The Kurbmaster

[Warren D]

My new project arrived last night (ok, I know I have several in the que before it!) from Motor City Resin Casters.  The Kurbmaster is well formed and was well packed for shipping.  Looks like it's nearly complete with tires and wheels, so it should yield a good looking out of box build.  I still have to decide how I'm going to do it and will be looking around to find something interesting to model it after.

Edited December 20, 2016 by Warren D

[Ace-Garageguy]

Cool. I've been kinda wanting one of these. 

Two questions: There appears to be a slight inward bow in the rear corner of the box side and along the rocker panel. Is this actually there, or is it camera-lens distortion?

                        And, are the rear wheels / tires single or dual?

[Warren D]

I'll put a straight-edge on it tonight when I get home.  The rears are duals IIRC.  The bottom edges of the sides are a little bowed in but when the floor is put in place, they go back to where they should be.

[disabled modeler]

Now that is cool....loads of possibilities there.

[Warren D]

The apparent distortion is in the photo, a steel straight edge shows the back corner to be straight.  It does have duals in the rear, comes with 6 tires and rims.

[Aaronw]

So many possibilities, SWAT or surveillance van, rescue or hazmat truck, roach coach, utility company truck...

 

Early in my career we had a broken down old 3/4 ton Chevy step van as a hazmat truck. It had been well used as a US Navy flight line repair truck before being passed on to us. If you were able to get the poor thing up to 45 mph it would start to wallow badly. That truck is probably being used to sell tacos in Salinas now if it hasn't rusted away completely. Mmmmmm tacos...

[Ace-Garageguy]

The apparent distortion is in the photo, a steel straight edge shows the back corner to be straight.  It does have duals in the rear, comes with 6 tires and rims.

Thank you !

I used one of these for a mobile shop many years ago when I had a fleet-maintenance company. Only single rear wheels, as it had been a Krispy Kreme Doughnut truck in its first life, but it was tons of fun to drive. Sometimes I'd take it out on a quiet Sunday morning and just cruise around with both the sliding cab doors open...just for grins.

... Mmmmmm tacos...

[Sixties Sam]

If it were my model, I think I would make it a UPS truck, delivering car parts on my "Dad's Garage" diorama. Or maybe Fed-Ex.

Sam

[Warren D]

Not sure that UPS used this style.  I had read somewhere that they had their own nose design that was only used on the UPS orders.  I have seen some Fed Ex Ground trucks lately that look similar, but the grill on this one seems to indicate an older model.  Maybe an old Snap-on truck?

[Rob Hall]

The body design (but not the grille and front details) resembles a '70s-80s Chevy/GMC StepVan..

Edited December 23, 2016 by Rob Hall

[Ace-Garageguy]

The body design (but not the grille and front details) resembles a '70s-80s Chevy/GMC StepVan..

Yes it does...and my dumbity...my old van was indeed a Chebby Step Van, not a Grumman. Duh.

[1930fordpickup]

Midnight Auto Parts. 

[disabled modeler]

Midnight Auto Parts. 

LOL...