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Hey guys I wanted to post some pics of the dump bed I got in the mail yesterday from bcs-trading. Steve mentioned in this thread that he saw one on ebay from bcs-trading, i looked into it and it looked pretty nice so I went ahead and bought it for $34.99 with free shipping! I am really pleased with it! It needs a slight amount of finish work (which he states in the listing) but overall it is very nice! The gate works as well as having the lift mechanism work! I cant speak to the accuracy of this to a real dump bed but I am super happy with it! It is also made of styrene plastic and comes fully assembled! Check out his other truck stuff on ebay, I would not hesitate buying from him again and even though I'm not a big truck builder he does offer some other stuff I'm interested in such as a flat bed, some car stands, engine hoist and some towing stuff!

I have not been able to get much done lately but I did some assembly and weathering. The basic truck is together I just need s couple finishing touches! I added some rust to the welding racks and got the tanks painted. Comments welcome!

Great thank you for the info!

I'm not really sure this is the best place for this but it kind of goes along with another thread I started here about needing a 1 ton dump bed. My club is doing a dump truck build this year for our project, we usually to a club project like most clubs. Anyway I have been working on my "real" entry for the project, a 1 ton Ford dump truck. What I wanted to know does anyone make a resin toilet? I did a search and checked some resin places and didnt see anything. I was thinking about doing a "gag" truck for the build, see where this is going? So waht I thought was taking a pickuptruck I already have built and adding a few toilets in the bed, maybe 4 or 6 and creating a "dump truck" ! I know its weird and kind of sick but i htought it would be funny! Do they make any for the "G" scale railroad guys? Comments and suggestions always welcome! Thanks!

Thanks! Good info for scratchbuilding, I never thought about using machinist blocks to square it up. If I end up scratchbuilding the bed I was planning on moving the sides in and then adding a rail on the top and bottom, basiclly framing it in with a little smaller set of rails going down the sides as stiffeners. Thats what most beds look like in all the searchs I have been doing.

I originally started out at 12 foot long and it looked way to long, I cut some off and it still seems a little long. But in the mean time Steve suggested that I take a look at BCS-trading on ebay. He sells a styrene dump bed for $35.00. It comes already assembled but he said they need some finishing work, sanding etc. I bought one to see how it is and will post some pics when I get it. He has a bunch of other stuff that looks pretty cool and reasonably priced with 100% positive feedback.

I did a mockup last night out of a thicker card stock, It went pretty well and doesnt look that bad. It is to long looking and to wide for the truck, also to tall in the front! I was going with lower sides and then add some scale 2 x 6 boards to the sides which is a pretty common sight!

Will definetly check this out! If its a good deal I will go with it otherwise I have been thinking of scratch building one.

Thanks for all the tips and info guys!! I am not to concerned about laying out the bed parts, more with getting a nice straight cut and fixturing the pieces square while gluing. I might try and make some cardboard templates and see if I can get a decent mock up. If a resin one comes along soon ill probably still get it!!!!!

Good point on making straight cuts, that would help in keeping it square! If I can't get a resin bed it would be very satisfying to scratch build a bed...as long as it looked decent!!!!

That would make a realistic and solid dump bed, could bend up the metal so it looked liked a well used bed. I think that is way beyond my skill level!! I'm amazed at the work people on this forum do in brass!!

I thought about trying that, it would be a first attempting something like that. I dont think getting the measurements or pictures or referance material would be all that hard, I would be more concerned with getting everything "square" on the basic body. I think the best way would be to build a fixture to hold everything where it needs to be then move on to the "details". I also thought that after everything was glued together taking a small tip soldering iron and trying to replicate welded seams, might look pretty cool! But on the other hand it would be a LOT quicker to get a resin one for $40 !!!!!!

Great looking Bronco, Very clean build!!!!!

I'm a little bit surprised that there has never been a 1 ton pickup based dump truck given how many you see around! I think it would be a pretty good seller!

I would like to see a styrene belly tanker! Maybe with an as yet undone late 50's early 6o's pickup truck as s tow vehicle! That would increase the interest in the kit, although I would take one in styrene In just about any form!

Thanks, I checked the website and he didn't have any but I'm going to contact him and see if he will have any available.

Hey guys does anyone know a good source for a 1ton resin dump bed? our club is having a dump truck project and I thought I would do a smaller landscaping truck. Any help would be appreciated! Thanks!

Hi all, finished up the interior, tried to have lots of paper and junk around. Made a quick clip board with delivery paper work! Also cut the Gage's off the weld tanks and made some caps. Still need to put some slots in the caps! Comments welcome!

Nice! I really like the color Combo looks awesome!

Made up a rack to hold the tanks, needs some more work! I'm debating if I should cut the Gage's off the tanks, I don't think they would be on for transport but then I'll have to make up some caps for the tanks, I could put the Gage's in the seat in a box!!

I'll check out some pictures, they do look a little heavy handed on the weathering! Maybe I'll tone them down a notch or two!

I'm going To give that a try with the dullcoat, it looks really good! Thanks for the tip!

Good tips! I have been testing some stuff to dull down the chrome, I think I will experiment with the dull coat. I agree on the roof I will sand thru for a better look, I didn't like the roof, I thought it looked to "brushed". I'm going to build a rack for the welding tanks and I also agree with scratching up the bed and tailgate more. I have a lot more work to do, thanks for the tips and comments!

Hi guys, I've been trying some weathering on the Mobieus 69 pickup. I've only weathered 2 models and they were ok. I'm not finished with this yet. Give me some opionons, ideas and some constructive criticism! I think I'm a bit heavy handed with the weathering, I'm not going for rust out just more grungy and worn out. I'm using paint and pastel chalk. Let me know what you think!

I really like that school bus! Did you narrow the whole body length wise or just taper the front in? Seeing what you did with it opens up a lot of front ends that could go on it! Awesome idea!