House truck

[Big Messer]

This is something like the house trucks sometimes seen in the PNW, New Zealand and Australia. Started as a cheap tin truck that was on sale at Hobby Lobby, then I scratchbuilt the house part out of cardboard and wood. Wood shingles made out of thin edging veneer.

Edited August 11 by Big Messer
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[johnyrotten]

On 8/11/2025 at 1:21 PM, Big Messer said:

This is something like the house trucks sometimes seen in the PNW, New Zealand and Australia. Started as a cheap tin truck that was on sale at Hobby Lobby, then I scratchbuilt the house part out of cardboard and wood. Wood shingles made out of thin edging veneer.

Great build. Very nice scratch building and something a bit different. 

[Big Messer]

Thanks!

[Spex84]

That is so cool! I love the shingles, and the flex-straw as a stovepipe. A subject like this introduces possibilities of texture and pattern that most model car/truck builds lack. I'd love to own a house truck like this, although maybe without deadly vintage split rim wheels haha.
 

[ChrisR]

Nice.

[meechum68]

This is so wicked! I do like it A LOT!!!

[Big Messer]

Being an addict to unusual and/or crazy prototypes I made this after seeing a picture of a real one somewhere. Googled "house truck" ... and the rest is history. Had to beg ($$$) for forgiveness from wife for having the dining room table full of stuff for a while (it it a large model) but eventually everything went back to almost normal.