Boom Haul - Pic heavy!!!

[tiking]

Ok fellas. I just completed the trailer to the 142H tractor unit I had built for the Steel Haul that I was supposed to use but did not. The boom is from a toy digger I bought at a cheap store. I had planned on using it as a load for my heavy hauler rig, but the amount of work I had to do on it to get it looking right, would have taken me ages. So I opted to salvage what I could and use the parts for something useful. So now I had a use for the boom. I added hydraulics using soldering iron wiring and styrene tubing. I wanted it to look alive. The trailer is the Italeri curtain trailer kit. I only used the chassi and bottom half of it. I then scratch built the extra floor and added tie-downs.

So now this tractor has a trailer, I think, goes together pretty well. Hope you like the results. Thanks for looking. Lots of detail pics:

[Niro750]

Exceptional work. The weather on the articulated arm is perfect.

[tiking]

Thanks.

[gtziaf]

Amazing. Not my usual taste, but this is awesome.
Well done mate!

[tiking]

Thanks buddy. Much appreciated.

[kopek]

If you're this good, you could have given it a fresh coat of paint before you photographed it!!!

[tiking]

Hihihi! Damn it!

[quadzero]

Amazing. I thought the first picture was a reference photo of the real thing. You are an artist, sir!

[modellmaker.]

Awesome!!!!
Truly a masterpiece...

[tiking]

Originally Posted by quadzero

Amazing. I thought the first picture was a reference photo of the real thing. You are an artist, sir!

Too kind. Thanks a lot for the support.

[tiking]

Originally Posted by modellmaker.

Awesome!!!!
Truly a masterpiece...

Thank you for your time.

[lemansnut]

Your eye for detail and weathering is impeccable. Subtle and not so subtle in just the right spots that everything just looks so perfectly right. Outstanding!

Mike

[michel1973]

Excellent, very nice work on the wheatering. Looks very realistic.

[tiking]

Thanks guys.

[stratos75]

Extremely cool wethering! Thanks for sharing. 5 stars work!