Come,come, come my friends-please everyone come in. I know it is short notice and I hope you all brought the required safety equipment, safety glasses, and rubber gloves. Ah, you want to know why the gloves.....we are using some chemicals and we must protect our hands. So gather round and look at where we left off with the unit taken apart. So before we begin are there any questions? Ah yes Mr Paul R, what is it? Yes of course you can use the guest room again. Any other questions? Birdman can you head to the kitchen and check on the cookies?

The easiest way to get paint off a model is with chemicals. Chemicals can be very nasty, so lets be safe. Dewoc, can you open the shop door-we need plenty of ventilation, lets turn on all the fans. I am going to put on a smock, safety glasses and neoprene gloves and as I am using lacquer thinner a respirator. I put a gallon of lacquer thinner in a cake pan and then stuff it full of parts. At this point I must stress that you cannot put any plastic in the chemicals-they will dissolve in a heartbeat. So inspect everything, then inspect it again! As you can see on this particular model the lacquer thinner worked fast, in a few minutes. On some models its an over night process.



Okay so once the lacquer thinner does its job, I use a wire tooth brush to remove the large pieces of paint that do not fall off. Then its over to Mr. Blaster and run every part through the sand blaster to remove the final pieces of stubborn paint and to get into the small corners and tight areas.

Then I hang the parts hanging in the spray booth



Whats that Gaz? Yes you will see some parts that are yellow. The mesh grating is just to fine and I do not want the chemical dissolving it, so they are just getting primer over and then their top coat.



Okay, now for a trick I know. When you have moving out riggers or other parts that get painted that move in other parts, you need to keep the inside from getting paint-it adds to much thickness which will cause parts to bind and scrape paint off. So I tape off the removable plate where the keeper groves are and then I roll paper towel up and put it in the channels, where it will remain till final paint is done.







And then its off to get primer!




Now for the next part....What birdman? The cookies are ready and you just poured the milk? Well then I guess that about all for now. Its cookie time!!!

So till next time......

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Bob
Bobs Cranes

Come Over To The Lift Side . . . . . . . We Have Cookies!!!!

Looking great. I don't have the patience to do this.

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As Mammoet says "SIZE DOES MATTER". Slowly collecting Mammoet 1:50 scale stuff. Mainly cranes!

Great work Bob, really enjoying this series of posts.

Rowan.

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1:25th scale CAT 375L excavator

That's a great tip with the outriggers Bob. I'll keep that one in mind for the next hydraulic crane I do..
Dave

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Nothing is impossible,,just difficult....

Who is John Galt? Why he works right here in Chicago!!!

The LTM1300 has plastic hub caps and a very hard plastic rim, both of which I removed. The spindles that they attach to are part of the metal axle. Mr. Galt has hit the nail squarley on the head as this is one of the things you check very carefully-all suspension parts. There can be hidden bombs there!

Hauln-please do not tease me! A tanker of ice cold milk sounds like heaven-I bet I could chug it!!!!

Lima-I find it relaxing after a hard day of paper snuffling!

I love this stuff!!!

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Bob
Bobs Cranes

Come Over To The Lift Side . . . . . . . We Have Cookies!!!!

Great tip on the outriggers Bob! I have only done one LTM1300 but have to say it is a great crane to do and fairly easy, especially compared to say a GMK7450!

Looking forward to the finished article.

I do hope to make use of the guest room again, but probably not this year

Paul R