Old Buckaroo

I just saw a real one drive by my house less then 15 minutes ago except it was green /yellow. (I live in a broke small town) Yours looks great, I ;like builds that combines other kits and parts.

That is what I do - I like to cut the shrink wrap off the bottom and keep it on the box top. I can then slip it off and place a post it note on the box, cover it back over and no fear of missing parts note getting lost.

I love these old trucks. You and your friend have done an excellent job on recreating them. Truly amazing work all the way around. My Wife's Grandfather worked on this project , he had a box of pics showing the old pull graders and other equipment in use. Just a great old guy to sit and listen to his stories about different jobs he worked on way back.

Wow this Mack and the GMC are two of the finest builds I have seen for some time. I keep thinking the pics were lifted from a "sales brochure" the detail is so fine. Your definably a "Master Modeler" through my eyes. Thanks for the detailed steps on resin glass - very helpful and look forward to the next installment.

Seems like to me this boxart was around 2001 -2002. Fair price ? It is a buyers market, I have bought several KW coe Aerodynes lately from $53 - $72.00 unbuilt sealed in bags with different boxart off ebay with a 9 - 12 dollar shipping price.There are others for sale with shipping from 15 - 45 dollars and I move on. There is always hope for better deals out there . The ones that have real obscene prices are the BJ McKay trucks. The long wheelbase is from Tyrone Malones Papa truck molding.

Very cool and impressive work with the styrene rod. That is something I never ventured upon. Glad to see this stuff go to someone that has use for it.

Howdy Juergon, thanks for your interest . The "piano hinge" was really simple. I took a piece of scrap sprue and heated it over a candle to stretch it. It took several pieces to get the thickness I wanted (using door hinge for size guide) Once the length was determined and glued in place I took a piece of Tamiya tape on one side and my Zona mm square on the other. Every 2mm I made a cut careful nut to cut the tape on one side or cut across my square. The handles started as a piece of K&S Brass 1/8" angle. Again using the Tamiya tape I cut strips lengthwise of a piece of tape 1/16" wide. I took these thin strips and laid them along the outside of the angle for a cutting guide. I then sawed lengthwise down the angle to about 5mm long on both sides. That gave me a small angle 5mm long x 1 mm wide. I did one at a time to keep a straight cut. Using a file I rounded the edges for the pull area. To mount it securely (I am pretty clumsy most days) I scribed a channel the same length of the pull and about 1/2 mm deep. After test fitting a drop of gap filling CA glue was used for attachment. Nothing real hard - just tedious. These are the tools I use for the majority of my work. The saw is made by JLC, The blades are thin as a Razor blade of that size and just as sharp. I ordered several spares but have been using this blade for close to 4 years. http://www.rollmodels.net/ninbox/Tools/JLC%20Ultra%20Fine%20Saw/JLC%20Ultra-Fine%20Razor%20Saw.php A scribe , mechanical pencil, Zona square , file ,Tamiya tape and a X-acto knife not shown makes the bulk of my tools. I still cant get the detail of the hinge in a pic without a wash on this white plastic A tip if you cutting serrations like this or scribing - a touch of liquid cement will dissolve the fuzzys and bring out the detail. Hope you were able to make sense of all this. Thanks for looking in and asking.

Check off my biggest obstacle on this build tonight. Single headlight buckets done except for the backing plate.

That is a super nice build - but you guys do realize the last time the OP responded to this post was 5 yrs ago .

Nice, another build of one of my favorite trucks to distract me from my projects. I liked the original decals that were on this truck - any idea what version they came with ?

Man, that looks sharp. Glad to hear you were able to fix that minor glitch . What kit did you rob the Detroit 60 from or is it a resin casting ? If i had a dollar for every 60 series valve cover I shoehorned out from under a Columbia firewall..

Added a few extras to the engine like scratch built fuel filter (single) and oil filter. Thinned the 2x4 size belts down also. Thinking about painting the Transmission maybe Ford Blue or red to make it look like it had been replaced at one time. Thanks for looking in

Does it have the little AMT logo and address on the sheet or a random license plate you can try with your setting solution ? When in doubt that is what I do, find the something on the sheet for a "Guinea Pig" test.

Well I spied the perfect candidate today in my junk pile waiting for Spring trip to the dump. A G - scale tanker car looks like this one It has a broken truck and I didn't feel like messing with it on feebay.

So that is why Jesse is slacking lately, got a female distracting him. Nice to see this version being built, use to see a lot of them on 1-80 in Wyoming.

Looking really nice. Those fuel caps are great - did you make them ?

Good primer like Tamiya fine is what I use, for the Alclad Chrome - Base of Gloss Black Enamel. When dry get ready to spray the chrome. Turn down the air on your compressor (12 lbs on mine) spray the alcad on very lightly building it up holding the airbrush about an inch in a half to two inches from object being painted. Paint as if you were painting over lines on paper - back and forth not fogging it. The nice thing if you muck it up it cleans off real easily with windex. I sprayed some semi tanks last night with polished aluminum (black acrylic base for that one) and they were not polished enough for my liking - more like spun aluminum. Right now I am waiting for the black to set up for chrome later on tonight.

This should be called - How I spent my Sunday ! One of the deciding factors to remove the rivets is I wanted to move the cargo/junk hatch back. I made new ones out of styrene, made brass pull handles (there is where the day went) and a somewhat resemblance of a piano hinge. Thanks for stopping in

After seeing all the great builds of this kit , I felt the need to build one myself. My version is going back to 1968, Following Q tip's lead I broke out the razor saw and removed the lower half as it is easier to replace then patchwork in pieces. I also removed the dual headlights as to make a single version. The nice thing about the year of this truck - front brakes were not required yet. So narrowing the axle was not a necessity , but I did remove 3/32" just to make the wheels look right to my eye. Progress so far I will be removing all the "boiler rivets" on this build also as I just dont care for the look of them. Thanks for looking

P/M a moderator with the link and ask for it to be removed. Pulling a post after 2-3 days and only one reply ? That barely gives anyone time to even look. For me posting something is not about getting comments - it is a chance to share my work, laugh at my mistakes, what I did to overcome little problems and the end result (when that finally happens) I could care less about how many posted likes I get. It is there as a reference for others building the kit and to try to get them to think out of the box or off the page of instructions. I have seen some of your builds , and even though I didn't comment there was nothing about them that sucked.

John - this is such a cool build you are doing . Awesome engine you have built. Somewhere I have a pic of my tool box being shadowed by a 16 cylinder I was working on. Lots of great ideas has come from this thread. I broke out the same kit last night and took the Razor saw to it as I am backdating to a 1968.

I am a real low tech guy, fact is I dont even have a cell phone. Years back I had a Canon printer that was super - I could enlarge , shrink pictures all very easily. I want to get another printer or scanner printer to where I can scan a plan, enlarge it to scale or shrink it if need be. Also for making mini diorama posters. Not interested in making decals . Last scanner/printer I had was HP and what a pile - it did what it wanted and no control over it.No options. Any suggestions on a setup that you dont have to have a Doctorate degree to operate ?

That is one Beautiful truck and the 1/1 is pretty sharp also ! Some really nice painting you did.

Great idea John, I found a 1/48 P-40 seat in the parts box, add a pedestal, some padding and safety bar that will be easy ! Thanks Got the bunk painted up Calling the interior done.

Nice , I have been thinking about getting one of these. I will be tuned in on your build to see how this kit is.