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AMT Ford C 900/Garwood LP 900 refuse truck
Brian Conn replied to Brian Conn's topic in Model Truck Workbench
First off a salute to my fellow veterans on the forum..... I have started to work on the packer body and its separate components. This is from the Garwood sales brochure for the LP 900 packer. This is the view looking forward towards the truck cab from inside the packer body. Here is the same part from the kit. The lower portion and upright portions are part of the hydraulic tank. I am going to be displaying this at model shows with the roof of the packer body off, so I will be filling in those open portions with styrene sheet to replicate the hydraulic tank shown in the sales brochure. This is also from the LP 900 sales brochure. This view is from the front part of the packer body looking towards the rear of the ejection panel..... the sliding panel that pushes out the trash at the landfill as well as compacts the trash being picked up. I will be cutting a notch in the ejection panel for the raceway and attaching it so that the raceway will stay in place with the roof off instead of making it part of the roof as shown in the brochure. These are the inside of the packer body sides. I understand to make the injection mold process work that AMT had to do it this way, but the insides need to be flat with no obstructions. These raised parts would be disastrous in the real world. I will be filling in the areas between the raised parts with styrene sheet to have a smooth interior of the packer body. -
So here we go..... my first truck build W.I.P I started with the engine first in an attempt to fallow the kit build directions in order. I soon discovered an issue with the fitment between the bottom of the heads and the intake/engine block. Note the notched?? area between the bottom of the head and engine block and intake manifold. I don't know the reason for this, I just know that this is not the way it looks in 1:1 scale. Filled in the area with Styrene strip and Bondo Here's where I am at presently with the engine....aftermarket distributor and plug wires, scratch built fuel line,governor linkage to carb, water pipe from intake manifold to surge tank (surge tank not pictured) and riser for the oil breather on the Right side and ignition coil....started some slight weathering...I have not applied any dull coat yet , nor any wash. I had to slightly modify the bottom of the heat riser to properly clear the spark plug boots. Got the Ford C photo etch for this build which will really enhance the cab. Just for shucks and grins I compared the 534 C/I Ford truck engine against one of my 1:25 Fat Block Ford 427's and a big block Ford 460....this truck engine even makes them look small and puny.
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AMT Ford C 900/Garwood LP 900 refuse truck
Brian Conn replied to Brian Conn's topic in Model Truck Workbench
Thanks!!! Just about got the cab wrapped up and have started on the packer,hopefully posting some progress pictures soon. -
The Ad Astra Modeling Club here in Topeka, Ks. had its annual show today......got a few truck pictures.... Fellow forum member and member of the Ad Astra Modeling Club, Paul, built this diorama along with fellow Ad Astra member Lamar Johnson. Along with the logging truck diorama, Paul also built this fine looking combo. A lot of scratch building went into this wrecker
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AMT Ford C 900/Garwood LP 900 refuse truck
Brian Conn replied to Brian Conn's topic in Model Truck Workbench
Shot this first light coat of color with the air brush....turns out there was cracks in the pick up tube...will have to sand out the areas of splatter and re shoot, other than that I'm o.k with it. -
I shoot a Paasche VL airbrush w/the 1 oz. glass jar. After my last session, I went to clean the air brush and discovered cracks in the vinyl pick up tube that is in the glass jar. 1/8" I.D X 1/4" O.D micro fuel line (Red) One foot of fuel line cost me $2.00...enough to last me a long time. As it turns out,the inside dia. of micro fuel line (gas powered weed eaters as an example) is a perfect fit over the fitting on the glass jar lid. Instead of trying to clean the pick up tube every time I use the air brush,I will just simply replace the used pick up tube with a new, clean one.
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I went to the annual Prison City Model show in Leavenworth, Ks. ...did'nt show a truck, rather a dirt track Gran Torino that garnered me a 3rd place finish in the competition class....enough of the car stuff. This American La France 900 series pumper that pays homage to the 343 New York City firefighters that lost their lives in the line of duty on 9-11 won an award in the truck category...built by Brian Gauthier of the Show Me State Modelers....plenty of after market and scratch building. One clean cab over.
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Just checked out your eBay store.....for any of you who haven't checked it out yet, you really need to.
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AMT Ford C 900/Garwood LP 900 refuse truck
Brian Conn replied to Brian Conn's topic in Model Truck Workbench
Thank you for your comments, they are much appreciated! For me to have a youtube channel I would more or less have to convert the hobby room into a studio....I would much rather build than have to deal with releasing videos....I feel that I would become a slave to making youtube videos thus ruining any relaxation that I get from building. Secondly, I would not want my name associated with some of the advertising that is viewed there. I would much rather have a million friends than a million views. As far as action goes on this build or any future truck build for that matter here,on these forums, is where its at....your not going to find them any place else. Here are the links I think that you are referring to...... Here is the link for glass weathering: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzFUIrzNCWY Here is the link for headliners: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIXPfZCrSe4 If anyone ever has any questions on how I did something , I would gladly like to be of assistance -
AMT Ford C 900/Garwood LP 900 refuse truck
Brian Conn replied to Brian Conn's topic in Model Truck Workbench
I'm glad your enjoying it...been enjoyful for me as well now that I have more time to spend in the hobby room. I've got a couple of new technics that I am going to try my hand at.....weathering the glass ala' Dr. Cranky style and using a Silly Winks foam sheet for the headliner. videos on youtube if anyone is interested. -
AMT Ford C 900/Garwood LP 900 refuse truck
Brian Conn replied to Brian Conn's topic in Model Truck Workbench
Finished up the cab interior.....it still looks like I need to dull coat the seats a little bit more as pictures dont lie....still a bit shiny for my taste. Roughed up the drivers seat a little bit to show wear and tear. Gauge cluster ,lower dash and radio are PE from ST Supply. My first time using PE on anything. Had to re-work the kit dash to make everything fit right. Scratch built the blower motor for the heater, dash/radio knobs and air brake control and panel. -
AMT Ford C 900/Garwood LP 900 refuse truck
Brian Conn replied to Brian Conn's topic in Model Truck Workbench
Started to work on the cab........ I'm pretty happy with the way the cab sits...I used the rear cab support as a reference guide as compared to 1:1 trucks as well as the position of the front wheels in the wheel wells. I did have to do some modifying along the way.... On the engine, I went with an aftermarket, pre-wired distributor and a scratch built oil filler tube riser to clear the coolant expansion tank piping. In doing this , the cab did not want to sit down properly with the cab hinges attached as the bottom was making contact with the distributor and the back , vertical portion was in contact with the riser. To correct this, I raise the flat piece that the seats attach to aprox. 2 mm. and redid the vertical back piece with a very thin piece of flat styrene slightly angled out more at the bottom once cuts where made in the kit piece. This is the bottom side of the cab. You can see were I made cut outs for clearance for the air intake pieces, the distribtor and oil filler tube riser. Once everything was were I wanted it , I boxed the cut out area in. -
AMT Ford C 900/Garwood LP 900 refuse truck
Brian Conn replied to Brian Conn's topic in Model Truck Workbench
...Thanks Gary....working on the build as spare time permits. Got the PTO pump attached and the battery box attached and wired....scratch built a Ford starter solenoid. Will start working on the cab and cab interior soon. Got some P.E for the cab.....lots of little pieces, but it should bring the WOW factor, least I hope so. -
AMT Ford C 900/Garwood LP 900 refuse truck
Brian Conn replied to Brian Conn's topic in Model Truck Workbench
Yikes!!! It's been almost 4 months since the last update..... Have not had much time in the hobby room due mostly to work, going into a slower part of the year so hopefully more free time... It's a roller! Finally got it up on all fours...scratch built rubber air line and frame fitting (Right front). The entanglement of wires and etc. on the Left front of the engine is what will be going into the cab to represent electrical, tach drive and air lines. Kind of hard to see, scratch built rubber power steering lines between power steering pump and steering ram cylinder Scratch built a shifter cable between transmission and what will end up in the cab area...kind of hard to see...its on what is the bottom side of the transmission and towards the rear in the picture. Up next is installing the PTO pump and shaft and wiring and installing the battery box. -
Welcome aboard! Tried to locate you on eBay with no luck, BUT did score a fire fighting apparatus that I had been looking for , so it wasn't a total bust. Could you please post a link to your eBay store...much appreciated.
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KW T800 150 ton traveling rotator wrecker....
Brian Conn replied to Tom Hall's topic in Model Truck Show Room
There's a few of those monsters running around the Kansas City area...seen them in action a few times....impressive would be a huge understatement....your build fits that description quite well. -
......Those Holmes 750's just look right on any 60's truck chassis........nice build
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That engine and transmission could be a build by its self....outstanding
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AMT Ford C 900/Garwood LP 900 refuse truck
Brian Conn replied to Brian Conn's topic in Model Truck Workbench
Finished up the rear axle..... Huge thanks to Driptroit 71 He did a post at Modelcarsmag.com forum in regards to different types of truck air brakes https://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/175424-different-types-of-truck-air-brakes/ I used some of his pictures for reference on this build. -
AMT Ford C 900/Garwood LP 900 refuse truck
Brian Conn replied to Brian Conn's topic in Model Truck Workbench
Since it warmed up to 16`f I decided to do an outside picture..... This shows the air tanks a little bit better as well as the correction that I made to the fuel tank by moving the fuel line back to the rear fittings and adding a line to the sending unit and running it back to the cab area. -
AMT Ford C 900/Garwood LP 900 refuse truck
Brian Conn replied to Brian Conn's topic in Model Truck Workbench
First off , huge thanks! Here is what has me stumped w/ the engine governor...........I've blurred out the rest of the engine so as to focus on the governor itself...... Notice the very top of the governor....there is a cable that has a threaded end the screws onto the the governor. This picture shows the cable attached to the governor.....from what I have seen with the other Ford truck engines, it goes over to the Left side of the engine area and disappears, It's that cable that I need to know where/what it goes to....I have everything else with the engine figured out,this is the last piece of the puzzle that is holding me up -
AMT Ford C 900/Garwood LP 900 refuse truck
Brian Conn replied to Brian Conn's topic in Model Truck Workbench
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AMT Ford C 900/Garwood LP 900 refuse truck
Brian Conn replied to Brian Conn's topic in Model Truck Workbench
As you have discovered, the hydraulic lines are pretty much generic in the kit...p.t.o pump to the front, underneath control valves to the hydraulic tank and whats visible on the hopper even though they designed the cover panels on the side of the hopper to be removable for display. Here is where I am at presently.......... Got the steel air lines plumbed from the compressor to the primary and secondary air tanks, and from the air tanks back forward to the cab area. Added some fuel stain paint to the gas cap area on the fuel tank and weathered some small areas around the air lines. Attached the fuel line to the tank. -
AMT Ford C 900/Garwood LP 900 refuse truck
Brian Conn replied to Brian Conn's topic in Model Truck Workbench
Thanks Eric, excellent first post... I made contact with Eric Voytko at Classic Refuse Trucks prior to starting this build. Needless to say, I have scoured the Garwood section quite thoroughly a few times and discovered where AMT had made some mistakes, whether intentional or not, with the packer body. The Purple truck is what I'm using as a base for the exterior weathering that I am doing.....found another Ford C-900 trash truck that I'll use for the cab interior weathering and another 2 or 3 packer body interiors that I'll use for weathering the interior packer body. I plan on displaying this build at model shows with the packer body roof off to show the correct packer body interior details. -
...I see from the link you provided (build thread) that you did some printing.....looking to getting into that myself.....couple of questions: 1) Did you scan anything or just printed from files? I'm leaning towards wanting to scan since I build masters of pieces that I resin cast...seems to me that the scan-print process would be easier/quicker vs. making a mold and resin casting. 2) Is the process fairly easy as far as printing in a particular scale (1:25) or scales of the same item. (1:32 and 1:25)