Italeri 48' Reefer take 2

[Pete1980]

So yeah I built this in WVa before I moved back to Fl.Well now settled I started to add BMF to it and it hit the floor . But thats ok I disassembled it and started over, and I got a chance to freshen up the paint which hadent come out so well the first time.

[Jim B]

Nice recovery.

Edited February 24, 2010 by Jim B

[Kostas Parchas]

Nice work so far!!

I have four KITS sitting and waiting their way to my workbench...

I have two questions about this KIT:

1.I think that ITALERI missed the correct possition for the legs of the trailer and installed them to close to the midle of the trailer. Should them be installed more forward, closer to the frond of the trailer???

2.Is this a correct replica of a real 48'' - except the height - which is incorrect???

Kostas.

[mackinac359]

Nice save.

Kostas: The kit is too short in height and the landing gear is too far rearward.

Tim

[Pete1980]

Thnx guys!Yeah ive herd that stuff about the kit but ya know its my first 24th trailer and nobody will even notice. Once finished this will mate with my Black n Red 378 then I can start over on the tri drive.

[trick my mixer]

Thnx guys!Yeah ive herd that stuff about the kit but ya know its my first 24th trailer and nobody will even notice. Once finished this will mate with my Black n Red 378 then I can start over on the tri drive.

[trick my mixer]

Kostas, also this kit does not come with a fuel tank for the reefer unit. Don`t ask me why. It would also be nice if the sides were not in two pieces. Sometimes hard to hide the seam. I guess we just deal with it. Have fun with it

[Madd Trucker]

it takes two kits to correct this trailer and right now working ona 40 footer and 53 footr so it will be 4 kits to make correct trailers I have the instructions on building them right

[disabled modeler]

Looks pretty good to me

[Kostas Parchas]

Guys thanks you for your replies.

I want to built correct 3 X 53ft (1 spread axles, 1 rearward tandem axles and 1 with forwarded tandem axles).

After these and if remain anything I would like to build a grane trailer. Tim has one nice datailed and also I have seen many other's whict are also very nice.

Madd Trucker, would you like to share these instructions, it sounds very - very interesting.

New question about: European trailers have standard mounted axles (most of them 3 axles). I like the look of the US trailers when the axles are far back or spread. I can understand that the axles are adjastable in order to manage the weight on both the tracktor and trailer combination but I cannot understand the diference and the importance for each set up. also I would like to know how the adjustment happens, is there any hydraulic system or what?

Thanks you all,

Kostas.

[whale392]

Back when my dad drove, adjustment of the tandems was achieved by chocking the trailer tires, pulling the pin lever (thus releasing the pins from their locking holes in the slider frame/cradle), and using the tractor to either pull or push the trailer over the tandems to achieve desired position. Release the lever (allowing the pins to re-engage the locking holes) and un-chock the tires and you were ready to go.

Edited February 25, 2010 by whale392

[Madd Trucker]

Let me find the artical in one oof the Model magazines and will post it

[Madd Trucker]

the artical was in the July/August issue of Model cars I looked in fotoki and it wasnt there but here is the way I did it.first off you will need two kits.

if you are staying with the 48 footer all you will need is the sides and fronts and rears doors to both kits.now start with the bottoms and count up 12 ribs and make the cuts , then set the top halfs away from the bottom side then take the other set of sides and count down 12 ribs and make your cuts the set the bottoms away and glue both 12 rib sides togetherand reinforce the sides with a wide strip od plastic stok after the glue drys then glue on the roof and floor of the trailer makeing sure all is square then modify the frontsand rear doors to fir