Repstock Posted March 5, 2012 Author Share Posted March 5, 2012 A Ken Kitchen 300 six provides "go". A simple frame composed of Plastruct and whatever I could find in my parts box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyjim Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 Needs more detail! Just kidding. The build is looking fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cargostar Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 Amazing!!!! FWIW, on the current units, the wheels are black, with the rim edge silver. I don't know if the wheels were ever brown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george 53 Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 Personally Tom, i was just wonderin if ya got ENUFF rivits in that rascal!!! Jus kiddin, it looks FANTASTIC!!!! It comein out GREAT! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Repstock Posted March 5, 2012 Author Share Posted March 5, 2012 Amazing!!!! FWIW, on the current units, the wheels are black, with the rim edge silver. I don't know if the wheels were ever brown. I think you're right about this. I may have to go back and change the wheel color. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemodeler Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 Personally Tom, i was just wonderin if ya got ENUFF rivits in that rascal!!! Jus kiddin, it looks FANTASTIC!!!! It comein out GREAT! I was gonna crack on a few rivets missing but then realized this build is way beyond my skills so I decided to refrain from that comment! Nice project Tom, it is coming along nicely and should be beautiful when done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris guthro Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 (edited) very cool!! after owning a couple 300 six's id say theyd be the next best thing for a bread/postal truck, other than a 4bt cummins Edited March 5, 2012 by Chris guthro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackinac359 Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 S W E E T ! Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Most Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 very cool!! after owning a couple 300 six's id say theyd be the next best thing for a bread/postal truck, other than a 4bt cummins Agreed. They weren't great on gas, they weren't very powerful, but if you wanted hundreds of thousands of miles of trouble-free service, a Ford 300 is the way to go. Tom, not sure how 'purist' you'd like to keep this, but I'd vote for leaving the wheels brown. I rather like them that color. You could say this was a retired unit, and the private owner decided to paint the wheels brown as a personal touch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBad Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 I never thought I'd say this about a UPS truck: Beautiful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Repstock Posted March 6, 2012 Author Share Posted March 6, 2012 Agreed. They weren't great on gas, they weren't very powerful, but if you wanted hundreds of thousands of miles of trouble-free service, a Ford 300 is the way to go. Tom, not sure how 'purist' you'd like to keep this, but I'd vote for leaving the wheels brown. I rather like them that color. You could say this was a retired unit, and the private owner decided to paint the wheels brown as a personal touch. Chuck, you've hit upon a point that has made this project so hard to research. UPS crushes all their trucks when they're used up, they never sell them. If I could find an older truck in a junkyard or something, this would have been a lot easier, but I'm told that situation never occurs. I like the brown wheels, too, but I don't know where I got the idea in my head that they WERE brown! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cargostar Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 (edited) Untill you have changed some tires on them, you don't notice that the wheels are black instead of brown!!!. No, they never sell them, or part them out. Even when they have to be towed, they try to cover up the markings. Also, there are no other markings on a UPS vehicle, other than UPS fleet markings. Almost every new unit is special ordered without any emblems, or badges from the manufacturer. This is really noticable on their semi fleet. Tom, check your email for pictures. Edited March 6, 2012 by cargostar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Most Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 The same policy applied to factory concept cars.... but a few of those managed to escape the crusher... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfnut Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 lookin great Tom!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1zebra3 Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 Here's the overall look so far. There are more than 1000 rivets so far. Here's the interior. East to add details because it's so easy to work around. The partition between the cab and cargo area comes later. Another look at the front end. There will be a roll up rear door and sliding side doors. These began life as wheels on a New Ray 1/32 scale Peterbilt. I drilled out the toy wheel centers and added resin centers. The toy tires have real nice tread detail. These tires are smaller than an AMT big rig tire, but larger than my usual one ton tires. They are perfect for this application. I will post more as I progress! Now this is one for the rivet counters. VERY NICE!!!! My brother inlaw started over 30yrs ago driving one of this and now drives OTR for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gluhead Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 UPS trucks are like apple pie...ya just can't help but like them. Great work. Like everyone else, I look forward to more updates. New Ray is one of those few toy companies that seems to have a lot of parts fodder for us. They're usually cheap enough that there's no remorse in busting them up for just a couple things, and they put more detail/effort into things like wheels and tires than you find on most toys. I have pillaged a few of them over time now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete3522 Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 wow thats amazing great detail work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanr Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 amazing job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisR Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 Any progress? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Repstock Posted May 25, 2012 Author Share Posted May 25, 2012 Any progress? I've been adding little details. I hope to get the body painted this weekend. I'm doing a few projects at once, so progress has slowed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danno Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 Spectacular build, Tom!! Another mind-blowing demonstration of your amazing fabrication talent. Making "ugly utilitarian" beautiful again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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