Easy 'N' Inexpensive
Ways To Enhance 28-foot pup trailer from a
Con-Cor 40-foot or 45-foot trailer
Steps for making pups from Con-Cor semi-trailers
Cut trailer body and roof to length (28 scale feet)
Extend height with 0.04 X 0.06 Evergreen styrene strip for a 13’ 6” trailer
“Wrap” trailer sides and front with 0.005 Evergreen styrene sheet
“Fill” grooves on trailer sill with Evergreen styrene 0.02 rod (optional)
Fabricate roll-up door from Evergreen scribed siding with 0.08 spacing
Rebuild or replace stock bogie for single axle trailers (three options)
Mud flaps from Evergreen styrene strips (0.03 X 0.03 and 0.01 X 0.156)
Replace wheels and axle with Atlas LNT-9000 wheels (optional) or replace bogie with modified Deluxe Innovations RoadRailer bogie (optional)
Paint wheel centers with acrylic paint
Spray tires and wheels with flat finish
Relocate landing gear forward
Paint and decal
Selective weathering with powdered Tempera paints
Challenges
Deciding whether or not to upgrade the trailer wheels.
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