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[codie27]

Finally got this one finished a few months back after nearly 17 months of building. Very few parts on this were from a kit, so all the scratchbuilding kept me pretty busy. Comments good or bad welcome.  DSC00345.jpg   187.61K   145 downloads  DSC00347.jpg   185.53K   148 downloads

[farmer1]

That's really nice ! interesting and neat old truck, good job and I'd say time well spent too

[Jim B]

Nice job. A rare model indeed.

[Ben]

That's really cool!!!!!!!!!! Very nice work!!!!!

[signguy2108]

Good looking model!!! They were called cherrypickers becuase of how tall they were. Wheels of Time mag, Nov-Dec 2005 had a couple of good articles on them.There were 484 built in the '50's & only about 6 still exsist! Your model is a cool piece of history!

[codie27]

I know all to well how rare these old trucks are haha. It was very hard to find accurate info to build a life like model. I ended up contacting the Mack museum who sent me a stack of sales brochures and spec sheets which meant I could also scratchbuild the chassis and suspension components. The finished result was well worth the research I did though

[signguy2108]

Yes it was!!!!!

[kilrathy10]

That looks sweet, Man...Love that paint....Sets that truck off really well...

[towman1271]

Great job........ It takes amazing talent to Scratch build...

[ChrisR]

Nice truck!

[Gluhead]

That's some excellent work right there. Do you have any in-progress shots? WIP shots are like crack to some of us around here.

[codie27]

Thanks for the feedback guys. I do have some build progress shots but unfortunately they're on my camera and I'm using my phone at the moment.