Jürgen M.

Looks perfect to me! Thanks for sharing!

Really nice build!! I´ve thought about a pink truck too but I couldn´t make up my mind if I really wanted it or not. I think you´ve helped me! I´ll give it a try! Looks pretty good to me!

I'm running out of space too. Got 25 US trucks, some with trailer and 4 European ones! More is to come though! ?

Hi Folks, I promised to post my Revell Peterbilt "Black Magic" truck: I had turned it into a wrecker! My modelling skills as a 16 year old had improved so I stretched the chassis and built a scratch wrecker on top! The crane is made of wood, covered with polystyrol sheet. The generator for the winch is a transmission of an amt PB 359 which I had ruined two years before. (I had tested my skills on that and had failed!) Hope you enjoy it: See the red lights on top of the sleeper? VID_20240321_060914.mp4 I did a lot of electronics stuff back then and thought I'd put a bit of it in this truck. By the way, the hub covers on the rear wheels came from an amt Chevy Nomad 1/16 I think it was. They fit perfectly!

I did notice that some tires were a bit sticky after all those years which is normal for that material after so many years but it was never as intense as that what you told. That's probably why Italeri had plastic tires at that time. But they too became crumbly. The tires of my Iveco had begun to fall apart after twenty years or so. They actually had big gaps on the side from the tread to the rim. The smaller amt tires, which were included in this Revell K100 kit (which I thought was strange!) seem to last the longest.

I promised to share if I found some pics of the MAN. I had transformed it into a 4-axle timber-truck with trailer. I shortened the cab to a day cab and built the timber platform from scratch. The second front axle is from the Iveco Cowboy ?(Italeri) that had unfortunately fallen from the shelf by accident and fell into more pieces than the kit had originally contained! ? I was able to save the axles and some chassis parts which I have already used for several trailers! The crane and the decals are from an Italeri accessories kit. The pics aren´t very good but I think you can see enough!

Thanks for your feedback! Actually I built the "Black Magic" PB right after this one! I made a wrecker out of it. Will be posted soon! ? Concerning the tire problem, I haven't had that yet! The K100 though is in restauration because actually parts are falling off due to old glue! Had to put a couple of parts back on like the cab rest and one of the cab hinges!

That's correct! This one is 1:25 from Revell! Comparing the size with the Italeri trucks you can hardly tell the difference! Still a European truck! But one of the nicer ones in my opinion!

Thanks for your feedback! Actually I built the "Black Magic" PB right after this one! I made a wrecker out of it. Will be posted soon! ?

Thanks you, very nice feedback! I actually do prefer American trucks. Why? Don't really know. Maybe it's because I Love "Convoy"! Maybe because I spent a lot of time in the US! Maybe I just like the looks of them better? What ever! I know there are some really nice European trucks. I just think that they all somehow look alike just like the cars nowadays! Anyway, I'm happy that you like them. ??

Thanks Jim, I did all those in my teen years, not having much patience at that time. ?

Good morning. After having seen that really nice Mercedes Truck I decided to share my European truck models too even if they´re not my favorites. I´m more into US trucks of the 70s and 80s. Anyway, I had built seven in total of which three, an Iveco "Cowboy", an MAN 26.321 and a Scania 142H didn´t survive. The one´s I´d like to share are: DAF 2800: Not much to say about this one. actually a quite boring looking attempt of a conventional truck. DAF 3300: (I think I´ve already shared that one during restauration) The decals are from the Revell KW W900 easy to build kit. Volvo F12 Globetrotter: Scania 142M: This one has lost a few parts. Haven´t had the time or the passion to fix it! That´s about it. I´ll have to search for pics of the lost ones. If I find them, I´ll post them! ?

Nice strudel-machine! Looks immaculate especially concerning the damage the moisture had done! Wouldn't have noticed If you hadn't said anything! I think the new Italeri kits aren't that bad. The old ones were a real pain in the ...! The plastic tires that had to be put together were just a no-go! I built a few of them but came back to the Revell and Amt kits soon.

I'm glad you like the truck eventhough it's not that perfect but I think it's OK for a 15 year old! Yes, it is a bit disapointing when you buy a kit saying Australia and then you discover that it's just a left hand drive with a bull bar and a windshield guard. The only kit I know that's really a road train is the White Western Star from Italeri! A nice kit and pretty huge since it's 1:24. I'll share it too if you like! The whole rig is 1.73m long!

Hi everyone, since I´m taking a break in building new trucks I´d like to share some old ones. This one was one of my first truck models. Built it when I was 15. Even got second place in a model builders contest of southern Germany in 1985. You all probably know the kit. I´m glad I did it back then because today they´re offered on eBay for 250 - 400€. Back then I payed 35DM for it! Since it didn´t have right hand drive like an Australian Road Train should and I didn´t yet have the experience of building a new cockpit and what else belongs to it, I made a "regular" US truck out of it. The tires weren´t the today known soft rubber ones, the kit actually included the typical amt low profile tires even though the others are shown on the box. I remember being quite disapointed at that time but building it was fun! The rack on the roof was from the Italeri accessory kit for European trucks. The cover of the spare was just a piece of cloth which I painted. Made it stay in form too. I made it look very used too. At least I tried to and the jury in the contest seemed to like it! The tanks look rusty and the chassis and engine look quite dirty and oily. The interior also looks a bit filthy. The age of this truck of course increased that look! ? Hope you enjoy this "oldtimer"!

The convoy is growing! I'll have to think about which one's next for quite a while! But I'll be back with more. The build progress will be shown as soon as I've decided!

Looks like "Big Nasty" is ready to join the convoy! Air lines are installed! Ready to slip into the back door! Only the "Fruehauf" emblems on the trailers are missing but they'll be finished and applied shortly! Concerning the vertical lines on the trailer sides caused by printing in two halves (printer size doesn't allow larger parts), I tried to close the gaps but it didn't really help. A little maybe! Still looks pretty good to me. Hope you enjoyed the build and thanks for following and your good advice! ?

I also put clear coat on top. Keeps em from wrinkling and peeling off. That's really excellent work on that trailer. Very neat job! If you want to avoid bleed through then first apply one layer of the color underneath the masking. That will fill the gaps unseen and allow almost perfect lines especially If you have an uneven surface like like nuts or structured reefer walls. Not that yours aren't already close to perfect! ?

Thanks everyone! I'm glad you like it eventhough some details aren't correct. Like I said, I had to design from the few pics I had of the original. The rest I call freedom of art! ?

Guess there'll be more to come! ?

OK. Thanks! I got the transparent sheets for laser jets. Works fine but for white backgrounds I'll have to get white decal paper! ?

Beautiful trailer, nice decals! Did you use white decal paper? I made the experience that you can't make white backgrounds on transparent decal paper. Or is there a trick?

The tail lights:

Forgot to show that the Hood opens too! ? The door and hood hinges were really tricky. Had to print the door hinges five times because they broke! They're only 1mm inside diameter and 0.7mm thick.

Thanks guys! I myself drive a Wrangler JKU V6. Nice ride too! ?