Jürgen M.

Got the fire extinguishers finished. I wanted to put them into boxes with transparent covers but there's not really enough space for that, whether on the truck nor on the trailer so I designed racks for them. They're in print at the moment!

Thanks very much Steve! Glad you like it! But no need for shame! My speed is your skill in details!

Thanks very much Guys! I'm quite satisfied with it myself! A few more things to do and it'll be ready for "Under Glass"!

A little bit closer to fulfillment! The tool box and the fire extinguisher are almost finished! When the paint is dry and the parts are ready to handle I'll just have to make the window boxes for the extinguishers! Then the air lines from truck to trailer! More soon!

Some more progress: Put on the decals last night. Fenders this morning. Had to lower the dolly a bit so it would fit perfectly into the hitch. Hope to finish it before the weekend! Still need to add the rear marker lights, toolbox, pump hoses on the sides, mud flaps for the front fenders, ...! I even designed a fire extinguisher with a box. Hope that looks good. If it does I'll add one to the truck too!

Jeff, this is great! You're making the pictures of the real thing look like they're the model!

This is looking really cool Jeff! Those details are awesome. Keep going Pal!

Thanks Gary! Hope to begin building my show case shortly! Need space urgently! 😬

Thanks! I'm hurrying! 🤯 I'll be getting the material tomorrow! 👍

The tank is mounted and the broken off rear crash guard too.

You're quite right! Scratch building can really get your phantasy moving! The R.D. tank trailer ist scratch built and I'm very proud of it! You can be proud of your builds too! They're really amazing!

Wheels are finished and mounted! The spare is a plastic, 2-piece Italeri tire mounted on a printed rim. The chromed ones are printed rims with Revell soft rubber tires! Now I can mount the tank on the chassis and begin with the peripheric parts! Ladder, rear marker lights, tailgate, mud flaps, toolbox, .... !

A very handsome truck. I love the color of the cab and the nicely detailled chassis. Makes a black chassis look really fine and far from standard! 👍

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Nice rig! Love the paint scheme!

Ron, that's a real beauty! Very nice!

I can imagine! It's fun rediscovering old skills! I've printed so much in the meantime that I at first didn't even think of scratch building the tank. OK, there was a lot of printing involved too but the tank itself was a little revival. Very nice looking build! Very neat and clean work!

I'm sure this will be a fun build!

Got some small stuff done! Put the marker lights on the screws heads and "connected" them! Got the idea from my R.D. tanker! And I got a fingerprint on the front end! 🙈 Luckily I planned to put a decal there anyway! So no harm done! Could have happened some other, more critical spot!

Sorry I caused you work! 😂 To break even I'll stay with you till it's done! 😉

Lookin' good! I'm in too!

You're probably right! They do make the whole thing more authentic and give it sort of an own personality!

Thanks! It's better than on the truck tank! Still I'm not 100% satisfied but I'll leave it that way!

The chrome is on! I decided to also chrome the front end. The rear is blue! Now I have to wait till I can remove the masking tape! Can't touch the chrome for a few days and even then it's critical! The rims are primered and will be chromed soon.

Thanks Steve! Nice of you to say that! It was a spontaneous idea to use screws since glue between plastic and metall doesn't hold as secure and since it's not seen anymore after assembly I thought it would be the most solid solution!