Forum: Highway Trucks and Trailers
05-01-2013, 06:56 AM
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Replies: 60
Views: 24,882
Re: My globeliner
Dean,
I'm doing that mod myself. Just need to get meself a few metric taps (and mebbe dies too)
Think she deserves super-singles on the front though... and mebbe a spare tire rack to use up...
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Forum: General Discussion
04-27-2013, 08:53 PM
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Replies: 44
Views: 11,935
Re: New kits
But Sue...
Remember a friend used to tell me (and we always had a swimming pool in the back yard) " Never jump in head-first, 'cause the first part that'll take damage is yer head, right, and...
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Forum: Australian Rigs & Roadtrains
04-27-2013, 08:32 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 23,368
Re: My Carson Goldhofer low loader/drop deck
Guys (and gals!)
Perhaps if Tracy doesn't mind, I could fill in the blanks, my Carson Goldie just showed, and I was wondering if anyone wanted more pics than MoRockin and Cossie took.
May I...
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Forum: Euro Style Trucks and Trailers
04-27-2013, 08:24 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 14,660
Re: Carson Goldhofer
Mo, how's the transport biz?
How's the wood on the trailer surviving with that Doosan crawling up and down 'em all the time? Just asking a veteran Goldie builder for tricks.
Why? My kit arrived...
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Forum: General Discussion
04-27-2013, 08:07 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,818
Re: Movie/TV challenge trucks...
Sorry Espeefan... shoulda scanned first.
And Sticky, of ~course~ the Happy Toys 'Green Goblin' truck from Maximum Overdrive (yes, you can call it that, King got the usage license from Marvel,...
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Forum: General Discussion
04-27-2013, 03:59 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,818
Re: Movie/TV challenge trucks...
Exactly!
And Snowman's semi's in Smokey & the Bandit movies?
Or that odd car-transporter in what looks like a cattle-truck in 'Gumball Rally' (for the Ferarri team)
Or the modded bus in 'The...
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Forum: General Discussion
04-27-2013, 01:06 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,818
Movie/TV challenge trucks...
I dinna see a header for this, and it might be a good sticky-topic:
Movie & TV trucks to be built - We've seen a BJ & the Bear, and Duel, and what else?
Well, on the Duel-like front, there are...
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Forum: Highway Trucks and Trailers
04-25-2013, 05:45 AM
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Replies: 32
Views: 11,194
Re: 4 Axle Low loader
Holey moley...
Alloy rims, and those suspension bits, looks like a nifty kit. I'm just surprised no-one makes a 'stretch' kit for the Goldie. That or a dolly designed for her.
I may havta see...
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Forum: South Western Ontario Model Truckers Association
04-25-2013, 12:43 AM
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Replies: 91
Views: 48,204
Re: clifford show roadway project
Civic,
I'll try to make it, but I probably won't know until the week before. The ups and downs of Crohns and all (*sigh*)
Whats it like for cheap accomodations down there? If I had to, I could...
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Forum: South Western Ontario Model Truckers Association
04-24-2013, 10:44 PM
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Replies: 91
Views: 48,204
Re: clifford show roadway project
Ottawa. wrong end of the lower province.
As for the sheets, look in Rona, Home Depot, or one other odd place: the local moving companies that sell boxes and sheet corrugated cardboard to make your...
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Forum: South Western Ontario Model Truckers Association
04-23-2013, 05:48 PM
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Replies: 91
Views: 48,204
Re: clifford show roadway project
Hold on a sec...
For that price you could get corrugated plastic sheet (think election signs/lawn signs/etc.) same 4' x8' size, and if you're gonna put a frame of sorts under it, like 2"x2",...
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Forum: Euro Style Trucks and Trailers
04-20-2013, 04:03 PM
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Replies: 79
Views: 36,017
Re: Hanomag German tractor 1936
Wolfgang,
I seem to remember that this kind of beast-of-burden was used to pull the fuel loading tankers for the V2 rockets, didn't it? Looking at the text on that vintage pic w/ trailers, its the...
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Forum: Get it out of your system! HERE!
04-20-2013, 12:23 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 7,022
Re: Trucking is really getting to be a B@#!h
Yep, another thingf we call 'em is (NotSo)Swift. Just like Oops & Federal Extortionists (aka, FedEx)
I am always on the lookout as an experienced driver (albeit car: 'Za delivery) and have NEVER...
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Forum: Construction Equipment
04-17-2013, 03:27 PM
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Replies: 115
Views: 38,102
Re: Wa 500 Rebuild
Seeing the way you are with the average metal parts, the only thing I can see either you not being able to replicate, or not being willing to take a stab at, is the hydraulics, and any odd...
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Forum: Construction News
04-15-2013, 07:15 AM
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Replies: 26
Views: 13,351
Re: Scalearts new Tracked dumper and track loader
From the video, it looks like perhaps it uses CAT engine and technology from other equipment, but is built for the German market by the other company noted in the video.
Willy may be able to tell...
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Forum: Construction Companies & Worksites
04-15-2013, 02:47 AM
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Replies: 1,875
Views: 971,223
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Forum: Construction Equipment Tech
04-14-2013, 11:57 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 2,275
Re: help! striped motor hole!!
Gotta agree with espeefan.
In a situation like this, where you have a significant casing that the motor is mounted to, its probably both easier and safer to just replace the motor than try to...
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Forum: Construction Equipment
04-14-2013, 11:49 PM
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Replies: 115
Views: 38,102
Re: Wa 500 Rebuild
So, JDH,
After you've basically replicated it to your own machined specs, what you going to do with the original? Re-assemble it and sell it? Or re-assemble it and shelf-queen it?
Just curious....
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Forum: Construction Equipment Tech
04-13-2013, 03:40 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 4,019
Re: tamiya differential interchangeability - ???
Lmack,
Easiest & cheapest way to lock up those Tamiya spider diff's is to use a spare bevel and place it between two of the three others in the diff, then re-assemble the diff. Also means you can...
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Forum: Metal forming & tools
04-13-2013, 03:04 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 2,987
Re: Cutting thin stainless strips
King,
If you don't have any luck with the scoring/cutting method, it might just be cheaper to buy aluminum strip from K&S. That or ask one of the fabricators here to cut you some. Especially if...
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Forum: Highway Trucks and Trailers
04-13-2013, 12:46 AM
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Replies: 281
Views: 104,948
Re: HillBilly Deluxe
Claus:
Thanks for the link to the smaller jack-stands... the 6-tonners looked great but too big, but now that they make the smaller ones, they are perfect for the semi's...
Now if only they...
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Forum: Metal forming & tools
04-13-2013, 12:38 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 2,987
Re: Cutting thin stainless strips
Kingbob,
Try a doillar store's frozen food scissors. They aren'tr serrated, but they do cut decently. I've been using thre pair I bought for ages, cutting lead sheet, tin-foil trays, and even that...
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Forum: Scale Buildings, Warehouses and Structures.
04-12-2013, 11:58 PM
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Replies: 48
Views: 24,539
Re: Free cargo boxes....
Mario,
Gonna try to take some pics of the boxes you sent tomorrow, and note the coding numbers on them so people can ask for specific ones without error.
I'll also supply a quick-&-dirty shot...
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Forum: General Discussion
04-12-2013, 11:49 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 3,639
Re: help, looking for movie/tv show
detailed:
Another option is a torrent site-search. I did a quick search, and found season 2 & 3 online: 12.65 Gb for S02; 7.91 Gb for S03. I could probably ask in the torrent links if anyone has...
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Forum: Highway Trucks and Trailers
04-12-2013, 07:33 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 7,457
Re: Tanker yanker #2
DD:
Any chance of some high-res close-ups of the likes and pogo? I'd like to give it a shot myself, and going out to the east end to try to shoot a setup in one of the transport yards w/o...
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