Scale model building

[ebinmaine 77,220]

34 minutes ago, Beap52 said:

working on the building for the rail road layout. 

 

 

Very nice! 

[Treepep 1,054]

On 2/7/2026 at 7:11 PM, ebinmaine said:

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

 

Various pics.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Always loved the old school cab overs.  That dodge looks pretty saweet

[ebinmaine 77,220]

1 minute ago, Treepep said:

 

 

Always loved the old school cab overs. 

 

Me too!

I've since gotten a few more. 

 

 

1 minute ago, Treepep said:

That dodge looks pretty saweet

 

I have another one now. The second has a flatbed trailer.  

 

 

[Handy Don 15,850]

20 hours ago, Beap52 said:

We used to stain wood shingles  using linseed oil, green paint and thinner or something then spray the shingles. 

During summers in high school I had a job painting houses. One client wanted their farm outbuilding painted as well as their house, including a huge barn with a second story hay loft. It had a Dutch gable wood-shingled roof that needed some repairs and then full roof paint. That was by far the scariest job we ever had and it took about a month for the whole job. 

[ebinmaine 77,220]

Several things going on today. 

I got a coat of flat black on the trailer suspension of the tanker. 

 

 

On the Peterbilt I moved the bright chrome plate to the rear. Added the two silver ones. The cab guard will be setting on the front plate.  That'll block off the former sleeper mounts from view. 

 

 

Been working on the matching trailer too.

The axles and landing gear were in the wrong locations. 

The red pencil pointer shows the old places. 

I moved the axles back, relocated the mud flaps & rear bumper, painted the rear lamps. 

Also moved the landing gear forward to a more realistic place.  

The clamp with the white plastic was a couple base plates I made up so the landing gear would set flat in its new location.