Jürgen M.

Thanks! Glad you like it! I´ve got two even longer rigs! My GMC General Pipeline truck measuring 1.02 mtrs and my White Western Star road train measuring 1.70 mtrs! That´s about as long as they will get. Got no more space! 🙃

I guess the trailer is finished now! The whole rig is close to 92 cms long! With the ramps down it's almost 97 cms. I added marker lights along the sides and tail lights. Ran out of chains so I'll have to wait till new ones arrive so I can put the trucks on. I'll put it in "under glass" when I have the chains and the trucks can be loaded! Thanks for watching! I am fully aware of the fact that trailers like this one normally don't have a winch but I thought hey, it's for loading vehicles! There's Always one that won't start so how do you get a truck on a lowboy if it can't be driven? At least that's my personal point of view. 😊

It's always painful doing a more than immaculate job masking a model and then finding little spots where paint went through despite all efforts. I don't mean to know all better, I don't and I hope not to offend you in any way but if I may give a bit of advice? When you're finished masking use the same color again that you used on the surface you masked. That fills up any tiny openings not visible to the eye. When that's completely dry you can apply the second color. Of course it's not a guarantee that it works 100% but it does help! But you probably did that and I'm just being a know it all. Your paint job looks great and you're doing a great job on this. I'll keep watching and keep my mouth shut!

I tried to make the ramps and perforated plates look like they were very frequently used. I sanded them with 500 grain sand paper to create the impression of tire marks. Good thing I printed in black! The dampers in the rear actually work. I'll post a little video shortly!

Not sure yet. The whole rig is over 90 cms long. I guess it'll be a shelf.

The trailer is pretty much finished. Still have to make the straps for the tires of the to be loaded trucks!

Thanks Jeff! This weekend it should happen! 😉

A few pics of the almost finished trailer: The perforated plates above the axles are still in print. Ramps with dampers work fine! This is what the whole rig looks like: Now the small stuff hast to be done: Tail lights, markerlights, licence plate, winch, straps to tighten the load (which will be two other Mack trucks - hopefully they'll both fit on the trailer).

Thanks Bren! I would have had the second one in case of total loss but it only broke in two pieces. Maybe because the grille was already attached! Maybe I'll prepare the second hood anyway, for all cases! 😉

Thanks very much Guys! I'm glad that you see it that way! I'm not 100% satisfied to be honest. Some things are just not like I expected them to be and there were quite a few set-backs along the way. I guess for that it's OK though. I can't wait to get the whole rig off the bench. The trailer should be finished sometime this weekend. I'll keep you updated! 😊

I finally finished the tractor: Since the hood I got from Bren (thanks again for printing it for me, Bren!) unfortunately dropped to the floor and broke in half I decided to make it look like an accident as they say in Hollywood movies! 😊 If it wouldn't have worked, I would have had a second hood from Bren to use as an exchange part. To tell the truth, I wasn't really in the mood to make another hood. This one was finished! Painted, decals on, everything! On it's way to be hinged to the truck it just slipped out of my clumsy hand and fell to the floor. To make a long story short, I used a soldering iron to make the grille fit to the hood. Used some thinner and rust color to make it look a bit real. See for your self. I'll post it "under glass" when the trailer is finished too!

Got the trailer primered: The outside rails will be painted, also the ramps (not shown). Rest stays like it is! The perforated plates I made will be painted in aluminium or iron metallic!

How about some engine sound? 😉

Gary, I don't know what to say! You created a real beauty! A jewel among trucks! This is a real eyecatcher. Hope you're not just showing this here?

Nice change to see a blue fire truck! Looks perfect! Great job!

I can only agree! Nothing to add! 😎

Thanks Guys! Nice of you to say that. I like it too. If everything goes well you'll see it on the truck in a few days! 👍

Thanks Jeff! There's still a lot to do though. Just put the second layer of base coat on the hood! The grille needs a longer time to cure! The trailer needs to be primered and painted, a couple of parts need to be printed. Can't say how long it will take. Depends on how much other work I have!

First layer of base coat on the new hood and the grille is chromed!

The ramps are almost all printed. Still missing the small ones at the front of the axles. I'll fill up the rest with perforated plates. I was thinking about wooden inlays first but the I thought metal might look better! (Of course not real metal plates, Just printed and painted to look like metal).

This is gonna be a great build Gary! I love your ideas on the fitting of the bumper!

Thank you Gary and Jeff, I'm glad it looks good to you! What I haven't been able to reproduce are several cabover and conventional cabs. I'm still practicing things I saw on turorials but I'm afraid I'm a bit too impatient! Just won't work yet. But I won't give up.

A little bit of progress: The main body is assembled. This is a mock-up with the driving ramps and (not really) hitched to the Mack, which is still waiting for his hood to be finished! It arrived a few days ago, just didn't have any time to do anything with it! At least I got the hood, the new grille, the back end and the ramps of the trailer primered! Hood looks great! Thanks again very much to Bren who printed it on his resin printer for me. Big difference! 👍 Can't wait to finish it and mount it on the Mack!

Wow! Amazing!! That's what I call prepwork! I'm already fighting myself through the details of my lowboy and that's simple compared to a car carrier. Keep going. I'm following this with great enthusiasm!

Amazing! I've never had the nerve to build a car carrier! It's a quite complex construction and I tend to lose the over view on parts and function after a while! My respect to anyone who pulls it through!