My own 1926 Mack AC with another "C" cab behind it...

[Mike Whatshisname]

Just finished this Monogram 1926 Mack up. This is the log hauler version.

I actually started this project about 10 years ago..."Yes Virginia, you actually CAN start a project and go back and finish it years later".

I built the boom T "tongue-in-cheek" as I thought a duallie "T" would be kinda neat. Of course, if you where to pick anything heavy up with the boom, the T would probably fall back unless the front was secured with a rock on the hood. So the boom ends up on the Junk Truck as an experiment gone bad...

In person, the colors are not as bright and the truck is a bit dustier. The flash and lights from the photobooth tend to wash the dust out a bit.

I still have a little bit of dusting to do yet. There is always room for more junk too! Just a couple more "new" ideas. I don't want to drown this one with junk like some of my others.

I like how the wheel chocks came out.

The gears under the boom are from the guts of an old VCR. I saved all the little motors from the VCR in hopes that someday I'll be able to figure a way to make them run and use them in a dio.

This "C" clamp goes well with the "C" cabs (I guess that is sort of a theme with this...how many "C"'s can you find etc.). It is a watch band buckle that I found with a bunch of watch parts I bought years ago.

Shotgun on the front seat. The springs on top are from the same VCR.

Please ask any questions.

[ns4ever]

just love the detail on this one, especially the rust effects.

nice one

andy

[mackinac359]

Superb detail!

Tim

[CB]

me too, Mike, love the rust! looks soooo real, looks like ifn ya touched some o the pieces they'd just fall apart! That backboard (?) behind the cab - is that typical of the 1:1s? or did you come up widdit? I'm thinkin it looks like what they used to do back then, makin the transition from horse drawn carriages to the 'horsepowered' vehicles. Looks way cool, regardless. Excellent use of the VCR parts too

[Mike Whatshisname]

That backboard (?) behind the cab - is that typical of the 1:1s? or did you come up widdit? I'm thinkin it looks like what they used to do back then, makin the transition from horse drawn carriages to the 'horsepowered' vehicles. Looks way cool, regardless. Excellent use of the VCR parts too

Thanks guys.

The "backboard" was an idea I stole from another person that built one of these years ago. I can not remember who it was but he had a pic on the cover of the "other" mag many years ago (80's-early90's?). It has been etched in my memory ever since. I've never seen it on a 1:1.

I use the Sophisticated Finishes rust on most of the details along with some pastels. The SF product (available at Michaels Craft Stores) is very interesting as it has different shades of rust depending on wether the base is metal, plastic or resin.

As you can see in this picture, the rust was done with the SF product. The shovel is yellow resin, the pick white plastic and the holder is brass tubing. You can see the different shades the SF has on different bases. Cool stuff!