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The Coffee Shop (a place to chat) Est. 2004
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Hi gang, <br /> <br />I just got summoned to pickup my daughter from work so I have to make this <i>quick</i> - I'll come back later to continue the dialogue. <br /> <br /><b>Duke</b> - thanx for the compliment, but I've been down that road once - and it almost killed my interest in this great hobby, it was so f.....ing <i>political!</i> I'm content to simply share with my friends. <br /> <br />Well, there appears to be sufficient interest, so I'll go ahead and post a photo mini-essay on the Athearn truck kitbash. <br /> <br /><b>John</b>, you were asking does Plastruct offer the domed ends to use for the tanks? Yep, they sure do - here is a photo to prove it: <br />[IMG]http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e182/CSX_road_slug/Propane_Facility/TankRawMaterials.jpg[/IMG] <br /> <br />The ones I used on the truck (VHH-28) are 7/8" diameter, they are available as small as 3/8" - definitely small enough for i<b>N</b>visible scale[;)]! <br /> <br />Here is a before-and-after photo of what the original truck looked like, and what it became. I had to glue the pieces of white evergreen styrene strip onto the frame to hold the pieces together: <br />[IMG]http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e182/CSX_road_slug/Propane_Facility/Propane_Truck_Kitbash/01_SideBySide.jpg[/IMG] <br /> <br />A side-by-side view from the BOTTOM... <br />[IMG]http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e182/CSX_road_slug/Propane_Facility/Propane_Truck_Kitbash/02_UndersideProfiles.jpg[/IMG] <br /> <br />...from the left side... <br />[IMG]http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e182/CSX_road_slug/Propane_Facility/Propane_Truck_Kitbash/03_LeftSideProfiles.jpg[/IMG] <br /> <br />...and from the top: <br />[IMG]http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e182/CSX_road_slug/Propane_Facility/Propane_Truck_Kitbash/04_TopsideProfiles.jpg[/IMG] <br /> <br />The bright green areas show what has to be cut off and discarded: <br />[IMG]http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e182/CSX_road_slug/Propane_Facility/Propane_Truck_Kitbash/05_FrameCutaway.jpg[/IMG] <br /> <br />I haphazardly piled-on various sizes of strip, to resmble toolboxes, machinery enclosures, etc... <br />[IMG]http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e182/CSX_road_slug/Propane_Facility/Propane_Truck_Kitbash/06_TruckBodies.jpg[/IMG] <br /> <br />Here are the finished tanks: <br />[IMG]http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e182/CSX_road_slug/Propane_Facility/Propane_Truck_Kitbash/07_Tanks.jpg[/IMG] <br /> <br />...and finally, the completed trucks: <br />[IMG]http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e182/CSX_road_slug/Propane_Facility/Propane_Truck_Kitbash/08_FinishedTrucks.jpg[/IMG] <br /> <br />Gotta run, <i>hasta bananas</i> or whatever....!
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