Adding the first details

(this post was first published in January 29th, 2017). As the poll at the other version of the site has ended, the Do&Co, the Air China and the New Rest versions have been removed from the project. Alpha LSG Sky Chefs will be available at first with only 2 units. I have started to work with the transmission as well as added some utility boxes and the fuel tank on the right side. The first steps with the bridge have been done, the photo etched from the photo on the left is just the main basic shape to see the …

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Main scissors system completed

(this post was first published in January 16th, 2017). The elevating system of the catering truck has been completed. This was one of the steps I feared the most, but luckily it can move up and down smoothly and seems to be compact and resistant. The compartment has also been started and you can notice it is hollow, the purpose is to add some detail in the inside. The compartment has been made with the idea of leaving the unions at the top so that it can be easier to put everything together, putty if needed and sand it to …

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Catering truck project started

(original post first published in January 3rd, 2017). A few weeks ago I have started to work with the catering truck decals artwork. It wasn’t easy to find reference photos in some cases but I wanted to give as much options as possible. In the old website I uploaded a poll to know approximately which handlers were more desired so that I could have a better printing idea. After that, the main decals are ready with only few details remaining. Unfortunately and in order to reduce some costs, few of the non voted decals will be discarded.  

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