@John's Trains posted:I had a 6-17534 Diamond T Flat Car with 2 Corgi Trucks and got another one cheap. My plan was to repaint the trucks for use with my semi-trailers. The Lionel scale tractors are beautiful but too big for the traditional-size trailers and too rich for my budget. First, I repainted the extra 6-17534 flatcar for PRR and placed two of the new Menards Power Wagons on it.
Then I repainted one of the trucks for PRR, making the interior look a little better than the solid black plastic that it was. I stripped all the original paint off the front of the truck body before repainting, but it still turned out to be a disappointment. A bigger problem than the paint is the fact that the engine compartment has no motor, so I don't even know how it's supposed to pull a trailer.
The repainted tractor is pictured here in what will someday be a partially car-level intermodal and REA facility. An un-prototypical, implausible, and impracticable setup to be sure, but given our space limitations, the guys down there will have to make it work. I have full confidence in them.
Looks great to me, can't see the engine anyway. I like the style of the truck