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I have one of these...Haven't tried it, yet...Do you have any pics of how you've used it...

Got some more on "Trailer B", as I call it...Here it is before painting...Once, again, only about 4 hours of work...

You know what? I have one of those...I forgot all about it...It's sitting at the warehouse....Never took it out of the plastic...I don't really know why...Just never got around to trying it, I guess....But, I think I might, now...Thanks for the tip...It looks just crazy enough to work...

Now, here's what I've done to the other one...I liked the overall design, but I had to put the bottom part back in....A simple fix, as I just added some structure to it and here we go...I needed another trailer for the 377 in the last pic, anyway, and this one fits the bill quite well...

Well, as my man mentioned, I'm gonna have to build another one...No problem...I liked the one I built, so I added a little to it, since it's mine, now, but first, let's get started on the new trailer...

All I can say is "WOW" It's all I can spit out after picking my jaw up off the floor...

It looks really good with the lights installed that way...I never would have thought of that...It's awesome...

Well, Boys, I just got it finished...At least all I'm gonna do to it...The rest is up to Jeremy....I was able to get a good coat of paint on it, and the wheels fitted...I'm satisified with the way it came out...I wish it were sunny out, though...It's hard to get black to photograph well...I just put it behind my Pete to show how it should look with a rig...Thanks for looking and all the nice comments, Guys....Thank you...

Nice start...Gonna look good...

Very, very nice work...Especially on the interior...Although there's superb detail throughout, I find the interior to be most pleasing to myself...Very, very, nice work...

This actually looks pretty good...I've seen other subjects in wood like this, but no real big rigs...We have craft stores here in the U.S. that this would be right at home in...If you could figure a way to mass produce them, I think you have a pretty good thing...

This is very nice...Very nice...

Very nice...Good idea to have stuff ready to install...These look good...One day, when I grow up, I want to be able to plumb engines just you...

I forgot to add a little "How To" on wheel arches...This used to give me fits when I first started doing these things... First, you'll need the stuff found in this first picture..A template, box cutters, and a pencil...I found these box cutters to be awesome at this...Then, you'll need to mark out where the arches are gonna be with a template or something, of course....Once you've done that, you just cut a chunk of the plastic out of the middle of the arch...This will allow the plastic to separate a lot easier while you're cutting; thereby making a cleaner cut...Trust me, it works a lot better than I can explain...Then lightly score on the line you've marked out...Make sure you do this, as it will make subsequent cuts much easier...Then just keep scoring until the plastic separates..Use just the very tip of the knife so you can maneuver on the line...It takes a steady hand, but if you go slowly on the first scoring it will provide a grove that will make cutting progressively easier....Suddenly, you have a nice clean wheel arch... I'm sure there are more refined methods of doing this, but if you don't have a lot of money for laser cutters and such, like me, then I'd recommend you give this a try... Only took me about five minutes to do; including photographing it... I hope this provides help for somebody, as I really needed something like this when I first started, but couldn't find anything...

Oh, you got it, Man...I can't wait till I get a nice coat of paint on it...Still waiting on the weather to cooperate...I don't have a spray booth or anything, so, I'm kinda dependent on the weather's being nice...I pray the Lord blesses us with a good day today...

Unbelievable work...Very, very, nice...Nothing I would EVER attempt...

Some more progress...I've got everything laid out and ready to assemble...The trick, here, is to make the left and right side MIRROR images...As far as the outlining...The measurements don't need to be perfect, they just need to be the same....And the middle portions, ie. the top, bottom, front, and back need to be exactly the same width...This is where things need to be as accurate as possible...The last photo shows how I used scrap pieces of plastic to make attachment points for those very inner pieces....They will never be seen, so there's no need to be proper with it...Then I slapped them all together using good old fashioned tube glue...That stuff works great for larger pieces like these...All that's left, now, is to make axles for the wheels and tires, which are just AMT Pete 359 wheels and tires from a model that I wasn't very happy with...But you can use anything...And, as you can see, this is a curbside model, so there is no suspension...If you're just looking for a nice display model, then suspension can be a little overrated; since all it's gonna do is sit on the shelf...In this case we'll just leave that part out...Total time on this is only about 4 hours spread over a couple of days...

That's what I'm using... .060 I find it to be quite useful to make just about anything....Nice and sturdy...

I got another race trailer going....This will be totally a curbside model, but I think I'll show how you can build one of these without a bunch of time...What you see here I did in a few hours...Literally...It's a 53 footer, if anyone is wondering...

That's nice...Real nice...Awesome...I like the tool box you put in front of the whimpy fuel tank they supply....I like that idea...I just might use it on my next one...Very, very nice work...Love the opening doors and posable steering....

Wow... that looks cool...I like the transformation...Even with the toy like fifth wheel, it looks good...If you put a trailer on it, nobody will know....Very nice..

Outstanding is all that comes to mind...Outstanding....

Looks alright to me...That's what spare parts and kits are for...

Once again...Very nice work...You seem to have a knack for weathering...

Hey, Man...Nice work...Excellent weathering...That looks great...