Jürgen M.

Lookin good Jeff! Keep going! Love the details!

Thanks guys! Still have to do some sanding, then a second layer of primer before I put the base coat on. It´ll hopefully turn out OK. I´m always a bit afraid that the paint comes off with the masking tape when I put on the second or third color. Yes, in some cases I have designed and printed my own decals. I bought water slide paper in white and transparent and print them on my laser printer. Mostly I print them on paper first to see if the size fits. Sometimes they come out smaller than I designed them. The main reason is that I´m running out of decals from the kits I´ve built and mostly they don´t fit the truck I´m building in size or color.

Looks really good! I'm gonna keep that up too. Great idea! The colors look very nice! Just put the same decals on them and your fleet begins to grow! You can make up your own name! Except for the Pete I'm working on, all my corporate decals are fiction. How about Rockford Trucking corp?

Good morning everyone! I have only a little progress to show. I have so much other stuff to do, I hardly get to the bench at the time! Anyway, I was able to assemble the trailer box and primer it so I can see where to rework before painting. The black material doesn't show much. After rework I'll put another layer of primer on it, then the first base coat! I want to use the same color scheme as on the tractor. I also made some decals which I still have to print though!

I wouldn't even know which lines are neccessary and where to put them! ? Great detail already. Can't wait to see more!

I think it looks good! I think you can live with it! ? Will you put in steering?

Love that precision! Chassis looks nice and straight! My Pacemaker is bent to the left a bit. You hardly notice it but it's there!

It's just unbelievable what you're doing! If real car and truck makers today would do their work with your precision and enthusiasm we would have much better and longer lasting vehicles on the road!

Thank you! Very nice of you to say that! I always enjoy watching your builds too. I can learn a lot!

Wow! That's gonna be interesting to watch! Can't wait to see more!

OK, thanks for your advice! The paint is only a few months old and Open since September or so!

Thanks Jeff! I just used the main color scheme of the tractor which I had chosen for the whole rig! The color scheme of the cab wil be adapted on the trailer! If it ever gets finished! I started the third try today to print the front part of the trailer. That will take about another 10-12 hours!

Had a problem with the new filament. The vacuum bag had a hole which lead to a high humidity inside and therefore made huge printing problems. I put the filament in my dryer for a couple of hours, now it seems to work! In the meantime I finished the trailer wheels!

At least I wouldn't have to improve my surfaces! ?

Really nice Video! Wouldn't that be a nice build? A truck graveyard? Maybe something for a diorama?

No problem. I´ll take a look at them in the morning! (CET)

Sure, send me drawings with details and measures and I'll send you the stl If you have a slicer or the gcode! I'll send you pictures of the 3D designs first so you can see if it's what you expect!

Anytime guys! Always willing to help if I can! I can learn so much from all of you, why not Help my way?

Thanks! I got my filament supplies today so the show can go on! ?

By the way, did I mention that this is a very nice build to be? As you can see in my recent thread the 352 is one of my favourites!

Anytime guys! Always willing to help if I can! I can learn so much from all of you, why not Help my way?

Anytime guys! Always willing to help if I can! I can learn so much from all of you, why not Help my way?

Hi Ron, thanks for the explanation of the Alcoa rims! Didn't want to misuse your threads for my learning lesson. Hope you didn't mind! If you give me the exact measures of the rims you want I'd be happy to design them for you! I could then send you the gcode file for your printer! Generally I would need a sketch with the exact measures of inner and outer diameters, ...! What ever is neccessary to make an exact 3D drawing! Rims are meanwhile Not a problem anymore! It's a serious offer! Think about it! ?

Question: since I'm not as aquainted with the rim types concerning their names, what exactly is an Alcoa rim? I've probably seen them lots a times but never knew what they were called! How about designing and printing them?

Little trailer mock up! The part you see in the background is the rear part of the trailer box! Here's a close up! Ran out of filament, so I have to wait for new supplies before I continue printing the rest!