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Pretty close to being finished with this project, just want to add some striping decals (suggestions on colors? Thinking white) and other little bits and pieces. I have to add some steps to the side. I also added cabinets to the front of the trailer for misc components - our tongue boxes are a tangle of chains, straps, spray cans, tools and oh yeah they pipe the electrical and air through there too. Wish they would just make extra storage a standard feature! The tag is scratch built and the wheels/suspension are from the first gear tag. Pintle is a jewelery crimp with loop that can be found in a craft store. A Thank You to RIcraneman, I used his tip for staining the decking and it looks a lot better than painting it with acrylics, as I had previously done. Daily Diesel Dose.com| All Ready Mix.com | Plowsite DOT Thread | If your only contribution is complaining, please don't contribute!
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Impressive looking group.....excellent work
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Very nice Dan. All look very impressive.
Robert
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Love the color, great work. Flickr Photostream
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Great build & paint Dan.
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That's a really cool combination!
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Those turned out amazing! Great job man!
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Where did you get the green paint? I'm converting my collection to a Truth Excavation livery.
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Quick question where did you get the textured metal that's on the deck of the trailer and on the tongue?
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Thanks for the feedback guys, appreciate the compliments! Paint is rattle can spray paint called "Sublime Green" (1970/71 (J5) by Model Master The tread plate is Plastruct Tread Plate HO scale (I found it on e-bay) Daily Diesel Dose.com| All Ready Mix.com | Plowsite DOT Thread | If your only contribution is complaining, please don't contribute!
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very nice re=paint ! did you enjoyed dismantling the Oshkosh???
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towoc999 wrote:very nice re=paint ! did you enjoyed dismantling the Oshkosh??? Ugh, what a pain! Those side window wipers almost went out the window haha Daily Diesel Dose.com| All Ready Mix.com | Plowsite DOT Thread | If your only contribution is complaining, please don't contribute!
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those Kosh's are very hard to dismantle and customise , you did great , I'm happy I don't have windows in my work shop !
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What's the truck on the trailer? I wouldn't mind one of those in my collection.
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Formu1fan wrote:What's the truck on the trailer? I wouldn't mind one of those in my collection. That's the Pete 335 cab that was from the rollback truck and I'm pretty sure that's the dump bed off one of those JOAL Marookas. Another one of Dan's crazy builds he did, seriously has some skill!
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kokosing Const Co wrote:Formu1fan wrote:What's the truck on the trailer? I wouldn't mind one of those in my collection. That's the Pete 335 cab that was from the rollback truck and I'm pretty sure that's the dump bed off one of those JOAL Marookas. Another one of Dan's crazy builds he did, seriously has some skill! Very impressive. Wishful thinking it was a production model, but very nice job!
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