BIGTRUCK

All the glass in, and its alot, interior done,engine and exhaust done, and chassis done. I now have the decision on what chrome to use and what to omit. The winch locations may work better that one winch in the middle , they are resin items so I need to clean them up a little and detail them .

The old school stretch pictures are awesome. Your build will fit right in.

Man is that ever a cool build..I really liked that daycab version.

Thanks to all for the kind support..with all the snow this weekend and it just started to snow again, so I was able to go further. Since the chassis is an extended Lindberg Dodge L-700 I will have to cobble up some kind of exhaust. The steerable front end is another story. I wanted them to operate but the spindles are a joke..they work by pressure fit but eventually with the weight of tires and wheels they just fall off. Now epoxied in place,end of problem.😁

I came across a few Italeri Truck Shop Accessories kits and so began some changes on the fly ...decided to go glossy and chrome on this hauler. I started with bigger tires and wheels, they filled in the wheel wells better and then shot some bright red paint. Lots of chrome from the kit and accessory pack so this really changes things from the original idea.

Sorry to here about your fall Carl. Mend quickly..

After doing summer things all summer its time to get back and get some work done on this hauler. Not much of an update but I blended in the bed skirts and got the cab to tilt. The only issue is the radiator, I laid it back to follow the contour of the interior floor. Pretty much all the modifications are done, getting 3 different kits to work in harmony has been a chore.

I like this build, nice detail work.

Thanks Izzy..I checked out your old Indy car , looks great as usual. Im sure you can turn this old Monogram kit into a beauty.

Posting pics for TECHMAN (DJ Moore).

I have the need to try something new for me so here goes: AMT AeroChief cab and interior mounted on the old IMC Dodge L700 chassis with engine. J/F resin flat car hauler and J/F resin tire/wheels. I had to skirt the bottom of the flatbed all around to bring it down some to make it look taller. Chassis was stretched 3" in front of the rear springs. When looking close its possible for the cab to tilt on the Dodge pins with La France interior bottom with some slight mods but looks doable as long as the cabs not real heavy. The look I'm going for is the hotrod/ratrod look as in the posted internet pic. Thanks to DJ Moore (TechMan) for his Firetruck kit leftovers for this bash.

Listed as 1:32nd scale and very toy like but it is a 50 year old vintage model kit so I had to build it .On the tractor I made and added the mirrors, headlight lenses, interior shifter , side and rear glass and turn signals and on the trailer I added mud flaps and ICC bar and walk board with rack. The box art colors were the NorthAmericans colors in the early 60's . I chose the blue/white color scheme most people remember. I didnt add any engine as the tractor really didnt have a chassis. No decalscame with the kit so I added some fuel tax and plates, trailer lettering is raised letters and logo done in acrylic. Rear doors open but nothing to see inside but a speaker grille and some gadgets that hold up the dollie legs.

Very nice..I really enjoy seeing the 60's and early 70's trucks done..I liked that early style GMC with a sleeper or the daycab version.

The steering wheel was actually made to turn the front tires but there is way too much play in the design. Posing at the tires works great.

Slow progress building with it being summer but I am getting some thjngs done. I decided to go with North American VanLines colors instead of the boxart theme. The interior came out ok but that front chrome grille/bumper need some work. I will probably get the bumper in blue and maybe drill out those lights. The white on the trailer is cured so time to get the blue on that. If only that cab wasnt so toy-like. As I said before ,it lists out at 1:32nd but a 1:25th scale driver fits.🤔