Shambles Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 I had several kits and projects going a few months ago, then took a leave of absence to remodel my house. I never liked the yellow wheels or the graphics on this model, so my first mods were to change that. I removed all of the graphics and painted the wheels black. I'll make new water slide decals for the finished wrecker. I saw another wrecker on eBay pretty cheap, and a 1:24 resin dump body and thought it would be cool to make a 1953 dump truck. Last night I got the first wrecker disassembled, and that was no easy task! Getting this all put back together will be a challenge to say the least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveP Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 Great work! Are you interested in selling the wrecker parts? Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 Great project, I will be following along. Dump truck is a great idea. For anyone looking for the wrecker body, there was a cheap knock off of the Danbury mint truck. It may be Welly. I have these two, with correct period wheels. I've also seen this same truck with big donk wheels. Price range for these was $15-20. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shambles Posted August 23, 2019 Author Share Posted August 23, 2019 Dave, I'd be happy to send you the wrecker body and accessories if you'll just pay the shipping. Just send me your address. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shambles Posted August 23, 2019 Author Share Posted August 23, 2019 Thanks for the compliment, Tom. I'm waiting on some Evergreen square tubing to raise the dump body up a little more. I'll post some more photos as soon as I make some progress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leafsprings Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 On 8/22/2019 at 6:16 AM, Tom Geiger said: It may be Welly. I have these two, with correct period wheels. Yes, Welly is the knock off, the duals ( 18" in 1:1 ) can be used on '48 thru '68 GM 1 tons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shambles Posted August 27, 2019 Author Share Posted August 27, 2019 Decided to go full tilt on this one. Tonight, I completely disassembled the cab so I can strip it and repaint a different color. Taking one of these apart really makes one appreciate the detail that goes into high quality die cast models. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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