M-20 Prime Mover is Finished

[Chariots of Fire]

This 1944 Diamond T M-20 Prime Mover is now finished.  The boxes have tools, and the fuel tanks are "full".  Ready to resume the haul.

[Warren D]

I'm always amazed by your work, this is no exception!

[ChrisR]

Awesome!!!

[slusher]

Outstanding build!

[Jim B]

Fantastic looking M-20.  Very well done.

[Rockford]

Great job, really impressive. Some great scratch building on this truck. 

[MeatMan]

Well done! Nice detailing.

[gotnitro?]

Beautiful work!!! That red Georgia clay looks great spread about the build,  and the small details stowed in the boxes 

[PappyD340]

Fantastic build, well done!

[The Brush]

Perfection,top quality build.

[Bren]

Not to be redundant - but just…wow! This is the type of build one sees as “best in show” or on a magazine cover. Kudos sir. I’m blown away. 

[BK9300]

I am in awe of your brass work - its a skill I'd like to learn - amazing detail!

[Chariots of Fire]

8 hours ago, Bren said:

Not to be redundant - but just…wow! This is the type of build one sees as “best in show” or on a magazine cover. Kudos sir. I’m blown away. 

Thank you, Bren.  A bit of a struggle at times.  Took forever to get the right shape of the cab.  The Diamond T has quite a rake on the windshield, narrow windows and rounded roof that took time to develop.  And normally I would have made the frame of brass channel stock.  But that is fast disappearing so I had to contend with building it up with strip plastic.  Not the best choice for rigidity at first but when all of the cross members were put in place and components were screwed on it turned out ok.  (The radiator and cab are screwed on from below and the fenders are screwed on from brackets on the side of the frame and on top of it just inside the hood.)  Because the model is of a large sized truck it became quite heavy when everything was put together.

[Bainford]

Impressive, as always. I love checking out your work. Beautiful stuff, and very interesting truck. Cheers. 

[hct728(Bob)]

Great job with just the right amount of detail parts and weathering, a truck that can move mountains!

[Chariots of Fire]

2 hours ago, hct728(Bob) said:

Great job with just the right amount of detail parts and weathering, a truck that can move mountains!

Thanks, Bob!  I heard there is something else that can move mountains.  Someone said that if we have faith the size of a mustard seed we could say to that mountain "move from here to there" and it would be done.  Hmmm!  Anybody remember who that was??  Pretty sure the mustard seed is one of the smallest if not the smallest of all seeds.☺️

[BigBad]

Just right. 

[1hobby1]

great build! 

[DRIPTROIT 71]

Charles, I have come to a conclusion; You must build these trucks full scale and then shrink them with some kind of top secret shrinking ray. However you do it, you are truly a master craftsman! Another beautiful build!!

[Chariots of Fire]

On 8/19/2024 at 11:56 AM, DRIPTROIT 71 said:

Charles, I have come to a conclusion; You must build these trucks full scale and then shrink them with some kind of top secret shrinking ray. However you do it, you are truly a master craftsman! Another beautiful build!!

Hey, Brian.  I have been accused in times past of having a shrink ray machine.  However the truth is I have gnomes who work for me under the table!?

[Bronzekeg]

you do great work!!

[stevez]

Awesome,  it's scratch built?

[Chariots of Fire]

On 9/12/2024 at 1:56 PM, stevez said:

Awesome,  it's scratch built?

It is, Steve.  There are photos of the build in progress in the WIP section.

[Gary Chastain]

Just wow……your skills are top notch. 

[mikemodeler]

Incredibly awesome build, just all of your others!