alangarber Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 Nice job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plastheniker Posted February 22, 2014 Author Share Posted February 22, 2014 Thanks for your further comments! I am really happy to see that there is still some interest in my very first topic here in the MCM Forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckyr Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 Very convincing. I see you are a fan of American engineering. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baloney Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 awsome,just awsome. fantastic work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim3 Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 That is a good looking old beast.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmodelbuilder Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 Beautiful truck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plastheniker Posted May 5, 2014 Author Share Posted May 5, 2014 Thanks for the further comments! My next AITM conversion is a Mack W-71 integral sleeper with a scratch built contemporary canvas top trailer, both ready for painting. Since I am presently working on another scratch built German vintage truck it will take some time before I can show the Mack. I hope you will be interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpreadAxle Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 Excellent work. Nice job on the trailer as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Albion Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 This is a very interesting build and some superb craftsmanship. Excellent! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yura1961 Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Excellent job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chariots of Fire Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Spectacular work! It looks real! Like it ought to when it's done right! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fantacmet Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 Lovin it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plastheniker Posted June 3, 2015 Author Share Posted June 3, 2015 (edited) Thanks for the recent replies! Each time I posted in this sub-forum during the last months I forgot to draw the attention of those interested in Euro trucks to an outstanding German forum. Since my GMC is currently the cover picture of that forum I remembered. It is a rather small forum only for advanced truck modelers and scratch builders called Modell-Laster-Forum (MLF). German expert modelers and modelers from neighboring countries show often scratch built trucks, cranes and other machinery. Some models are really breathtaking. IMO it is the best German truck modeling forum by far, possibly even more than this. If you are interested have a look here: http://www.modell-laster-forum.de/ Edited June 3, 2015 by Plastheniker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brent Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 You are one very talented individual Jurgen. An absolute masterpiece you have done here. So beautiful to look at. Congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRIPTROIT 71 Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 Excellent!!! One of my favorite trucks. I remember seeing them on the highway a lot. Even done a little work on one with a 6-71. I hope to build a model like this myself one day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackd Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 Very nice work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tesla Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 Two incredible builds...excellent work Jurgen! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plastheniker Posted June 16, 2015 Author Share Posted June 16, 2015 Thanks for the latest comments! I must admit that even after some years this is still one of my favourite models. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BirdWatcher Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 Wow jurgen! I sure do admire your builds...Love your work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ack! Ack-ack! Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 What a unique and flawless model! Still wavering I followed the link you gave in the Mack thread for the GMC 9500 cab. The link explains a lot but not how you made the grille. I searched the web, no other carefully finished cab touches your result, not least because of the grille. It looks like a PE part. Unfortunately etching would be beyond my skills. In case it is not etched how did you make it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
extmcdriver Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 Very nicely done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apriliadan Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 Amazing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GearUpJammer Posted August 5, 2016 Share Posted August 5, 2016 Absolutely beautiful in all aspects,tractor and trailer!Interior detail is amazing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Howard Posted August 5, 2016 Share Posted August 5, 2016 That is one classic build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plastheniker Posted August 9, 2016 Author Share Posted August 9, 2016 Thanks for the recent replies! What a unique and flawless model! Still wavering I followed the link you gave in the Mack thread for the GMC 9500 cab. The link explains a lot but not how you made the grille. I searched the web, no other carefully finished cab touches your result, not least because of the grille. It looks like a PE part. Unfortunately etching would be beyond my skills. In case it is not etched how did you make it? I never made own PE parts. I milled the grille. An X-Y table ("Kreuztisch") of any size is indispensable. I used this rather unorthodox assembly of a full-size X-Y table and a full-size slowly running drill with a narrowed slitting cutter. (Ignore the workpiece on the pictures). Broadly speaking I did this: AITM supplies the cast grille as a separate part to be inserted into a corresponding recess. I cut a piece of thick styrene sheet (maybe 3mm) as a baseplate fitting into the recess but leaving a gap of 1mm all round. I inserted this baseplate into the recess provisionally and glued a wide strip of 1mm styrene all round the baseplate as a grille frame. After removing this assembly I milled horzontal grooves into the baseplate through this grille frame and glued strips of 0.5mm styrene into these grooves as horizontal grille bars. Then I did the same for the vertical grille bars milling through the horizontal grille bars as well. After applying a minimum amount of liquid super glue to all joints I milled a plane grille surface using my height-adjustable modeling drill stand (Ignore the circular saw blade on the picture). Last I gave the grille frame a neat cover of thin styrene and foiled everything. As far as I remember the cab recess was not deep enough for my new grille, so I had to make it deeper. I hope this is understandable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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