daniel gailloux Posted December 25, 2010 Share Posted December 25, 2010 Hello All Here are photos of my Mack DMM600 4 axle concrete mixer. This model was built in 1990 and was my first major conversion of a model kit. It was the build that changes my building abilities. It pushed my building skills to a new level and sky was the limit. Hope you enjoy the photos. Photos are uploaded to a photobucket account here is the link: Mack DMM600 Thank you for looking at the photos. Best regards Daniel Gailloux Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpreadAxle Posted December 25, 2010 Share Posted December 25, 2010 Outstanding work Daniel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr mopar Posted December 25, 2010 Share Posted December 25, 2010 (edited) Awesome work Daniel............ where did the mixer parts come from? Doug Edited December 25, 2010 by Mr mopar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cam Posted December 26, 2010 Share Posted December 26, 2010 Excellent work Daniel, very nice truck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniel gailloux Posted December 26, 2010 Author Share Posted December 26, 2010 That is amazing! I definitely understand that. Must Have been very difficult to make. I have put more than 400 hours in this project. I did not find it that difficult you need to be patient. I was very fortunate at the time that I built this truck they were parked outside with no fence, along side the street so I would go almost every day to see the truck (after working hours) and see the specific detail I was working on at that time on the real truck for an accurate build. Today these truck are looked inside a fence with no access. Another lucky break, I got from Mack a specification sheet with all major dimensions on it. Thank you for the intrest in my project. Daniel Gailloux Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disabled modeler Posted December 26, 2010 Share Posted December 26, 2010 Very nice job on it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniel gailloux Posted December 26, 2010 Author Share Posted December 26, 2010 Awesome work Daniel............ where did the mixer parts come from? Doug Hello Doug The mixer portion of this truck is cratchbuilt from styrene plastic sheets. All that is painted grey is scratchbuilt except for the water tank that is a modified diesel fuel tank from Revell Peterbilt kit. When in trade school I was taught drafting and in the course we had sheet metal drafting for ventilation ducts and others sheet metal parts. All I did was to put in application the drafting course with sheet styrene and glue it all to make the drum this is why you cannot identify any ressemblance to any concrete mixer kits. The rear drum support is also scratchbuilt using sheet styrene however it is based on the ERTL concrete mixer. The front drum support is fabricated from observation from the real concrete mixer truck. This is a reproduction of the London concrete mixer. Thank you for the interest. Daniel Gailloux Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackinac359 Posted December 26, 2010 Share Posted December 26, 2010 Daniel, The DMM looks great! Wingra Stone Quarry out of Madison, Wisconsin used to have boatloads of these - red cabs, white mixer bodies - I can't remember what color the frames were. 6x6, no twin-steer. As a kid I was fascinated by them. Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superdog Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 Hi Daniel ,the old girl still looks great ,I remember it from the fulton show 20 years ago,great to see it again..Todd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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