As the little house on wheels now seems to belong to Prospector Pete, Cuspidor's roving gold optimist, I felt the need to supply him with a trailer for his equipment. I dug into my scrap box and found a body from a small, plastic tipper truck kit, a pair of white metal wheels of suitable size and some other bits and bobs and so began an afternoon's pleasant whiling away. Here's the story in pictures.
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| The main parts |
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| Plastic rod axle and some styrene strip notched for axle supports. |
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| Axle support in place |
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| Body assembled and some scrap kit parts for a drawbar assembly |
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| Drawbar attached |
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| Primed |
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| Distressing the body with my Dremel |
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| Colour and first rust treatment |
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| Loaded up |
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| There is a sluice table, tools, gunpowder barrels and a crate. |
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| How the two models will look together |
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