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Andy, Yes, effectively there are two forward DD axles. The lowboy wheels are from an AMT Doubles trailer kit. The tires came in the lowboy kit.
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Diamond Reo
Bills72sj replied to Sam I Am's topic in WIP: Model Trucks: Big Rigs and Heavy Equipment
That is a nice yellow Sam. Keep up the good work. ? -
Way cool ride! You have great talent and artistic skill.
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Kewl project.
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Very nice builds. I would not mind having either one of them in my display cabinet.
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Bills72sj replied to The Modeling Hermit's topic in WIP: Dioramas
Your talent for weathering and composition is very impressive. It will be interesting to see future progress on what additional items you will add over time to bring the level of typical clutter to match the advanced age of a shop of this vintage. The paper stacks are a brilliant indication of this. -
Andy, Thanks! Regarding the front axle. My cat ran off and lost my front axle during the build. I used the axle from a parted out Ford LN800 Coke truck as a substitute. The width correction we will call a happy accident. The triple drive was accomplished from building two complete Freightliners at the same time. The 75th Anniversary kit(s) have a number of extra parts which helped a lot. In addition, I just happened to have one lonely parts box axle. I utilized BOTH the SD and DD the rear spring sets from the kit. I added to the frame rails in the middle to push the tandem axles rearward while still maintaining the fender mounts. It required patience and multiple mock ups to build certain sub-assembles out of order to get the length just right. I measured carefully in order to be able to use the drive shafts at stock length. The extra matching rear wheels and tires came from the 2nd 75th anniversary kit which left IT short a set. This would be fine If you build the 2nd kit as an SD. Yes that is the AMT Lowboy. It too was modified for length. You are correct, the tires in my old lowboy kit ARE smaller than the newer Freightliner's tires. The rims have also been swapped out with my doubles trailer. Here is a link to that build: http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/147188-modified-for-length-amt-lowboy-trailer/?tab=comments#comment-2161677
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Lucas, Thank you. If I remember correctly the sad, solid kit stacks were actually taller. The paint scheme was inspired by this truck I just swapped the bottom colors.
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Bills72sj replied to iamsuperdan's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
While they mostly do diecast and 1/64th, you can take a look at https://www.thetoypeddler.com/ -
Peterbilt cab over
Bills72sj replied to happy grumpy's topic in Model Trucks: Big Rigs and Heavy Equipment
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Very nice. Thank you for sharing.
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Bills72sj replied to Sam I Am's topic in WIP: Model Trucks: Big Rigs and Heavy Equipment
Off to a good start. Following. -
Installed the Accel brand 8mm ignition wire with correct color boots. Detail some MSD ignition boxes too.
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Very well done. I cannot recall ever seeing a 2nd gen Charger in red.
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Thank you Scott.
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Finally got the parts and the time to work on replacing the "Carb fire" Chevelle hood with a Torino 428 Cobra Jet hood. While I had the paint booth set up I hit some resin MSD boxes with the same red.
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Been slowly making progress. Installed the 9" Ford rear with parts box control arms and coilovers. Mounted the wheelie bars to the chassis.
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That looks BAD AZZ!!