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After relocating the wrecker body to the GMC General build, I had a perfectly good First Gear Mack cab and chassis. It seemed a shame to let it sit so I decided to use a dump body I got from AITM a while back and make a dump truck out of it. Primer and paint are next, then I'll fix up the rear of the chassis with brake lights and mud flaps. The factory painted door logos came off with some old Pollyscale decal lifter/remover. Not sure what's in the stuff but it took off the logos without touching the base paint.
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GMC General Wrecker
Warren D replied to Warren D's topic in WIP: Model Trucks: Big Rigs and Heavy Equipment
Progress shot, chassis is coming along, still need to trim the length at the rear, fit the cab and stacks to see where the tanks will land. Then I have to fit the hood hinges to the new bumper. I like the look of the 11x22's! -
GMC General Wrecker
Warren D replied to Warren D's topic in WIP: Model Trucks: Big Rigs and Heavy Equipment
Chassis is coming along, running into the usual issues of fit but I've made it work. I'll have a few pics in a few days. I decided to remove the kit rear axle stubs and use metal axles as the weight of the wrecker body would probably break or warp the plastic over time. If you've built this kit, you know that those rear axles are only half supported. I'm going with 11x22's as I like the look of a larger wheel/tire. The General kit comes with 10x20's. I'm re-working the brake drums etc to get the different wheels and tires mated to the chassis. Engine is done, needs paint, cab and hood are close to paint but I may hold off until I get the wrecker body ready and paint everything at the same time......I learned the hard way with the orange Husky, painted the fenders 6 months after the cab and even though the paint came from the same bottle the color was noticably different. -
Brockway 760
Warren D replied to Mopar - D's topic in WIP: Model Trucks: Big Rigs and Heavy Equipment
I'll be following this as most of my Brockway builds have been on the A-car chassis. -
Autocar reborn
Warren D replied to gotnitro?'s topic in WIP: Model Trucks: Big Rigs and Heavy Equipment
Coming along nicely! -
BRBO 2022 Brockway 361 Dump Truck
Warren D replied to Warren D's topic in Model Trucks: Big Rigs and Heavy Equipment
Thanks everyone, I'm happy with the way it came out. -
IH Paystar 5000 4x4
Warren D replied to DRIPTROIT 71's topic in Model Trucks: Big Rigs and Heavy Equipment
That looks great, the left rear looks a little low on air though.... -
Starting the next project, a GMC General Wrecker. I like the look of the former Jamie Davis General so here goes. AMT General kit and a Holmes wrecker off a First Gear Mack wrecker. I used the same wrecker body for the Brockway wrecker I did a couple of years ago. This one will have a weighted bumper out front and a few other little things. It will be basically patterned after Jamie's but as I'm not up to scratch building a Holmes 1601, it'll have a 750 lattice boom. First thing i'm finding is the AMT kit has some issues, biggest one so far is no locating pins on the front springs and the left side front shock needs a new mounting hole on the frame, it's off by about 1/8 inch. I'm sure there will be other issues as I progress.....
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Patriot Edition White Freightliner
Warren D replied to TruckerAL's topic in Model Trucks: Big Rigs and Heavy Equipment
Looks great! -
BRBO 2022 Brockway Dump Truck
Warren D replied to Warren D's topic in WIP: Model Trucks: Big Rigs and Heavy Equipment
Calling it done: -
Calling this one done. AMT Autocar Dump kit with AITM Brockway 361 cab,hood, tanks, wheels and tires. Paint is Testors Aztek Pearl metallic blue, silver blue is custom blend of the blue pearl and silver pearl. Dump body is Pollyscale silver. I have yet to get the metallic pearls to photograph well. I added exhaust exits to the back of the dump box as I remembered growing up.
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Title says it all.
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Tamiya PBR Mk. II
Warren D replied to the goon's topic in All The Rest: Motorcycles, Aviation, Military, Sci-Fi, Figures
Great job! I like those, always wanted to build one. I want a real one, too! -
AMT Sunoco tanker
Warren D replied to Doug 1061's topic in Model Trucks: Big Rigs and Heavy Equipment
Very well done! -
Autocar dumptruck
Warren D replied to PierreR89's topic in Model Trucks: Big Rigs and Heavy Equipment
Looks good! -
1940's Dodge school bus
Warren D replied to ChrisR's topic in Model Trucks: Big Rigs and Heavy Equipment
Came out great. I've e-mailed them several times in the past year or two, I've wanted to get one, no one ever replies. -
BRBO 2022 Brockway Dump Truck
Warren D replied to Warren D's topic in WIP: Model Trucks: Big Rigs and Heavy Equipment
Progress shot. Chassis is painted along with the cab. Fenders have also been painted and ready to install when the cab is ready. Dump box almost ready for the frame, once on will need to pipe the exhaust to the dump body. So far so good, colors are silver blue pearl and dark blue pearl, both metallics. -
BRBO 2022. GMC Astro Cabover
Warren D replied to doorsovdoon's topic in WIP: Model Trucks: Big Rigs and Heavy Equipment
I'll be taking note of your mods for when I get to mine. -
Link-Belt HC-218 Truck Crane
Warren D replied to redneckrigger's topic in WIP: Model Trucks: Big Rigs and Heavy Equipment
It might qualify for it's own zip code!