed scale model, preferably made from resin.
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Posted: Friday, November 20, 2009 - 08:08 AM UTC
to make it entirely from resin...... you'd have to make masters and molds. the other option would be having somone make a computer model that could then be printed in sections on a 3d part printer.
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Lebanon
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Posted: Friday, November 20, 2009 - 08:16 AM UTC
Yeah but do you know anyone?
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Posted: Friday, November 20, 2009 - 11:31 AM UTC
I do do 3d CAD........ but don't have alot of free time to work on any more side projects.....
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Lebanon
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Posted: Friday, November 20, 2009 - 07:54 PM UTC
Sorry if I ask but is it essential to use 3D CAD to scratch-build such a scale model?
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Posted: Saturday, January 07, 2012 - 11:53 PM UTC

Quoted Text

This is Don's model and it's a scale model of the Michigan 675.

Well to be honest, I'm looking for a VERY detailed scale model, preferably made from resin.



You're a couple of months too late... Kit Form Services in the UK (KFS site) recently ran the last production run of a 1:24 scale resin Michigan loader. A very detailed 15" long model.
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Posted: Sunday, January 08, 2012 - 12:28 AM UTC
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