Tamiya 3 Axle Reefer

[BRELs]

I bought a tamiya 3 axle reefer and have built it as a flat bed leaving off the reefer body and stuff I used part off the front inner headboard and ally side piece to make a shorter headboard as in a 1:1 trailer

the kit is built up in the normal way until you get above the deck part I am going to cover the deck with strips of Balsa wood to simulate planking

the reason the unit is green is because it was bought and built as tank transporter with a bruder lowloader that has been stretched, the flat bed trailer will also end up green when it has been decked and the headboard finnished off

[jagsxr]

hi m8 yer i have the box trailer and you can do the same with that too

i have built a trailer from scratch and the planking looks good

but if you were going to put a wooden top on the reef you could use one piece if thin ply wood and replace it with the plactic?

then score grooves in to it for a realistic look ?

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but if you were going to put a wooden top on the reef you could use one piece if thin ply wood and replace it with the plactic?

then score grooves in to it for a realistic look ?

Hi mate the plastic decking is only temporary I have some Balsa wood sheet on order and am going to cut that into planks and glue that onto the grey support strips that is holding the plastic deck on

[jagsxr]

yer i thought you were going to use planks of balsa but a sheet would make things easier to lay it on the trailer

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I am going to cut the balsa sheet into planks and then glue them to the grey deck supports after removing the plastic deck

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I have moved the king pin back the length of the original rubbing plate, because with the trailer hooked up to the unit it did not look as though the unit was far enough under the trailer

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change of plan I have removed the grey deck suports and glued stripsr of 9mm hard wood on the aluminium under deck and pinned aloy side pieces back on and am going to glue the balsa strips to the hard wood

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got the second stage of the decking done I cut the balsa sheets into 17mm wide strips and glued the to the hard wood decking supports, I also staggered the joints in the planking, now all I have to do is put the planks on the headboard and stain the deck and paint the frame