Jürgen M.

Looks really nice! Have you tried to cut it out of a wide tape or sticking foil? I know it's not exactly easier than how you did it (and that was great) but it might work too! Use the prepared bottle as a template, draw the circle on the foil and lengthen it according to the shape of the fender before you cut it out of the foil! Then you can use a brush and paint the white stripes! Just an idea! But yours worked Out pretty well! ?

I wanted to share the statistics of the trailer too and of course of the whole rig: Design time trailer: 82 days (~ 3.5h p.d.) a bit overlapping with design time of tractor Print time trailer: 23 days (also started printing first parts before I was finished designing) Build time trailer (incl. painting): 14 days Total days of build incl. design: 89 (overlapping processes) Total hours of project (~ 3h p.d.): 267h Total no. of parts: 145 (incl. tires and other parts from parts-box) No. of parts printed (trailer): 126 of 145 in total (~ 87%) Total no. of printed parts: 324 of 380 (85.3%) Weight of tractor: ~ 570g Weight of trailer: ~ 876g Total: ~ 1.446g Over all length of rig: 60 cms Thanks again for following! I´ll be back! ?

Thanks! ? That just might be an idea! I´d been thinking about Melissa´s Jag, but the micro bus could be a challenge!

Thanks Rockford, hope you'll like my next ideas! I've already figured out some tricks to improve the surface and of course I will choose uncommon projects! ?

Hi everyone, I just finished my last Convoy truck and after having shown it in the WIP section I thought it would be a nice ending if I posted it here together with the others! Hope you enjoy it! I aged and rusted the inside of the trailer... Compared to movie screeshots: And joined up to his Convoy pals! VID_20240617_111036.mp4

OK, that's all Folks! My last Convoy truck has hit the shelf! No doubt it's far from perfect but it looks cool between the Duck and Pig Pen! Thanks to all of you for following, your great feedback and ideas! I'll keep following your builds and of course, probably after summer (If we get one) I'll be back with a new project! Oh yes, before I forget: I had given myself time till Christmas for this one and since it's finished now, Merry Christmas! ?❄️☃️

I'm sorry to hear that you had so much trouble with the decals! I don't understand why they were so jelly like! Anyway you did a great job with them. Looks perfect!

The top coat is on but unfortunately it began to wrinkle. Strange was the fact that it was almost dry as it began to show! I sanded and repainted but it showed again. Mainly on the left side. That's the side that will be showing to the wall! ? The wheels are also mounted. Now the fine tuning starts. The yellow struts and then the tail lights and license plate! Since you can't really see the trailer license, it's just visible as white with black Letters/numbers, I chose a Texas plate! (Not yet attached)!

You'd need white decal sheets for the writing but you'd have to cut them out by the letter! A tricky thing! If you use transparent sheets you can't print white! If I'd have to make them myself I'd try to put the writing in a matching green background, which would be very hard to hit! Or you'd have to print the letters in a different color first and print white on top. Still not easy! I think you've done the right thing ordering at Modeltruckin! The results will show you!

No problem! You're such a good modeller, I doubt you'll have any problems! I had the Modeltruckin decals for Rubber Duck and Pig Pen! They were very good quality, better than Amt as a fact. I'd put them in the Italeri fraction. I was about to order the "Bruhn Trucking" decals there too but since they're not too complex I decided to save the money and made them myself!

Omg! That engine looks great! Amazing details on an engine that size!

Keep going! Looks great! I know the decal stage always makes one a bit nervous but actually there's no reason. You've done such a wonderful job on this! I'm sure you'll do the same with the decals! I've made the experience that Modeltruckin decals are of good quality and allow enough sliding around to put them into place before they stick so no worries! ?

The first primer coat is on! One more layer will be necessary I guess and the air humidity will keep it from drying quickly! It'll take a while till it's over sprayable!

The new improved (but still not perfect) sun visor! I think it's better now!

I added the air lines ... and the tail lights as well as the rear license of the tractor! The new sun visor is almost ready too! Then the tractor is finally finished. Hope to put the primer on tomorrow! Looks a bit like a "Bat Truck" ! ?

The trailer is about ready for its paintjob! ? I think I hit the size quite well considering that my references were these screenshots. Oh, before I forget: I read in one of your WIP threads (sorry, can't remember who's it was) that the holes in the muffler heat shield were done as decals which I thought was a grand idea! I actually took over the idea and applied it on this tractor! Thanks for the idea, Hope you dont mind my copying it? Maybe I'll come up with one or the other Idea you can use! ?

? Just noticed that the above post existed twice! Sorry!

Thanks! I appreciate it! ? I finished printing the large parts and now comes the small stuff you get on to while you have time to think! This is the inner container of the trailer! Now in place: The underside of the trailer looks a bit rough and untidy but once it's primered and painted it'll look better!

Looks pretty good I'd say! Still there's a lot to do!

Part 3 is finished! Now the inner container will be printed in two parts. Then mudflaps and some minor later not visible parts to support the door mechanism. After that I'll assemble as far as possible before painting. First comes the fill primer, then gloss white. After that final assembly and aging measures!

Great job on both Bisons Rockford! Your precise Work makes them look like the big ones! Amazing!

OK, the belly doors are assembled and they kind of work too! Not as precise as I hoped but OK enough! They won't be in permanent use anyway! It's just a feature I wanted to include! VID_20240611_195256~2.mp4

These are the new doors with integrated gears. A first try showed that they work! Had to split up the doors in three parts each though in order to get the gears printed. The single gears go between the doors and meet in the middle! Hope to get it all assembled this evening!

Well, they almost fit perfectly but there was a bit of warping for some reason in this Print which you can only see when fitting the parts together! Can't be due to design fault in this case since I just cut the trailer apart in the 3D drawings and separated the parts without changing them. Anyway, it almost fits perfectly. There is a small gap at the top on the left trailer side but I can cover that up easily! It's getting there!

? Thanks for the compliment Rockford! At the moment I´m printing the new components. Wasted some filament but I´ll be happier when it works!