1930 Mack AK Rigging truck, and AC dumper

[Superpeterbilt]

Terry,

I think I would go with a little bit of a stretch! But I really like what I see hear. That chain is a real nice detail. What size would that chain be on the 1 to 1 ??

Gator, this is a 1:8 motorcycle chain. The 1:1 chain on the truck looks to be 1.25" wide or bigger, but Im guessing.

be Well

Gator

[Superpeterbilt]

Terry,

I think I would go with a little bit of a stretch! But I really like what I see hear. That chain is a real nice detail. What size would that chain be on the 1 to 1 ??

be Well

Gator

Gator, this is a 1:8 motorcycle chain. The 1:1 chain on the truck looks to be 1.25" wide or bigger, but Im guessing.

[Chariots of Fire]

Terry,

Wow! What an AWESOME build! Love the super CLEAN building style, details and conversion! The kit definitely lends itself to modification as you and Charlie have clearly shown. Will continue following this one! Makes me want to push all of my projects aside and start an interesting fire service conversion.

David

Got a Mack Ac fire truck David. Will post some pics.

Charlie

[hooknladderno1]

Here are a couple I am considering:

David

[Chariots of Fire]

That first one is really unique! Love to see that one as a model build.

[hooknladderno1]

That first one is really unique! Love to see that one as a model build.

My thoughts exactly Charlie! Will go on the "to build " list.

David

[Chariots of Fire]

Here's the Mack AC I did back in 2007. Was the first of a 6 part build that had the rig first as a piece of fire apparatus and finally ended up as a rusting hulk in a field. Five others built the remaining parts of the project.

[Superpeterbilt]

Outstanding build Charles. This really shows how versatile these kits, and the real trucks were.

[Tesla]

Excellent build Charles! Superb detailing.

[hooknladderno1]

Here's the Mack AC I did back in 2007. Was the first of a 6 part build that had the rig first as a piece of fire apparatus and finally ended up as a rusting hulk in a field. Five others built the remaining parts of the project.

1927 Mack AC Tremont FD.JPG

Now I remember this truck! Another fine example of Charlie's craftsmanship! It was also great to follow along the "history" of this truck's life in miniature 3-D! What a great way to tell a story!

David

[Chariots of Fire]

Now I remember this truck! Another fine example of Charlie's craftsmanship! It was also great to follow along the "history" of this truck's life in miniature 3-D! What a great way to tell a story!

David

They were at NNL East in 2007. They made the cover of MC magazine as well as a feature article a few months later.

[Superpeterbilt]

I got started on the second Mack. This one will be box stock except for resin wheels and maybe a few other things. Once the parts are cleaned up, joints and mould seams filed, this kit goes together pretty well.

[Petetrucker07]

Nice start on the other truck Terry. I may join this Mack build if I can get by the LHS where I got my new trailers from. They have an Italeri Superliner I have a direction for

[Tesla]

Nice start on the second build Terry. The wheels and tires look good.

[Superpeterbilt]

Thanks Clayton and Dennis.

Heres some of the work thats been done to the engine.

And some added detail to the brake spiders

[guitarsam326]

Nice Terry, do I see a casting in the Cummins future?

[Superpeterbilt]

Nice Terry, do I see a casting in the Cummins future?

Possibly, but I do not have complete pics of every angle of the engine. Im trying to pull it of with very limited reference material. Its going to depend on how it looks when its done.

[guitarsam326]

If I'm not mistaken, I saw this engine on eBay, the seller didn't know the make, but they thought it was a Cummins, I wish I would have saved a pic of it now.

[Superpeterbilt]

I got the dump body mounted on the AC. I made a cab guard mimicking the roof arch. I added some height to the suspension to get the fenders off of the tires.

I also tackled the engine for the AC.

[Tesla]

Nice work on the Cummins Terry. Adding the roof arch was a good call. How much height was added for the tires to clear the fenders?

[Superpeterbilt]

Nice work on the Cummins Terry. Adding the roof arch was a good call. How much height was added for the tires to clear the fenders?

Thanks Dennis, I added .120 strip to the blocks on the axles and blended it in.

[gatorincebu]

Terry,

you have this one looking really good! I like the raised height, makes it look better.

be Well

Gator

[kilrathy10]

That is really coming along.....Great job.....Amazing build....

[Superpeterbilt]

Thank you Gator and JT. This really is a fun project. I just bought two more of these kits. Im hooked on these things right now. I want to build an AC tandem next.

[Superpeterbilt]

I spent the better part of two hours cleaning up the resin wheels today. I cut out the spaces in the spoke rims, cut out the backs of the front wheels, and blended all the seems and just got them smooth. I want to be able to see through the front wheels, and not black out the background.