The Brush

I built 1 years back, Made new hinges for the hood, cut the doors open & hinged them, also aluminium exhausts & made a few extra decals. A nice model to add extra detail too.

That should catch anybodies eye, Your bold use of colour as always make your builds stand out. Doors open as well . Very nice

Thank you Ben, I have just made a mould for the frame see how the rest of the casting goes.

Thanks Steve, I don`t think it rained this much up north where i was born. I was thinking of a low loader with an old cat on board for 1 of them.

Thanks Jeff for your positive comments, Once these are done it will the Hayes & brockway.

Hi, Managed to get paint on some parts despite bad weather, summer has been damp, today 5/9/24 is wet ,cold & dark so no painting today, Both cabs painted 1 green & 1 white-still drying. I have made moulds for lights & other cab fittings. the exhausts are 3mm round solder. Started the interiors, I intend to make another as a master for moulding hopefully. Thanks for looking.

Tremendous effort as always, I now know how fiddley this scale is to work with. Well done.

Very nice, That would look good pulling a trailer with your freightliner on . Great job.

Perfection,top quality build.

Great job as always ,Good choice of paint. Clean & Neat build.

That looks great, trailer is a gem. Well done.

Hi, I have made 2 grille's 1 to try then another to mould with adjustments, I can either fir it with surround or cut the grille itself to fit. one thing i have used in this build is a big box of hindsight. I should have included the grille in the cab before making the mould. I might cast another cab with it & the bustle back fitted. i made it from ho scale cladding , I plan to spray it chrome then infill with black. Thanks for looking.

What a fantastic job you have made of this truck & the others, Building in this small scale to a high standard is no mean feat. Great job.

Hi, Every time i look it gets better, Nice work on the decals. Have you tried dry transfer lettering like letraset etc. Good for individual letters. Keep up the good work.

Thanks for the comments & info, I have 2 pics to work from, off the web , The front cab shows the vertical bar thicker.

What is not to like about a well built Diamond Reo. Great work.

Thanks Ben, always nice to hear from you.

Thanks Steve, I find locating & using parts to fit all part of the fun.

Hi, been doing other jobs painting ,decorating etc, But managed to fit in fitting the cabs & casting bits. The hinges are glasses repair type 3mm cut to fit, I made cab support from plastic made a mould & cast in resin same with the `bustle back` for the later model. i`m still working on the best way to make a grill. Thanks for looking.

Hi, That looks grand, Nice, clean work.

Thanks for the reply, I have another frame to make a mould & cast frames to save time on the next builds.

Thanks for the kind words, Yes the motor is from the ford, cast in resin from homemade moulds, the gear box is mounted in both frames. It`s worth having a go at casting , I use 3 & 5mm foam board for the boxes, cheaper than plastic. mould & casting materials from DWR Plastics ltd.

Hi, Heres the frames painted one is curb side the other has a D/D 8V 92 painted silver for a change & a few extra details added, Next job is the cabs. I have also made cab supports which i have made a mould of ready to cast

Thats in a class of it`s own. Superb work.

Hi Steve, Sterling work on this, Wheels are much better & nice to see you back at the bench. Graham.