dsldriver

I always look forward to your builds! Love the dangling headlight wires!

Still working on the engine for this one. I removed the funky looking transmission and added one from the Lindberg Dodge L-700. Painted the engine the Continental colors.

Paul, I'd like to feature this truck in the next issue of Classic Truck Modeler. We will be featuring fire trucks for that issue. Would that be okay with you? Even better if you would like to write up a bit of an article about it. You can e-mail me at editor@classictruckmodelermag.com.

On 6/21/2018 at 10:37 AM, Cornbinder said:

Star probably still has R&R stuff in stock, but there's no new stuff being cast. The owner Ray Parsons passed away several years ago. I think his cab was originally done by SJS. 

Ron Andrews at RMR has taken possession of all the R&R molds. He is currently working his way through them and getting them ready to add to his catalog.

The '48 Corbitt is somewhat finished. I'm still finishing up the engine details, saving those for an article on converting an old Rolls Royce engine into a Continental gas truck engine. The deals came from the Revell '37 Ford panel truck kit, plus some from the big decal box. Wheels and tires came from Jamie at Mo'Luminum. Headlight buckets are from a Lindberg '32 Ford pickup, with lenses made from western shirt buttons.

The yellow is from an old Walmart spray can. Believe it or not, everything else is brush painted. The black is Testor's Acryl, the rest is all done with craft paint.

Nice job on the engine detail!

Nicely done! The CAT fits great, after a bunch of tweaking I'll bet!

This was built from the kit from AITM.

Got it painted, the yellow is from a 15 year old can of Walmart Sun Yellow.

1 hour ago, plastic trucker said:

Nice start. What's the engine you used to start with?

The engine siting in there is from the Monogram 1931 Rolls Royce kit. My mission is to make it look like a Continental 22R truck engine. Since that picture, I switched the intake manifold to the right side along with the updraft carburetor. I'll have to scratch build a couple items, but the engines look amazingly similar.

This started out with the AITM Corbitt kit. I used a shortened Louisville Short Hauler chassis. The engine will be an approximate replica of a Continental 22R gas engine that was used in most of these trucks. I cut the hood open and stretched the cab for the sleeper. The gas tanks are made from PVC plastic pipe with styrene ends.

Great project! Looks like you're off to a good start. Gary Wallace has C&C frame rails in any length you want, no need to splice. (GWTrucks@yahoo.com)

Nice job! Love the weathering!

Great build! Love the potatoes and the broken windshield!

Wow! That looks great!

On 1/27/2018 at 5:27 PM, DRIPTROIT 71 said:

Very nice!!! Great work on the sleeper!!

Can I ask where you got the 6 hole front wheels?

I had those wheels kicking around so long I have no idea where they came from. Maybe AITM?

Some more pictures showing some progress.

This was built from the AMT Freightliner SD kit. Everything was de-chromed and painted appropriate colors. The aluminum wheels on the front probably aren't correct, but C-F was known to do a lot of wierd things over the years. Again headlights stolen from an old western shirt. I get those shirts for a couple of bucks at the second hand store, each one has enough headlights for about 6 trucks. Tail lights are rhinestones from the craft store. Pictures were taken by the staff photographer at the GSL. My favorite truck build so far.

More pics.

One of those projects I started, got stalled, then finally pulled it out and finished it a couple years ago. I cut the sleeper down and added resin wheels and tires. The headlights are old buttons from a western shirt.

Dang, Chuck, I can't see the pics!

Beautiful job on this old cherry picker! I like the hinged front fenders, might have to attempt that when I get round to building my High Binder. My Dad drove for PIE when I was a kid. 

Outstanding build! One of those kits we'd like to see reissued one of these days.

Great job on the build! The Emhar kit was a perfect donor!

I did the same thing to a real KW W900B back in my body shop days!