Back Road Gravel Run

[dptydawg]

I just completed This diorama. The story line is about a gravel truck that was once owned by my uncle. The '53 ford was once a diecast wrecker. I took ths picture after I had it torn down.

I changed the front and back suspention, added recaps to the tires, modified the running boards and scratch built the saddle tanks . The trailer is entirely scratch built. The original 1:1 was shop built by my uncle back in the '50's. This model is based on my imperfect memory of his truck.

The base is an oak flooring box surounding a blue Styrofoam board road. It is one of thos narrow lane and a half rural roads. The surface is a mix of sand, rail ballast andscreened stone dust. The fresh gravel is maily sand and ballast.

Everything has been lightly weathered.

I have tried to depict the truck spreading a load of fresh gravel. Thr driver has pulled the trip rope which opened the gate on the bottom of the hopper to allow the load to slide out.

The trip mechanism does work.

Thanks for looking

Carl

[charlie8575]

I like it! How did you get do the gravel coming out, mixing some with glue and spreading, or just filling the truck until you were satisfied with the amount there?

Charlie Larkin

[dptydawg]

I like it! How did you get do the gravel coming out,

Charlie Larkin

[Eshaver]

Carl , I like the truck ! Heck , I don't care what the neighbors be sayin bout it . I like the truck and what are you going to do with the wrecker crane ? Ed Shaver

[Foxer]

The dirt road looks very realistic ...well done! Guess there's no substitute for the real thing. I've been planning to do a dirt road as part of a model photo shooting scene and will have to follow your lead.

[Foxer]

The dirt road looks very realistic ...well done! Guess there's no substitute for the real thing. I've been planning to do a dirt road as part of a model photo shooting scene and will have to fget the sifters out.

[ronr]

Cool build Carl! I like the driver pulling the cable to release the gravel. Nice touch!