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Post by Leon on Oct 23, 2014 19:55:58 GMT -5
Bruce I love your results  !!! Katy is really looking awesome.  |
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Post by vlpbruce on Oct 24, 2014 8:59:12 GMT -5
Thank you Leon. She is starting to come together pretty well now.
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Post by wbill76 on Oct 24, 2014 11:13:10 GMT -5
I had to chuckle at what must have been a true mystery for you Bruce!  For some reason I had a kind of 3 Stooges imagery in my head of the launcher continuing to whack the cabin in the 'head' until you figured out the need for the raised box. Nice fix! |
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Post by vlpbruce on Oct 24, 2014 18:01:46 GMT -5
Thanks Bill. Were you looking in while I was trying to figure it out?  I think the most amusing thing about this is I knew the whole thing sat above the frame the whole time. I guess I was just having "senior moments". Anyway, it's moving along pretty well right now. |
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Post by deafpanzer on Oct 24, 2014 23:00:17 GMT -5
This is just awesome! Glad I got to see it in person recently... can't wait to see it again!
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Post by vlpbruce on Oct 25, 2014 14:33:38 GMT -5
Thanks Andy.
She will be at the Indy contest for sure.
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Post by Teabone on Oct 25, 2014 17:39:19 GMT -5
Your not the lone sailor on the Ship of Fools, I have a life time ticket. I had to stop slapping my self on the head as it was blurring my vision as often as it was happening. First rate work and looking more like the real thing with every post. Im glad you did the early version since the later version was in inventory so long that I think every third world country on the planet had a fleet of them, yours will be truly unique to the genre.
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Post by pantherf..-Email Not Valid on Oct 25, 2014 18:45:53 GMT -5
Thanks Andy. She will be at the Indy contest for sure. What Indy show? I wanna see this in person! Jeff |
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Post by vlpbruce on Oct 25, 2014 19:16:23 GMT -5
Thank you very much Bones and Jeff. I do understand about the blurry vision . I just like how the earlier versions (as well as the ZIS trucks) looked. The vehicle I saw (the one that started the whole thing) is a late one, possibly even post-war. Jeff: I really want to take her to Roscoe Turner next spring. That will be her contest debut. Thanks again to all of you for your input and support. |
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Post by pantherf..-Email Not Valid on Oct 26, 2014 9:47:50 GMT -5
Oh, okay... the infamous Roscoe Turner event. I need to attend this one to see if it really exists! LOL And yes Andy, I do have the address thanks to the Internet. Jeff |
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Post by deafpanzer on Oct 26, 2014 22:16:45 GMT -5
No date set yet... will keep checking. Normally in March.
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Post by vlpbruce on Nov 4, 2014 17:40:24 GMT -5
Hello everybody. It's been a slow week on Katy. I have some fine tuning on almost all of her major parts, so it's taking some time. I did finish the rear of the rails and their locking handles. I hope you can see in the pictures that the rails are stamped in the rear with numbers. It took some looking (and a few emails with the Artillery Museum in St. Petersburg) to figure out ehat these numbers are. It turns out they were the firing order of the launchers.  I hope to have more very soon. Thanks again for looking in. |
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Post by Leon on Nov 4, 2014 17:49:32 GMT -5
Nice detail adding the numbers Bruce.Looking good. |
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Post by wbill76 on Nov 4, 2014 19:03:00 GMT -5
nice touch! Makes sense in terms of the firing order...very Soviet! |
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Post by vlpbruce on Nov 4, 2014 19:17:30 GMT -5
Thanks Leon and Bill.
I was surprised that the numbers weren't sequential. The odd numbers were on the left, and even to the right. My guess is they launched the rockets this way so they wouldn't hit each other when they were coming off the rails.
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Post by deafpanzer on Nov 4, 2014 19:49:20 GMT -5
Never knew about that part.... you have taught us so much about Katy while you are building. Thanks for doing this!
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Post by vlpbruce on Nov 4, 2014 20:24:55 GMT -5
I didn't know much at all about the ZIS trucks or the launchers when I hatched this idea. I could probably write a research paper on them now (no, I will never do that).
Basically, the ZIS trucks (the 5 and 6) were pretty crudely made copies on 1930 Autocars with copies of Packard engines (also pretty crudely made).
I do remember thinking "How hard could this be, it's a truck"? I was very wrong, but I would still build this (most of it differently).
I thank all of you again for your interest and support.
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Post by bullardino on Nov 9, 2014 5:33:58 GMT -5
Oh, I'm speechless. Kathy is a true wonder.
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Post by vlpbruce on Nov 9, 2014 10:43:31 GMT -5
Thank you very much Luigi.
I am hoping to have the stuff I had forgotten to make done this week, and the basic truck assembled very soon.
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Post by Ray Dunakin on Nov 12, 2014 23:16:09 GMT -5
Been a while since I checked in here, looks like the Katy is really coming along nicely!
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Post by vlpbruce on Nov 13, 2014 20:07:48 GMT -5
Thank you Ray. I almost have the front of the cab fitting where it should, so I hope to have a few pictures soon.
I think final assembly will begin in about a week (fingers, toes, and eyes crossed).
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Post by vlpbruce on Nov 14, 2014 18:14:13 GMT -5
Hello all, I did manage to get the front of the cab installed correctly (YAAAAAAAAAY). There is still a little bit of filling to do, but she is finally on the right track. Thanks again to all of you for looking in.  |
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Post by Leon on Nov 14, 2014 18:46:02 GMT -5
Your getting there Bruce! Cab is going to look really great when done. |
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Post by deafpanzer on Nov 14, 2014 21:15:16 GMT -5
AWESOME! You are in for last sprint to the finish line now...
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Post by vlpbruce on Nov 14, 2014 23:07:37 GMT -5
Thanks guys. I am close to the finish line, so I have to be careful. I do not want to mess anything up now.
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Post by ceresvesta. on Nov 15, 2014 18:48:03 GMT -5
Bruce! this is getting better every time I catch up! Looking good bud, keep it coming!
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Post by vlpbruce on Nov 15, 2014 20:09:30 GMT -5
Thanks Phil. Some of the final assembly will start tomorrow. There will be pictures of course.
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Post by vlpbruce on Nov 19, 2014 18:24:39 GMT -5
Hello everybody. Today is somewhat of an anniversary for this project. Six years ago today I saw this vehicle in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine.  The idea really kept at me the next day when I was in Moscow. I think the Russian Vodka made the decision for me. Anyway, I managed to get the radiator plumbed this morning, and I hope to have more done on her very soon.  She is now in her final stages. Thanks for looking in guys. |
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Post by Leon on Nov 19, 2014 18:41:06 GMT -5
Glad you stuck with the idea Bruce ! This is a real treat to follow. |
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Post by Ray Dunakin on Nov 19, 2014 19:26:33 GMT -5
The engine looks great!
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!!! Katy is really looking awesome. 
For some reason I had a kind of 3 Stooges imagery in my head of the launcher continuing to whack the cabin in the 'head' until you figured out the need for the raised box. Nice fix! 
