May 2009 Gallery

              Isabelle Jean

    Mack log truck built after a real truck.  Mack DM600 and a peerless log trailer.     Brad Jones

      378 pete with scratch built whitlog style stick trailer (the short log trailer) also with scratch built truck bunks, truck bunks and trailer are in progress and have working gun barrel stake extensions and one pic of truck as long logger.

      377 pete with scratchu built general short log trailer and truck bunk equipment.     Brad Jones

      378 peterbilt lowboy truck that is a quick change in to a long logger, it has scratchbuilt cozad style ramps and cab guard and super single steer tires.      Brad Jones

            1997 Freightliner FLD SD Heavy Duty Tractor.  Has the pete (re-issued) Detroit Series 60 engine (plumbed/detailed), custom built Road-Gear headache rack, KFS photo-etched parts, real aluminum fuel tanks, with solid aluminum air cleaners (one of a kind) and tires supplied by Mo'Luminum, Freightliner genuine Viper Blue paint, alclad polished aluminum all the way around, doors were made to open with photo-etched (model car garage) big rig piano hinges, custom interior, that sports a hydraulic control tower, clip board with freightliner brochure, Panasonic Tough book laptop (GPS), and a PA Turnpike EZ-PASS transponder.  You will also see a "boot brush" on the drivers side tank step, lots of custom made parts, Italeri Freightliner Aerodyne kit with a heavily modified hood to set back the headlight "buckets".  About 6-7 month build. Truck will get a 33-35 ft framed aluminum "coal" dump trailer, either a EAST or J&J (with lift axle).     Kurt McLucas

        The tractor I posted about a year ago.  It is an Italeri Freightliner FLD that I received as a partial built up. I stripped it down and finished it almost straight out of the box. I did swap in round hole Alcoas for the front axle and Plaskit two hole Budds for the drivers. The trailers are made from two Italeri 48' refers. To keep it Oregon legal, the load is cut down to 40' and the pup is 28'. Both trailers are otherwise built the same. I modified the kingpin plate to make it more realistic. The suspensions were made into fixed tandems. I added air tanks, slack adjuster and brake plumbing. The rear bumpers were made from using the upright pieces from the kit and Evergreen stock. They were then detailed with electrical connections, gladhands, and pintle hitches from Plaskit. The con gear is the extra dolly from the US Mail kit with resin flap hangers, chains, and basket made from K and S brass mesh. The dolly is a also fully plumbed. Dolly wheels and trailer wheels are all two hole budds from Jamie. Trailers and dolly license plates were made from a computer image that was Photoshiped to make three unique License plates. The model is a 47" long and just barely squeezes into my display case.     Paul Bernard

          This black ford tractor was pictured in the "in progress" section recently...the trailer was built using the top from one of the double trailers by AMT...the under carriage was from evergreen plastics...the tires and wheels from the inventory box...the board road mats from scratch using popsicle sticks.       Don Parrish

            1976 Bicentennial Kenworth W900, built from junk left over parts.    Chris Schaper

        Here's being a little creative with 1976 Bicentennial VIT 200 Kenworth's.     Chris Schaper

                1969 Kenworth - Kingsway & 1974 Mack F-model -Overnite        Chris Schaper

            1986 Ford LT9000 Brewery truck - Molson Canadian

        Custom pete that originally planned to build to use as a promotional photo using as many of our resin products as possible, somewhere I lost course, started with reworking the resin hood and deciding to go with a 48" bunk. Turnpiker wheels, Italeri oversized steering, super single rears.      Budd Ricker

            I rebuilt a IMC Dodge L700 model using the Linberg re-issue into a water wagon. I extened the frame and added a tandem axle set from the AMT snow plow, an auxillary transmission, a water tank (made from the old IMC tank trailer kit), a front mounted water pump, steering parts made from brass, outside mirrors made from brass, new front and rear bumpers and a front spray bars. 90% of the parts I used were new or scratch built.     Chuck Paterka

          Resin IH 4900 with a swaploader roll back unit on it.the truck is a replica of a guys small fleet of these he asked me to build a replica of one.  I did it but I have to say I will not be doing any small trucks like this anytime soon, I really didn't enjoy building it because as you all know I like building tractor trailers, anyhow I am happy to say its complete and being delivered today.     Ron

                                        Older western star and a kw k-100 aerodyne. I have had these 2 rigs since the late 90's and they have survived 4 cross country moves with me. note that my trucks and trailers all have alaska plates on them, and are mostly made for the heavier hauling. These 2 trucks have been thru the ringer and still are with me. but here are 2 tankers, the chrome tanker I built over a year ago and the rusty tanker i built last summer as an older early 70's tanker, i just got these out of storage and put the little lights and such back on.     Pete