[North American Van Lines Dodge L-1000 and trailer]

87Grand:

The trailer is the old AMT Trailmobile moving van.

[international F-2674 logging truck]

Thanks guys:

Bill, I usually just use the tubing that comes in the kits. Also, thin solder also works quite well. Dylan, I actually still have three more of these, I have two of the dump trucks and another strait tractor in the closet to use on future builds. I usually just bide my time and one will shoe up on Ebay cheap.

[North American Van Lines Dodge L-1000 and trailer]

Thanks guys, the truck looks a lot better with the trailer. I just wish the decals would have worked a little better on the side of the trailer.

[North American Van Lines Dodge L-1000 and trailer]

I've posted this particular tractor before, but I finally got around to adding the trailer to it.

[international F-2674 logging truck]

This is the newest logging truck in the fleet. I used the first issue of the F-2674 tractor from ERTL, and misc parts from an AMT Peerless trailer, plus some cast metal parts that my dad made for me, namely the headache rack. I added a 5' stinger to the end of the frame from Evergreen styrene. The truck is painted using Tamiya camel yellow, British green and Testors flat white. I made the decals for Malloch Logging out of Mesachie Lake B.C.

[Ford CLT9000]

That is cool, I love that color of blue, Excellent job.

[1970's Kenworth C-500 off highway logging truck]

I've been wanting to build one of these for years. The Kenworth dealership in Eugene, Oregon always had a few of these on their lot. Most went to Weyerhaeuser. I started out with the Alasakan Hauler KW from AMT. I used the cab, frame , top of the hood, and suspension. I moved the front axle back and dropped the suspension down. I cast all the wheels myself, and scratch built the trailer, headache rack, bunks, fenders, bumper, grill guard and the hood minus the top. I made new fenders from Diamond plate plastic sheet with headlights from a Revell KW. The sides of the hood and locking clamps were also made from sheet styrene. The off highway trailer has a metal suspension system on it that my dad cast for me. I wanted a factory fresh truck so I didn't give it any company logos. It took three cans of Tamiya Camel yellow spray paint to finish it. I'm going to replace the front wheels I cast with some other ones that are a little larger in the near future. The truck is based on a CanFor truck in British Columbia.

[Revell Kenworth K100 in progress]

that is one cool model. I've only built one of the RG K100. I hated the fuel tanks and exhaust piping, what a pain. Here is mine, painted and decaled as one of the 50 Bicentennial trucks.

[70's KW cabover truck and trailer Boise Cascade]

I used the original issue of the AMT KW cabover and added 6' to the frame in front of the drivers and 5 feet behind them. One of our friends in the 70's drove the prototype truck hauling plywood glue for Boise Cascade, and it was built from the photos. I have some fond memories of this truck as a 7 year old. I scratch built the truck bed and most of the trailer, using the suspension parts from an AMT 27' van and dolly. I cast all the tires and rims myself, and made all the decals.

[early 60's narrow nose Peterbilt wrecker]

Thanks guys:

This has been a project I have been wanting to do for some time. Ben those are the kit 10 holes with a little body putty and bright chrome bare metal foil alterations. Not exactly perfect but close enough.

Cheers:

Bill

[early 60's narrow nose Peterbilt wrecker]

Howdy folks:

Here is the first truck model I've built in months. I used the original 1970 issue of the AMT wrecker with the little window cab, and the sleeper from the original California Hauler. I stretched the frame so the sleeper would fit, and narrowed the nose 1/2". I made all the decals except the Peterbilt logos.

[Matlack R series Mack]

This is my latest one. It's the original mid 70's issue of the R series Mack from AMT. I shortened the frame 1 inch and added quarter fenders in front of the drivers. I used Tamiya British Green spray paint for the main color and Radome Sand for the rims. I'm not sure if Matlack ever used air deflectors on their conventionals, but it looks good anyway.

[Ford W Series]

That's next up on the scratch building list

Cheers:

Bill

[1970 Dodge L-1000 cabover finished]

Thanks guys, I love those old cabovers. The blue is Tamiya French Blue spray paint.

Cheers:

Bill

[1970 Dodge L-1000 cabover finished]

I finally finished it this weekend. I marked it for North American Van Lines. I made all the decals. It turned out a 100 times better than I thought it would.

Next up is a trailer for it:)

[AMT American-LaFrance Pumper]

Hi Jim:

I believe it's a 1000 series pumper. I remember reading somewhere that ALF provided AMT the drawings for all three fire trucks they made models of, and AMT took some liberties with the dimensions and such. As to the kit, I have two, but have yet to build either of them or the snorkel or ladder trucks that I have.

Cheers:

Bill

[1970 L-1000 Dodge cabover]

Thanks guys:

I'm planning on doing a GMC Crackerbox and Ford W-1000 cabover in the future. Unfortunately, this cab is too far along in construction for casting. I think someone would have to build one in pieces and then cast it.

Cheers:

Bill

[1970 L-1000 Dodge cabover]

Here are some pictures of my scratch built Dodge L-1000 in progress. The chassis will be from a GMC Astro. It will eventually be completed in North American Van Lines colors.

[1962 Ford H series two story Falcon finished.]

Hi Aaron

I used the radiator and engine out of the Ford Louisville. I still need to fabricate some kind of hinge for the cab.

Cheers:

Bill

[1962 Ford H series two story Falcon finished.]

thanks guys, I had a blast building it. The looks of it kind of grow on ya:)

[1962 Ford H series two story Falcon finished.]

I finished this tonight except for fabricating cab hinges. Any thoughts, or comments.

[Bandag Bandit]

The kits were made by AMT way back in the late 70's, early eighties. I got mine off Ebay. They are not cheap if you can find them. The Bandit seems to be the harder of the two to find, and as with mine, the decals are usually not good in them. The kit numbers are:

5003 for the Super Boss

5007 for the Bandag Bandit

There were also kits for respective haulers of these two trucks. They are even harder to find and more expensive than the racers.

Cheers:

Bill

[1962 Ford H series two story falcon]

Thanks for the comments folks. I built a Dodge L-1000 earlier this year. It was the first model truck I'd built in over twenty years. I'm planning on rebuilding the cab once the Ford is done.

[1962 Ford H series two story falcon]

Hi Guys:

I used .030 sheet plastic to fill in the wheel wells and to make the skirt around the bottom of the cab. The ribs were made with strips of .020 styrene rod. I also uses .010 styrene strip for the wide trim piece on the bottom of the skirt, and along the bottom of the doors. I want to make the cab tilt so once the interior is complete, I'll fabricate some hinges and attach the cab. I'm still debating on scratch building a sleeper for it.

[1962 Ford H series two story falcon]

Howdy:

Here are the pics of my latest project. I've been wanting to build one of these for a while. It's made out of the C series flatbed with a scratch built tag axle on it. I'm using the engine out of a Ford Louisville instead of the gas job, although I may use a Detroit Diesel instead, I haven't decided yet. It's actually not a hard conversion.