Scott Eriksen

I just checked on Scalemates the AMT kit is the Italeri kit ,,,or started out as,,,, 1st time boxed as an AMT was in 2023

Yes,,Italeri's quality is up there ! Being they are both in 1/24th I was curious if they shared the same molds

Looks like you got it pretty well under control Brian ! I need to get a Western Star kit ,,,,anyone know the difference between the AMT and the Italeri?

Got all the chambers on,,,,,,,,,,ran a few airlines and brake valves just to please the model truck DOT Inspectors ,,lol 😛 I'll use some CTM zip ties and tidy it up then shoot it all black again .I'll see if I have room for an air dryer once the cab/tanks and body are nailed on . Probably shoot some more red tomorrow and install Brian's cab console and maybe fit the pto and pump

Nice Dom!,,,,,, that's gotta get a Detroit in it fer sure!

.................no work today so more on the chassis,,,,,1 down 3 to go ...........primed the under reach too ,,,,,off to Walmart do more tonight

Absolutely stunning Brian ,,,if there ever was a model builders porno magazine that would be the centerfold ,,,lol incredible work! Those hydraulic fittings were from CTM ? That's what mine are ,,super fragile ,, when attempting to remove from the 3D print support

They were good trucks and like you said the DT was a good strong engine

I just got in from yet another trip to FDNY in Queens,, picked up #1117 for some warranty work,,,,,headed to the bench now,,,if anything major I'll take some pics,,,,probably do more painting this weekend

We put the pancake muffler on along with the stack and new pipe up to the turbo. The idea of building it has crossed my mind,,,lol . Another truck we built in house was an '88 International S1800 4 wheel drive with a DT466 and 5 speed with a 2 speed rear ,,was originally a reel carrier truck that was deemed useless by the line crew so we put it into the Motor Vehicle Repair Fleet and built a road service truck,,,stripped out the reel carrier and associated equipment (the carrier was mounted in the bed of basically a big utility body with tool cabinets).We installed an air compressor and a Goodall Hot Start jump starter and added on to the back an under reach lift for small bucket trucks,vans and cars ,,that was self contained with an electric hyd pump .We also got a Western snow plow set up and put that on .......... it was the only NJ Bell truck running around with chrome wheel simulators front and back ,,,,looked good! I had a picture of that but damn if I can find it

I only worked on one Cruiseliner ,and that was to pull out a leaking radiator. Lots and lots of R models a few U's and a handfull of B's ,one Superliner dump truck

If you look at the back of the Mack it had a large swing down "stiff leg" with excavator bucket teeth welded on to it to bite down and dig in to keep the truck from sliding during winch jobs,it was lowered down by the small electric winch on the boom mast ,,,no hydraulics on this puppy. The large bed winch is mounted low under the boom support ,pretty much centered on the frame rails on the tandems

Lee,,it was an ENDT675 ,,,237 no intercooler ,,,the Weldon trucks were Green with a wide orange band around the drum

A little bench time today,,, chassis work,,cleaned up the brake chambers I got from Paul.....thought I'd share this pic,,,,I don't think I posted it before .I was a NJ Bell contract mechanic back in the late 70's up until they basically changed from a "Bell Atlantic Company" to Verizon ,,,around 1999ish I guess .Well anyway NJ Bell bought Weldon Concrete's old LJ Mack wrecker to be used in retrieving diggers and line trucks that were stuck in the mud,,,which happened a lot ,, this was during the big transition to fiber cable , We (myself and my crew of 5 other mechanics) pretty much overhauled and stripped/repainted/decaled the beast .Weldon had recently pulled out the Thermodyne and replaced it with a Maxidyne ,,the bed winch in this thing would pull the asshole out of the world ,we put the largest Aerodynic light bar they made on it!! Replaced all brake components,rewired ,,painted it outside the shop with Dupont Centari ,,myself and another mechanic were the ones to go out on the mud jobs,,,, fun times!

Yep,,,a B20....I worked on 2 Mack fire trucks,,late 80's with the 707 ,,,did head gaskets ....off the subject a bit I remember working on Clarksville N.J.'s VFD Ward pumper that had a 392 Chrysler Hemi for power,,,did a clutch in that.

Lee,,,, that thing needs a 707 gas engine!

The blade is a model in itself! Looks great Brian

Along with Brian's stuff I got the brake chambers from Paul (ST Supply) so I gots lots to do fellers!

Brian (BK9300) while working on do-dads for his plow project was nice enough to draw up and get a 3D printed a cab console and a Chelsea PTO and a hydraulic pump (2 styles) for me ! Thanks buddy!

I think we got a reasonable facsimile of an under reach lift ,,a knock off on how the Century is sorta,,, just have to make the pivoting tow bar and then paint it up,,,stick a couple hyd hoses on it .I'll probably just lay the original towbar on the deck attached to the pad eyes

Thanks guys!

I helped install an "add on " under reach on a 750 Holmes/Autocar back in 1990 ,,,it attached by bolting and welding to the top of the deck and back of the wrecker body ,it had it's own hydraulic pump driven by a 12V motor(like a lift gate setup) and had a tethered remote cable. Worked rather well actually ,that was back when I was a contract mechanic for New Jersey Bell . I can't remember the manufacturer ,,it may well have been a Zacklift Zacklift Towing Equipment | Zacklift International

.............a little more done, my plan is to attach this to the boom 1st stage with a pivot pin ,,theoretically ,,hopefully....possibly maybe,,,,lol

I'm looking forward to see how I do it too Brian ,,,,lol!

Modified/plated over the opening on the wrecker body for mounting of the under reach,started cobbling that up