Garry Rogers Motorsport Transporter (Completed set up)

WOW! That is a lot of precision right there....

What do you use to cut out the wheel arches etc to make them so clean and precise ?

So simple , yet effective, very well done.

Awesome

That is some great work right there. I'll be watching this one come together.

Thanks.

As I had briefly mentioned before I had the instructions from the set I had made before so I was going with the sizes etc as they worked out for the first set. I was also running on a bit of a time line and was hoping to get them started ASAP. 
I do like your suggestion and I will keep it in mind for next time. It will give plenty of opportunity to play around with sizes and shapes and a lot easier to handle than the plastic.

You have been keen to see more so here is my next installment of photos.

Used Auslowe's axle sets and scratch build a basic chassis frame, as it is really hard to see these once they are in place I didn't add much detail, enough to make sure that it held together and could be positioned correctly.







All painted up and ready to go. Next step finishing the rims off with chrome.

Sweet, I like the axle sets, going to have to get myself a couple of them for some trailer parts kits i have

Now onto building the boxes.

*Just on a side note - I have had previous suggestions of putting the boxes together and filling it to keep them stable and square, but I have worked on my technique and have supported the sides by adding pieces of plastic in the areas I know need a little more support.



I started by attaching the bottom pieces of the trailer to one of the sides, then attached the other side all while attaching the supporting pieces of plastic.



Next I worked on the front curves. This was a little trickier. I had to figure out how to measure and shape the bottom cut out but once I had that sorted I then was able to attach it. I waited a day or two before trying to put the front curves on, making sure that the glue was dry so that the pressure of the curve wouldn't pop the sides apart. I di have some trouble trying to figure out how to hold it all together in place while getting the glue sorted and then keeping it together. Sometimes I felt like I didn't have enough hands and then other times I felt like they were just in the way. I managed eventually by using tape and weights to hold it down. Once I had it in place I then just walked away with my fingers crossed in hope that it would all stay together. (They needed a little touching up afterwards and some extra plastic to support on the inside but eventually it all held together.



Now to look at filling the bottom half of the front curves.

Fantastic work!

Hi Guys thanks for the comments.

The boxes are now completed. You would think that it would be a pretty simple process to just put the sides together but you are right in thinking that there is always more to it than first appears. I needed to measure out the sizes, where the wheel arches were going not to mention cutting it all out. Something I didn't mention before was that I had marked out where all the doors and lockers are to be positioned on the trailers. This I got from looking at my reference pictures and more or less guessing how it would all fit together. I then scratch/marked the outline to these so give it that cut out look. I also cut out where the spotlights at the top of the trailers were positioned.



Of course like many of you may also do, I couldn't resist setting the trailers up with the truck to get a visualization of how the completed set up will look. From just seeing this I started to get really excited.



But of course I had to get started on painting or priming as seeing it in the bare plastic wasn't enough. So I used some black primer that I had as I knew that I wanted to see how it would tie in (instead of using the grey that I normally would) I also didn't want to worry too much about painting yet as I have plans for the decals. I just needed to make sure all the scratches and any other marks would be covered and the doors and lockers that I had marked out would stand out.



I can't wait to show you what is coming up next. You may have been impressed with what I have done so far but there is more coming...

WOW.....That is some very impressive work!

Your excited by how it looks, the rest of us are just as excited to see more

That is AWESOME!! To my eye everything looks bang on. The proportions, the lines.

Everything looks great. Such a cool project.

I dig the display board too.

Outstanding work!

Thanks in my next post I'll be adding some more pictures that show some more of the detailing work.

I made the display board. I also have another one made up with a clear box to keep the dust out. I still have to organise getting the top done for this one but that will happen sooner rather than later so that I can have it on display.