martinfan5 Posted May 17, 2014 Share Posted May 17, 2014 Nice work Chuck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David G. Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 Nicely done! David G. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveG Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 Well done Chuck !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 First thing I thought of when I saw your truck. This company has all orange trucks and features them prominently in their commercials. You see them on the road all the time: The town of Edison, NJ has all their town vehicles painted orange. Including all the cars the building inspectors, etc use! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Most Posted May 20, 2014 Author Share Posted May 20, 2014 Thanks guys. The orange was actually a compromise- originally, I didn't know if I wanted to do the truck with a service body or with a stake bed. I had planned to go with Competition Orange if I built it as a flatbed, but Oxford White if I did it as a servie truck. My hometown used to have a couple of these with flatbeds and painted the ever-popular "county orange" and I always liked seeing them around. I figured orange would be a good choice for the "old municpal truck" look I was after, and ultimately just kind of crossed my fingers it would look good on a service truck. Just a few days ago I saw a newer Ford service truck painted completely orange, so I guess I wasn't too far off the mark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mangodart Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 Excellent !!! I love it !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REDNECK7109 Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 (edited) First thing I thought of when I saw your truck. This company has all orange trucks and features them prominently in their commercials. You see them on the road all the time: The town of Edison, NJ has all their town vehicles painted orange. Including all the cars the building inspectors, etc use! I take it your from Jersey? What part? I live in Bordentown Edited May 21, 2014 by REDNECK7109 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REDNECK7109 Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 Very sharp build dude. LooK's clean! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted May 22, 2014 Share Posted May 22, 2014 I take it your from Jersey? What part? I live in Bordentown I am from Hazlet NJ, Monmouth County. I moved to Exton, PA a few years ago for a job. I do run back to NJ a lot, especially once a month for my Tri-State Scale Model Car Club meeting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REDNECK7109 Posted May 22, 2014 Share Posted May 22, 2014 Nice to meet a fellow builder from Jersey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted May 22, 2014 Share Posted May 22, 2014 Nice to meet a fellow builder from Jersey And you should! You are less than an hour away from our club meeting! Tri-State Scale Model Car Club meets in Perth Amboy on the 2nd Saturday of each month, 1-5 pm. The home of NNL East. Small group, friendly meeting, and we always have food! Check out our website for more info, consider yourself invited.... www.tssmcc.org Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TokyoDrift99 Posted May 22, 2014 Share Posted May 22, 2014 (edited) You did a beautiful job, do you mind if I maybe copy your idea for this and use one of those hendrix bodies on the monogram f250? Like the one seen here: Edited May 22, 2014 by TokyoDrift99 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Most Posted May 25, 2014 Author Share Posted May 25, 2014 You did a beautiful job, do you mind if I maybe copy your idea for this and use one of those hendrix bodies on the monogram f250? Like the one seen here: I'd say go for it! You don't see too many model trucks done up with service bodies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 (edited) And guys it's not all that difficult to scratch build the service box either. It's all straight lines! I built this one by scaling a side shot of the truck to 1/25 and just copying the dimensions off of that. I used Evergreen sheet in one of the thicker sizes, and Evergreen strips for the inner corners for strength. I believe I used the bed floor from on of the AMT '55 Chevy pickups and built around it. The only tough part is getting the corresponding sides to match. You do that by taping two pieces of Evergreen together and cutting them that way. Perfect match, especially when carving out and sanding the wheel opening. The slam locks came from Don Mills Models. You can do it! Edited May 25, 2014 by Tom Geiger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Most Posted May 25, 2014 Author Share Posted May 25, 2014 Tom's right, they are pretty easy to make. I need to dig out the one I started a few years back. I just used some .040 Plastruct sheet, and if I recall the wheel openings have the rear fender flares from a Jeep CJ-5. It needs some bodywork and slam latches, that, and I need to remember where I put it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platerpants Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 Very Nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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