@banelson posted:This just arrived in the mail today... Brooklin 47 Chrysler Town & Country. No more purchases for me for a while by order of my wife, but even she had to admit it is a good looking car. Thanks, Ben
Ben. That is one Sweet looking ride you have looks like a good day of camping. Spring is almost here. Thanks for sharing
The campers are on the move...season is here...
@p51 posted:Just finished detailing a 1944 Ford GPW jeep for a good friend of mine...
That is so cool... Love it!
Always loved WWII Jeeps. It appears you did an excellent job.
Lee, some great looking trucks you have there! When your done your going to have one heck of a fleet!
Ted, The chrome looks great, I am working my brain to think of something for your windshield, if I come up with something I will let you know! LOL
Ben what a great looking 47 Chrysler! Also what a great camp site. From the looks of it Paul is all packed up to come and join you!
Lee (P51) Outstanding job on the jeep!
@p51 posted:Just finished detailing a 1944 Ford GPW jeep for a good friend of mine...
Nice Job Lee thanks for posting
Mike I know my Brother said it would look like a Peterbilt Dealership. Thanks for the complement
@Eilif posted:Very nice!
Would you mind sharing which LED's, resistors and jacks you used?
I've wired up a few already-battery-lit toy vehicles to 4.5V adapters with barrel jacks, but I haven't yet taken the plunge of installing my own lights.
Sure,
For LED's I used 0805 warm white SMD LED chips. Resistor, I used what I already had in my box, 430 ohm 1/4 watt. Running with 12VDC gives me 13-14ma through the LEDs. Wire was 30ga magnet wire, connectors were Harwin 2.54mm breakaway SIP connectors, male and female. My goto electronics store is Mouser. Wire came from Ebay.
Lee , where did you find those 1/43 kits? I'd love to get some!!
Eilif, Check out Evans Designs". They have LED car lighting kits that are very inexpensive'.. and very easy to install. No soldering or tricky wiring required'...
@Dewman51 posted:Lee , where did you find those 1/43 kits? I'd love to get some!!
I’ve collected them since I was 16 years old I’ve bought them from all kinds places the latest was eBay
Well I put the NP Kenworth on the layout today
Wow, Lee, what a great looking truck'..Those are some set of tires on that baby'.. Love the colors'...
Lee, very nice trucks. Very well done.
Ted and JD. Thanks for the complement it was a fun build. I also put up a new back drop on the other side of the layout so now you can see some different angles
Great scenes Lee'.. Nice shooting'... Everything looks good'..
@CJ Meyers posted:Sure,
For LED's I used 0805 warm white SMD LED chips. Resistor, I used what I already had in my box, 430 ohm 1/4 watt. Running with 12VDC gives me 13-14ma through the LEDs. Wire was 30ga magnet wire, connectors were Harwin 2.54mm breakaway SIP connectors, male and female. My goto electronics store is Mouser. Wire came from Ebay.
Much appreciated!
@Eilif posted:Really liking that Airstream trailer.
That Revell Kennworth looks great! I've got a 1/43 (AMT?) Peterbuilt 359 kit that I've been putting off until I'm braver. I hadn't thought of doing it in a railroad livery. Maybe some research is in order...
On the blog you can see another batch of the Caipo $5 die cast came in and this batch is as good as the last. Darned impressed with these little cheapies in terms of detail and fidelity to scale. I especially like the Kia and Buick which are great examples of the kind of "average" cars I'd like to have more of.
Anyone sell sheets of state-specific license plate decals? It'd be a fun project to put Illinois plates on all my vehicles.
I have a friend who get pics of license plates and puts them on his computer. He the jockeys them around and changes numbers and letters. When he gets waht he wants he takes msters to A&E Reprographics and have then printed to size.
I've seen his work on models from HO scale to 1/24th and they all look very good. He also does package labels, magazine covers, and other such in the same way
@lee drennen posted:
Well I put the NP Kenworth on the layout today
Lee, great job on the "Kentworth!" One of the greatest trucks out there. Great color too...perfect timing for St. Patty's Day
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