codie27 Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 Finally got this one finished a few months back after nearly 17 months of building. Very few parts on this were from a kit, so all the scratchbuilding kept me pretty busy. Comments good or bad welcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmer1 Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 That's really nice ! interesting and neat old truck, good job and I'd say time well spent too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim B Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 Nice job. A rare model indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 That's really cool!!!!!!!!!! Very nice work!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
signguy2108 Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 Good looking model!!! They were called cherrypickers becuase of how tall they were. Wheels of Time mag, Nov-Dec 2005 had a couple of good articles on them.There were 484 built in the '50's & only about 6 still exsist! Your model is a cool piece of history! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codie27 Posted January 19, 2013 Author Share Posted January 19, 2013 I know all to well how rare these old trucks are haha. It was very hard to find accurate info to build a life like model. I ended up contacting the Mack museum who sent me a stack of sales brochures and spec sheets which meant I could also scratchbuild the chassis and suspension components. The finished result was well worth the research I did though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
signguy2108 Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 Yes it was!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kilrathy10 Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 That looks sweet, Man...Love that paint....Sets that truck off really well... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
towman1271 Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 Great job........ It takes amazing talent to Scratch build... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisR Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 Nice truck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gluhead Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 That's some excellent work right there. Do you have any in-progress shots? WIP shots are like crack to some of us around here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codie27 Posted January 21, 2013 Author Share Posted January 21, 2013 Thanks for the feedback guys. I do have some build progress shots but unfortunately they're on my camera and I'm using my phone at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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