Hendrickson setup off of a Chevy Titan cab over. I used Krylon red and grey paint for the color scheme. I used various kit and home made decals for the markings. I wanted a basic no frills company truck, with a little bit of chrome.
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Bill
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1978 Chevy Bison log truck
Started by bitner, Mar 31 2012 06:54 PM
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Posted 31 March 2012 - 06:54 PM
I used the reissue of the old AMT kit of the Chevy Bison for this truck. i've always liked the look of the Bison and General conventionals. I used the reissue Peerless trailer for it and added a short frame extention on the rear of the truck frame. I used a set of spare 5 hole Budd steel wheels for the rear drivers, and replaced the kit airbag suspension with a
Hendrickson setup off of a Chevy Titan cab over. I used Krylon red and grey paint for the color scheme. I used various kit and home made decals for the markings. I wanted a basic no frills company truck, with a little bit of chrome.
Cheers:
Bill
Hendrickson setup off of a Chevy Titan cab over. I used Krylon red and grey paint for the color scheme. I used various kit and home made decals for the markings. I wanted a basic no frills company truck, with a little bit of chrome.
Cheers:
Bill
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Posted 31 March 2012 - 09:13 PM
Bill,
A very nice addition to the fleet!! I like the frame extension and the colour scheme. Great work!
A very nice addition to the fleet!! I like the frame extension and the colour scheme. Great work!
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Posted 31 March 2012 - 11:26 PM
A very nice truck. How many of them you have altogether? Would be nice to see a group photo one day.
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Posted 01 April 2012 - 12:20 AM
Nice looking log truck
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Posted 01 April 2012 - 01:21 AM
very beautiful model
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Posted 01 April 2012 - 02:40 AM
Great combo!
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Posted 01 April 2012 - 03:13 AM
Universal Logging, Hahahaha! Good one! I like your Chevy, I'v enever actually seen a built-up model of the Bison before, I like the grill. The rig looks really good all deployed. Nice.
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Posted 01 April 2012 - 03:22 AM
Nice looking Bison.
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Posted 01 April 2012 - 03:50 AM
Bill,
Nice work on the Bison.
I like you, have always admired these trucks from GM.
How was your kit mold wise?, Mine was terrible..and I had the first issue of the General. Nothing fit right
Again, nice logging rig/trailer
Kurt
Nice work on the Bison.
I like you, have always admired these trucks from GM.
How was your kit mold wise?, Mine was terrible..and I had the first issue of the General. Nothing fit right
Again, nice logging rig/trailer
Kurt
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Posted 01 April 2012 - 01:45 PM
that is a good lookin logger , very nice work
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Posted 02 April 2012 - 08:10 AM
Thanks guys:
Kurt the main problem I had was getting the fender straight when attaching them to the hood. Also the hood sides were a little warped but I got it fixed. Aligning the hinge pins on the fenders was kind of a pain also.
Cheers:
Bill
Kurt the main problem I had was getting the fender straight when attaching them to the hood. Also the hood sides were a little warped but I got it fixed. Aligning the hinge pins on the fenders was kind of a pain also.
Cheers:
Bill
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Posted 02 April 2012 - 04:28 PM
Bill, That is a great looking unit,and a very nice mix of colors.
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Posted 30 December 2012 - 04:27 PM
Excellent work...I haven't seen this one before...Very nice color scheme...Everything flows...Just looks good...
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Posted 31 December 2012 - 04:56 PM
Beautiful !! I lived outside of Newport, OR for 17 years and saw a ton of log trucks and you nailed it. I have a stalled Bison on the back burner but am slowly getting to it.
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Posted 01 January 2013 - 07:52 AM
That's a great looking set of models that you have built. Very nice color that you painted themlso.
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Posted 01 January 2013 - 08:58 AM
good looking Bison. where did you get the 5 hole Budd's? I need a 'few' for a truck trailer I'm working on now.
