bitner Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 I finally finished this monster after 8 months tonight. It's actually a rebuild of the yellow truck in the first picture. I never liked how it came out so I essentially ripped it apart and rebuilt it from the frame up. I scratch built the self loading equipment which all works like the real thing. I had my dad Muleskinner on this forum make me up a set of working grapples for it. I stretched the frame 5' in front of the drivers and added chrome Budd 10 holes all the way around. I used an AMT Peerless log trailer with a shortened reach, and modified the trailer suspension so it would sit right on the truck. I made the trailer hitch/hoist from Evergreen styrene and used small dia. vinyl tubing throughout. Both the truck and trailer were painted white, and then the white stripes were masked off and the whole truck was sprayed Tamiya linoleum deck brown and gloss coated. I made up the Cascade Logging decals on the computer. It was nice to finish it as I kept getting frustrated and putting it back on the shelf. Cheers: Bill more pics: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckyr Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 Museum quality as usual. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seattle62kw Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 That looks absolutly brilliant. Never seen an outfit like that before, very different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowboysevens Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 WOW HOLY SMOKES THAT IS ONE AWESOME BUILD !!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highway Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 Wonderful work as always. I'm wondering, is that truck near a 74 model year? I drove a 74 White Western Star wrecker that looked very similar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul B Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 Awesome work Bill! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Albion Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 Bill, An excellent addition to your fleet. Thanks for sharing. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eagle2159 Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 great job :lol: :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim B Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 That looks great. That self loading mechanism is amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackinac359 Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 Sweeet !! Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bitner Posted February 22, 2011 Author Share Posted February 22, 2011 Thanks guys: It was a fun but frustrating project. Mathew, for the most part I think the Western Stars of the early 70's looked essentially the same. I took the AMT kit for a 73, as its about when it came out. I've always loved the Western Stars of the early 70's, they look tough. Cheers: Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 WOW Bill, that is really cool!!!!!!!!! VERY nice work!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDA Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 Gathering my jaw from off the ground, love those old Stars! Awesome re build! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highway Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 Mathew, for the most part I think the Western Stars of the early 70's looked essentially the same. I took the AMT kit for a 73, as its about when it came out. I've always loved the Western Stars of the early 70's, they look tough. Thanks for the info, Bill. Now I just hope this is one AMT reissues! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bitner Posted February 23, 2011 Author Share Posted February 23, 2011 It's supposed to be issued again this year Matt. I saw a little blurb on Round2's website. Cheers: Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highway Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 It's supposed to be issued again this year Matt. I saw a little blurb on Round2's website. Cheers: Bill Really!?!? I really hope that's right, I could finally build the wrecker I drove, now to do some research on the NRC body it had. Unfortunately I can't get pics of it anymore, after I quit working there, one of the other drivers burned up the brakes and flipped it at the bottom of the hill not more than a mile from the shop, and as it flipped and came around the curve at the bottom of that hill, the nose of it went through the front of a bar. It just so happened the owner of the company fequented that bar after work, but not after that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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