1934 Ford Truck

[Andria H]

I nicked this off the 'bay for a low price (helped that it was in my state) and am waiting for it to arrive. Since I can't just leave a kit alone and not mess with the thing, I fabricated/kitbashed a bunch of stuff to help convert this to a 2-ton with a low-walled dump bed and heavy duty rims/tires/axles. I'm also going to add beefier, longer/taller leaf springs. 


This is a Heller 1/35 GMC deuce and a half troop carrier bed that I trimmed the walls of down to what was a common style of dump bed in the 1930s and it is currently drying outside in matte deep grey Krylon paint with the crooked bumper taken off. The hardware and headache rack will be detailed when dry & I will be fabricating a framework and in-cab valve/handle for the dump bed. This will not be hinged/articulated for the sake of not overdoing things. 



Stouter axles and widowmaker split rim wheels with old-fashioned balloon cord tires. The tires were made to look lightly aged, and wheels will be painted to fit with the cab/fender colors, which will be light blue on a black frame with dark blue fenders/running boards. Some AMT and Revell flathead parts will go on the Lindberg block to comprise a proper 1934 truck block's appearance, and the parts-bin diecast rear axle will have scrap sprue put in the top recesses along with a top cover for the worm-gear differential & I will add bigger rear brake drums to look like a period correct "juice brake" conversion, as fitted up front.

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[Andria H]

I found a spare frame with leaf springs already glued on and the pickup style gas tank excised, for an AMT or Lindberg '34 Ford truck kit. Naturally I had to assemble that with the parts I already had made, and added a rear counterweight, removed the brittle plastic headache rack, and put a fuel tank in the center of the chassis under the bed. A filler pipe will be fitted underneath the dump bed with a chromed plastic cap on the end. 

This gives me an extra '34 truck chassis and assorted other bits, that are all probably going to be used for a rusty doodlebug tractor build with a Weaver auto crane tow unit that would be used to move cars around a junkyard. Always nice to get 2 cars/trucks and a bunch of parts out of one kit.