1940 Ice Cream Truck

[Nosferatu]

This started out as a 1940 delivery but I used the rear body for another build. After studying ice cream trucks I removed the roof. I also scratch built the box out of tubing and sheet plastic. I worked on the logo for a few hours and came up with Brain Freeze with the pink brain ice cream cone. This needed to be a hot rod ice cream truck so I used some wheels from the parts box along with the sidepipes and engine. I found the ice cream cone steering wheel from the Ice Cream Truck model and scratch built the Milk bottle shifter and bell. I also needed to come up with a color scheme and the typical white wasn’t in the cards. I remembered all the farms growing up and the Holstein cow colors so I used that pattern.

Thanks for looking and I hope you like it.

Dave

[TarheelRick]

"Cool" build. Well thought out details, it is "udderly" beautiful. OK, enough of the cheap puns. Really nice build.

[DJMar]

Great concept. I really dig the dragster wheel and milk bottle shifter. I also didn't realize the Brain Freeze cone had a brain in it, I thought it was just pink sherbet!

[PappyD340]

Now that's a really cool Ice Cream truck, well done!

[Nosferatu]

Thanks for the nice comments!

It was a fun build.

Dave

[espo]

Great body design and creativity. Can remember the sound of the Good Humor Ice Cream trucks of the summer driving thru the neighborhood as a child.  

[stavanzer]

Awesome, Build! 

I like the sense of Fun you brought to the build. Imaginative Details and Great Decals!

 

 

Good Show.

[#1 model citizen]

 

On 5/23/2025 at 4:32 PM, TarheelRick said:

"Cool" build. Well thought out details, it is "udderly" beautiful. OK, enough of the cheap puns. Really nice build.

COWabunga, dude! With that power plant it must really MOOve!🐮 (Never enough of the cheap puns! I say milk them for all they’re worth.)

[ChrisR]

Very nice.

[BIGTRUCK]

Really cool idea..

[TonyK]

Lots of great ideas and you completed them all to make a real nice model. Clever and fun.

[Chuckyg1]

This looks great. Neat idea and well executed. I like the end result very much. Nice work.

[Zippi]

What a kewl looking 1940 Ford ice cream truck.  That'll get the ice cream to the kids in a hurry.  Great looking decals.  

[Nosferatu]

Thanks again for all your nice comments.

Dave

[slusher]

On 5/28/2025 at 8:22 AM, Nosferatu said:

Thanks again for all your nice comments.

Dave

What a sharp and fantastic looking  👀 build love what you did with it!