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M 52A1 Tractor/M172 Low boy trailer
animal
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Posted: Monday, January 19, 2009 - 09:24 AM UTC
Got some more done on the trailer and got the M 52 tractor started also.













Here is the link of the in progress photos of this build.

http://s32.photobucket.com/albums/d48/animal1968/M172%20Lowboy%20Trailer/
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Posted: Monday, January 19, 2009 - 09:27 AM UTC
Great building looks realy nice im truely impressd seeing things like this build up form scratch

Greetz Blade
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Posted: Monday, January 19, 2009 - 11:06 AM UTC
great m52 are they casts of the real model conversions in the lime green colour ?

i bet the goose neck on the trailer was a pain it looks stunning !

keep it up animal

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Posted: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 - 06:19 AM UTC
Yes the forward cab portion is a Real Model casting.Milo makes some of the most accurate copies of the old M 54 series cabs.
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Posted: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 - 09:18 AM UTC
i really want a real model cab but its way too expensive and im not a skilled scratch builder to convert an m35

keep up the great work dave

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Posted: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 - 10:15 AM UTC
NIce work Dave, Great scratch building!

Martyn
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Posted: Sunday, February 01, 2009 - 05:29 AM UTC
Some more in progress pics of the trailer and cab















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Posted: Thursday, March 05, 2009 - 09:10 AM UTC
NIce work Dave!
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Posted: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 - 06:24 AM UTC
Great work!
I meant to ask you that before, when you posted pics of the trailer some year ago: The tires and those bits and pieces in green styrene - from what kit are they originally?

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