Western Star Tanker With Working Lights

[Hammerdown]

 Working on my 7th digital photo replica, the 3rd for Aztec Transport out of Campbell River, BC. The first two were tri-axle Refers and this one is a tanker that they haul live Salmon in for a client based in Norway. I am testing the lights out that I've installed, with clearance lights and tail lights to be painted yellow and red, the same as the rest of the models. Today I had a short in the trailer and will now have to rip out this set and replace them. Rrrrrr. Still have a fair amount of work as these models are created from the actual digital photos taken of the real truck, scaled to 1/43 size and cut out [as seen in the last photo] and glued on a kit bashed tractor and trailer chassis. The tanker is a chrome tape covered cardboard tube with foam core bulkheads as you can see in the photo of the rear end that I have buried the clearance lights into. I have posted pics of some Western Stars replicated using the same process titled Digital Photo Replicas if you want to see more of this technique. I have a Peterbilt 389 to build after this for a small trucking company out of Guadalupe, CA. and am looking forward to that project.

 

Edited March 17, 2016 by Hammerdown
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[DRIPTROIT 71]

Very nice!

[gatorincebu]

 

 Way cool ! And way too small for my big clumsy hands and fingers. lol

 

 

  Be Well

   Gator

[Hammerdown]

The finished product. 

[extmcdriver]

Super job, you have some serious talent!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!