Dr. Kerry

11 hours ago, DRIPTROIT 71 said:

Man Kerry! You guessed my next project!

HA!!!!! Am I good or am I good??? He he!!! Sounds like a good project to me my friend! Roooby roooby roooooo..... 

I started years ago when I was around 5 years old. Started with the Snap kit semis, after awhile I got into cars and built many kustoms, drag, weathered, pickups, short trackers, etc... Now as I’m 50 and working to obtain my CDL I’ve gotten the itch to build trucks again. Now mind ya I still build all the other stuff too yet but the rigs are taken over a big part of my bench as of late.. 

On 2/9/2019 at 8:39 PM, Tbill said:

Ya, space always seems to be at a premium, be it for display or the hoard of kits, lol.

 

Is four your lucky number?? Lol 😆 

Dang!!! That is a beaut!!! Love your work!! 

Love the colors!! Came out really nice!

Looks great!! Like the wheels and detail on the trailers!!

Ok, I haven’t done too much on this build lately but I’ll post it up anyway. I have another project I’ve been working on and am hoping to get back to this shortly. I’m using the KW T600 as a base kit, resin W9 hood, stretched the frame and added a tag axle. 

Chassis is painted now and wheels installed. 

The Steer Car is a Peterbilt 359 with a Z’d frame and cut down cab. No engine as they are steered by electric servos..

This is where it is so far. I’m also building a tri axle dolly that the beam will span across that and the Pete.. It has the mirrors from the T600 on it. 

Tow bar on it..

cab and hood are painted a burgundy color right now but not happy with it. May get re painted!

Looking good so far!! Awesome progress..

I need to find a way to display my trucks. Right now I have them in cardboard flats on a shelf. Just to keep them safe.

Easy enough question right? I've been curious to know how everyone displays their trucks and /or trailers. Do you have a glass display case? Open shelves? custom lexan covers? I'm not sure if this has been covered or not, if it has I'm sorry. I'm just curious to know how everyone displays their works of art.. That and trying to get ideas of how I want to display mine! Post photos if you don't mind, if you don't want to or can't post pics that's ok too!

Thanks in advance and can't wait to see your displays!!

Doc

On ‎3‎/‎9‎/‎2019 at 7:55 PM, DRIPTROIT 71 said:

 

Glad to see you guys over here! I'd like to see some more activity on this forum.

It seems a bit slow over here but hey! At least it's a site dedicated to truck modelers!!! I like that stand point, don't have to weed through all the Scooby Doo vans to see a decent rig ya know??!! Not that I mind Scooby Doo or anything... LOL

As always, great work and a beautiful build Brian!! I was drooling over this one last night as it came across my Flickr feed!!! LOL

My kids 2001 did that last summer except it was a rear mount, went through the bed floor!!! Yikes!! Fun changing it too, had to torch it out...

Very kool!!!

Beautiful build!! Love the arch in the trailer and the spread axles!!

Love the color, looks like it's going down the road, looks so real!!!! Beautiful build!!!

Wow, looks like the real deal there now!!!!

Built up pretty nice! Like the yellow on it with the wheels painted to match.. All business!!!

Very nice!!

22 hours ago, DRIPTROIT 71 said:

What Tom said.

Thank ya!!

22 hours ago, DRIPTROIT 71 said:

Very Nice build!! Welcome to the Forum Doc!

Thank ya Brian, good to see you here too.

This is a truck that I received in a trade deal and has a neat story behind it. I started building the truck and scratchbuilding a lot of things on it. I got to the headache rack and couldn’t quite get it to look right and posted an ad on another site looking for a rack from the kit. The next day the guy that traded me the kit pm’d me and asked if I’d mind if he could tinker with one and try it? I was like sure! A week later I find a box in the mail with the headache rack in it! Kind of kool that he had a hand in bringing it full circle and finished the build off with his work!! 

Autocar with back half of frame added, drop axle is a Peterbilt front axle, bunks and most of the trailer is scratched, trailer is fully articulated, extends, flexes etc. 

Added wet kit for possible grappler if they needed one, I do have logs cut so it has a load, thought I had pics of it loaded. Have to look for them...

1 hour ago, Tbill said:

Looking good Doc, good to see you here😎

Hey Bill! Glad to be hear, didn’t know this site existed until today! I was like a kid in a candy store when I saw it, then to see a few guys that I know here!! How awesome is that!!??? Lol 😆 

35 minutes ago, 41CHEVY said:

Wood looks excellent. Ho about a bit of info on what you used and how you got the pattern?   Paul

Decals that are available through modeltruckin.com 

they are something that I got in a trade deal and I think they had modeltruckin’s info on them if I remember right.. I just cut the sheet to clear the steel portion of the bed.. 

I like to use drinking straws from Culver’s or Arby’s as they are bigger bore and close to a 8 or 10 inch stack. McDonald’s for smaller diameter stacks. Then I use Plastic (Evergreen or Plastetruct) to make the elbows and foil or paint them.