My first Truck and Trailer

[Straywolf]

Here is some shots of my Pete & trailer. Hopefully i will be able to afford to build another soon.


In this shot you can see some of the rivet work i did,each one was hand drilled out and rivet super glued and cut flush in back.






The rest is just some shots for your enjoyment

[Stylin n profilin]

Looks Great..Excellent work on the rivets..I have yet to tackle that challenge

[Claus]

Awesome truck! Perfect for hauling tractors.

[Straywolf]

Thank you very much, as for the rivets my hand still hurts from doing this i think there is like 700 of these give or take a few

[spudd]

Love the rivet work .... Well done

[petermoblin]

I was wondering when this build would make it over here. Great job!

[Straywolf]

Thank You everyone for the kind words, i thought i was finished with the truck till i went over to ricks site and saw some shiny's i want to get for her

[BRICKNICK]

That truck and trailer very tastefully built. Nice job, and wow 700 rivets!!! Your a better man then me, I could never have done that.

[apfubar]

Lookin good!

[Car5858]

Originally Posted by Straywolf

Thank You everyone for the kind words, i thought i was finished with the truck till i went over to ricks site and saw some shiny's i want to get for her

That is the way things go for all of us, glad to see there is another rivet counter in the bunch

[gun]

I sound like a frog when I look at this truck rivet rivet rivet !!!! Lol real nice job on the body and paint top shelf !!!!

[Brian in PA]

Looks Great! I have always admired your rivet work. Glad to see you over here.

Brian

[Straywolf]

Thank You everyone i really had fun building it, hey Brian hows it going, nice to be here.

Keep up the Great work Everyone!!!

[JDawg360]

Nice truck! I like the miss matched fudflaps on the trailer. More realistic touch.

[Straywolf]

Thank you, yep i figured why not mis match em see em all the time like that.

[Seilbagger]

I can't believe thats your first truck, looks much better than the original model, very well done

[Kingcam2]

Hi Straywolf

What tyres and rims did you use on your trailer, if you don't mind me asking were you got them from too?

Regards From Cameron.

[Exclusive RC]

Great attention to detail, what size rivets did you use?

[Diesel Demond]

awesome truck and trailer combo.

[Straywolf]

Originally Posted by Kingcam2

Hi Straywolf

What tyres and rims did you use on your trailer, if you don't mind me asking were you got them from too?

Regards From Cameron.

Cameron the tires and rims on the trailer are stock from the trailer kit, i didn't like the way they looked here is some pics

The back rim is what it looked like before i easy off oven cleaner on the chrome and before i drilled the kit's rim holes bigger as you see on the front one, oh and i did spray the rims white also.
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So the rims and tires went from this
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to this
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and i also had some small brass tubing can't remember the size i just eyeballed it and it looked right i made air valve stems for the tire's and i used a shaved off lug nut which i drilled out a little for the valve stem cap.

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Finished product looked like this
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Originally Posted by Exclusive RC

Great attention to detail, what size rivets did you use?

Thank you, the rivets i used were the 1.6 size head, i used brass for cab and hood and for the grill i used 1.6 head stainless bought from the place Scale Hardware, here is a link for them http://www.scalehardware.com/ but also look at Brain's thread on his Tri Axel Pete dumper build he used 1.2 rivet head size and they look really great.

Originally Posted by Diesel Demond

awesome truck and trailer combo.

Thank You very much.