Dutzie Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 Just finished this one tonight. First time I have taken my time and sanded the seams. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug 1061 Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 Nice. Now it looks like a proper CF truck. I remember they used to have the grubbiest trucks on the road. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grodudulle77 Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 Not an easy kit however you’ve made a clean assembly !!👍 It is very dirty, would it have plowed the field ? 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landman Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 Nice job. Looks like it runs in the back country . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim B Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 Great looking CF truck! Well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldTrucker Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 3 hours ago, grodudulle77 said: Not an easy kit however you’ve made a clean assembly !!👍 It is very dirty, would it have plowed the field ? 😉 I remember some of their yards! Had mud holes you could lose a car in!LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grodudulle77 Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 4 hours ago, OldTrucker said: I remember some of their yards! Had mud holes you could lose a car in!LOL 😄😂🤪 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yh70 Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 looks great.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRIPTROIT 71 Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 I really like what you have come up with here!! I like the weathering! I remember these trucks always looked rough, probably because they rarely stopped. I knew a guy who retired from CF and he had a little cart about the size of a battery charger that had his CB and his AM/FM radio mounted in it and his antenna was welded to a pair of vice grips. When he would come in to the terminal, often times another driver was there to take the truck on another run. So all of his personal radios were set up like this for quick hook up and unhook. The trucks kept running. Excellent work on this one! I don’t think that the sleeper cabs were as common as the daycabs, which makes this one even cooler. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PappyD340 Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 Very nice!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutzie Posted December 26, 2021 Author Share Posted December 26, 2021 22 hours ago, Doug 1061 said: Nice. Now it looks like a proper CF truck. I remember they used to have the grubbiest trucks on the road. I agree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutzie Posted December 26, 2021 Author Share Posted December 26, 2021 15 hours ago, grodudulle77 said: Not an easy kit however you’ve made a clean assembly !!👍 It is very dirty, would it have plowed the field ? 😉 The truck is home based in Portland. The terminal and drop yards were mostly dirt in this time period. As a driver, I have seen many drop yards that were still dirt and mud, especially during the spring. That is what I modeled the truck to represent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutzie Posted December 26, 2021 Author Share Posted December 26, 2021 6 hours ago, DRIPTROIT 71 said: I really like what you have come up with here!! I like the weathering! I remember these trucks always looked rough, probably because they rarely stopped. I knew a guy who retired from CF and he had a little cart about the size of a battery charger that had his CB and his AM/FM radio mounted in it and his antenna was welded to a pair of vice grips. When he would come in to the terminal, often times another driver was there to take the truck on another run. So all of his personal radios were set up like this for quick hook up and unhook. The trucks kept running. Excellent work on this one! I don’t think that the sleeper cabs were as common as the daycabs, which makes this one even cooler. Thanks Brian. You are correct, the line haul trucks never stopped running. Always turning and burning. I built the truck ad a sleeper truck based in Portland. I could envision runs into BC and back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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