Dodge L700 Garbage Truck

[Cornbinder]

A few days ago I started piddling around with the Garwood 900 packer from the AMT. The inspiration began with finding a can of Rust-Oleum Satin Moss Green in the garage. It was a rather nasty shade of green and I thought it would look good in a garbage truck.

Obviously it needed a little corrosion and grime. To that end, I attacked it with Vallejo acrylics and Doc O'Brien weathering powder.

I also used some old Line-O reflective tape, though unfortunately the dull clear coat kinda diminished the reflectivity.

Here you see the flasher, and the winch cable made from leader line, a 1:35 scale block, and a couple of parts box hooks.

 

This afternoon I dug out the Dodge kit, and stretched the wheelbase by cutting the Dodge chassis and grafting on the rear portion of the Ford chassis.

[Gary Chase]

You are correct, color really works , weathering adds to it nicely. 

[Cornbinder]

Found some more ugly green. Decided why not use it for the engine 🤣

 

Here it is tucked into place.

Work has begun on the interior. Basic cab will be weathered off white.