Need a water truck.

[LUKE'57]

Anybody make a big truck that we can convert to a water truck? Ol' Curtis says it gettin' mighty dusty out there.

[Guest zebm1]

Hiya Luke'57, offer a suggestion, convert a military fuel truck like one of these......

it's an AFV Club model, prolly 1:35th scale.....but it gets ya in tha ballpark, a starting point.

Go to http://www.megahobby.com and scroll thru....... oh yeah, it's On Sale for $32.95....

[Guest Davkin]

There was a tanker version of the Monogram 1925 Mack AC. Combine that with an Italeri Opel Blitz chassis and a mid 50's Chevy pickup cab and you've got your water truck. Not exactly a cheap way to go though. I've seen the tanker Mack go for close to $50 on ebay and while the Opel is still readily available it wasn't a cheap kit to begin with.

David

[Aaronw]

The 1/24 Italeri Opel blitz fire truck would work, combined with the cab of the '41, '50, '55/57, '60 Chevy or '50, '53, '56 Ford it makes a nice older Chevy or Ford tank truck.

Lindberg is supposed to be re-issuing their milk tanker which I have been told can be built as a trailer or as a truck mounted tank. That would make a great water truck mounted on a Ford Louisville or Ford C cabover although that would probably be a bit late for the usual vintage at your track.

There are a few nice looking diecast fuel and water tanker banks out there in 1/24-1/34 pretty cheap, real common on ebay. Strip it, Pull the tank, wheels etc, hide the bank beginings of the tank and mount it on a vintage Ford or Chevy chassis.

[Raul_Perez]

There was a tanker version of the Monogram 1925 Mack AC. Combine that with an Italeri Opel Blitz chassis and a mid 50's Chevy pickup cab and you've got your water truck. Not exactly a cheap way to go though. I've seen the tanker Mack go for close to $50 on ebay and while the Opel is still readily available it wasn't a cheap kit to begin with.

David

You can get the basic Mack truck for less than $20 on eBay (not the tanker).

A quick trip to the plumbing section of your local hardware store will get you all of the material you need to make the tank.

It would sure look cool!!

[lordairgtar]

I would think using Lindberg's Dodge L-700 and scratching a tank on the back would make a great water truck.