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| This is Gunther's Car Works KW K100 (late 70's early 80's) COE with minor modifications. The frame was hollowed out around the differentials and the springs, sunvisor and air horns were taken off an old Tyco COE, the step grab handles are brass rod, mirrors from staples and plastic, exhaust stacks are curved aluminum tube. tires are Herpa front, Trucks N Stuff rear. Colors are Testors Chrysler engine blue with gold and white trim clear coated with R-M auto paint (clear).
The trailer is Lonestar's awesome Wilson's grain trailer. Its straight out of the box except for the paint:fleet white,flat silver and aluminum. The tarp was painted with autopaint and semi gloss clearcoat. |
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| The Peterbilt 352E COE comes from Promotex/Herpa and has only a few changes: The cab entry steps were modified, the exhaust /breather brackets were scratch built. the 60" axle spacing, left fuel tank lengthened and deck plate added. The trailer is a Promotex 48' aluminum flat deck with a 10' spread axle to resemble a Dorsey. There are no modifications on it. |
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| This 53" tridem Barrett livestock trailer is built by Jamie as is the Jacobs Resin LTL 9000 conversion kit (as seen elsewhere on this page). The extra 3' was gained with the help of an extra kit and the plated wheels are the Herpa trailer wheels. |
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| Jim started to pull his scratch built Freightliner FLD apart so he can start making the molds to produce more of this fine model. |
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| Jim has started molding the cab as well as the fairing. |
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| Here is the latest status on Jim's Freightliner FLD. It's looking great!! |
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| Here are some views of Jim's latest projects! Both tractors are Jacobs resin IH 8300 and FLD 120 and both use an Athearn Freightliner frame; the IH has the rear axle cut off still using the same wheel base. Both have Truck'N'Stuff rear wheels and A-Line for the IH, Promotex for the FLD. All other detailing is the usual. The trailers are both Atlas 45" Pines trailers box stock. Detail lettering is Micro Scale and black lettering is Letraset transfer; the green is hand painted on. |
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| Here is a Dorsey 53' trailer from Truck'N'Stuff. At least I think it most closely resembles one. I changed the drip rail at the top, altered the landing gear, added a spare tire carrier and scribed a line at the front plate to resemble an aluminum header. the 72" air slide rear suspension is scratch built and actually slides. Dorsey decals are Micro Scale.
The tractor is an Ertl T600B slightly modified front fender and bumper radius; bumper is also made to resemble an aftermarket "stainless steel" style. Unit was stripped and repainted in automotive base/clear. |
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| Here is an International Eagle that Jim has made into a great looking Day & Ross. The hood is a Trip Aiken hood and a cast resin Walker Models cab and the bunk is a project that Jacobs Models working on. The decals are from Ken Goudy. |
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Here are pictures of the completed Day & Ross International Eagle and trailer. |
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| Some views of Jim's latest project as he is working on it. |
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| Some more views of Jim's Moznik project as he is working on it. |
Every modeller needs to have some prototype photos to go by |
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| The trailer is a Utility, the correct one that Moznik uses. I made the suspension out of Lonestar's air ride kit using 2 kits and made a 72" slider frame to set them on. Thermo King decals are from Pen Bay and the rest are A-Line with the exception of the Moznik decal with is from Ken Goudy. |
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| Here are pictures of Jim's completed Moznik Trucking Freightliner FLD120 with the new modified Moznik decals made by Ken Goudy. |
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| Bob Johnson from 1/87 Vehicle & Equipment Club, gave Jim this MEK Greyhound Scenicruiser kit and had him do his magic on it and give it to me (Hank) for Christmas. What an awesome surprise that was. Seen here in in unfinished and finished states. THANKS BOB AND JIM!! |
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| Here are some pictures of a Dodge Big Horn that Jim picked up the the Chicago show in October. Jim is doing a bit of body work on it, and the truck is looking really good. |
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| Jamie, Jim's son, has been working on this fine looking International. |
Upon hearing about my new Ford F150, Jim sent me a picture of the Atlas F150 model that he painted. |
Well I had to do a bit of magic in Photoshop and make the Atlas Ford F150 look more like my truck. Here is the end result. |
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| At a recent toy show, Jim bought this Matchbox Hendrickson Cooper-Jarrett turnpike double. |
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