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Working on an early 70’s Ford N800. I purchased the file on Cults from designer Ditamaso147. Printed on my Saturn 4 Ultra. Airbrushed model air dark green over black Vallejo primer. The donor kits are the AMT Ford snowplow and the engine is from the AMT C600. I might just make it a dump truck instead of the snow plow. Not sure yet. 

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1 hour ago, Rockford said:

I had a little Matchbox version of this truck when I was little. Looks great! 

It was a tow truck , right?? Such a cool truck

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Wow, looks fantastic and it looks very unique!

And either you have done great work cleaning that 3D part, or your 3D printer is superb!  So smooth and proper~

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On 2/3/2025 at 7:28 PM, Biggu said:

Cool. Sure looks smooth. What are your plans for glass? I love these old rides

Thanks, Jeff. I will need to make a template from masking tape for the windows. I will transfer the template to .005 clear sheet and trim to fit. I agree, these older trucks are so cool. 

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19 hours ago, cifenet said:

Wow, looks fantastic and it looks very unique!

And either you have done great work cleaning that 3D part, or your 3D printer is superb!  So smooth and proper~

Thanks, Steve. There were some layer lines on the hood and back of cab. I used the optimal angle calculator from Scale Speed Garage and it’s really made a huge difference in print quality. The calculator aligns print angles to optimize the pixels on the X and Y axis. 

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17 hours ago, BK9300 said:

I agree with Steve - very fine printing and cleanup - excellent paint finish, too.

Thanks Brian!

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On 2/4/2025 at 7:51 AM, Rockford said:

... had a little Matchbox version of this truck when I was little...

Me, three. Don't know if it was one I saved for a future small scale detailed project, I'd have to dig deep into my die casts box. Looked like this eBay photo version:

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10 hours ago, Russell C said:

Me, three. Don't know if it was one I saved for a future small scale detailed project, I'd have to dig deep into my die casts box. Looked like this eBay photo version:

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Thats the one. Dump truck or wrecker either one would make a col build.  I love this build. Old iron is so cool. 

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On 2/3/2025 at 7:25 PM, Dutzie said:

Working on an early 70’s Ford N800. I purchased the file on Cults from designer Ditamaso147. Printed on my Saturn 4 Ultra. Airbrushed model air dark green over black Vallejo primer. The donor kits are the AMT Ford snowplow and the engine is from the AMT C600. I might just make it a dump truck instead of the snow plow. Not sure yet. 

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That looks great! I just ordered a N-Series cab from Global to build a drag car hauler. 😎

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Great subject, and very nice results! The Louisville dump and the 534 V8 gas engine are great choices for donors. N series was available '63-'69. The cab can be pin pointed to 1964-65 and series would be NT 850 or the heavier duty NT 950

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