October 2006
Monthly Archive
L-2350 LeTourneau Model
Posted by doncampbellmodels on 28 Oct 2006 | Tagged as: From the Workshop
Here is a picture Deb took a couple years ago of me in the backyard of the completed L-2350 Loader Model. It is now in Denver, Col. It was a very cool model. The one I am now working on is a L-1800. And the scale is half the size of this one. It should still have some detail on it too. Gaylord Weather- Snow, it is snowing with 3 inches in the forecast for today. Deb and I are going Christmas Shopping around Gaylord seeing how it feels and looks a little Christmasy. Have a nice Sat.
Completed Michigan 380 Dozer
Posted by doncampbellmodels on 27 Oct 2006 | Tagged as: From the Workshop
Here is the first pcture of the completed Rubber Tired Dozer. As some of you know I operated one back in the early 70’s near Fitchburg, Mass. When I was getting out of the Army at Fort Devens in Mass. , 3 months before your last day , you could sign up for (Project Transition) , you would tell them what you wanted to do as a civilian and they would train you. I was a Journeyman meat-cutter , so I told them I wanted to operate heavy equipment. So I got to play in a gravel pit / dump for several weeks. I loved it!!. It was my best time in the Army. I think those few weeks in Mass . playing in the dirt stuck with me my whole life. To this day I love seeing heavy equipment at work , standing still, or even in the junkyards, Correction!, not junkyards, they are ( outdoor museums) (:>). The picture below shows another angle of the completed Dozer. LeTourneau L-1800 Loader- I have started the rear frame section .
Michigan 380 Rubber Tired Dozer
Posted by doncampbellmodels on 27 Oct 2006 | Tagged as: From the Workshop
Well, Here is the next one of a kind machine that rolled off the Don Campbell Workbench. Sometimes I look at all the models I have made on my webpage and it’s just hard to imagine myself. I think, when in the heck did I find the time to do all those models, ha,ha. But the real secret is, when you truely love what you are doing, it is not work at all. It is very rare I do not really enjoy going out to my mini workshop to make my mini-machines. I am proof anyone can make models with limited tools and make them in a VERY SMALL space. My actual walking space is about 5 feet by about 7 feet long. I have three workbenches around me and the fourth wall has the welder and belt sander . My two drill presses are on one of the benches. I have two vises on one bench and a hand shear on one of them. My metal knotcher is on a stand below the bench. I wonder if someday I could get in the Guiennis book of world records for building the most , hand built , one of a kind , all steel models in the smallest workshop, ha,ha. Deb and I have talked several times about building a new workshop and tearing this one down. I think I would miss my junky little shed. It’s small and cozy and easy to heat all winter. Maybe someday I will have a new one built, but for now I enjoy my little mini shop. The picture above shows the rubber tired dozer completed. I try to get plenty of detail in each model and I am happy with the final look of this one.