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Because the tracks are on hold while I wait for thicker glue and I also can't continue on the Archer because I'm waiting for someone to print and send me snatch hooks for the tow ropes, I tackled another job I wasn't looking forward to: Cuckoo's tool racks.

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In the first photo, you can see a brass tool clamp — or actually, two of the three parts for one. By the time I had those in position, I really didn't feel like doing the other seven, so I went looking for another way to make them. I found that in cutting off the plastic tools from the clasps they're moulded onto, so that I could drill out the clasps and for the non-round ones, carve the hole bigger with the tip of a knife. That proved much easier than fiddling around with tiny etched parts, so I'm glad I took this route instead. The one at the left front, I cut away after taking the picture and replaced it by a plastic one.

A few details about Cuckoo here:
At the right front the towing shackle is stowed upside down while the axe and fire extinguisher are missing. During the fighting around Geijsteren there was a squarish object where the latter is supposed to go, but I haven't figured out yet what that was. Towards the end, in Cleve, only the starting crank and the towing shackle were still in this rack.
At the right rear only the tool for adjusting the idler wheel is still present, but the hammer and crowbar are gone. In Cleve there is a crowbar, but that is in the wrong clasp (the one for the hammer) on the right and it's stuck through the bracket for the hammer's head on the left. The idler adjusting tool is still there in Cleve, in its proper clasp on the right but also stuck through the hammer's bracket on the left.
At the left front, there is nothing in the rack at all except for a British shovel — not a German one, as can be seen from the T-handle, because German shovels had a knob at the end of the handle. The one on my model comes from a set of British paratroopers from Master Box. I cut the handle in two so I could glue it to either side of the clasp.

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<blockquote data-quote="Jakko" data-source="post: 250803" data-attributes="member: 22167">Because the tracks are on hold while I wait for thicker glue and I also can&#039;t continue on the Archer because I&#039;m waiting for someone to print and send me snatch hooks for the tow ropes, I tackled another job I wasn&#039;t looking forward to: Cuckoo&#039;s tool racks.[ATTACH=full]143577[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]143578[/ATTACH]In the first photo, you can see a brass tool clamp — or actually, two of the three parts for one. By the time I had those in position, I really didn&#039;t feel like doing the other seven, so I went looking for another way to make them. I found that in cutting off the plastic tools from the clasps they&#039;re moulded onto, so that I could drill out the clasps and for the non-round ones, carve the hole bigger with the tip of a knife. That proved much easier than fiddling around with tiny etched parts, so I&#039;m glad I took this route instead. The one at the left front, I cut away after taking the picture and replaced it by a plastic one.A few details about Cuckoo here:<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">At the right front the towing shackle is stowed upside down while the axe and fire extinguisher are missing. During the fighting around Geijsteren there was a squarish object where the latter is supposed to go, but I haven&#039;t figured out yet what that was. Towards the end, in Cleve, only the starting crank and the towing shackle were still in this rack.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">At the right rear only the tool for adjusting the idler wheel is still present, but the hammer and crowbar are gone. In Cleve there is a crowbar, but that is in the wrong clasp (the one for the hammer) on the right and it&#039;s stuck through the bracket for the hammer&#039;s head on the left. The idler adjusting tool is still there in Cleve, in its proper clasp on the right but also stuck through the hammer&#039;s bracket on the left.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">At the left front, there is nothing in the rack at all except for a British shovel — not a German one, as can be seen from the T-handle, because German shovels had a knob at the end of the handle. The one on my model comes from a set of British paratroopers from Master Box. I cut the handle in two so I could glue it to either side of the clasp.</li>
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[QUOTE="Jakko, post: 250803, member: 22167"] Because the tracks are on hold while I wait for thicker glue and I also can’t continue on the Archer because I’m waiting for someone to print and send me snatch hooks for the tow ropes, I tackled another job I wasn’t looking forward to: [I]Cuckoo[/I]’s tool racks. [ATTACH=full]143577[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]143578[/ATTACH] In the first photo, you can see a brass tool clamp — or actually, two of the three parts for one. By the time I had those in position, I [I]really[/I] didn’t feel like doing the other seven, so I went looking for another way to make them. I found that in cutting off the plastic tools from the clasps they’re moulded onto, so that I could drill out the clasps and for the non-round ones, carve the hole bigger with the tip of a knife. That proved much easier than fiddling around with tiny etched parts, so I’m glad I took this route instead. The one at the left front, I cut away after taking the picture and replaced it by a plastic one. A few details about [I]Cuckoo[/I] here: [list] [*]At the right front the towing shackle is stowed upside down while the axe and fire extinguisher are missing. During the fighting around Geijsteren there was a squarish object where the latter is supposed to go, but I haven’t figured out yet what that was. Towards the end, in Cleve, only the starting crank and the towing shackle were still in this rack. [*]At the right rear only the tool for adjusting the idler wheel is still present, but the hammer and crowbar are gone. In Cleve there is a crowbar, but that is in the wrong clasp (the one for the hammer) on the right and it’s stuck through the bracket for the hammer’s head on the left. The idler adjusting tool is still there in Cleve, in its proper clasp on the right but also stuck through the hammer’s bracket on the left. [*]At the left front, there is nothing in the rack at all except for a British shovel — not a German one, as can be seen from the T-handle, because German shovels had a knob at the end of the handle. The one on my model comes from a set of British paratroopers from Master Box. I cut the handle in two so I could glue it to either side of the clasp. [/list] [ATTACH=full]143579[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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