vincen47 Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 (edited) Here is a relatively quick scratch-building and glue bomb save project I started about six weeks ago. I typically don’t build this quickly. Tamiya pure white and candy lime green. It’s curbside - both the RV body and under the non-opening hood (just a simple engine block painted Cummins red). The real production Lonestar trucks did not come with the Maxxforce 15 that’s in the kit. Since I’m a stickler for engines, I wasn’t going to detail it out if it wasn’t in the real truck. I wanted to build more of a “home-built” toter, nice, but not a more fancy production-style coach like my Aeromax RV or my current 379 RV project with radius corners. Though, it has the fancier frameless windows you see on new RVs these days, mainly because, well, they are much easier to make. Years ago, Oldr-n-drt was kind enough to send me the cut styrene sides to a toterhome body, which I put to good use on this project. It’s been a long time, but thanks again! For the cab and chassis I used a badly warped daycab glue bomb I got off of eBay that had been sitting around waiting for inspiration to put it to use. I stripped, filled, sanded, and did my best to straighten it. Gluing the hood shut helped a lot. First time doing a flame paint job. I used masks from Lazy Modeller. A little tricky, requiring a bit of touch-up, but not too bad. I used a portion of the aero skirts from a Prostar, modified to fit. Most of the kit chrome was in bad shape and had to be refinished with Revel spray chrome. The front tires are Bridgestone steers from Moluminum. Photo etch from Czech Truck Model. Be sure to ask if there is something I didn’t cover. Hope you enjoyed it. Edited April 17 by vincen47 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
o-man Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 Great looking build 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Chastain Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 That’s pretty cool build, love the colors. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldr-n-drt Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 vincent...i even forgot about sending yall the parts for the motorcoach??? oldr-n-drt looking good...... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grodudulle77 Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 Awesome build , very clean job !! 😀👍 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vincen47 Posted April 17 Author Share Posted April 17 (edited) 4 hours ago, oldr-n-drt said: vincent...i even forgot about sending yall the parts for the motorcoach??? oldr-n-drt looking good...... Yep, looked at them a couple months back and thought there has to be a spare parts truck I could use for a fairly simple project. The glue bomb daycab Lonestar chassis fit the length of the side panels perfectly. The chassis was missing one of the axles, but the rear axle on the chassis lined up perfect with the front wheel opening on the sides, so I filled the rear opening. Only being a scale 32’ RV, a single rear axle is fine. Edited April 17 by vincen47 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim B Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 Neat looking motorhome. Very cool. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Cole Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 What a knockout❕ I am so curious, tho.... can you share how you made the dark tinted RV side windows❔ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vincen47 Posted April 20 Author Share Posted April 20 (edited) 3 hours ago, Jon Cole said: What a knockout❕ I am so curious, tho.... can you share how you made the dark tinted RV side windows❔ I used Plastruct .030” Copoly Sheet #91251, cut to the rectangular size I needed, then I used a corner cutter from Hobby Lobby to get the 1/4” radius corners. It’s called a “Crop-a-dile Corner Chomper”, meant for paper, but it does well on thin styrene and clear copolymer sheet. Scribed the portion of the windows that can open outward, then I laid them on painters tape, and sprayed one side with a couple light coats of Model Master 2949 Transparent Black Window Tint. I put window “shades” inside using corrugated styrene sheet. The enamel window tint seems to cover more evenly than the Tamiya Lacquer version, though I’m more partial to Tamiya in general. Maybe it’s the copoly, but the enamel seems to work better. I’m almost out of it, so I’ll have to see if I can find more somewhere. Edited April 20 by vincen47 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutzie Posted April 20 Share Posted April 20 Great looking motor home! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volzfan59 Posted April 27 Share Posted April 27 In a word.......... WOW!!! I love the paint, outstanding flames. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TarheelRick Posted April 27 Share Posted April 27 That is a beautiful motorhome/toter. The color combination works very well with the size and shape. Only thing missing is an enclosed trailer with some form of race car inside. I have a couple of this style build floating around in my head, just need to get to the bench (if I can find it) and get busy cutting some styrene. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vincen47 Posted April 28 Author Share Posted April 28 (edited) On 4/27/2024 at 1:05 PM, TarheelRick said: That is a beautiful motorhome/toter. The color combination works very well with the size and shape. Only thing missing is an enclosed trailer with some form of race car inside. I have a couple of this style build floating around in my head, just need to get to the bench (if I can find it) and get busy cutting some styrene. Very true, it needs something to pull. I’ll need to, at the very least, put together a galaxie enclosed trailer for it. I customized one a few years back for my Aeromax RV Conversion. Since these photos were taken, I got another decal sheet to add more graphics to the rear of the trailer. I have plans to scratch-build a stacker for my current Pete 379 Conversion project. Edited April 28 by vincen47 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cifenet Posted April 28 Share Posted April 28 Great work and your fabrication skill is awesome! Bravo! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volzfan59 Posted April 28 Share Posted April 28 WOW, @vincen47 your Ford Aero Max rig looks great too. You have a talent for toter homes! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vincen47 Posted April 29 Author Share Posted April 29 5 hours ago, Volzfan59 said: WOW, @vincen47 your Ford Aero Max rig looks great too. You have a talent for toter homes! Thanks! And yeah, it’s a niche alright. Not a typical thing to be into. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volzfan59 Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 43 minutes ago, vincen47 said: Thanks! And yeah, it’s a niche alright. Not a typical thing to be into. I love them, kinda got plans iny head. Probably should pull the trigger one of these days. Your painting and attention to detail are really something. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamsuperdan Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 Looks awesome! But upon reading the thread title, I thought this would be a different Lonestar RV. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vincen47 Posted April 29 Author Share Posted April 29 2 hours ago, iamsuperdan said: Looks awesome! But upon reading the thread title, I thought this would be a different Lonestar RV. I totally didn’t think about that when I wrote it. But, yeah, of course! "Radar repaired, we're picking up the outline of a... Winnebago?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noah H. Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 That's a sharp looking build, great color scheme. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRIPTROIT 71 Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 Beautiful build! I like those masks! I’ve considered ordering more of them for future projects. Excellent work! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vincen47 Posted May 15 Author Share Posted May 15 On 5/12/2024 at 9:55 PM, DRIPTROIT 71 said: Beautiful build! I like those masks! I’ve considered ordering more of them for future projects. Excellent work! Thank you. I’d recommend them, not too difficult to work with. First time using masks for me. I think putting down clear before a color coat helped seal them, just like with masking tape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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