While in Quebec last year on vacation with his wife, Uli Heufs spotted this rig at a truckstop. He recognized a Frightliner FLD120 bulk trailer B-train and was wondering how the first bulk could unloaded without dumping onto itself. So he walked over to take a closer look at the truck and this model is the result.

The cab and hood are from Jim Groeneweg at Jacobs models. It is mounted on a Promotex chassies (of course with steering) with A-line fuel tanks with scratchbuilt steps and other detail parts. Painting on the cab is dark blue metallic and white with Microscale decals from the "Gorden Trucking" sheet and a red stripe.

The trailers are built out of several parts with bulk units from AMW. The first bulk unit is positioned on a sled, that slides over the saddle for the second trailer when it´s going to unload. The sled is pushed - like the original - by two huge hydraulic cylinders. Painting is a medium blue for the chassis, and aluminium silver for the bulk units. Decals are from the same sheet mentioned before. The cover of the bulk units is cut out of a plastig bag. Several parts out of Uli's "famous parts box" were added. The name "la croix" is fictional.

Posted May 8, 2003