Chuck Most Posted December 15, 2009 Posted December 15, 2009 Here's one I finished this morning (shortly after midnight, actually). It's just a quick buildup to keep me motivated between bigger projects- It's the AMT Snap Fast Plus Ram 2500 kit, which I converted into a diesel competition puller. The smokestack is a length of slash-cut K&S aluminum tubing, polished with Meguiars Hot Rims polish. The tractor weights are from the old Orange Blossom puller kit, and sit in a scratchbuilt mount. The "Crusader" decals came from a Revell chopper kit. I made a tonneau from .030" styrene, and robbed a set of Dick Cepek paddles from another OB kit. The flag decal is from the Revell Peterbilt 359, and the 'Cummins Powered' decals are from the new reissue of AMT's White-Freightliner COE kit. The rear wheels are from a C1500 kit- I hid the fact they're 5-bolt by blacking out the centers. Eventually, I'll add Moon-type covers, as on the Orange Blossom. It's not the most detailed, or even accurate, representation of a real puller- I'd call it more of a look-alike than an actual replica. But I don't recall ever seeing one built like this, and it did it's job- it kept me movin' when I have so many stagnant projects at the moment!
modelhut Posted December 15, 2009 Posted December 15, 2009 Great job on the puller. I have a Dodge diesel truck, and a soft spot for pullers. Great project. I need to find some puller tires/wheels somewhere. I have a number of truck kits that would make great pullers, I just haven't found any tires yet, so I may turn them into mudders. I too, have to work on some quicker builds in between some of my more difficult/demanding builds. Great job!
vizio93 Posted December 16, 2009 Posted December 16, 2009 Nice job man !!! I'll have to use that smokestack idea in a future build coming up
MyBradKeselowski Posted December 16, 2009 Posted December 16, 2009 Great looking pulling truck I would like to do one using Revell's 99 Silverado kit...
Chuck Most Posted December 16, 2009 Author Posted December 16, 2009 Thanks guys... though I did kind of lie to ya! This won't be my last model of '09, it appears. The momentum I had coming off finishing this one allowed me to finish my '26 Mack!
tony_rigter Posted December 12, 2013 Posted December 12, 2013 (edited) great build chuck. kinda interesting concept but looks good Edited December 13, 2013 by tony_rigter
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