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was wondering when clearcoating. well finishing i wanna hide the thin outline of decals or blanded it better. does just spraying the model with clearcoat hide this ? from other post i see how it makes a great finish and the sanding between coats, i just wanna try to blend and hide the decals of my semi feed truck !
any help or info on this would be great
also do i remove or tape over glass to prevent hazing on the glass parts ? any other parts i should remove or cover when finshing off model ?
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Ok so came home open a Microsoft blank document placed logo there and tried changing size when I clicked on fonts then objects and it didn't work to well I'm new to this
So can you give meca quick run down ad what to do
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Nice and clean love it
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Ok great thanks semi mechanic
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When I say what I got I mean ms paint a kodac photoshop and hp photoshop. Now I also have a scanner so I can print everything to size and scan as a group to print as a hole. I'm doing this from my iPhone so hopefully Im making sence
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Hey I tried searching this topic but the site kept telling me the words are not valid or to short
Anyhow I wanna print my own decals Im curious what's a good program to use I got paint and kodac and a photo something I need to check it basically let ms make image bigger
I wanna know how or what is best way to male multiple images on one print. And if I have to print one at time can I use decal paper again as long as it's strait?
If there is a great post on forums already give me me the link. I wanna Lear to do this so bad and make it the most afficantly as I can
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thats a good idea, ill have to try it and go from there. any other advie when printing?
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hey i got a question on when your building a custome truck (this is on my feed truck) little details is it better to put sometihng that looks the shaspe or not ? basically the augers are run by hydrolic pumps look like little round motors. the little detail on them would be very minascule and i just dont know to do to male it look right. so is it best to make sometihng the size and move on ?
hopefully you understand my question
2. ive seen dot tape on ebay in scale rolles i was wonderin where i can fined it becouse its never on there
3. decals i wanna make decals for my truck and when it comes to the print at home if i wanna make my own and this is just black letters only do i just type it up and print on the decal paper ??? and does anyone know a formula to make letters right size or test? i know the hole 1/25 thing but i mean how do i know on computer how to make it right to print
i did think of getting a pre printed letter set at hobby shop and just doing it that way but that alot of letters to make sure are strait
thanks everyone
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so here is some update photos of my current project. i got the cab done, the tank done, and the bag/storage boxes done. the white cross thing is the auger system it needs cut down to size and finished and painted, its more of a planning and mesuring stage right now,
its a hydrolic controled system used to unload the bulk feed into over head bins and reaches really high into the air, mine doesnt move.
so far the drop axle is just resting on the drive shaft to get the look and hight i want. im slowly scratchbuilding the frame for the lift axle.
also on this kit i made the choice to go back and use one of my first trucks i built for parts gond i felt so dirty killing it for the good of something else, but i was never totally happy with it so it didnt hurt so much, but my wife did give me one hell of a hard time over it !
enjoy the photos below
some of the items left are blower system and blower tube storage and lettering and lotos of small details, i only spend about 8 hours a week on this thing
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hey anyone know anyone or are you living in the central pa area as in lancaster york harrisburg ? i need to find some help guidince and insparartion in the truck models field. my hobby shop is great and all but its so secretive and indivdualed format there
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Hey no reply to last post the American cargo 742 and the italriea reffers. Are they still made or avalible ? I can't find them. Well my hobby shop can't. I wanna build I modern looking van trailer
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If you look at my picks I did of a hopper ( grain kind) I had a tarp made out of a really thin cloth I found at a local fabric shop. I had the old lady sew it on ends to inclose two small round rods to make ends of tarp and mine now rolls and closes. I electric taped mine to trailer on one end. Because glue tends to bleed thru. I always keep mind in the open position
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hey so i went to my local hobby shop and they couldnt find these trailers you guys listed. are they no longer made ? or if so where is a good place to find them other then ebay ?
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wow some great stuff ill have to photo mine since i started this post. but one thing i noticed, is all paints are stored in the lid up postion i keep mine in a little tool box on there side, is that ok ? or should paint always be in the upright postion ?
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im sure maybe someone did this before, but the serch didnt turn up what i wanted. but id love to see some photos of peoples work benches, maybe ways the store paints. did you build a custom paint shelf or a cool way to make lighting for it or is it just the coffee table while watching cartoons ?
just wanna see what some people got going on
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in my post about the w900l some had said that they used the 1:24 scale Italeri "american cargo" trailer with a reefer unit for his model. but i asked about the trailer with the steer on the side. and i was wondering if anyone could tell me the name and make model number on this one so im able to find it!
also any advice on the two trailers ? some one said the boogies need changed to a modern dollies? advice on where to find said dollies once i wanna make change ?
thanks so much for info.
aslo in the trailers questions i wanna get some info on a good looking modern dump bucket, and also anyone ever make or see a casting to do a mac'amizer semi circle dump?
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whats the e.t.a. on the sending to p&p?
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Gary,
This is the sleeper your talking about. It's the Kenworth 72" Aerodyne flat top, it dose not exist in kit form. You would have to take the 60" Aerodyne sleeper out of the AMT Kenworth T600 kit and cut it down, lengthen it to a 72" and modifiy the top of the truck cab to build one. Hope this helps you some.
Doug
this is the truck, yeah looks like from the post ( and thanks everyone for replys) it looks like im buying a t-600 and cutting and filling and sanding a roof to make the bunk i need. thanks everyone once again
so looks like a shopping list of a revel of germany kw a resein kit from p and p and a t-600
ohh and dont for get my trailer
btw on the trailer you said boggie and wheels need changed? where do i go to order or what do i need todo to make said change ?!
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is that the trailer on the box that has the steer head on it ? you said tweeking could you give a few quick point on the tweeks ? and yes i love the green star and trailer super sweet!!!1
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z06 bob thats how i was looking at it, thanks my luck i'll build it love it and not wanna give it up
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You might want to look at the AMT Kenworth T600. It has the sleeper cab you want. Maybe even the cab for that matter.
no thats not it, im lookin for the mid roof one looks like a flat top but its called a aero top if i remember ! and it has the big black windows at about the same hight of the cab windows !?
thanks for the try though
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also any advice on a new looking van/trailer that i can make into a reffer ? he pulls a 53 but i've seen on here people just stick with the 48foot trailer.
i did exsplain to my freind that in the end the model is very long !
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as people who do this as a hobbie and i love doing it but alot of fellow truckers want a 1/25 scale model of the trucks they drive. and well one guy offered me 800 to do a kw900l with the 70inch bunk and a refer trailer. and well i was taken back by it! but did see dollar signs, but i feel guilty, but yet he is paying for a service so its all good right ??
anyone ever make models on the side for a fee and if so how did you base your prices ? lol i'm sos humbled by someone loving my pete and hopper bottom trailer to ask me to build them something for a fee
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hey was looking around from some parts i know im going with p and p for a kw900 hood and body resin kit combo , but i need a 70 inch mid rise bunk to go with it! so any advice to where to pick one up "??
dot refective tape or something to get this resault
in WIP: Model Trucks: Big Rigs and Heavy Equipment
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i asked this question inside other post but no answer maybe couse it was tucked away does anyone know where u can get something or how to make something that looks like d.o.t refective tape/decal that you see along side and on rear of semi trailers and long tri-axle trucks ?