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Re: Jumbo Prototype 95 % Done

Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2015 6:56 pm
by pickelhaube
Wow ,

2 guys are baking off of the JUMBO .

Am I asking too much for it and the parts ?

Re: Jumbo Prototype 95 % Done

Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2015 9:47 am
by pickelhaube
Hey Guys,

Maybe I wanted these more than you guys .

I need a show of hands of who will actually get the JUMBO and or Easy .

It looks like the JUMBO has died on the vine .

If there is only one or two guys who want them there is no sense in continuing either one of these projects.

Please let me know

Re: Jumbo / Easy 8--I Need A Show Of Hands !!

Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2015 11:02 am
by rschaap
I'm still in for both.

Re: Jumbo / Easy 8--I Need A Show Of Hands !!

Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2015 2:41 pm
by blitzhazed
still in here for all

Re: Jumbo / Easy 8--I Need A Show Of Hands !!

Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2015 5:17 am
by pickelhaube
Wow not a lot of hands :?

I have finished the side armor and have modified the front a big to make the tranny case look beefier.

I will try to get picks up this weekend .

I need a few more guys to step up or this project and the Easy 8 will have to go back onto the idea list.

Re: Jumbo / Easy 8--I Need A Show Of Hands !!

Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2015 11:53 am
by grockwood
Sorry I didn't see the request for show of hands. I want both the Jumbo and the easy eight.

Re: Jumbo / Easy 8--I Need A Show Of Hands !!

Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2015 1:26 pm
by tko24
I want both, but if I had to make a choice between the two it would definitely be the Easy-8! I've wanted one ever since I started collecting 1/18 scale.

Re: Jumbo / Easy 8--I Need A Show Of Hands !!

Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2015 11:18 am
by rschaap
Any word on the two Shermans?

Re: Jumbo / Easy 8--I Need A Show Of Hands !!

Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2015 4:01 pm
by pickelhaube
Well so far only five guys have said that they actually wanted them.

So at this time it seems that I have wasted my time on this project .

:? :? :?

On another forum another guys has spoken up and wants to pay $65 for the kit .

That only will pay for the turret .

I need to cast close to 200 of those tiny track duckbills alone.

Re: Jumbo / Easy 8--I Need A Show Of Hands !!

Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2015 7:12 pm
by rschaap
Understood, I may have to break my own rule and look at the Hind. Let us know if things change.

Re: Jumbo / Easy 8--I Need A Show Of Hands !!

Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2015 8:04 am
by pickelhaube
One of the guys who have backed off is back on board with the JUMBO . That makes 6 guys

Normally I will go with 10 guys or sells before I will go through with a project .

If I have one more sale making a total of 7 , I will go ahead and do his thing !!

:D :D :D

When I get ready to start on the next WW2 project it will either be the 105 Howitzer or the Easy 8.

When that time comes I will put another poll up and that will tell me and you all what will be next.

If I get 10 guys to confirm they will buy it ( the winner of the poll ) I will make it .

Re: Jumbo / Easy 8--I Need A Show Of Hands !!

Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2015 8:05 am
by rschaap
There has to be more people that want this to happen.

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I'm still hoping....

Re: Jumbo / Easy 8--I Need A Show Of Hands !!

Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2015 5:20 pm
by normandy
If ever you do a Calliope, I'll take one.

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Re: Jumbo / Easy 8--I Need A Show Of Hands !!

Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2015 9:58 am
by rohirrimknight
I also confirm my interest and order for a Calliope

Re: Jumbo / Easy 8--I Need A Show Of Hands !!

Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2015 10:56 am
by Rylau
Hi Matt; About how much would the calliope be? Interested. Thanks. Bob

Re: Jumbo / Easy 8--I Need A Show Of Hands !!

Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2015 11:43 am
by pickelhaube
Looks like more interest into the calliope. :?

The only thing holding me back from working on the calliope are the tubes .

I can get them to scale ( or close to scale ) BUT THERE WOULD BE MANY OF THEM .

Each set has about 30 of them if I sell 10 of them I would have to cut 300 and more kits sold I would have to more and more .

So I was thinking of maybe casting the tubes and making them solid and that would look goofy . The I was thinking of maybe making the front of the tubes from the front bracket forward but then I will be back to making MANY tubes but just smaller .

I could supply the tubes and have you guys cut them yourselves but that kind of goes against making a kit ready to go.

What to do ?

Re: Jumbo / Easy 8--I Need A Show Of Hands !!

Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2015 2:45 pm
by rschaap
How about commissioning someone to cut the tubes to length based on the order. Say 20 orders at a time so you have them cut 600 tubes ( 20 orders at 30 tubes per order) and pass on the labor cost to the consumer. I did a project for my son's high school way back when I was on the football boosters and I needed 1700 pieces of metal cut to 4 1/2 inches. The guy at the metal shop charged me for 2000 pieces at pennies per piece. Had them ready in a week and as it turned out we needed close to 2000 so it all worked out. Just a thought.

Re: Jumbo / Easy 8--I Need A Show Of Hands !!

Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2015 6:21 am
by pickelhaube
My mistake about 42 tubes

Rudy not a bad idea but I am not sure who I could get.

I am the guy in my area who has the saws to do the job .

Re: Jumbo / Easy 8--I Need A Show Of Hands !!

Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2015 9:07 am
by rschaap
Growing up my dad would often ask me and my friends if we wanted to make a few bucks. He would show us what we needed to do and put us to work. Cheap labor. Like you, he had all the tools but not the time to do some of the busy work. Just a thought

Re: Jumbo / Easy 8--I Need A Show Of Hands !!

Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2015 1:40 pm
by pickelhaube
I set it to the side to work on the HIND project but I have the JUMBO done complete with duck bill track ends !!!!I added the side armor and actually redid the front tranny cover . I picked it up a little making it just a little chunkier like it was.
I realize that the pics you guys have posted of the JUMBO are post war but they are truly without the duckbills so the chances of this being done during the war is a " maybe " . So maybe you can make yours with out the duck bills.

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Re: Jumbo / Easy 8--I Need A Show Of Hands !!

Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2015 4:42 pm
by rschaap
With or without the duck bill tracks it still looks awesome.

Re: Jumbo / Easy 8--JUMBO Prototype Done

Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2015 5:48 am
by pickelhaube
I received my first payment on the Jumbo so we are locked in .

Re: Jumbo Finished Prototype ( Hopefully ) Build On Deck

Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2015 6:03 am
by pickelhaube
Here we go .

JUMBO kit prices .

JUMBO parts kit------------------------------------Jumbo built kit

Turret ---- -$70------------------------------------Turret ----------$70
Hull parts- $45 --------------------------------------Built hull----- $90
Duckbills-- $15------------------------Built tracks w/ duckbills--- $ 50-$75
Shipping-- $15-----------------------------------------shipping--- $15
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Total
------------$145----------------------------------------------------$225-$250

It will take about an hour to cut up the FOV Sherman and graft on the parts .

The duckbill tabs take about 4 hours to clean up and mount on the tracks . For $15 it just could be worth the effort to do it yourselves . If not I need to know how many of you would want the built up tracks . Years ago I got some resin that kind of acted like rubber so maybe I can go that way if there is a call for the tracks .

Also the FOV tracks are 2 pieces each and they interlock on the backside of the treads so ( if there is need ) I will make my rendition the same way.
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Re: Jumbo / Easy 8--JUMBO Prototype Done

Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2015 7:20 am
by rohirrimknight
It look awesome :)

Re: Jumbo / Easy 8--JUMBO Prototype Done

Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2015 2:38 pm
by pickelhaube
All you guys who have ordered the Jumbo please PM to confirm your orders.

There is a good chance that I will do full track links rather than the duckbill tabs . It actually will be easier for me to cast.

I have ordered some flexable amber colored resin to cast the track lengths. The FOV tracks are actually made in 2 sections each and this is how I will cast them.

NO EXTRA CHARGE !!

This will cut out 4 hours of additional labor to build the kit.

Again please PM me to confirm your orders.