@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
Added a '68 Dodge Charger to the layout today...layout is short of Chrysler products, so I've got a couple more on the way for the "Dodge" fans out there! There is one "DeSoto" though right behind the blue Charger... the "dog guy" is creating a real traffic jam-up in front of the bus station...word is getting out he's serving a vegetarian dog
@Capetrainman posted:Lee, great job on the "Kentworth!" One of the greatest trucks out there. Great color too...perfect timing for St. Patty's Day
Thanks Ron for the complement I never thought of it. Glad you like it
@Capetrainman posted:Added a '68 Dodge Charger to the layout today...layout is short of Chrysler products, so I've got a couple more on the way for the "Dodge" fans out there! There is one "DeSoto" though right behind the blue Charger... the "dog guy" is creating a real traffic jam-up in front of the bus station...word is getting out he's serving a vegetarian dog
I like that Grey Dog
@Capetrainman posted:Added a '68 Dodge Charger to the layout today...layout is short of Chrysler products, so I've got a couple more on the way for the "Dodge" fans out there! There is one "DeSoto" though right behind the blue Charger... the "dog guy" is creating a real traffic jam-up in front of the bus station...word is getting out he's serving a vegetarian dog
Nice shot Paul'.. I had a 1970 Charger in red'..Was a great running and fast car.. went coast to coast twice, and drove it Germany for three years.. I could do 85, 95, on the Autobon. No speed limits on it.........
@Forty Rod posted: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
I added license plates to my vehicles by searching for images of license plates on the internet, copying and pasting them to Powerpoint, reducing them to the appropriate size, and printing them onto semi-gloss photo paper on my ink jet printer at the highest print quality setting. The paper is stiff enough that once cut out, the plate can be glued directly to the vehicle without any backing.
@Forty Rod posted: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
Thanks for that.
I think I just found what I need for illinois plates.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/8...assorted-usa-license
Alot of them are older than I'd need, but there's enough 80's-today that it's probably worth buying.
Great job everyone!
Lee the trucks looks great and I like the scenes you put them in! My wife runs a little mom and pop grocery store and one of the customers brought in a couple photos to hang on the wall. I asked him if I could share it here on the forum as he had one I really wanted you to see. It a photo of his dad and a coworker and one of there loads heading to the saw mill. Enjoy!
Back in the day when they did real logging!
Paul, Love the Charger and great scene! But I am thinking the dog vender might have to move with all the traffic jam he is causing! LOL
@mike g. posted:Great job everyone!
Lee the trucks looks great and I like the scenes you put them in! My wife runs a little mom and pop grocery store and one of the customers brought in a couple photos to hang on the wall. I asked him if I could share it here on the forum as he had one I really wanted you to see. It a photo of his dad and a coworker and one of there loads heading to the saw mill. Enjoy!
Back in the day when they did real logging!
Paul, Love the Charger and great scene! But I am thinking the dog vender might have to move with all the traffic jam he is causing! LOL
Mike. Thanks for the complement. That’s one awesome pic of that KB International I just may use that paint scheme on one of my upcoming log trucks.
Time to get this guy done and on the layout. I used a Chrome pen on some of Don Mills wheels. The Decsls are from Model Truckin.com.
@David Ad posted:Always loved WWII Jeeps. It appears you did an excellent job.
Thanks. I have a 1944 Willys MB Jeep in my garage so I'm very familiar with them.
Beats me why so many models have the seat covers in a khaki color, when NO WW2 US vehicles had seat covers in that color.
I painted them the right OD #7 green, as well as the top. That model is a 1944 or 45 Ford GPW Jeep.
1:43 "Plum Crazy" purple Dodge Challenger on my D-165 Display replica. The only cars on the layout are MOPARs! See the other pic for the "prototype".
Proud owner of red Vet has driven in the Grizzley station.
Lee, the truck is looking good, wonderful job with the chrome pen!
Lee (P51) Wonderful job on the Jeep!
Frank, Love the car, just not to sure on the color! LOL
Jim, Great scene, outstanding looking vett!
I just did alittle hose painting, going to need another coat or 2.
I just bashed a Stony Creek kit into a Nash car dealer with a couple of 1/43rd Nashes around it.
Another before and after'.. This GMC Cannonball Cab Over Engine, is dedicated to Lee Drennen'. As a THANK YOU' for starting this thread, which has brought me much enjoyment'.. This a Corgi restore'... Fresh Testors model enamel, decals from Proto 48'. Train decals. Another idea I got from Lee'...😃
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Mike, great job so far on the fire truck. It’s getting there.
Ted, wonderful work on that Corgi, could you tell me what number corgi that is? I’d like to look it up in my book. Thanks!
Thanks Joel, much appreciated'... The COE Corgi # is, believe it or not, there is no number.. STamped, Corgi SUper toys, made in England, by Meccano. I think there is a piece missing. There is a cut hole below the fifth wheel area. I don't think the hole was originally there'...
@Quarter Gauger 48 posted:Another before and after'.. This GMC Cannonball Cab Over Engine, is dedicated to Lee Drennen'. As a THANK YOU' for starting this thread, which has brought me much enjoyment'.. This a Corgi restore'... Fresh Testors model enamel, decals from Proto 48'. Train decals. Another idea I got from Lee'...😃
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Ted. That’s sharp! I’m very honored you Dedicated this build to me that means a lot to me to after the past year I’ve went through you guys are so wonderful keeping the thread going when I first started I didn’t think it get off the ground but with you and the other guys you’ve proved me wrong again thanks too each one of you who post here every week or every day it means a lot to me. Ted a special thanks to you and this when this forum sags a little you flying in and pick it up and get motivated again appreciate I it.
@mike g. posted:Lee, the truck is looking good, wonderful job with the chrome pen!
Lee (P51) Wonderful job on the Jeep!
Frank, Love the car, just not to sure on the color! LOL
Jim, Great scene, outstanding looking vett!
I just did alittle hose painting, going to need another coat or 2.
Mike. That Red is very nice can’t wait for the finish and Thanks for the complement.
@colorado hirailer posted:I just bashed a Stony Creek kit into a Nash car dealer with a couple of 1/43rd Nashes around it.
Nice kit bashing and those are some beautiful cars don’t Forget to post it when you put it on your layout.
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