Chariots of Fire Posted February 12, 2020 This is on the workbench and will eventually be a model of Mashpee 354, a brush truck for the Town of Mashpee Fire Department. The cab is an Illini Replicas casting. Frame is from an Ertl kit and was extended. Tires are resin castings made from a 3D printed master. The engine is re-worked from a 1941 Chevy kit engine. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chariots of Fire Posted February 23, 2020 Since the last post several things have been done. Doors have been opened by scribing and sawing. Then brass butt hinges were added to the cab and doors. The interior tub has been put in place also. When the doors were cut away the cab became very flimsy since it was only held together by the A posts at the windshield. I also cut away the cast in place headlight surrounds and substituted the chrome ones from a Ford truck kit. The door interiors have been painted with inside latches and window cranks made from bright aluminum wire. The dash board has been sanded for fitting and the cast in place gages were cut off. A decal was made of all of the gages and overlaid with photoetched bezels. The seat will be painted the same as the top of the dash as an accent color. Gear shift, hand brake and 4 wheel drive lever are ready for installation. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Casey Posted February 24, 2020 Wow. That is looking great! That hood is awesome. --Casey Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chariots of Fire Posted February 26, 2020 (edited) Here are a couple of updates. The cab is now in paint and some of the details have been added. Still lots to do but now and then it is fun to deviate from the general build and concentrate on the fun stuff. The paint is Duplicolor right from the can. I like it because it dries quickly and is a hard finish. Easy to polish out. I did the IH decals on my computer copying the logo from a photo of the real one. Then it was downsized and printed on an ALPS printer. The seat came from the '50 Chevy. It was brush painted with acrylic Model Master medium tan. When put on over Duplicolor primer it flowed perfectly into a nice even coat. Bare Metal Foil was used on the grill bars. Headlight bezels are now glued in place. Next up is to lightly sand and polish the hood and doors. Edited February 26, 2020 by Chariots of Fire Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chariots of Fire Posted February 27, 2020 Some additional photos of progress made today. The last photo shows the next generation IH and the styling differences that make them up. The Loadstar was finished a couple of years ago. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chariots of Fire Posted March 8, 2020 Got started on the body. Lots of work to do on it with some basic details to be worked out. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chariots of Fire Posted March 8, 2020 Here's an update on body progress. Got a set of rear compartments made and started on the bar work for the front. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NAVY Posted March 8, 2020 Gorgeous work she will be be beautiful. I like the tires you molded, really nice work on the cab. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chariots of Fire Posted March 10, 2020 Thanks! One thing about resin cast tires; they'll never go flat! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cornbinder Posted March 12, 2020 Shaping up to be one beautiful brute already! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
discodave Posted March 12, 2020 Nice progress. That’s going to be pretty cool when finished. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
goingsouth58 Posted March 19, 2020 looks great very very nice job Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chariots of Fire Posted March 22, 2020 Here's a little update on progress so far. Working on a Wisconsin V-4 powered Hale pump for the rear deck. Paint is coming along. Got to get another rattle can of "Flame Red" from Duplicolor to finish it off. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DRIPTROIT 71 Posted March 27, 2020 Wow!! I like the v-4 Wisconsin! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chariots of Fire Posted March 28, 2020 Still working on the details. Latest additions are the tail light clusters and 2/3 of the protective grill work at the rear step. Still have to do the part right in front of the pump. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brian Dutz Posted March 29, 2020 Outstanding workmanship! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chariots of Fire Posted April 3, 2020 Continuing right along we got the decals done today after a bit of a struggle. Seemed like nothing would go right. Had to reprint them several times on the ALPS due to either marring the decal, not quite fitting right or other struggle. But they are there now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chariots of Fire Posted April 5, 2020 Work continues on the top bars that are made of soldered brass rods. The rods were ground down at the lower ends to form pins for pre-drilled holes in the lower bars. Brass tubing was used for the uprights that connect to the long horizontal bars on top of the body. The tubing allowed for plastic rods to be inserted for attaching to the top of the body sides. With the brass work completed as one piece it could be removed for painting. Note the pins and plastic rods at the ends of each piece. With painting completed the bars were re-attached permanently to the model. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
johnnewman121 Posted April 5, 2020 Nice brush truck. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
discodave Posted April 8, 2020 That is really cool! Nice build, thanks for the ride along! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brian Dutz Posted April 8, 2020 Great looking truck! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chariots of Fire Posted April 16, 2020 Got a few additional details completed. Not far now to it being finished. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites