RyanSilva

I'm a huge fan of these little guys, Like how some are nutty for macks and Pete's..I'm the same way for the L and C series Fords I added bolt heads to the rubber edge at the bottom of the plow and one half of the suspension in the front. Hosted on Fotki

Thx Aaron! I'm happy I went with 4x4 Gives me some ambition got the Louisville.

That is strange because i've shipped to a friend in Australia and he got 10 of my packages in no more than 9 days.

I cut out the sides of the hopper, and added some strip to help guide the other sides into place, to help get a even edge. I wont be using the plastic flatbed but It does give me some idea how the wood one will look. I will add vertical borders around the top of the hopper, then the conveyor bottom (just strips) and then the reinforcements.

Thanks guys, and Ben, no it's ok, I can get them to work the way they are, I might not use budd wheels in the back, to make it easier. Using Google Sketchup, I drew out the sander box, using rough guesstimates I wrote the drawing in feet, then used the feet as inches for the print out so it will scale out close to what I wanted. I cut out the drawing, and used the patterns to transfer the dimensions over to styrene. The key is to produce one accurate pattern, from there you use that as the template. Using double sided scotch tape i held down the original and placed it on scrap styrene, then a regular hobby knife and 11# blade i scribed a few times the outline of the pattern. Now I ran out of styrene, I will have to look for my stockpile, or just pick up some "for sale" signs from the store today I want to finish this box tonight.

I'm plowing away at it..LOL I'm not sure what size tubing this is, but all I know as it saved my but on this build. I cut the ends of the axle tubes to the correct width, however, not sure on which wheel's I'm using I made little bungs to insert into the tubes so I can mock up each wheel assembly and just push it onto each axle end. On each bung there is some tubing drilled to mount the steering knuckles on, this gives me positionable wheels too. I'll finish the other side, mock up the rear and get the rear springs and transfer case into resin, before I go any further, I'll need them for some 4x4 and 4x6 Louisville! Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki

Thankyou Kostas! I added some tubing to the axles, this fits the leaf spring holes perfect. I cut the bottoms off the leaf springs so I could glue the right side on, I will reattach them when it comes time for assembly. The skinny axle is the stock front from the c600 kit, so I cut the ends of and filed down the insides to square them up, so they will fit over the tubing ends on the new heavy axle. I will most likely need to make tirerod ends, which won't be a big deal. now to start the rear!

I started on the suspension. It's kinda funny, how I expected this to be a straight forward build..but to my surprise it's going smoothly. I added some sheet stock and made some new attachments to gain some height, so my differential would clear the oil pan on the engine. Drilled out some holes for some O scale bolts to be used. I have to finish the axle and add some ends on them to make steerable wheels. I need to fill in that dimple on the leaf springs..one thing I always hated about AMT/Ertl components. It should be a tad lower when complete.

Thank's Chris, If I decide that route, I'll take you up on it! thanks! I'll be putting a flatbed on it, and building a sander. I decided to go 4wd. A friend Dan (southgate) convinced me too My monogram Quadzilla unbuilt had a transfer case I'm gonna pull a mold from it. No doubt I'll need a few copies for my louisville's. Axle is from a AMT Peterbilt wrecker. It was a very poor gluebomb I bought off ebay, the glue used has some ridiculous strength to it, so the whole chassis is unusable. Springs are from a Louisville with the helper's cut off. I have two options, raise the cab, cab mounts and engine, or cut off the bottom half of each spring and add more to it to raise the shackles. I'm going with the latter...much easier. Now, to get this to work..because this thing looks tough! Tires are from Italeri Volvo fire ladder, I gotta cast these things, hardest thing is getting 20 inch 1/25 scale wheels to fit 20 inch 1/24 tires. Front wheel s are my resin budd wheels with the rear floater hub glued to the front. Right now it's just sitting inside the Italeri sleeves between the two piece tires.

I added some longer frame extensions to mount the bumper a little more forward so the cab can tilt. I may or may not use the peterbilt bumper. I just mocked up the front half of the hydraulics to get a visual, I need to trim down the extensions. Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki

Ken Doesn't have any copies to sell, the last time we talked about his book on the forum. copies are usually for sale at 100 bucks and higher, on amazon...crazy! You wont need any book, read the tips and tricks I and many other modeler's have contributed to , over at the BNB auto builder forum in the diorama section.

If I can find my set, I'll pull a mold from them.

Thank's! This little guy sparked new energy into me, I love it. I'm thinking of painting it as a retired freight truck in roadway transit colors, or maybe even CF , Carolina or Yellow Freight (my four favorites) complete with painted over company names etc. I managed to get most of the build into the "tape" stage, this plow is big, I might have to adjust where its mounted on the front, since the guide wheels/sliders do not touch the ground.

Today one of my most wanted truck kits arrived, the ford C-600 stake truck. The plus side to getting the stake truck kit rather than the semi tractor kit, is it come with two frames, one to build the semi anyways..so win win! I bought the kt for the 5 spoke wheels, to modify and pull resin copies, but I started to build the truck today. The frame assembles easy, which is a big plus, and surprisingly not much flash on the cab..seriously, just two mold lines on the back. Surprising since this kit is almost 40 years old. The downer as with most big truck kits is the suspension, very thick mold lines. only way to really get rid of them is to build your own leafs, but I wont do that, as the kit will never get finished! I assembled the whole frame including crossmembers and radiator, to be painted as one. suspension will be partially painted with the chassis, some things are just mocked up. I'm going for a weathered plow truck, you know the 500 dollar special, that sits on the work parking lot all year waiting for the big storm, to be fired up. I will most likely be using budd 6 hole wheels on this. Plow is from the Lnt8000 dump truck. It will use a flat bed and maybe the sanding gear, with a box of sand in the back, possibly some manual labor pitching sand into the shooter!

I totally Forgot about this post, When I update my site, I'll post here, sometime during the week

Well done! i love the mainstream fleet trucks. This is perfect.

Well said buddy. I'm doing this contest not for the money although it is a nice prize to sweeten the pot! But I'm doing it more or less to get me out of a building slump, and to see some good model builders building together. So far I have not seen a "build off" or "eContest" with a very large turnout since the Post Apocalyptic build off, This one is already getting a dozen folks and more coming. No gloss is what makes Cranky's contest unique. For folks who Have not ventured into the land of rust, flats and suede, Try to try it out, you might see some fun in it.

Heres another thumbs up for Alan Raab, his resin bolts are a great and cheap way of getting some hex bolt and nut heads for only 2 bucks!

I love Floquil acrylics, me and Virgil use them alot. Big fan of the brown and red/oranges

I always found it much easier to pressure cast my silicone molds rather than vacuum.

Jeff and Andy have you covered with the details..but I'll say this... Don't go vacuum! it's much much more trouble. Using pressure is the way to go and much much much easier.

Lurked there since 2000, but never contributed much signed up in 2006. Mainly for the model club and model car sunday. S/n is Omega Ryan silva

Website isn't updated yet with them, but it will be later on in the morning. These are my favorite! Rear wheels fit Revell M&H slicks shown.

Here it is http://www.roddersjournal.com/index.php?ma...5&chapter=0 Only one pic near the bottom..but such a beautiful car! I want revells 36 so i can build it.

That car is beautiful, knock it all you want, but there is tons of custom work on it, and very very well done. It's called the "freak show AKA pink freak" built by Bill Bierman based on a 64 chevy... read this http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/autos/col...DF?OpenDocument