"Colossal" gift

[ebinmaine 67,497]

First things first. I want to say a HUGE thank you to @OldWorkHorse Steve and his awesome woman Ariel for helping my Trina contact @Wheel Horse 3D. Grey also gets the same thank you for patiently helping Trina create EXACTLY what she wanted to give me. 

 

 

Now some of you fine folks may remember the distant past and that we've been working on building a somewhat oversized version of a Wheelhorse C series. 

 

Well The Local Creative Emblems Department decided that tractor needed a hood ornament. 

 

The pose, is perfect. 

The size, is perfect. 

 

The paint, of course, is excellent.  BBT spent several hours over the course of a week masking and spraying etc using the very colors of the tractor. 

 

I give you, Colossus, the hood ornament. 

 

 

Here it is setting on the hood of The Military Tribute Tractor which has its own Grey 3D printed ornament. The length of the emblem on Millie is stock. 

 

 

 

 

A few other angles of the masterpiece.  

 

 

 

[Snoopy11 5,714]

MY GOSH THAT IS AWESOME!

 

 We are not worthy 

 

 

Don

 

 

[Snoopy11 5,714]

Small question, Eric... how exactly does it get put on / attached to the hood? 

 

Don

[ebinmaine 67,497]

1 minute ago, Snoopy11 said:

Small question, Eric... how exactly does it get put on / attached to the hood? 

 

Don

Screws in from the bottom. 

 

Or gorilla tape. 

[Snoopy11 5,714]

3 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

gorilla tape.

I figured that I was missing the obvious... 

 

Don

[pacer 3,169]

OH CRAP!!!! that is wicked .... cool!!!!

[AMC RULES 37,130]

...or, maybe some magnets, so you can remove it with the quickness when your boy friends come over to play.  

 

Edited November 21, 2021 by AMC RULES

[echris 1,425]

51 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

Screws in from the bottom. 

 

Or gorilla tape. 

JB Weld is the solution to everything!

[echris 1,425]

24 minutes ago, AMC RULES said:

...or, maybe some magnets, so you can remove it with the quickness when your boy friends come over to play.  

 

What if you forget to remove it before your fellow cinnamon enthusiast pals come over to play.
One of those fellers could snat+ch it right off the hood and head for the hills! 

Edited November 21, 2021 by echris

[Handy Don 12,227]

What a terrific job. The inspiration, the collaboration, the execution, and the outcome. Trina, you are 'da bomb!

[SylvanLakeWH 25,557]

Of course BBT cranked it out - perfect... 

 

Now

 

Where's

 

the

 

rest 

 

of

 

the 

 

tractor???

 

[ebinmaine 67,497]

19 minutes ago, SylvanLakeWH said:

Of course BBT cranked it out - perfect... 

 

Now

 

Where's

 

the

 

rest 

 

of

 

the 

 

tractor???

 

 

 

 

Her words. "Gettin' 'nere."

 

1 hour ago, echris said:

 

What if you forget to remove it before your fellow cinnamon enthusiast pals come over to play.
One of those fellers could snat+ch it right off the hood and head for the hills! 

 

Let us not forget the nice lady who inspired the name... BBT, and what it stands for. 

 

🥋 🥋 🥋

 

 

[Snoopy11 5,714]

 

1 hour ago, echris said:

One of those fellers could snat+ch it right off the hood and head for the hills! 

 

7 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

BBT, and what it stands for

If anyone snatches that off the hood and head for the hills... BBT gonna stand for more than what first comes to mind... 

 

Gonna be more like the... big. bang. theory. 

 

Don 

[ebinmaine 67,497]

3 minutes ago, Snoopy11 said:

 

 

If anyone snatches that off the hood and head for the hills... BBT gonna stand for more than what first comes to mind... 

 

Gonna be more like the... big. bang. theory. 

 

Don 

Hahahahaha

 

 

Interesting take but nooo. 

She don't need no steeenkin' pow pow. 

😂😂

[Snoopy11 5,714]

Just now, ebinmaine said:

Hahahahaha

 

 

Interesting take but nooo. 

She don't need no steeenkin' pow pow. 

😂😂

Nah, she got that big stick on the wall... and those sword things... 

 

Don

[Wheel Horse 3D 3,795]

Fortunately Trina gave me plenty of warning and worked closely to get everything just right!

The macabre collection of body parts was taken oddly enough halloween! I also added a pic of just before shipment so you can see just how much that kick ass paint job rocks and see the mount bolts from the bottom...similar to all the mounts on the hood ornaments I do, just a bit wider spacing and larger bolts.

Really awesome concept! Special thanks to @OldWorkHorse and BBT for including me in the fun!

[echris 1,425]

That is amazing!

[Darb1964 1,042]

That's colossal cool.

[Stormin 9,981]

  Fantastic job!

 

 Just one thought. Your building Colossus to work in the woods. You'll have to be carefull you don't catch the figure with something.

[ebinmaine 67,497]

5 minutes ago, Stormin said:

You'll have to be carefull you don't catch the figure with something

Yessir. Quite true. 

 

We do build our paths to fit whatever needs to be on one. All of them are cleared to a height of 8 feet or more so I can snowshoe without hitting branches. 

 

There's a corner or two that'll need to widened because of the longer wheelbase of the machine.

 

I am genuinely more concerned about ME knocking the poor thing off the hood by swinging an errant log around or some such. 

 

 

[Wheel Horse 3D 3,795]

If ya really wanted to add a magnet..careful drilling with forstner bit into the base could make a pocket for a rare earth magnet! 

[ebinmaine 67,497]

2 minutes ago, Wheel Horse 3D said:

If ya really wanted to add a magnet..careful drilling with forstner bit into the base could make a pocket for a rare earth magnet! 

Neodymium. I do actually have a couple of those here. I think mine are just a hair too big. Maybe 1" x 1/4" thick. 

 

What size do you think I could get away with?

 

 

[Wheel Horse 3D 3,795]

11 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

Neodymium. I do actually have a couple of those here. I think mine are just a hair too big. Maybe 1" x 1/4" thick. 

 

What size do you think I could get away with?

 

 

They come in all sizes. Id say  maybe squeeze a 1/2 x 1/8 toward the front just behind the bolt and a 1/4 x 1/8 toward the tail.  And maybe a 3/8 x 1/8 between the two? I would suggest drilling through the spacer as well, or see if the spacer is thin enough to allow the magnetism to go through. If it would, the spacer would protect from magnet scratches.

Edited November 22, 2021 by Wheel Horse 3D

[Pullstart 62,877]

13 hours ago, Snoopy11 said:

Small question, Eric... how exactly does it get put on / attached to the hood? 

 

Don

I got a feeling that dude’s big enough, he’ll hold on to the hood for Eric!

[Alex175 784]

This is fantastic, talk about knowing what you want and going for it...I love it.  And for those worried about it getting hooked on something, I'd be more worried about the tree branches or whatever that crosses paths with it, Colossus is indestructible, it's kind of his thing haha.