Western star Road train

the prime mover was a pretty good diecast but the grille had no detail so it was replaced with a home made casting, a bull bar was added and the wheels were replaced, steering was converted to right hand drive and a driver was added, the first two trailers are plastic and excellent detail but they had to have an extra axle added the spare wheel hangers locker boxes and ringfeeders were detail item that were also added, the last trailer was a herpa chassis, the deck was made from styrene, locker boxes were added and the gates are photoetch items, the pallets were assembled from a kit and the 44 gall drums are homemade castings, the whole thing had the lights ect painted in and decals added before weathering, ( maybe a lil too much weathering on the windscreen ) this model is in 1/87 scale

I like.

Nice! even in 1/87th this would be pretty long!

Another nice 1/87th scale truck well done

Dingo

Top stuff John

Love it.....
Does anybody know where I could get my hands on a 1/87 scale Western star same or similar model? Can't find one anywhere.

RMS gona get ya , theres no ropes or binders on the 44's .

great effort on the weathering, looks sweet!

Gluey wrote:Love it.....
Does anybody know where I could get my hands on a 1/87 scale Western star same or similar model?  Can't find one anywhere.

i got this one from an online company that has long shut down, dont know where u would find one now, the name of the manufacturer was Ton

I'll keep searching.
Thanks heaps. Keep up the awesome work.

a quick search turned this up

http://www.tontrucks.com/oem/westernstar.html

Much appreciated. I'll see how I go.
Thanks heaps.

1/87th scale (AKA HO Scale) Thats a LONG thing for a Train Layout, but would be ABSOLUTELY stunning on one! NICE job!

I'ma "Train Guy" at heart, so... this is right up my alley!

its not as long as the one im building now, 5 trailer cattle train, but im sick of painting cows

NICE!!!! LOL @ Painting Cows!

i like those small scale

Nice!