truckabilly Posted June 21, 2016 Author Posted June 21, 2016 Thank you all for your kind words. I keep on adding parts to the trailer. Besides fenders and their brackets I have completed various boxes that hang around the frame. I have no idea what´s inside. Probably some tubing, valves, pumps and controls. Mine are empty, of course. The fenders shape is not much accurate and axle spacing should have been a bit bigger. I copied the suspension parts from AMT´s Fruehauf flatbed trailer and didn´t realise that the spacing on Paul recharger trailer might be different. But the suspension cost me so much time and work already, that I´m not going to fix it.
gatorincebu Posted June 22, 2016 Posted June 22, 2016 Jarda, You are doing some really good work here ! I like what I see. I know this one will look really good when finished ! Be Well Gator
Ace-Garageguy Posted June 22, 2016 Posted June 22, 2016 Beautiful work. A pleasure to watch it all come together.
mackd Posted June 29, 2016 Posted June 29, 2016 WOW a great job search and details. I love the accuracy of these details is what makes a realistic model. I like the generator. A work out of the ordinary. Bravo.
truckabilly Posted July 10, 2016 Author Posted July 10, 2016 Thank you all for your positive feedback. As some of you might know, NASA´s spacecraft Juno has reached the Jupiter orbit on, I guess, the 4th of July. It carries three passangers on board, special aluminium made LEGO figures of the god Jupiter, his wife Juno and Galileo Galilei. I hope they find something interesting up there before they become a part of the planet. Meanwhile, down on Earth in Liberec, Czech Rep., the NASA Peterbilt mission continues by dressing the trailer with more details. Such as the three tubes that hide electric cables inside. I made all the bends above a candle flame. I don´t know where and how they end up underneath the chassis. I just attached them to the big box. I also made a reservoir which is in the front part of the trailer. I added some details to the big tank like the top lid with the handle and bolts and the bottom brackets that carry the whole tank. There is still some more details to be added. As always, the photos of the real thing were taken by Jeff Lakaszcyck. I hope my mission with the NASA Peterbilt won´t take as much time as the Juno mission since it was launched back in 2011. Till next time, stay tuned.
gatorincebu Posted July 11, 2016 Posted July 11, 2016 Jarda, Very nice work, incredible detailing . This trailer is going to be a work of art in and of itself. Be Well Gator
DRIPTROIT 71 Posted July 12, 2016 Posted July 12, 2016 Words cannot begin to describe how great your work is. This thing looks incredible!!
10thumbs Posted July 12, 2016 Posted July 12, 2016 Just excellent modelling, a wonderful opportunity to learn and to enjoy viewing.
jacobus Posted July 14, 2016 Posted July 14, 2016 great work on this onedetails etcfollow this onejacobus
truckabilly Posted August 14, 2016 Author Posted August 14, 2016 Thank you all for positive feedback. I tried to find out if someone makes electric motors in 1-25, 1-24 scale but had no luck. So, I had to make them myself. It took a few weeks but finally I can present something again. I started with two smaller motors and pumps. Then there was the big Reliance motor which was quite challanging. The most of the material I used comes from Evergreen stock. Besides that, the sparkling pills packs provided me with the tubes I needed. Here is the real electric motor and pump on the Paul recharger trailer. Photos were taken by Jeff Lakaszcyck. And this is my plastic version. There is yet another small electric motor on the trailer with a pump, I guess. Jeff´s photo is not showing the detail very clear. Anyway, this is the one. I have yet to complete the pump. For the big Reliance motor I used two pills packs of different sizes, the Evergreen stock and Milliput putty. The motor main body is a smaller tube-like pack cut to length. The rear cover is made of the bigger pack including the bottom. I clamped this part to a hand drill and reshaped the tight corner so that the radius was closer to a real thing. The Milliput helped me with the rest of the shape. The mesh is cut out off the grill mesh for Peterbilt by Italeri, I guess. The front lid of the motor was made with a great help of Milliput again. The cooling ribs are made of Evergreen channel cut to length. I glued them onto the thin plastic stripes which I wrapped around the motor main body. Hexagonal rods of various sizes were used for bolts around the front lid and the rear mesh rim. All the other details are just Evergreen tubes and squares. The real thing: My attempt: And here is a complete trio of the electric motors: And now what? The paint job? Finally? I hope so.
guitarsam326 Posted August 14, 2016 Posted August 14, 2016 man! you do some amazing work, i cant wait to see it finished!
gatorincebu Posted August 14, 2016 Posted August 14, 2016 Jarda, Your work is amazing. As for the electric motors. There are some in the Plastruct catalog. Not sure if the sizes would work for this project.But being that you fabricated your own motors .Doing a really nice job on them. Be Well Gator
Tesla Posted August 15, 2016 Posted August 15, 2016 These details are off the chart!! Very impressive Jarda.
Superpeterbilt Posted August 15, 2016 Posted August 15, 2016 This build is epic......thats all I can say.
Darren B Posted August 20, 2016 Posted August 20, 2016 (edited) These details are off the chart!! Very impressive Jarda.x2 that generator is beyond awesome. I love your scratch building skills. That generator would be a great resin cast piece.... Edited August 20, 2016 by Darren B
kilrathy10 Posted August 21, 2016 Posted August 21, 2016 Awesome stuff, Man.....This is just some really awesome work.....
truckabilly Posted October 8, 2016 Author Posted October 8, 2016 Thank you all for your appreciation. I finally painted the chassis of both the tractor and trailer. I mixed two shades of gunze colours to get the buleish grey tone I was after. It turned out a bit dark for my taste. So, I applied fading technique using only white oil color. It helped a lot I think. Then I added some rusty and grimy spots. The weathering is not finished yet. I stretched some wiring through Peterbilt chassis too. I am not satisfied with the photos quality but this is how it turned out. Unfortunately, I found some geometry problems that I have to deal with. Some more cutting is inevitable I´m afraid. More to come, stay tuned.
gatorincebu Posted October 8, 2016 Posted October 8, 2016 Amazing work continues.... To be sure ! Jarda, your work is awesime ! Be Well Gator
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