Can be hazardous...HAZMAT!

[Jeff T.]

What do you do with a $71.00 chrome plated tanker?

http://www.hobbylinc.com/htm/rvl/rvl07554.htm

Strip it and use it as a test bed for 'Alclad'....Fingers crossed...

This thing wouldn't fit in anything so I could soak it in simple green! So i pulled out my blue magic polish and had at it!

I started this kit about 4 years ago and shelved it, and I'm glad I did! Now I can put it together and not have to worry about messing up the chrome.

So I borrowed a friends CD...

Alclad CD

And I'm gonna see if it works like it did for for him! I never heard him say "abracadabra..." So I don't think there was any magic involved?

Jeff

[Jeff T.]

This is what I did with my $71 Chrome Plated Tanker,

But then again, I didn't pay $71....

Ouch..........

Neither did I. $50.00 is what I gave if memory serves...It had survived a move to current house and sitting at the bottom of the packing box. So when I pulled it out the other day and had look... What was once nice chrome had some scratches and a lot of broken glue joints!

So the decision was made to start fresh.

But yours sure does look awesome! :D

Jeff

Edited August 24, 2010 by Jeff T.

[chuckyr]

You should rip that CD and upload it on a file site so we all can view it.

The actually prototype looks more polished aluminum than reflective chrome.

I built that kit when it first came out and I have another one on the shelf, unopened.

[Jeff T.]

You should rip that CD and upload it on a file site so we all can view it.

The actually prototype looks more polished aluminum than reflective chrome.

I built that kit when it first came out and I have another one on the shelf, unopened.

I agree...I worked for Pro-Petroleum here in Az. for about 2years...Spent alot of time staring at my real trailer thinking of the Revell model!

Jeff

[chuckyr]

I will strip the next one and paint the entire trailer Alclad Brushed Aluminum.

[Madd Trucker]

first thing I learned was to clear coat mine . I used plastiCoat clear coat on mine before I even started to build it and cut parts from the sprues

[chuckyr]

The key to a smudge free surface is to use gloves.

[Madd Trucker]

Very True on the gloves .I think it was the only kit I ever built wearing gloves.On mine the only thing not kit was the storage pies I replaced them with polished aluminum tubing drilled to add locating pins and suped glued plastic tubing in the ends to place the cover caps and cover panel .

[chuckyr]

Very True on the gloves .I think it was the only kit I ever built wearing gloves.On mine the only thing not kit was the storage pies I replaced them with polished aluminum tubing drilled to add locating pins and suped glued plastic tubing in the ends to place the cover caps and cover panel .

Me too! I used stainless steel food grade tubes. No polishing necessary needed. That stuff is hellava expensive, but my job had so much they said I could take as much as I wanted. It makes great exhaust pipes also.