1955 IH RDTC Highbinder

[DRIPTROIT 71]

Finally finished this one. It's not perfect, but I'm real happy with how everything turned out but the windshield. I knew better, but got in a hurry. Oh well.

Special thanks again to Wayne Crane for all the reference material.

Truck Specs:

1955 IH RDTC Highbinder, P-I-E, with belt drive tandem.

Cab: Illini Replicas

Chassis: modified AMT T600

Suspension: Scratch built Fabco rear, scratch built IH front

Engine: Cummins NHRS Iron Lung: Resin from Dan's Models

Front wheels: Resin, possibly Ben Wicker's

Drive Wheels: Resin copies of Ertl from Ebay

Drive Tires: Solid cast hard resin sold to me used as Clint Freeman's.

Oil Hubs on tag axle: Double Take Replicas

Decals: modeltruckin.com

Paint: Duplicolor Flame Red

Plus a ton of scratch built parts, resin parts cast by me, and plenty from the parts box;

 

International RDTC-405 Highbinder by Brian Smith, on Flickr

 

IMG_6771 by Brian Smith, on Flickr

IMG_6777 by Brian Smith, on Flickr

 

IMG_6873 by Brian Smith, on Flickr

 

IMG_6803 by Brian Smith, on Flickr

IMG_6806 by Brian Smith, on Flickr

IMG_6807 by Brian Smith, on Flickr

IMG_6808 by Brian Smith, on Flickr

 

 

IMG_6823 by Brian Smith, on Flickr

IMG_6841 by Brian Smith, on Flickr

 

Edited November 20, 2018 by DRIPTROIT 71

[DrKerry]

WOWEEEEEEEEE, ya did good on that one Brian!!!!!!!! That's a build to be proud of right there!!!!!!!!! Love all the little details in it too!!!!!!

[Jim B]

That came out great!

[WolfmanJedd]

This is a beautiful rig! Really enjoyed watching the building process too.

[towman1271]

So impressive.. Amazing details & scratchbuilding!

[landman]

OK, what are we supposed to do now? Sell all our stuff? All joking aside, you have built a masterpiece, Sir. Heavy on the Sir. 

[plastic trucker]

Beautiful work.

[DRIPTROIT 71]

  On 12/5/2017 at 6:06 PM, DrKerry said:

WOWEEEEEEEEE, ya did good on that one Brian!!!!!!!! That's a build to be proud of right there!!!!!!!!! Love all the little details in it too!!!!!!

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Thanks for the kind words Kerry!

  On 12/5/2017 at 6:13 PM, Jim B said:

That came out great!

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Thanks Jim!

  On 12/5/2017 at 7:14 PM, towman1271 said:

So impressive.. Amazing details & scratchbuilding!

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Thanks Dave!

  On 12/5/2017 at 9:16 PM, landman said:

OK, what are we supposed to do now? Sell all our stuff? All joking aside, you have built a masterpiece, Sir. Heavy on the Sir. 

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Thanks for the compliments Pat!

  On 12/5/2017 at 10:48 PM, plastic trucker said:

Beautiful work.

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Thanks Anton!

[tbill]

Wow! Fantastic build! Well done.

[Russell C]

With rubber band drive, no less. Always like the models which could pass for 1:1 vehicle shots if a person didn't know better.

[DRIPTROIT 71]

  On 12/5/2017 at 7:00 PM, WolfmanJedd said:

This is a beautiful rig! Really enjoyed watching the building process too.

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Thanks Jedd! I thought that I would never finish.

 

  On 12/6/2017 at 3:54 AM, tbill said:

Wow! Fantastic build! Well done.

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Thanks for the kind words Tom!

 

  On 12/6/2017 at 4:17 AM, Russell C said:

With rubber band drive, no less. Always like the models which could pass for 1:1 vehicle shots if a person didn't know better.

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Thanks Russell, I've never seen belt drive in scale before and have only saw it once in person, so I thought that I would give it a try.

 

[ChrisR]

Looks great!

[Warren D]

Looks great!

[jacobus]

he is beautiful , great work

its a winner in my book

jacobus

 

[72 Charger]

Stunning work

[Ken Gilkeson]

as good as it gets

[Ben]

Outstanding build!!

[extmcdriver]

Another beautiful job Brian. You outdid yourself on this one!

[DRIPTROIT 71]

  On 12/6/2017 at 8:27 AM, ChrisR said:

Looks great!

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Thanks so much Chris!

  On 12/6/2017 at 11:01 AM, Warren D said:

Looks great!

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Thanks Warren!

  On 12/6/2017 at 12:27 PM, jacobus said:

he is beautiful , great work

its a winner in my book

jacobus

 

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Thanks for the kind words Jacobus!

  On 12/6/2017 at 1:49 PM, 72 Charger said:

Stunning work

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Thanks so much Dave!

  On 12/6/2017 at 2:46 PM, Ken Gilkeson said:

as good as it gets

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Thanks Ken! Your builds have been an inspiration to me! I really like your style of building!

  On 12/6/2017 at 3:58 PM, Ben said:

Outstanding build!!

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Thanks for the compliment Ben!

  On 12/6/2017 at 9:26 PM, extmcdriver said:

Another beautiful job Brian. You outdid yourself on this one!

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Thanks for the kind words Rick!

Edited December 7, 2017 by DRIPTROIT 71

[DrKerry]

I know you say you weren't happy with this build and we are our worst critics........ BUT YOU my friend have a lot to be proud of in this build!! From what I can see this is a top tier build!!! I keep coming back to look at this and hope someday to be able to build one this nice!!!!!

[Mercuryman54]

WOW!!!!! THAT is great!! fantastic build!!

Dennis

[gatorincebu]

Brian,

        That looks pretty dang good from over here. Awesome job on this one .

 

 

   be Well

    Gator

[truckabilly]

I enjoyed looking at the progress of this one and seeing it all done is just as great. It´s a nice truck and you have done a great job.

[mchook]

This is one of my favorites on this board!!! I love everything about it. I watched you build it and man a lot of work went into it, & well worth it. Again WOW!!!!!!!

[yh70]

awesome build..