1941 Chevy Garbage Truck

[Warren D]

Calling this one done.  Monogram Garbage Truck  gave the body, Revell 1941 Chevy pickup donated the cab and chassis.  Wheels are from Jimmy Flintstone.  I remember the garbage trucks when I was growing up had garbage cans hanging from under the body.  The packer body in the Monogram kit is small for a truck, but seems just right for a a smaller pick up chassis.  Paint is Testor's Model Master Acrylic Gloss Green and Gloss White.  Tires are Polly Scale Grimy Black.  Rear fenders are scratch, see build thread for how.

Edited October 16, 2018 by Warren D

[Ace-Garageguy]

Beautiful (as beautiful as a garbage truck can be, anyway). 

[Chuck Most]

1 hour ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

Beautiful (as beautiful as a garbage truck can be, anyway). 

They have to start out all clean and non-stinky.

[drinkone2]

Nice! You made the right choice of cabs, that packer body looks great on that chassis.

[Warren D]

On 10/15/2018 at 8:04 PM, Ace-Garageguy said:

Beautiful (as beautiful as a garbage truck can be, anyway). 

Thanks!  Satisfaction guaranteed or double your garbage back!

[Warren D]

On 10/16/2018 at 4:59 AM, drinkone2 said:

Nice! You made the right choice of cabs, that packer body looks great on that chassis.

Thanks, looks close to the 46 Mack I used as inspiration.

[Chariots of Fire]

Warren: That's perfect!!!  I remember a local trash contractor who had small trucks like this only on International chassis and he had the trash barrels on board just like you have shown!  He also had a rake and shovel mounted for when things get stuck.  Some nice decals on the packer body would finish it off!  Great job!  Don't forget to dirty it up a bit where the trash gets dumped!

[Warren D]

1 hour ago, Chariots of Fire said:

Warren: That's perfect!!!  I remember a local trash contractor who had small trucks like this only on International chassis and he had the trash barrels on board just like you have shown!  He also had a rake and shovel mounted for when things get stuck.  Some nice decals on the packer body would finish it off!  Great job!  Don't forget to dirty it up a bit where the trash gets dumped!

Thank you Charles, coming from you that means a lot!

[Hermann Kersten]

Great idea and a great build, love this kind of projects.

The 2 trashcans on the sides are very nice details.

Keep up the good work.

 

Hermann.

[ChrisR]

Looks great!

[Warren D]

6 hours ago, Hermann Kersten said:

Great idea and a great build, love this kind of projects.

The 2 trashcans on the sides are very nice details.

Keep up the good work.

 

Hermann.

Thanks Hermann, I like the odd and off-beat stuff. 

[DumpyDan]

Really cool, nicely done.

[PettyKW43]

I’ve had the opportunity to pick up the Monogram garbage truck kits in the past , not anymore! Fabulous build! 

[DRIPTROIT 71]

Very nice!! It looks just perfect!! Great work!!

[redneckrigger]

Nicely done! I wonder how many people this thread influenced to getting a garbage truck kit to try doing one themselves? I can tell you one!

[Warren D]

6 minutes ago, redneckrigger said:

Nicely done! I wonder how many people this thread influenced to getting a garbage truck kit to try doing one themselves? I can tell you one!

Thanks, LOL the prices on the 'bay will be going up!  Maybe I should have bought up a bunch before posting!

[CRUSADER2]

Looks great, nice to see something a bit different, a really nice job, great work and detail!!!

[Warren D]

17 hours ago, CRUSADER2 said:

Looks great, nice to see something a bit different, a really nice job, great work and detail!!!

Thanks!  I like "different"!

[slusher]

Great looking model!!!

[disabled modeler]

Love it that is so cool..! It turned out very nice.

[gotnitro?]

Awesome work 

It's always fun watching something out of the ordinary get built , and this certainly fits the bill 

[ewetwo]

excellent build.