Leaderboard

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.