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Thanks trashing a build was fun ! The bench is currently being used as a drydock. I'm working on a 1/350 ship I've always wanted to try. Here's a peek One of the funnels after the etch details were added After this ship heads to sea trials, a very special build is planned. My late father in law drove school buses for a living, and im doing a replica of his bus using an IH 3800 dog nose hood from plaskit

Looking good from here

Great work on the lattice booms Your wrecker body is coming along well

Those metal hood parts fit nice and tight !

Thanks Mario ! this was a build I wanted to try for yrs and finally had inspiration to tackle it. Having a bunch of photos and scaled drawing of the tailgate helped Thanks Brian! My last Mack didn't get the grill treatment, and it always bugged me. Tossing in the trash really made the build fun and offered a chance to try a couple new skills Thanks Brian ! It's always tough intentionally ruining a decent paint job, but keeping it mild helps Thanks Bill ! Subtle but noticeable was effect I was after. Really funny when I posted this on a fb group, and a member commented that the colors were similar to their companies fleet..turns out it was my reference photo in real time. Guy chatted about the trucks history

Nice work on your Duster , really like the slant 6

Thanks everyone for their feedback

Thanks Charles I kept thinking it needed more of a sloppy trash , but never found a combo that worked..settled on the slushie cups

Beautiful work

Thanks @Doug 1061

The build is finished w photos under glass Thank you to everyone who followed along and commented

Officially calling this done, my scratchbuilt Leach garbage packer..and the R model Mack I only stretched the frame to accommodate the packer. I fabricated the 25 yd packer body using a bunch of photos, parts manual and scaled drawing my buddy Ryan shared. The body was built w evergreen materials, and nearly a bottle of Tamiya glue. The colors are krylon light gray. JD green, and regal red. I weathered everything w oils and powdered pastels for a used truck.The company name draws from local history, the 13th US president Millard Fillmore was born in Locke NY, and supposedly had the 1st bathtub in the White House. The garbage is handmade bags w yard waste, and slushie cups I made from clear straws and colored powder. The lids are googly eyes, and some plastic rod for straws. Thanks for looking Jeff

Outstanding work on both your Bisons ! All your work is really making them less toy like and more realistic, especially the smaller details

I attended a model train show yesterday in Syracuse, and was blown away by the details they add and variety. My dad built HO scale and we spent hrs checking out all the displays noting the modern vehicles. Looking forward to seeing your IH in color

Good move chopping the trailer down to a double ! Fantastic work

Very nice work

fantastic work, always enjoy your skills w brass. looking forward to you starting on the wrecker body

fabulous Topkick !! Love seeing trucks like this Brian well done

fantastic work on your Cat dump truck

Thanks Gary ! Little sneak peek of the entire build, I noticed a few parts I wanted to detail paint..but heres the model

Last details before my Leach goes under glass, a couple bags of yard waste..and fabricated a couple slushie cups! I chose the white bags to show the ground up leaves ..hey its either rake them into piles for the wind to blow back into the yard..or haul em away !! The slushie cups are simply juice box straws, w googly eye tops..some 020" rod is the straws. The actual slushie is pastel dust, using my family favorite flavors as colors. A nice touch to finish off this enjoyable build Thanks for everyone who commented on the build, pics will be under glass soon

I use tubes from pipe insulation, those gray ones cut down for bumpers around the model. Micro fleece towels help cushion stuff too. Always take a quick fix package to shows , glue tweezers etc in case something pops off

Here's what I have so far

I have some using wet effects products and grimy black paint. The model is in the rig forum

Ok friends time to get dirty !!! I'm suffering from builder block trying to come up w ideas to make my Leach packer believably dirty. I've made scale trash bags, but struggling to make it really disgusting. Help me w some ideas to make it interesting and nasty