Chuck Most Posted October 12, 2015 Posted October 12, 2015 Just met up today with Tim Gibson of Saginaw, MI. He's a lifelong truck enthusiast, retired truck driver, and as I found out today, an all-around nice guy. If you read "Truck Stop" in the other mag years ago, you might remember the GMC Astro pulling twin tankers built by him. He still has that one (you can kind of see the trailers in the top left corner of the first pic). Some time ago he sent me some photos of a few of the models he's built. He has an account here but he admits to not being very tech-savvy at the moment, so that's where I come into play... This is the James House and Sons Number 85 Diamond Reo, pulling two powdered cement trailers which were built by James House (part of Rex Transportation) at their own shop. These two REO mixers represent real mixers owned by Anderson Sand and Gravel and Saginaw Rock Products, respectively. The Ford stake bed is box stock other than the Quality Door & Lumber markings. The Anderson GMC Crackerbox represents a tractor driven by Tim's father. It is Spaulding cab cut down to a day cab. Both trailers were scratch built. Tim tells me his father made the effort to keep his rigs clean, though the model is lightly weathered and looks great as such. The U-shaped tank behind the cab is a combination fuel/hydraulic tank. The tractor has no sidesaddle tanks. The Pete is a model of a tractor owned by a friend and leased to Bulk Transport. Tim also did a pair of scratchbuilt gravel trailers for this one. The kit cab was cut down to 73 inches. The real tractor has very little brightwork and lots of red paint, so the model follows suit. He does have quite a few more, but these are the ones I have pics of. Let me tell you- they look pretty good on a screen but they look even better in person!
mikemodeler Posted October 12, 2015 Posted October 12, 2015 Nice of you to share his builds with us Chuck, some nice rigs there!
angelo7 Posted October 12, 2015 Posted October 12, 2015 Thanks for posting this photos. Tell Tim we really enjoy these photos of his really nice builds. We would like to see some of the others.
DRIPTROIT 71 Posted October 12, 2015 Posted October 12, 2015 Very nice builds!! I'd like to have one of those Crackerboxes.
Superpeterbilt Posted October 12, 2015 Posted October 12, 2015 Very cool builds. These are top notch quality. Thanks for sharing these Chuck. Tell Tim to keep em coming. I love that Diamond Reo, and the Pete 352. Those powder cement trailers are excellent. I would like to see more of those.
flat-top Posted October 12, 2015 Posted October 12, 2015 Very nice, good looking classic trucks. Thanks for sharing.
towman1271 Posted October 12, 2015 Posted October 12, 2015 Thanks to to you,all his talent will not go unnoticed.. Unbelievable work!
slusher Posted October 12, 2015 Posted October 12, 2015 Super nice trucks. Thanks for sharing Chuck..
Mackvision Posted October 12, 2015 Posted October 12, 2015 Very nice work! thanks for sharing the pictures!.............................Mark
Chuck Most Posted October 13, 2015 Author Posted October 13, 2015 Forgot this one. It's not a model, it's Tim's 1:1 '70 Diamond REO SBFA. And yes, he is planning on building a model of it.
kilrathy10 Posted October 13, 2015 Posted October 13, 2015 Definitely, some awesome work....Always like taking in what you create....Awesome....
72 Charger Posted October 13, 2015 Posted October 13, 2015 Stunning builds thanks for sharing them Chuck . I love the 1/1 Diamond Reo
Tesla Posted October 13, 2015 Posted October 13, 2015 Excellent builds all around. Tim is certainly an accomplished builder! The 1:1 DR looks great!
Chuck Most Posted October 14, 2015 Author Posted October 14, 2015 Just to clarify, Tim built these, not me. And the concrete company was Andersen, not Anderson like I spelled it in the post...
Danno Posted October 21, 2015 Posted October 21, 2015 Great stuff! Thanks for sharing Tim's work with us.
Chuck Most Posted November 29, 2015 Author Posted November 29, 2015 Tim sent me some pics of his two latest completed models today- a Diamond Reo SBFA, and an Autocar hauling a gravel train. Apparently Tim's young grandson has already claimed the Autocar as his.
gatorincebu Posted December 1, 2015 Posted December 1, 2015 A very nice collection of models built by a talented man. Be Well Gator
kilrathy10 Posted December 7, 2015 Posted December 7, 2015 These are really good....Tim has done some awesome work....
10thumbs Posted December 7, 2015 Posted December 7, 2015 That's a great looking collection Chuck. Makes me want to jump on the truck building theme ASAP. Good stuff.
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