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White Road Boss- Now with door lettering 2/23/15


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I actually started this last year- added the front fender extensions and cab extensions, did the bodywork and paint, and installed the grille and headlight bezels before it went back in the box for a year. This might be the worst-fitting kit I've built in a while (not worst of all time for me though), but once I had it all figured out I was pretty pleased with the end result. I always hear of the old timers talking about building models and then blowing them up with firecrackers. I never did that as a kid, but there were a few times during the building of this one that I got to thinking if there's really ever a bad time to start...

It is mostly box stock, with the exception of the front wheels (cast iron spokes from a Diamond Reo) and the mirrors (from a Ford C-600, after the kit's passenger side mirror mysteriously walked away during the project). The paint is White Argent Silver, the color used on White's line of farm tractors- eventually the plan is to pair this up with a Loadcraft lowboy loaded with a John Deere tractor... let's just say a 1:25 scale farmer came to his senses and decided to trade up from that green monstrosity. :P Some '70's style WFE logos and dealer markings will likely end up on the doors once that happens. I was going for a simple, basic look... a little on the plain side, but not quite "fleet spec" plain. I won't say I nailed the look was after, but it ended up better than I expected.

All in all, not the most fun to build kit ever, and the resulting model isn't the finest looking semi tractor on my shelf, but despite all that (or maybe because of it?) I'm still fairly pleased with the outcome.

Anyway...

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Here it is as of now.... I added the turn signals and side markers, as well as some door markings for a fictitious "Great Lakes MM-Oliver-WFE" dealer. The Great Lakes graphics came from a Monogram Porsche rally car, the others are from Bossen Implement.

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Edited by Chuck Most
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You Sure make it look good Chuck. I agree, it's a kit with some pit-falls, but otherwise an excellent starting point for building a great workhorse of the 60-70's.

In the past year or so, I've built: Road Boss, W/WS, Diamond Reo. I'd say the most difficulty I had (consistently) was getting the hoods mounted to the frames.

My favorite part was how easily (and sturdy) the frames built up. All 3 had frames that built up straight as an arrow, which is a testament given the age of the original toolings.

Great looking rig Chuck!

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Chuck, Very nice truck. I had to go back and look at it several times. It's so clean looking and the colour set it off just right.

Like a real nice restoration on a 1:1 you would see at a truck show. Very nice can't wait to see the rest of it.

Kenny B

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