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I recently found some old photoprints - these are from 1983 - and scanned them: built out of the box, truck is brush-painted, trailer body sprayed with Revell matte steel grey.

I have located the trailer, but don't know where the truck actually is - will be reworked and turned into a workhorse some day (too much bling-bling on this one = too many decals and much too much chrome !)

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Very nice build Helmut !! ?? this is the first model truck i made when i was 12 , not easy to do but i have fond memories of it, despite all these years , i am still moved to see one.

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On 10/17/2021 at 2:19 PM, PappyD340 said:

Very nice rig!

Thankyou Larry !

 

On 10/17/2021 at 6:30 PM, DRIPTROIT 71 said:

Beautiful rig!! Brush painted too!! Amazing!

Thanks, Brian !

 

21 hours ago, grodudulle77 said:

Very nice build Helmut !! ?? this is the first model truck i made when i was 12 , not easy to do but i have fond memories of it, despite all these years , i am still moved to see one.

Thank you, Philippe !

 

19 hours ago, happy grumpy said:

what an impressive beast, I always find those Mack pretty intimidating.

very nice build. Now you're gonna need the CAT D8 to push all those rocks.?

Thanks, Mario - I have the Cat D8H also, but it is heavily damaged.

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   Helmut,

              That has to be one of the best Bi-Centennial paint jobs I've seen in quite some time. You nailed it !

The trailer looks good as well. Although a bit overloaded !

   Nice work , That rig looks real good from over here !

 

  Be Werll

   Gator

 

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15 hours ago, gatorincebu said:

 

   Helmut,

              That has to be one of the best Bi-Centennial paint jobs I've seen in quite some time. You nailed it !

The trailer looks good as well. Although a bit overloaded !

   Nice work , That rig looks real good from over here !

 

  Be Werll

   Gator

 

Thank you, Gator- in the meantime I happened to 

find the truck - the former white stripes have turned to an ugly tan/yellow color - all due to the Revell clear gloss enamel I used almost 40 years ago for covering paint and decals.

This is definiely a candidate for rebuilding !

 

10 hours ago, ChrisR said:

Very nice!

Thanks, Chris !

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Helmut awesome build up of your Mack truck and dump trailer!  And that was 40 some years ago. I only remember building mine back then and I have no pictures and my truck was blown up by my younger brother lol. 

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A Mack never stops being a Mack, nice build. I bet those trees and shrubs in the pics are so big now and well overgrown.

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On 10/20/2021 at 10:13 PM, Mopar - D said:

Helmut awesome build up of your Mack truck and dump trailer!  And that was 40 some years ago. I only remember building mine back then and I have no pictures and my truck was blown up by my younger brother lol. 

Thank you, Dan - I was able to prevent my little brother destroying my truck models (but he was yet 17 when I re-started modeling :-)

 

On 10/21/2021 at 6:57 AM, yh70 said:

great job..

Thanks, Dave !

 

On 10/21/2021 at 7:47 AM, Nxr said:

A Mack never stops being a Mack, nice build. I bet those trees and shrubs in the pics are so big now and well overgrown.

Thanks, Yevgeny !

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On 10/23/2021 at 2:39 PM, Pete68 said:

Nice Vintage build thanks for sharing. The Brush painting looks nice. My favorite pic is the last one. 

Thank you,  Lee !

 

On 10/23/2021 at 9:22 PM, trick my mixer said:

Those are nice pictures of a nicely done model. Looks real good.

Thanks, Lucas !

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