Peterbilt Black Cat Lowrider

[Bricksonwheels]

For some forthcoming shows I was in need of a Peterbilt to go with an existing dumptrailer I build a while ago. I decided to use the 68.8 original Model Teams wheels as a base, and revamp the idea of the original Black Cat set radically into a lowrider chassis with full detail. It resulted in a 1:15 scaled truck with a lot of detail on chassis, engine and cabin. The engine, fitted under the tiltable hood, is a Cat C15 with chromed parts as well. The interior with working doors is equipped with sport seats, big shifter and black and white trim, as well as a LCD and sofa. The roof can be taken of to reveal this. A ghostview is added to show the engine.

This combo will be on display on Lego Fanwelt Koln 2012 (Germany), together with many other trucks from myself, Legotrucks and 2LegoOrNot2Lego. You can see us as well on the 2012 Mackday in Amsterdam, Netherlands, 25th of September 2012.

[efferman]

again a very cool truck built by Bricksonwheels. and again i think that american trailer manufacturers are building very strange trailers.

[drdesignz]

Awesome work, as always. I've really been enjoying browsing your work on flickr. It's impressive stuff!

[Edwin Korstanje]

I Love it and great details, olso the inside looks great :thumbup:

[timslegos]

Love it as usual. What are the mudguards made of?

tim

[skylinedan]

Its called a frame less dump trailer, we have a lot of them here. the advantage is with less frame weight you can haul more, but its also at a cost. You can tip one over on its side if your not care full. seen that happen down the street form the shop where I work.

Dan

[sama]

Oh man! It looks better than the real thing!!

[Bricksonwheels]

Thank you all, it is appreciated.

@timslegos: The mudflaps are made of 3M foil that is adhesive.

[Sariel]

The truck is excellent as usual, and I love these show-through images you're making. Really nice, really creative.

[Foggy]

What a great job!! Big compliments!!

[Bricksonwheels]

Thanks Sariel and Foggy. Indeed, i love the ghostviews as well. It is fun to make them in Photoshop.

[Carsten Svendsen]

It's looks awesome

I don't like the front bumper though, but if that's how it looks irl then that's that.

[Edwin Korstanje]

Best Bricksonwheels,

Your insert photo's are so nice and have a question about it. is the motor insert a draw insert or a real picture??.

They are so cool

[drdesignz]

By the way, the smoke stacks, I've seen that technique used before. At the bottom where it curves, I'm curious to know how that works. The 2x2 round plates, are they simply connected on one side to create the curve? Or is there also a curved rod going through the center to keep it together?

Edited September 14, 2012 by drdesignz

[efferman]

there is a rigid pneumatic hose/pipe in its center to hold the curve

[Bricksonwheels]

@VFRacingteam: Thank you, and it is the real engine, i'll tell you how i do it:

I position the car on the background, and then fix the wheels on the invisible side from the camera, to fixate a picture allignment.

Then i make a picture of the truck with everything closed and complete.

The next step is to remove the hood, and possible other sections that reveal the parts, like the engine fully.

As the truck is still fixated i take another picture at exactly the same spot with everything exposed.

Now in Photoshop i open the last picture with all parts exposed first and then the first one second. I copy the complete picture of the 'closed' truck on top of the exposed one.

Now i have a picture with two layers where as the closed picture is on top now, not much exposed parts are to see anymore.

Now i use the eraser tool in Photoshop, and tweak the sensitivity (softness and pressure)and radius and locally erase the toplayer (partly)to reveal the second layer of the exposed truck.

That is the trick. Now i only have to merge the layers when i have finished editing.

@Efferman: True, that is how it is done.

Edited September 15, 2012 by Bricksonwheels

[Edwin Korstanje]

Thanks

[drdesignz]

there is a rigid pneumatic hose/pipe in its center to hold the curve

That makes sense. Thanks for the response.

[TimH]

Another awesome truck!