Scale model building

[ebinmaine 77,259]

34 minutes ago, Beap52 said:

working on the building for the rail road layout. 

 

 

Very nice! 

[Treepep 1,058]

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 77,259]

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 15,865]

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 77,259]

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. 

 

 

 

[ebinmaine 77,259]

[ebinmaine 77,259]

Got the project tanker trailer back on the desk this morning. Last week I used a black marker to accent where all the visible defects and mold lines were in the plastic. 

Wet sand those marks off. Wash & dry, then recheck the surface. Mark more if needed.   

 

I found this method on YT. Seems similar to the way @Achto uses different primer colors to find highs and lows. 

 

Works excellent.  

 

 

[ebinmaine 77,259]

Some progress pics of the tanker.  

 

The wet sanding went well for stage one. 

 

 

After this pic I used the flat sheet od sandpaper to "adjust" the line-up of the front and middle sections and glued them together.  

 

Here I'm doing a simple mockup for the rear suspension position and the frame rails I'll be adding on.  

Not sure exactly where the whole thing is gonna set just yet.  

 

 

 

 

[ebinmaine 77,259]

On 2/11/2026 at 7:37 PM, ebinmaine said:

Reference pic

 

 

 

I had a thought several weeks ago that maaayyybe I could use the two kits shown to create the tractor more like an S2500. 

 

The 2500 and 2600 were the heavy haulers of the series. The fleet beast.  

The 4300 was more of an owner operator seller. Nicer options. More chrome. 

 

The Paystar had the setback front axle and HD frame of the S2500. 

 

After taking some measurements today it appears that I'll be able to use the frame and running gear of the Paystar and the nose and fifth wheel of the 4300 to combine into a 2500.  

Probably. 

Biggest obvious challenge will be cutting the 4300's hood to shorten it quite a bit.