Far west trucking ford aeromax 106 truck and trailer kit "WIP"

I work at a warehouse. I can snap some pictures of trailer chassis and post if you need some. or you can check out this website for utility trailer. they were next door to where my warehouse use to be located in Utah.

http://www.utilitytrailer.com/index.asp

 

Decals this big (click on pic to enlarge)

 

Are not really a problem as long as you take your time and use plenty of setting solutions. I use microsol/set.

 

Hth

 

 Pete

Stormbringer , that is an awesome decal, I love it.

Most of the OTR Trailers I have worked on had metal Frames with the rest of the trailer being natural Aluminum finish. The Frames were originally a semi- gloss black. But usually looked  grayish due to road grime.

Great Looking Rig and Trailer Stormbringer

I'm just travelling through, usually in the aircraft forum, but I've spent some time around trucks.  In fact I have a lot of my model collection stored in a refrigerated trailer quite like the one you will build.  It really is a frameless trailer, meaning the sides of the trailer give it the shear strength, there is nothing underneath except crossmembers under the floor and a short subframe that the landing gear is attached to, and another subframe that the rear suspension and axles attach to.  I've seen these parts in any color, it depends on the color the operator chooses, really.  Black or grey are both common.  The box on the trailer is aluminum like you suspect, usually it isn't painted if the trailer is made of aluminum as is indicated by the ribs.  Many freight trailers now have composite sides, and any color is likely.  Good luck with it.

Still working on this kit on and off between the stage coach i have been building in another thread (still plan to finish that one) but here is a shot of the trailer of the aero max under construction...

Big decal isn't as hard as i thought it would be to install, seems that they made it thicker than a usual decal but that might just be my imagination...

Revell did a model of this truck

 

http://www.showtruckbilder.de/bilder/koeln01.jpg

 

The whole of the truck was covered in decal. They've actually done 3 so far, This one, a Renault Magnum with trailer called "Ice Truck" and a Scania with trailer "Friedenfels". All were totally decalled. I haven't had the courage to try one yet.

 

For pics of trucks you could try here

http://www.hankstruckpictures.com/

 

I like your trailer by the way.

 

Pete

Stormbringer wrote:

Revell did a model of this truck   http://www.showtruckbilder.de/bilder/koeln01.jpg   The whole of the truck was covered in decal. They've actually done 3 so far, This one, a Renault Magnum with trailer called "Ice Truck" and a Scania with trailer "Friedenfels". All were totally decalled. I haven't had the courage to try one yet.   For pics of trucks you could try here http://www.hankstruckpictures.com/   I like your trailer by the way.   Pete

Thank you for the links i lov ethe showtruckbilder.de website, awesome trucks on there, next kit ill have to try a custom truck, those are really well done.