White Freightliner COE/AMT Second Time Around kit

[lgriffin]

Very nice, Bill! That looks great. As noted by others, very nice color choice and execution.

Cheers,

Lee G.

[Bill L2]

Bill,

Liked the trailer. In case you can't find a backhoe or tractor, how about another rig on the low boy. I saw a semi wrecker working on a rig with two rigs on a trailer today made me think of it.

Thanks Ryan. Good idea. Glad you liked the trailer. I think I will weather it up a little. Maybe some stains on the deck and some paint chipping. I will try to find something to put on the lowboy. I like this tractor on e-bay. Good price but seven bids already. I will check out Fayetville maybe the vendors will have something.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/AMT-Caterpillar-Bulldozer-D8H-Super-Detailed-1-25-Scale-Model-350-Parts-/251361624499?pt=Model_Kit_US&hash=item3a865201b3

[Ryan K]

Bill,

Liked the trailer. In case you can't find a backhoe or tractor, how about another rig on the low boy. I saw a semi wrecker working on a rig with two rigs on a trailer today made me think of it.

[Ryan K]

Bill,

Squadron has the Lonestar on sale this week for $47.
http://www.squadron.com/1-25-Moebius-Models-International-Lone-Star-p/mw01300.htm?CartID=1

[Bill L2]

Looks great Bill,  but does it 'Transform' ??  LOL - Really does look great!

Bill L.

Good one Bill. It almost transformed one night when I about chucked it against the wall

[Anthony Leger]

very nice

[Ronv]

I have seen commercial trucks "dirtied up" at contests before, and they just don't look right (my opinion only!). The only things I would suggest are the slight blueing of the chrome exhausts, grease on the trailer ball receiving plate, and a little bit of dirt on the inside of the mud flaps. Owner/operators tend to keep their rigs clean, I know we had to wash them at the end of every day.
RonV

[Bill L.]

Looks great Bill,  but does it 'Transform' ??  LOL - Really does look great!

Bill L.

[Bill L2]

Bill,

I have found Scalehobbyist has the cheapest prices in the US.
http://www.scalehobbyist.com/manufacturers/Moebius_Model_Kits_%28Aurora%29/Model_Cars/browse.php?s=0&t=11&man=moe

Thanks Ryan. I have never seen this website. They do have some good prices.

[Bill L2]

Thanks Ron. Yeah I was talking to Ryan the other day and got to thinking I need to weather it up some. Maybe some slight dusting with the airbrush.

[Ronv]

Can't wait to see your next truck build!

I'll have to look through my stash and see what I have in the way of trucks. I was working on collecting them a year or so ago. I still have the snow plow in progress, and maybe I'll pull it back out for the Old Dominion contest 2014.

I think one of the trickiest things about paint a truck is trying to get the slight blueing effect on the chrome smoke stacks. I saw a youtube video from some Japanese builder who did that very nicely on motorcyle chrome exhausts.

RonV

[Ryan K]

Bill,

I have found Scalehobbyist has the cheapest prices in the US.
http://www.scalehobbyist.com/manufacturers/Moebius_Model_Kits_%28Aurora%29/Model_Cars/browse.php?s=0&t=11&man=moe

[Bill L2]

Thats awesome Ron. I drove a Mack and a Kenworth concrete mixer and was training on the transfer dump trucks when I got out of the Army. I did this for about 6 months and then I hired on with DOJ. I really enjoyed that job. Very stress free! I plan on building another big rig. I am looking at the Moebius Prostar or Lonestar coupled with their 53ft Reefer van.

[Ronv]

Looks great Bill L2!! Nice choice for the colors.

I drove the single rear axle version of the Frieghtliner during my college days hauling tomatoes out of farmers fields in central California. These rigs were a lot of fun to drive!

RonV

[Ryan K]

Looking good Bill. Look forward to seeing it in person.