Cornbinder

Going for a kind of "retro" look, for want of a better word.

No idea there. Being that it is 1:25 you could probably make it work on one.

Really impressed with how the Detroit fit together.

Got a little bit more accomplished. The brackets were modified and relocated to mount the side steps. I'll probably end up making a filler panel to do away with the gaps around it. I also bobbed the rear of the frame- eventually there will be a flat panel back there for the lights, plate, trailer lines, etc..

Another order from Gary arrived today. You can see the 127" hood for the Revell snap Peterbilt here- I also got the Detroit V12. I forgot to put the water crossover pipe in the group when I took the picture, but rest assured it IS included! And your eyes do not deceive you- that's two oil pans and three pairs of different exhaust manifolds provided, so you should have no trouble adapting it to whatever your pet project may be. I also picked up the Neway Lift Axle.

I'm not even in the frame of mind to discuss the state of truck modeling online at this moment. Might be because my order from GW Trucks showed up today. After applying the patented frame stretcher apparatus (sadly, damaging the steering box in the process), the hood fit like a glove. Once the fender mounting holes were opened up they, too, snapped into place. I also lowered it a tad- mostly by taking material out of the front leaf spring mounting pads and a little off the tops of each air bag. I'm going with a flat cab wall and I'm leaning toward an oval-shaped rear window.

Nice.

Best part is, they take up very little room. You can fit about 30 of these in the "footprint" cast on the shelf by, say, a stock-wheelbase AMT 352 Pacemaker.

I'm not much into scale railroading, but Athearn makes some really great stuff in HO (1:87) scale. Here are a couple of 1961-1969 Ford F-850's. On the left is a stake bed done in the Baltimore & Ohio railroad livery. The J. Fisher Concrete chain-drive mixer is even more impressive! The two segments on the end of the spout detach, and the uppermost one folds up, much like a real one would. The drum even rotates. Being a big fan of the C-Series, I also have many of the vans and tractors. The Bowey's and Old Colony tractor/trailers share the same single-axle beverage trailer, but the trailers used in the CF and Roadway versions are different. The two vans are also the same basic truck aside from the markings- the Kalmbach Publishing truck has Budd-type wheels, while the winery van has spokes.

Nice!

Very nice! Captured the look of a well-used unit that still has some life in it.

Very, very cool!

Just to prove that I am 1- still technically alive, and... 2- still making some progress on something, here it is wearing it's new shoes- courtesy of Moebius.

Did but didn't see anything...

Might need to grab a set of that Casey guy's fenders for it...

It's pretty much done, so here's a teaser pic until I'm out of work tomorrow and the sun is nice and bright. Provided it doesn't rain...

This is something I've been horsing around with for a few months now. I started with an original 1974 kit, and a 108" BBC Hood from GW Trucks. I messed up on the frame, and ended up buying a fresh reissue to use for parts. For a while, I was undecided on what to do with the thing. Build it as a tractor? Or a flat bed? Or put a dump body on it. The old county road commission "theme" I had with the hood and cab even had me thinking of picking up an AMT Ford plow truck and just sticking the plow and dump body onto this. I ultimately chose to go with a dump body, and a knuckle boom crane. I had a little fun junking out the interior in this one. Here you can see the dashboard fan (with some Macho Man Randy Savage style sunglasses draped over it), an adjustable wrench, and a pack of Marlboros. There's plenty more to see in there- a CB radio, a first aid kit, and some other little details to add interest. Here's where it sits as of now. After it sat around in "glider" form propped up on a stack of tires for about a month, I finally went ahead and added the rear suspension. I was torn between single or tandem, I finally just decided to stick with the kit-supplied Hendrickson tandem setup. The kit wheelbase is 194" (oddly listed for straight trucks but not for tractors), I shortened it to 182". The Effer crane is from an Italeri accessories pack, and the dump bed is made from Plastruct flat and strip stock. The front wheels and battery boxes are from a Diamond Reo, and I used a Detroit 8v71 from a Peterbilt 352 Pacemaker. I cut down the bumper to a "lightweight" narrow type. The caution stripe pattern is a decal from the AMT Ohio George '60 Ford Ranchero. The County Road Commission decals came from the recent MPC Gravel Trailer reissue. I used only the lenses for the cab lights- White offered a "pop off" style clearance light for fleet and budget-minded buyers, so called because the lens just popped off for bulb changing. The kit lenses bear a pretty close resemblance to these units. The horn came from a Revell snapper- don't recall if it was the KW or Pete, though. The mufflers and mounts are from two Diamond Reo kits, with K&S aluminum tubing for the standpipes. The driver's side fuel tank is from the kit, there is no passenger's side tank. Rather, there is a tool box made from a modified White Freightliner battery box. I lowered the truck a bit- these old AMT kits tend to sit a bit high- probably okay for an unladen truck, but a bit nosebleed-inducing otherwise. Still plenty to do here... finish the dump body and crane, get the hydro tank for the dump cylinder dialed in, and make up a few more orange barrels (and other junk) to kick around in the back.

Stuff like this is why nowadays, when I see something aftermarket I like, I grab it ASAP. I miss out on way too much cool stuff waiting.

That would have been the perfect setup.

Not a whole lot of progress, but I got some reflectors on the sides of the dump bed. They're self-adhesive rhinestones from a craft store. I also added some mudflaps, which I pirated from a Louisville short hauler. I still need to figure out taillights and probably a hitch, and do a little more last-minute type detailing. But other than that I think this one is pretty well dialed in.

All very cool! That bullnose KW needs to happen, in model form.

Nice! Looks perfect paired up with the van.

Can't go wrong with a day cab 379.

Pure old school, gotta love those stripes! It's cool to still have models from early on in your model building adventure.

I like it. That AMT 1100-Series 359 is a bit rickety, so my hat is off to anyone who can build one as nicely as this one!