Rick315-8

Beautiful, beautiful work ! ....very nice to see how well you have duplicated the prototype perfectly.. ....everything is dead on !

Beautiful job !...great work with the box and sander !

Absolutely gorgeous build Ken !......great choice of paint scheme along with the five spoke wheels...beautiful details all around and weathering !

Thank you all for your comments ! much appreciated ! Pat : My first idea with this build was to try to duplicate a truck that i had photographed in Senneterre back in the winter of 1985-86,.. ..however,..I quickly came to grips with the fact that, with only one photograph to work with, and my faded memory from 30 some years ago, there was no way that i could make an exact build of that old White......and so, I decided on the next best thing : build a truck that would look very close to this prototype, but give it a completely different identity with another paint job and owner. The original owners of the truck ( two brothers ) have long since retired and their shop is now owned by another contractor....you can bet that I had a look in the back of the property to see if maybe, just maybe, I might find some remnant of the old White parked in the back lot along side some old log trailers and machinery that have long been retired, ...but to no avail.....she's gone.

Thank you everyone for your comments,...i really appreciate it ! Joe ; the dirt / grime was built up from multiple layers of earth tones that I applied by brush and then topped off with my airbrush.....I found it quite nerve racking to dirty up a nice shinny truck, as there was no turning back if I messed up . Anthony : I sure would like to have a log trailer, but, scratch building a complete trailer would be an enormous project for me to undertake...It's something that I don't feel ready to tackle yet....I'm afraid that it would take me so long to complete, that I may loose interest in the project.

Here's the second build that I have completed since coming back into the hobby.... My goal with this build was to try to duplicate the average look of log trucks from the North Eastern Ontario / North Western Quebec regions back in the 1975- 1985 era....major spotting features of these loggers were of course the massive all steel log rack (bush rack) used to protect the cab in case of a rollover., ( now days, all most everyone have made the switch to aluminium racks ).......heavy spec'd drive trains / axles , spring suspensions , spoke wheels , and a heavy duty bumper with tow pin were the essentials if you were going to go haul in the bush.....chrome was kept minimal but owner / operators made up for it with some fancy factory paint scheme and lettering.....many operators wouldn't even bother with rear quarter fenders as they were sure to get damaged sooner or later while loading or unloading...this made putting a set of tire chains go a little easier / quicker as there is nothing in the way....yes, it's a rat race. Modifications include lengthening the frame and adding a functional steer axle from the IH 4300 kit......I added air and electrical lines trough out the frame and engine compartment.... spoke wheels and the brake chambers are from Plaskit.....drive tires and front oil hubs are from Double Take Replicas .......the log rack, fifth wheel ramps, and the front bumper are scratch built. I shot these pictures on site and of course, while in transit ,I ended up loosing a rear tail light....there are no rear mudflaps also because I was still trying to make a set that would be lettered for a Northern Ontario business....turns out that I'm still actually working on that as my first attempt did not turn out the way I would like....try try again.

Nice job !....and very kind of you to do something like this.....this just might spark some memories for him i'm sure.

Nice work on this great project !.....I really like the look of that photo etch grill, it's quite an improvement over the stock AMT piece.

Wow !....I mean, WOW !.......incredible work KJ,.. superb job all around ! you have captured the look of the prototype perfectly. I thought I knew my way around trucks but, I never realized that there were so many different spotting features on those K 100's !

Beautiful scratchbuild work with your tailgate linkage and hoist assembly of the dump body.........it really is nice to add some working parts to a build....this Loadstar is simply superb !

Fantastic job on your Paystar !..well done !.....love the color combo..

Looks really good !.....great work !

Nice clean work..... going to look great !

Looks great !

Your work is amazing !...what a beautiful combo !

Thank you Jamie !

Great news !.....Thank you ! .....I will check back on his site to see when he will have the bugs worked out then.

Great work !........your air lines/plumbing job on the frame are superb !

Fantastic work on this rare suspension setup Brian ! ......this old binder already looks just awesome in your mock up pics !...looking forward to see the rest of your progress.

Nice job on this great classic !....

Superb job all around !! .....top notch weathering and detailing on both units !... ( I absolutely love the oil crud on the differential )

Anyone know what happend to Mo'luminium ? I've just tried to put in my first order with them, and, to my surprise, the "contact info" page is gone , and if you try to go to checkout you get the 404 error page.......seems like they are out of business....anyone know for sure if this is the case or are they just having tech problems with their site. I would hate to think that they are gone as they offered some really great products.

Really nice job !

Beautiful....just a beautiful job on your 359.....I really like the paint schemes and choice of paint colors that you chose on all your builds.....up close photos are superb also.

You have done a fantastic job !.....congrats!!.....I'm sure AITM will be getting alot of orders for your Loadstar. I also would have thought that the Ford Louiville would have made a great donner chassis for this Loadstar cab....so i'm wondering, ...what about the Ford C600 ?...I wonder if the leaf springs on it would be shorter being a cab over ?....the Ford C600 is one kit that I have never built. TKS Rick