Forum: Highway Trucks and Trailers
07-05-2012, 07:57 AM
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Re: My fleet
The containers are selfmade 40´ ones. I got the tex from a modelltrucker I know and made a copy of the container. They are made of aluminium-profile.
Check them out at modell-tankcontainer.de!
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Forum: Highway Trucks and Trailers
07-04-2012, 03:36 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 3,502
My fleet
I finally made it to put a trailer behind all my tractors.
Here´s some pics from the complete fleet:
http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/365/p1050664e.jpg...
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Forum: Highway Trucks and Trailers
06-21-2012, 03:43 AM
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Replies: 90
Views: 21,529
Re: 2000 freightliner 2
Fantastic! Absolute great project! Can´t wait to see more!
Where do you have these very nice rims from?? They look great! Can´t find comparable ones over here. Planning to build a K100 this winter...
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Forum: Highway Trucks and Trailers
06-01-2012, 11:11 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 5,436
Re: Rebuilding a used Mercedes 1850
Hello coligny,
first I drilled a small hole with a 0,1mm driller. Then I used this one to cut the material away. After that I used a very fine file to finish the hole. I used some of the yellow...
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Forum: Highway Trucks and Trailers
05-31-2012, 05:51 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 5,436
Re: Rebuilding a used Mercedes 1850
And now the other Tractors came to say "Welcome to the fleet":cool:
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/823/p1050437t.jpg/]http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/1878/p1050437t.jpg[/URL][/IMG]
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Forum: Highway Trucks and Trailers
05-31-2012, 05:48 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 5,436
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Forum: Highway Trucks and Trailers
05-31-2012, 05:41 AM
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Replies: 129
Views: 35,445
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Forum: Highway Trucks and Trailers
05-26-2012, 06:43 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 5,436
Rebuilding a used Mercedes 1850
Hey guys,
well, after a long absence I want to show you my latest model.
Just for fun I bidded on a used Mercedes 1838 on EBay. Didn´t think of getting it, but.........:rolleyes:
After a few...
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Forum: Highway Trucks and Trailers
03-03-2012, 06:53 AM
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Replies: 35
Views: 12,247
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Forum: Highway Trucks and Trailers
02-06-2012, 05:03 AM
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Replies: 35
Views: 12,247
Re: King Hauler Long Pete-Style
Got the rear-fenders on friday and started to attach them to the truck yesterday.
The mirror-holders from tamiya are very helpful....!!
http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/23/cimg0018wyw.jpg...
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Forum: Highway Trucks and Trailers
02-01-2012, 10:43 AM
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Replies: 35
Views: 12,247
Re: King Hauler Long Pete-Style
Did a little bit of work on the tractor today, now the lights are back on!
I´am still waiting for the rear-fenders to finish the rear of the truck....
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Forum: Highway Trucks and Trailers
01-28-2012, 04:56 AM
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Replies: 35
Views: 12,247
Re: King Hauler Long Pete-Style
@Gun:
Thanks for the idea, but I think it will be too expensive to get the parts shipped over to north atlantic!!
And I will keep it like that: paint above frame level, frame level or lower:...
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Forum: Highway Trucks and Trailers
01-27-2012, 06:37 AM
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Replies: 35
Views: 12,247
Re: King Hauler Long Pete-Style
Well, clear-cote is applied and the truck looks very good with some chrome-parts on it:):)!!
Now I will do all the re-wirging for the lights and change some LED´s. I will also change the...
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Forum: Highway Trucks and Trailers
01-26-2012, 11:22 AM
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Replies: 35
Views: 12,247
Re: King Hauler Long Pete-Style
Just got back from the cellar after the 3rd paint-session! Now some small corrections, probably some decals and then clear-cote and I´am done with painting:):)!!
What do you think???...
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Forum: Highway Trucks and Trailers
01-23-2012, 10:09 AM
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Replies: 35
Views: 12,247
Re: King Hauler Long Pete-Style
All right, started to repaint the Tractor. The red stripes will follow in a few days!!
http://img560.imageshack.us/img560/7563/cimg0013c.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/560/cimg0013c.jpg/)...
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Forum: Highway Trucks and Trailers
01-21-2012, 09:56 AM
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Replies: 35
Views: 12,247
Re: King Hauler Long Pete-Style
The Truck is in pieces again. I will do a new paintscheme, before that correct some small scratches in the body. Pics will follow!
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Forum: Highway Trucks and Trailers
01-01-2012, 01:08 PM
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Replies: 116
Views: 41,576
Re: First Build - King Hauler
Nice job on the headlights, like on my king!! I really like the work you did on the hood, good idea! I like the daytime-cab too, could be a future-project for mee,:cool: looking forward to see more...
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Forum: Highway Trucks and Trailers
01-01-2012, 11:55 AM
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Replies: 35
Views: 12,247
Re: King Hauler Long Pete-Style
You´re right, theres some LED´s along the sleeper. Add some power and they look like this:
http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/9497/p1040327o.jpg...
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Forum: Highway Trucks and Trailers
12-29-2011, 09:42 AM
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Replies: 35
Views: 12,247
King Hauler Long Pete-Style
Hey all,
in this thread I want to show you my second tractor. It´s a King Hauler, built with some left over parts.
First of all, I extendedthe frame by one tank-length....
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Forum: Highway Trucks and Trailers
12-23-2011, 10:30 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 6,236
Re: King Hauler slighlty modifiied
@Espeefan
Yes, the dual lights are from the rear bumper of the tractor. After beeing cut out and shaped to the right size they look like this:
http://img825.imageshack.us/img825/5888/p1050389h.jpg...
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Forum: Highway Trucks and Trailers
12-22-2011, 04:35 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 6,236
Re: King Hauler slighlty modifiied
@Rev73
The center caps of the rear rims are screwed on with 8 small screws to cover the wheel-nut. They´re Aluminium-rims, not the original plastic ones. So I painted the centerpieces black...
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Forum: Highway Trucks and Trailers
12-22-2011, 09:14 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 6,236
King Hauler slighlty modifiied
Hello to everybody,
in this thread I´d like to show you some pics of my first King Hauler. I´ve built it in 2009, then did some changes in 2010 and finally finished it this year.
I´am not gonna...
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Forum: Welcome New Members
12-21-2011, 08:47 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,317
Re: Hello from Germany
Howdy, lil giants,
well, Wolfgang is a very common name over here! Sorry, it wasn´t me who build that trailer!
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Forum: Welcome New Members
12-21-2011, 12:43 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,317
Hello from Germany
Hello to all people who read and write in this forum!
First of all I´d like to introduce myself. My name is Wolfgang, I come from Stuttgart, germany. I build models for lots of years now and in...
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