Scale model building

[ebinmaine 77,091]

Well here is an interesting development!

 

This truck I want to build of my father's....

  Turns out the guy that used to own that company is a classmate of my mother. She called him and he is going to try to hunt up some pictures.

Niiiiice.  

[ebinmaine 77,091]

On 2/1/2026 at 8:40 PM, c-series don said:

 tanker trailer. 

 

 

 

 

@c-series don

 

Any chance you have a picture from the side like this but showing the back more?

I'm trying to figure out the proper position of the rear axles compared to the rear bumper.  

[sscotsman 200]

I was in to HO scale trains when I was a teenager in the 80's, then dropped out of the hobby for all of my 20's, then got in to G scale trains about 25 years ago. Here's my most recent project:

 

 

More detail here if you're interested: 

https://sites.google.com/site/scotlawrence/

 

Scot

[c-series don 11,255]

I don’t have any pictures @ebinmaine but I can certainly take some! Maybe over the weekend text me to remind me. 

[c-series don 11,255]

Well Eric, at 5:15 this morning we got dispatched to a car  accident. Car into a pole wires down.No doubt because it’s snowing, probably someone going to fast. Anyway while I was waiting for other guys to get to the firehouse I happened to remember I told you I’d take pictures of the rear of the trailer. So here you go, hope this helps?! 

[ebinmaine 77,091]

27 minutes ago, c-series don said:

pictures of the rear of the trailer. So here you go, hope this helps?! 

 

YES!!

 

Thank you very much.  

 

[ebinmaine 77,091]

Did a little more on the tanker this morning. 

I have a "parts" fuel tanker of a different shape and brand that'll donate its top catwalk. It's a good 4 inches shorter than the total tanker length but it actually looks about right given the age and set up of the original copied subject back in the 1950s.  

 

Here I'm using a Sharpie marker to accent the places needing sanding. 

Neat trick I've seen in several YT channels.  

Mark the highs/lows/mold creases etc. Sand off the black. 

Wash, check, repeat until headed towards satisfaction. 

At that point you can either prime and paint or prime layers of opposing colors to sand more and show the areas needing more attention.  

 

Also note that the back of the tank has a large rectangular hole. That would be for a "peddle" truck. There are doors that house the hoses and pump. 

I won't be using any of that. 

The back of this particular kit doesn't fit worth a  so I've decided to trace the rear section and make my own tank end. 

 

 

[ebinmaine 77,091]

On 2/5/2026 at 9:34 PM, sscotsman said:

I was in to HO scale trains when I was a teenager in the 80's, then dropped out of the hobby for all of my 20's, then got in to G scale trains about 25 years ago. Here's my most recent project:

 

 

More detail here if you're interested: 

https://sites.google.com/site/scotlawrence/

 

Scot

 

Some very cool stuff there!

 

I'm particularly fond of the Maine 2 foot RR. 

I had the absolutely wonderful experience of riding them when they were a part of Edaville Railroad in South Carver MA. 

 

[ebinmaine 77,091]

Working on getting my modeling desk set up. I got the lighter gray cutting bed/ work surface today. That's 36" wide x 24" deep. 

 

There'll be another set of two narrow metal shelves on top of the white pvc shelf. Then another pvc shelf above those. Basically doubling what's on top of the desk surface now. 

 

I also have several more organizing tools coming. Paint rack. Parts racks. Cubby hole shelves for small & medium tools. Possibly also a divider tray. 
The kit on the lower left will be relocated, and the Dremel tool set currently at top right will be on the desk surface off to the side somewhere.  

 

 

[ebinmaine 77,091]

Figured some o you would get a kick outta the future projects collection...

 

Various pics.  

 

 

 

 

[wallfish 19,076]

2 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

future projects collection

Holy molly you got your hands full.

Why isn't Trina spin kicking and back fisting the $#!t out a you to spend that money on another C-160 instead of those things?  

[Easton Rich 887]

Im ready for these! Where did you get T-Top Z28 from?

[ebinmaine 77,091]

4 hours ago, Easton Rich said:

Where did you get T-Top Z28 from?

 

 

I'd sell the sealed one for $65 plus freight... but read on....

 

Scale model companies - like many other industries - will try different marketing strategies to stay profitable.

One of them is a  "re-release".

 

The kits you see above are the originals from 1979 when Monogram released the new body for 1980 & 81.

Kit 2254 Camaro Z/28. 

 

This particular MOLD has been re-released several times as different box kits. 

 

Here's a link that shows a timeline:

 

https://www.scalemates.com/kits/monogram-2254-camaro-z-28--1282745

 

 

If you click that link you'll see all the known kits that have used the body mold.  

The least expensive way I can see is the early 2000s Testor's reissue. 

Those can be had for $20 or so plus freight.  

 

 

 

[ebinmaine 77,091]

8 hours ago, wallfish said:

Holy molly you got your hands full.

Why isn't Trina spin kicking and back fisting the $#!t out a you to spend that money on another C-160 instead of those things?  

 

Let's just calm down here and not give her any ideas.....

 

 

[ebinmaine 77,091]

Reference pic

 

 

[ebinmaine 77,091]

The lats 3 evenings I've been adding & organizing. 

Got the top layer on. 

 

 

 

I've since changed locations of several things. 

Organizing tools and supplies.  

 

 

Here's a 1/28 metal Peterbilt 378 I've been doing.  

These are part styrene & part die-cast. 

Some screws & some glued.  

Nothing fancy here except some paint changes.  

 

 

[Easton Rich 887]

Would you sell the unsealed box?

[ebinmaine 77,091]

6 minutes ago, Easton Rich said:

Would you sell the unsealed box?

 

Nahh.  I'm gonna build that one...

But read what I wrote before...

 

On 2/8/2026 at 6:09 AM, ebinmaine said:

Here's a link that shows a timeline:

 

https://www.scalemates.com/kits/monogram-2254-camaro-z-28--1282745

 

 

If you click that link you'll see all the known kits that have used the body mold.  

The least expensive way I can see is the early 2000s Testor's reissue. 

Those can be had for $20 or so plus freight. 

 

 

You can a newer Testor's reissue for less than an older kit. 

 

[MainelyWheelhorse 2,316]

On 2/7/2026 at 1:47 PM, ebinmaine said:

 

Some very cool stuff there!

 

I'm particularly fond of the Maine 2 foot RR. 

I had the absolutely wonderful experience of riding them when they were a part of Edaville Railroad in South Carver MA. 

 

Hey @ebinmaineThere's an organization in Alna with a few trains, cars, and a few miles of track. They always have something going on there. It's the

Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway Museum. https://wwfry.org/ Back in the day, it went through the village I live in. Some of the buildings are still there.

[Easton Rich 887]

1 hour ago, ebinmaine said:

 

Nahh.  I'm gonna build that one...

But read what I wrote before...

 

 

 

You can a newer Testor's reissue for less than an older kit. 

 

Thanks

[ebinmaine 77,091]

More experimentation and organizing tools and supplies. 

 

 

 

 

This metal Pete is getting more parts added. 

Cheap kit with some challenges...  I  like the look of the metal bodies but greatly prefer working with/on styrene. 

 

 

I'm not trying for any super details on this one but I'd like to have certain things right. Engine color for instance. 

None of the normal model paints match the needed tone. 

Stopped at the local hardware store the other day and found actual Catarpiller Yellow.  

 

Nice. 

 

This is after one of four or five very light coats. 

 

[8ntruck 8,580]

I initially was going to do a 'need it, need it, built it, got, it' on your picture of future projects, but, they are all in the 'need it' catagory.

 

Closest thing I've built in that selection was a stick & tissue peanut scale PT17 a couple decades ago. 

 

I do like the 'silent Sam' Indy cars.  Those cars are from an era that seemed to encourage interesting and sometimes unique engineering and design at Indy - unlike the current rules that force the cars towards a single solution.

Edited 8 hours ago by 8ntruck