dabelltoller

ok everyone here is some updates and photos of the truck, it started out as the revell 359 i cut the bunk off, and made it into a windowless daycab. this was my first time doing a daycab converstion so i gotta say im happy with it. next thing i did was cut the frame and added about 6 inches to the frame to bring the truck to a 40 foot in total leanghth. i used more of a i-beam to do the streching since its having to hold a heave piece of 3 inch pvc pipe. as you can see from the pics its super strong and does hold it quite well, the truck is going to get a drop axle put in and also bag boxes. (bag boxes are compartments on side of tank close to cab that bags of feed are put into) the tank is now capped at both ends some of the items on the list to go are making a drop axle, making a working auger boom( i hope it rotates anyway) i need to make bag boxes, the side shelves for truck ( they run leangth of tank and are for stargage of bags and blower pipe. i wanna plum all hydrolic lines, and also plum the lines from the blower system in regards to blower systerm i need to make a pto case for transmisson, a blower box, a hydrolic cooling box, , the lid system with safty rails for top of tank ! and thats just to start ! http://s1204.photobucket.com/albums/bb409/dabelltoller1/#!cpZZ1QQtppZZ24 enjoy some of the progress photo and feel free to comment and ask questions!

yeah im really wanting to blue print this one out and then some, but any advice on some after market suppliers or advice on getting said tires and axles ?

i desided im going to build a strait truck bulk feed tanker these trucks are usally 38-40 feet long with a single lift axle. the axle is usally infront of drive axle or behined. i wanna build it up to look like a really hard heavy haul 359/379? (not sure yet ) so im thinking of doing a drop axle in front and rear of drives. i have a revell pete 359 now i wanna use as the stepping stone for the project . (this is the one in 1/25 scale that is purple on the box ) any how i was looking on the sour krauts sight for after market parts and everything seems to be sold out so i was wondering how to find a list of items 1. floater tires for front steer axle. 2. extra sets of tires to make duels fror both drop axles( would like them to be crome or look aluminum im not looking for spokes) 3. im cutting sleeper off thinking of scratching the back wall with out a window (advice on cutting bunk? thinking of using hacksaw and putting in new pice of plastic. IS a after market piece out there and better? 4. a texas style bumper. 5. a drop visor 6. along with the tires for drop axles im looking for axles to shown in the lifted up postions hopefully my list is understandable and i could go on the right track to find the stuff and items i need! also im looking to add i think about 7 to 8 inch of frame to get a strait truck length of 40feet how is best way to strenthing frame to hold weight of a piece of pvc pipe? im going to add a bulk of leangth from cab back to drive axles with about a inch added on after the drives !!! im thinking of making frame look same with reinforement frame rails inside strenth and lots of cross memebers advice on this would help gary

hey i think im going to go with the pvc pipe. here are some of the questions i got pvc pipe is really heavy, i sat it on my logging trailer it squatted down but it held. and i need to cut the pipe down so that will free up some wieght. but people that have used it what are they using to bond other platic to it? the pipe is very smooth would it be something to soand down a good bit to ruff it up ? thats about it for now this sould become a intresting project

hey i'm looking to build a bulk feed trailer. the new style is round but flat at top and bottom, the older ones more a less a gas tanker raised up, so first i wanna know if anyone ever did the texico fuel tanker and could tell me the size of it length with and hight of the tank its self ! and lets say i wanna make a scratch build round one, what is the best way of going about this ? now the trailer hasd up to 8-10 compartments so i can put round discks in side main tube so it would be stronger. but as for heating plastic and makin it round whould using a piece of pvc pipe as a mold to heat it on ? or could a use a thin piece of pre made pvc pipe to make main tube ? would that be cheating to build off of it! lol dumb question i know the link below is to give you idea of what i wanna do visually. i seen a guy build a model of this in 80s but he died so cant get info from him but i looked at his model and i think like i said used gas tanker as base for body of tanker! the tanker is scale should be about 20 inch long for a scale 40 foot http://www.walinga.com/index.php?id=203

hey, im looking to do a day cab lonestar, with a bulk feed trailer (round trailer with auger booms) used around my home in lancaster pa. does anyone know where i could start looking for or go about changing the new kit to a daycab? also im looking to do a daycan sloped nose kw, the real steep slope( not sure of model) but i wanna do a tri axle feed truck as the above also as a option ! so if you know of anyone to recomend for finding some resein kits to help start this please let me know. i know every kit cant have a sleeper on it !!!

how about some plans here you go mesure mesure mesure!!!!!! well now that i have this one done, im going to do another one and keep track and log every piece and order its put together. im really thinking it be fun to master it and one day make it as a kit, wonder if it would sale ? but thank you it was really simple in the end just alot of trial and error. i never did scrach build before and this was my secound model after not modeling for about 15 years. but yes when i do the next for a friend ill make a parts list and keep track of it for ya.

ok everyone here is the truck i called 2nd chance and a 2011 wilson hopper bottom. the truck is a revell 359 kit strait from box. done in taymila mica blue and flack back. its modeled after a friends truck. the trailer is modeled after the trailer i pull it took me about 3 months on and off to model. the trailer is a scale 20 inches long and done in the 1/25 scale. the hoppers them selves happen to be the hardest part was getting the angles right and smooth. i would guess the hole trailer has about 100 pieces. i made each hopper then copied the frist one once i got it right it was them glued together the rapped in the outside ribbed sheets. its painted a tamilya chrome color. the lights are flat plastic cut to shape and size. the tarp was made for me by a old mennonite lady down the street from me. its mounted on the riht side with electric tape till i find a good way to mount to trailer. even thouth its thin fabric its hard to mount with scale size items. but the tarp does role open and close. the yellow tarp straps are just yellow ribbion wrap i picked up at acmoore. the ribs are made from half round plastic. the tandoms are scracth built using plastic tube, wheel are from a othe 379 kit that didnt work out so well. the rear suspention isnt as perfect as i wanted its scratch built. the kit i wanted to do it with was outta stock, but this was more of a proto type to see if i could do it. im really happy with the outcome of this trailer and its loved buy alot of fellow drivers who now are requesting i build them one i hope you guys like it please feel free to ask any questions and leave any comments gary My link

wow thank you soo much, some great photos and some great modeling going on here, i looked at some of your other pictures, great yeah i picked this up and a couple other of the monster trucks and linburg kits super cheap at a place called Olies bargen outlet. they buy stuff damaged in shipping. or over stocks. the story i got was linburg had a fire at a place in L.A. ??? , everything sealled in box and good to go but for i think 10.00 bucks for the monster truck alone i wasnt going to care if some soot was on the box. great models and detail in there kits it was the first time i heard of linburg again thank you so much for the photos gary

i put this on tips and tricks but after posting i wasnt sure if i shouldnt put it on her hey everyone. once again my friend google took a early start to the three day weekend. my image search turned up mostly truck shots no motors. im building a linburg model of the wierd-os monster trucks its a 2007 casting of a newer dodge truck so im guessing its a hemi/cyrsler motor of somesort any how i would relly like to detail it via paint and add on accesories. the instructions along with the model its self are highly detailed but i wanna try my hand at really wireing and plumming. so if anyone has some photos of a monster truck motor and or im guessing a dagster/funny car engine might be of similer set up i'd really thank you

hey everyone. once again my friend google took a early start to the three day weekend. my image search turned up mostly truck shots no motors. im building a linburg model of the wierd-os monster trucks its a 2007 casting of a newer dodge truck so im guessing its a hemi/cyrsler motor of somesort any how i would relly like to detail it via paint and add on accesories. the instructions along with the model its self are highly detailed but i wanna try my hand at really wireing and plumming. so if anyone has some photos of a monster truck motor and or im guessing a dagster/funny car engine might be of similer set up i'd really thank you

also folks with the comment about the u joint truck mecanic made how do i go about making or getting a working scale u-joint could it be done ? i 'd love it if i could make my tarp open and close

hey thats so much info thanks but yes this is a replica of the 2011 wilson trailer i pull and you got all your numbers and facts right. yeah i was looking at using cloth for the tarp i just wasnt sure what kind and how to go about it. all i can reply with is thank you for the info again and again

hey everyone, the other post happen to beunder my name graintruck but for some rson i can't sign on to it. im posting some photos of my wilson grain hopper im scratch building. since i last posted its gotten a suspention, the tarp support bows, the support beams for the hoppers, the crank bar and u-joints to open the hoppers. and also put on the trim on outside. i must say this has been a fun build doing ot all from scratch i've learned alot and if i was to build another on i know or rather have a better plan of attack!at this point im having trouble finding marker lights for the trailer and how to make 40 foot long racthet straps to go atop the bows, i tried useing shoe laces but they are too thick so ill keep looking. also the tarp its self on top is a tuff call too not sure what to do but will maybe make a tarp that pops on and off. here below is the link for the new photos the album that says wilson is the first set of photos My link please tell me what you think i need your reviews to no matter how harsh they help me power on thanks folks enjoy!!!