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Air Products Freightliner Columbia Truck Tractor & Compressed Gas Trailer - By Jim Groeneweg


Jim Groeneweg built this Cascadia 48” mid roof truck tractor using a Trucks N' Stuff model to supply the details to finish the resin cab mounted on a Promotex “build your own” chassis using Dennis Aust wheels, fuel tanks, Kibri rear fenders. The Columbia exterior is finished in Authentic Air Products colors but us still in need of some decals. The trailer started as a JCT resin cast Compressed Gas Trailer. Jim substituted an Athearn container chassis adding a Promotex Tridem suspension, Kibri fenders, and A-Line two hole steel wheels along with scratchbuilt details on the rear doors and vent tubes/valves on the bulkhead. The trailer is painted in red and white as seen being pulled by Air Products tractors in Canada.

Posted August 24, 2012