rsb502 Posted April 13, 2013 Share Posted April 13, 2013 Pics, its a V8 truck not a Cummins but it might help. 1 Quote "Any Society that would give up a little LIBERTY to gain a little SECURITY will Deserve Neither and LOSE BOTH" -Benjamin Franklin"If your gonna be STUPID, you gotta be TOUGH" "You cant always get what you want, but if you try sometimes you get what you need" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felicello122 Posted April 13, 2013 Share Posted April 13, 2013 Timothy - sorry for replying so late. I didn't actually turn the stanchions myself, I misused ones they sell for ship modellers. Polished them a little by gripping them in a small electric drill and used very fine nail polisher, worked just fine.In fact I painted the rails silver since, here's what it looks like now:I'm also working on an air cleaner under the hood:Real thing photos of the air cleaner and especially its mounting would be greatly appreciated!!!I also made the rear view mirrors and their brackets:I actually like how they turned out - hope you lik'em too, thanks for reading and have a nice dayPawełthe mirrors turned out awesome, nice work there looks great 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsb502 Posted April 13, 2013 Share Posted April 13, 2013 Pawel what did you use to chrome the mirrors? Wasn't alclad was it ? Quote "Any Society that would give up a little LIBERTY to gain a little SECURITY will Deserve Neither and LOSE BOTH" -Benjamin Franklin"If your gonna be STUPID, you gotta be TOUGH" "You cant always get what you want, but if you try sometimes you get what you need" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pawel Posted April 13, 2013 Author Share Posted April 13, 2013 Hello!Ryan - thanks a lot for the photos, it's a great help! I just can't get enough reference, now I know I got the bracket about right. as for the mirors, the actual mirrors are made using self adhesive chrome foil, I think it can be bought at furniture stores and advertising companies should also be able to get it. I bought the mirror heads (with the bulldog) from an American comany called A.I.T.M. - American Industrial Truck Models, they have a lot of grat stuff for somebody building a model of a Mack, or a Brockway, it's like their specialty. They are cast in white metal and can be polished to a really bright finish, so that's what I did. Only the small round mirrors were painted with alclad on their backs. The brackets are soldered and made from silver-coated copper wire, electronics stores sell this stuff, at least here in Poland, they are used for high frequency hardware, winding coils and stuff like that.feticello122 - glad you like them, thanks for your kind words!Thanks a lot for your comments, have a nice day!Paweł Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vladislav Posted April 13, 2013 Share Posted April 13, 2013 Mirrors/brackets look great!You also can use stainless wire to solder them of.Harder to work with but would shines brighter when polished.SS could be soldered good with phosphoric (soldering) acid.Under the hood filter is going to be looking nice and realistic.And don't forget to add some real piping and wiring instead of that poor plastic imitation.Keep on moving! Quote Никогда не бывает слишком много грузовиков! leversole 11.2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pawel Posted April 17, 2013 Author Share Posted April 17, 2013 Thanks a lot John - if you have more reference, especially on Superliner I, please don't hesitate to post it here!Thanks again and have a nice dayPaweł Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pawel Posted May 9, 2013 Author Share Posted May 9, 2013 Hello again!Progress on this one had been slow recently, because of my business trips to Germany. But I managed to design the decals for my truck and custom-print them at decalprint.de. Now today it's a holiday in Germany, so that gave me the opportunity to apply the decals and here's what it looks like:Look how I made the IFTA stickers! But seriously - those are fictious markings I designed after spending some time on the Wisconsin DOT webpage. Do you see any obvious problems with those markings? Maybe I can correct them yet. Thanks in advance for your help, have a nice dayPaweł 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2stacksuperdog Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 looks real, nice job! Quote Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umodelnut Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 Looks great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackniac Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 SUPERB-LINER !! what a nice job Quote Makniac , collector and customizer of die-cast model in 1/50th scale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RFCDrum Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 Looks really good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pawel Posted May 11, 2013 Author Share Posted May 11, 2013 Hello!Thanks a lot for your comments, I'm glad you like it. I feel much better now that you have had a look at it - I was afraid I could make some obvious mistake with the markings - too little practice with US trucks. Thanks again, have a nice dayPaweł Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superdog Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 you want to paint my real Superliner for me??that looks great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pawel Posted May 13, 2013 Author Share Posted May 13, 2013 Superdog - I'd be glad to, if only I could get a visa to the USA! Thanks for your kind words, have a nice dayPaweł Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freightrain Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 Awesome work!!! Quote Larry 1959 B61 Liv'n Large...................... Charter member of the "MACK PACK" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vladislav Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 Congrats on the progress Pawel!Looks great when painted!Hope to see the future progress soon. Quote Никогда не бывает слишком много грузовиков! leversole 11.2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
41180 Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 that paint job on your model is the same as my dads truck . look at my avatar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
41180 Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 the original paint job i mean now the one you have is differant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pawel Posted May 15, 2013 Author Share Posted May 15, 2013 Larry - thanks a lot!Vladislav - it's a little tough now, because I'm in germany for some time now, but I'll work on my model as soon as I get back. Thanks for your kind words!logtruckman - could you please post some pictures to better show what you mean? Thanks in advance!Thanks again for your comments, have a nice dayPaweł Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Pawel Posted July 12, 2013 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 12, 2013 Hello again!Today I've got a small update - I overcoated the decals with clear coat and put on a few details. The overcoating was a bit tricky, as I was almost sure the clear I spray from the can would et up the decals. So first I airbrushed two coats of Alclad 2 clear, which turned out a little foggy, and on top of that came the motip, that I later sanded with 1000 and 2500 grades sanding paper and polished. All the surface flaws can be seen on the photo below:In reality it looks a lot better. I also added the doorhndles and the grabhandles to the cab, all of them slvaged from my old model and rechromed with Alclad 2:I also added the windshield wipers made from PE parts by KFS company from the UK:I was also busy coercing the air cleaner to fit under the hood and figuring out a way to mount the toolboxes on the frame. But for now that would be it - thanks for reading and have a nice dayPaweł 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Maikshilo Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 Very nice detail Pawel. Can't wait to see it finished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umodelnut Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 Looks good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keg1 Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 Very nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Pawel Posted September 18, 2013 Author Popular Post Share Posted September 18, 2013 Hello gentlemen!Sorry for taking so long to answer - thank you all for your comments and your kind words. Recently I've been busy, my company sent me to work to Germany all the time, but now since they stopped for a while, I used a chence to do something on my model. And here they are, the fuel tank steps, hope you like'em:Thanks for reading, have a nice dayPaweł 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j hancock Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 Excellent detail as always! Quote JimIt doesn't cost anything to pay attention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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