dptydawg Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 I just completed This diorama. The story line is about a gravel truck that was once owned by my uncle. The '53 ford was once a diecast wrecker. I took ths picture after I had it torn down. I changed the front and back suspention, added recaps to the tires, modified the running boards and scratch built the saddle tanks . The trailer is entirely scratch built. The original 1:1 was shop built by my uncle back in the '50's. This model is based on my imperfect memory of his truck. The base is an oak flooring box surounding a blue Styrofoam board road. It is one of thos narrow lane and a half rural roads. The surface is a mix of sand, rail ballast andscreened stone dust. The fresh gravel is maily sand and ballast. Everything has been lightly weathered. I have tried to depict the truck spreading a load of fresh gravel. Thr driver has pulled the trip rope which opened the gate on the bottom of the hopper to allow the load to slide out. The trip mechanism does work. Thanks for looking Carl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie8575 Posted September 19, 2009 Share Posted September 19, 2009 I like it! How did you get do the gravel coming out, mixing some with glue and spreading, or just filling the truck until you were satisfied with the amount there? Charlie Larkin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dptydawg Posted September 20, 2009 Author Share Posted September 20, 2009 I like it! How did you get do the gravel coming out, Charlie Larkin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eshaver Posted September 20, 2009 Share Posted September 20, 2009 Carl , I like the truck ! Heck , I don't care what the neighbors be sayin bout it . I like the truck and what are you going to do with the wrecker crane ? Ed Shaver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxer Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 The dirt road looks very realistic ...well done! Guess there's no substitute for the real thing. I've been planning to do a dirt road as part of a model photo shooting scene and will have to follow your lead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxer Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 The dirt road looks very realistic ...well done! Guess there's no substitute for the real thing. I've been planning to do a dirt road as part of a model photo shooting scene and will have to fget the sifters out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronr Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 Cool build Carl! I like the driver pulling the cable to release the gravel. Nice touch! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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