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Great work.....All the mods look great.....I still can't get over how much I like this, particular, Moebius issue.....It's making all my AMT truck builds come alive.....And this shows what even more potential it has.....Those wheels and tires are very realistic......Gonna have to get me a set of those....

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The trailer looks excellent!! I have a couple in my stash for upcoming builds. Do you by chance have any build picks of the trailer doors?

Here is what I have, not the clearest pictures. The first picture is with the door frame built with the "tile" pattern styrene glued in place. I glued .020" thick strips of styrene across the where the hinges go to imitate the "straps" that Utility uses where their hinges mount. I also made a vent door out of styrene.

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I then covered the whole thing in bare metal foil and painted the straps across the back gray. I made hinges using .010" thick styrene strip and styrene rod, then painted them silver. At this point I added my decals.

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I then made the door cams and handles using styrene rod and thin strips for the mounting points. For the handles I filed some .080"x.080" square rod into the shape I wanted.

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