studioman3

WOW, a few thousand words come to mind here, but for time's sake I'll just leave you with a few. Friggin phenomenal! Darn nice work! Simply amazing! Tim

Thanks, I looked at alot of pics, but never saw one of those, that would have been cool. I guess I could explain some of the models, the Payhauler is the first thing I've built in 30 years, its not real pretty, ans I attributed the poor paint coverage to a lack of primer, but the Payhauler itself is a great kit. The Alaskin hauler is the one I was having all the problems with, The yellow paint I used didn't cover well even with the primer, then I stripped the tanks and made a mess out of them, after painting the cab and sleeper for the 3rd time, I figured,oh well, good enough. The detailing all seemed to come together though and so I started the trailer. By then I had figured out the paint. The headache rack is all alluminum, also a first for me, the next one will be better. The hookup for electric and air are 2 different sized alluminum tubing that slide together, one attached to the cable, one built into the trailer. I used wood on the trailer and pushed pins in and clipped them off for the nails. I am pretty happy with the whole thing, I have learned alot from the members on this forum so I hope the next one to be better.

Some more have been added to the original, but I'm out of space. enjoy! Tim

O.K. my rig is finished and I just finished the photo shoot, there are 50 good pics that show it off. Here.s one for now. I'll just post a couple more here. [ [ Well its not all 50, but it will have to do, let me know what you think. Tim

looking good, I love the color Tim

Tim, that is friggin amazing! There is something about it that just doesn't look quite right, just like looking at a real one. Its so hard to tell if your showing pics of your model, or if its a 1:1. Whats more amazing is the speed in which you kick these things out at. Are you gonna put a trash box on it? I would love to see that! Tim

Paul, SWEET job, it looks great. Love the mudflap/hot tire combo, thats a nice touch. Tim

Wow Scott, that is sweet, I thought about adding some jeep dollies, but I think this is enough of a challange for my first scratch build. I'd love to see more pics of that. I put on a coat of primer and got the deck boards cut, now comes the filling, sanding, details, ect... Heres a few more pics. With Wheels and load just sitting on it Tim

Thanks for your kind words guys, I don't have any plans for the lowboy, I wanted to build one to put my Payhauler 350 on, but have not found a model that suited me, so, I just found a picture of a lowboy and am trying to stay pretty close to what I see. Its kinda funny, I wish they would tell you what each part is (in a model) that you put on, so you would know what it is instead of just giving it a number on a tree, (Not that it would keep me from putting an alternator where the carborater goes). I don't drive truck, or work on cars, so I am not that knowledgable about them, but I like building models, and I love big trucks. I have spent hours on Tim's sight just admiring them all. I don't know if I will ever have the patience to go to the great lengths of detail as some of you, like filling all the cracks and hours of sanding, my fingers are too big and numb to handle the fine stuff, but I do plan to get better. The headache rack is my first attemp in working with aluminum, I'm not as happy with it as I wanted to be, but the next one should be nicer. Once I finish the whole rig, I will take some good detailed pics and post them. Thanks

Hi all, I've been working on my Pete, its almost done, so I started on the scrath build of the lowboy. It is a mix of parts from an AMT lowboy and Great Dane flatbed along with a lot of frame rail pieces and such. This is my first attempt at scratch building, so be easy on me. I will include some pics of the Pete alothough there are some things I need to do to finish her up (aluminum fuel tanks, paint touch up). I have never posted pics before so hopefully this will work. outer frame rails The cab The engine Front view side view inner rails pin detail setting the height outside rails added frame almost complete Let me know what you think these pics have been removed to make room for the finished pics, please see my other thread Tim

Thanks guys, I could spend countless hours and dollars just on those two links alone. Tim

Is there any one place on the forum that has a list of all of the store and parts links? I have run accross a few links on different threads, but for a newbie like me, it would be great to have a resorce for all of them in one spot. If you could post any links that you use, I, ( and I'm sure others) would greatly appreciate it. Thanks Tim

Check your paypal account I sent another payment to cover it. Thanks again for sending them. Tim

Bridgewatertek, Thanks for the wheels, I got them today, and put them on this afternoon. Tim

Wow, she's a beauty, love the decals. Tim

Good looking KW Tim

Looks sweet Tim, its coming along nicely. Look forward to seeing this one completed. Tim

Hi, I'm currently trying to build the Peterbuilt Alskan Hauler 4 axle version, but it only comes with 2 rear axles in chrome, I would love to have the third rear axle be chrome also if any one has a spair set. Thanks Tim

There is a set on Ebay, don't know if it is what you are looking for. http://cgi.ebay.com/Custom-Peterbilt-Kenwo...1QQcmdZViewItem Tim

I see a lot of posts about resin parts, and notice that some of you are getting amasing results with them, not to mention any names (Tim), so I guess my question is ..what are the advantages and disadvantages? Can you use the same paint and glue as with the plastic? Are there any sites on how to make resin parts/molds? T.I.A. Tim

OK, Keep in mind, along with some chrome parts I had frame and rear end parts with several coats of paints on top of one coat of primer. I started with the Easy Off (yellow can), put all parts in a plastic container and sprayed several coats of E.O on them until well cover in standing liquid. Results: After 2 days, 95% of the paint remained, even after a brushing with a tooth brush. ( I had much better results cleaning the oven) Rinsed and dried all parts, put them back in the container and completely covered with Simple Green. Results: Another 2 days, 85% of paint remained even after brushing, I then was able to remove most of the paint by scraping with a thumb nail (this took about 1 hour to do). Rinsed and dried all parts and put them back in the container and coated them with whestlies over night. Results: I was able to brush away all remaining paint and primer, including all chrome with a tooth brush. All parts have now been completely rinsed and are drying Once again I thank all for the suggestions, the feeling has come back in my thumb and I am now ready to start all over again building the perfect beast

OK, so here it is. You know the trouble I've been having with the paint on the Pete, and I should have listened to Cornpatch and threw it in some cleaner but.........I thought, well, noone will notice the little paint wrinkles So I continued on building, now keep in mind that this model needs a lot of trimming (apparently someone needs to retool their dies), so I am taking my time(by my standards anyway), but it is real hard to scrape paint from some of the joints before gluing. The frames have been cut and the extensions put in. The rest of the frame is glued together and the engine is finished and mounted, its all looking rather masterful to me. Then I get to the rearend, I put the back one on first, then the middle one,no problem, but when attaching the last one, some of the tits have been removed or are out of shape and its just not sitting to good so when I put in the driveshaft, it all goes a little squirrley on me and the next thing I know, one of the frame rails falls off . Wow! I didn't think that would happen, so I reglued all of the crossbeams and while trying to get them all lined up the rear two axles come off, frame included. So now I'm thinkin, OK don't loose your cool, put the rest of the frame together and re-attach the back half of the frame after it dries. I really want the frame to stay together, so I grab a BIG spring clamp and clamp it together, but theres so much pressure that the frame is pulled apart at the end so I move the clamp about a half an inch and BOOM!...... The whole things blows apart, pieces flying every which way, as I sit there with this look on my face the engine comes down and lands in one of my hands in perfect condition. Whewwww. The rest of the frame and all of the little pieces (none damaged) are all now soaking in a hotub full of oven cleaner and I'm kicked back watchin Bob Ross teach me how to paint LOL Happy Birthday to me! I promise to listen next time Guess I should glue it up first, then paint, I have always done it the other way around, but I guess that don't make it right This will be one nice kit when I am finished, even if I half to build three or four times LOL Tim

Jeff, Bob Ross was a gift, what a talented man, he makes it seem so easy Thanks for the advice, I'll keep on truckin'....so to speak Tim

Carl, Very impressive, the detail is awsome, it looks like you could throw some rocks in there and make ballast out of em. It is so neat to see someone make something out of nothing using only a few pictures and a great mind. You are very talented for sure and it shows. My dad does the same thing with wood and locomotives, just boggles my mind Nice job Tim PS. think you could do a 1-1 money minting press.................oops never mind

Wow!, Guys, thanks for all of the replies, I am pretty impatient, so, the oven cleaner sounds like the right one for me, however, i just happen to have a bottle of simple green (which will get me out of cleaning the oven ) so I will give that a shot. Jeff, thanks for the info on the sprayers, I already have one of the triggers for the rattle cans, sure saves on the finger pain. (I'm gonna need it) I'm learning on the mixing paint thang, I used some Valspar white primer, followed by a Valspar yellow, but it didnt coat very well and was almost transparent in spots even after 2 coats, I then sprayed Rust-oleum yellow over it, and it covered nicely in one coat. Once this was dry, I taped up for the line around the bottom of the cab and sleeper, and also the roof of the cab (the sleeper roof is detatched so I don't have to tape it off) I then sprayed my black enamel only to realize that I had the sleeper upside down and now my yellow stripe is black O well I guess I didn't the yellow stripe on the sleeper anyway. Then I found a few things that I had forgotten to trim on the frame (yellow), and trimmed them then applied one more quick coat to cover the trim spots . I went back to the paint booth an hour later and the paint had wrinkled up like a 90 year old stuck in a hot tub! I may stick this whole model in some Simple Green and start over! Starting to doubt my Idea to rekindle this love of model trucks LOL Tim