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Post by Muleskinner on Jun 1, 2012 10:04:47 GMT -8
Ive been looking at this model and a song by the beatles from back in 60's came to mind with a line in it which said Four thousand holes in Blackbeers Lankeshire.
Great job I would go batty drillin that many holes!!!!!
William
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Post by jfisher on Jun 1, 2012 14:48:04 GMT -8
now that is looking great!! what color are you going to paint it?
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Post by kerry on Jun 2, 2012 8:32:58 GMT -8
Thanks guys, I'm building this for someone and I am going to send it to him unpainted per his instructions, so he can paint it. I hope to see it after painting. If it was mine, I think I would either use the foil on it or maybe send it to be chromed. Maybe chrome would be too much. But I would have to invest in some kind of machine if it was a next time to build one of these. Those holes were tough. But it's good that they are done.
Kerry
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Post by kerry on Jun 7, 2012 2:18:44 GMT -8
Hello guys, I've made some progress with my trailer and here is picture of the back door area. This is a roll-up type door and even though it has slats, in the picture their hard to make out. I have only two sets of duals to do mock up but you get the idea.    Next I worked on scratching out the air-ride suspension. This was interesting because it was my first to do this so your opinion of this would be helpful. I think I got it right.   Today I hope to get started on the landing gear and finish up the nose piece. Thanks for looking guys Kerry |
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Post by boxer64 on Jun 7, 2012 2:32:31 GMT -8
WOW  You did a great job to cut out all those holes Kerry. My compliments  I know thats a tricky job to do. Greets, Eddy |
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Post by jfisher on Jun 7, 2012 3:08:32 GMT -8
I agree very nice job!! the air ride looks great to me but I am no scratch builder.
keep up the fine job!!
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Post by Ryan Rønning on Jun 7, 2012 5:13:12 GMT -8
Looking great!
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Post by Joris Scholte on Jun 7, 2012 10:44:36 GMT -8
Wow, that looks great!
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Post by gator on Jun 7, 2012 12:37:52 GMT -8
Looks like all the hard work is over and you are well on the way to finishing this one!!
Gator
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Post by kerry on Jun 7, 2012 13:32:12 GMT -8
So I take it from you guys comments, that the suspension looks correct. But thank you all for your comments and yes Gator the hard part is behind me now. I did get my supplies in today so tomorrow I can finish up the other side and wrap this one up real soon. I was worried about the suspension. So later I will update and till then thanks guys.
Kerry
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Post by bluemule75 on Jun 16, 2012 8:59:11 GMT -8
Looking good!!!
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Post by gator on Jun 16, 2012 14:51:34 GMT -8
Kerry,
As far as I am concerned it looks dayum good! I like the suspension, however I am not going to comment on it as I don't know much about them!
Gator
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Post by william on Aug 7, 2012 6:32:56 GMT -8
hi iam thinking of building a 53ft cattle trail what size of sheet plastic you used to make thefloor of the trailer and what you used for the bracing on the under the floor of the trailer thank you from william
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Post by kerry on Mar 3, 2013 14:17:35 GMT -8
Hi William, I'm really sorry to keep you hanging like this as I did have a few things going on and now I can get back to things. I hope your still interested in knowing what you asked about. But just incase you are I used 1/4 inch I beams (#277 Evergreen) for the ribs and the floor is the 1/16 thick Evergreen sheets. I used the thicker for the floor because I wanted the support there.
But what happened with this build is really kinda sad. The guy that ordered it kept making promises to pay for it as I wasn't going to ship it till I got my money and it went on for a while and I was getting prepared for the move so I pulled the plug on the deal and kept it. Now where I made my mistake was being in a hurry to see what it was to look like painted so I thought I would first lay down a gloss black base in preparation for the chrome coat. I thought I had enough of the chrome to do the job but I was wrong and it didn't finish the job. But the combination of the two paints in my opinion took away too much detail. It looks like you dipped it in a tub of paint. I was heart broken and with the move happening I had to just put it aside and pack it up. I have to find a way to strip the paint and try something different. If I can get that paint off..I feel I can still turn it around. But I was thinking about a idea I had while waiting to get the time to do anything and my idea is to take the foil wrap material and breaking the trailer down into pieces and one at a time putting the foil wrap and the piece in a strong bag of some sort and pulling a vacuum on it. What do you guys think about my idea? When I uncover my camera I will take a pic of it and show you. But I did get my building table up and running this weekend and started on some repairs to my other builds AND putting some thoughts together about some of the new ones.
But if you have started on your 53ft cattle trailer and I assume you posted some pics, I'ld love to see it.
Kerry
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Post by 78kw on Mar 3, 2013 14:57:47 GMT -8
Dude! Build me one! lol. Seriously, I see some amazing work here. I will be following this build. You really took on a big challenge as I can imagine the side walls take lots of patience.
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