Chuck Most Posted December 23, 2009 Posted December 23, 2009 Well, I guess I'll start off by showing you the inspiration.... I saw this '55 IH pig roaster truck in a copy of Michigan Auto & RV a few months back, and it gave me an idea for a model build. Sadly, there is no '55 International in small scale (that I'm aware of), but I figured a Ford of similar vintage would work just as well! Fortunately- I've got more spare bits from the classic old AMT '53 than Tiger Woods has bad press these days. These parts were leftovers from a '53 that had donated many of its parts to several projects, including the Retro Ranger. Looks like it's time for this ex parts donor kit to shine! Here's the work so far. I plan on making it quite a bit rougher and crustier than the 1:1 IH that inspired it. My basic aim is for something that violates not only every DMV code, but many food safety and health code protocols as well! Here I have whacked the top, and performed a quasi-sectioning job by raising the fenders. Those 'patch panels' are strips of 3M metal repair tape, with holes poked into them with a sewing needle to simulate pop rivets. The BMF over the 'welds' will be exposed after paint, so the areas resemble recently-welded metal. Once the bodywork was roughed in (read:finalized), I misted the entire cab with Dupli Color textured paint, and covered over that with good ol' Krylon Rust Tough Flat Black. I also added '3M patch panels' to the roof. I have a feeling this was the easy part... stay tuned and find out how epically and unbelievably wrong I'll be!
seeker589 Posted December 23, 2009 Posted December 23, 2009 This is a really cool build. I'll be looking forward to how it develops! Do I smell pork?!
george 53 Posted December 23, 2009 Posted December 23, 2009 OOOOO Chuck, I LOVE me a good pig roast!!! The Hiwaymen have a GREAT one evry year that do enjoy goin to! They're not a bad bunch, at least not the few I worked with! And they CAN party!!!! Gonna hafta bring this bad boy up with them next time I see 'em, I think they could go fer supmthin like this!!!
vizio93 Posted December 23, 2009 Posted December 23, 2009 Looks like your off to a good start so far. My dad has a '51 GMC that he has put on a 1985 Chevy motorhome frame and it has a brand new 454 crate engine in it. He had to shorten the back of the frame by almost 3 feet it was so long !!! Are you gonna put the pipes on it ?
Chuck Most Posted December 23, 2009 Author Posted December 23, 2009 Looks like your off to a good start so far. My dad has a '51 GMC that he has put on a 1985 Chevy motorhome frame and it has a brand new 454 crate engine in it. He had to shorten the back of the frame by almost 3 feet it was so long !!! Are you gonna put the pipes on it ? Not sure what kind of pipes I'll run yet, but I will tell ya this- no Chevy chassis or engine, for sure!
Harold Posted December 23, 2009 Posted December 23, 2009 This should be interesting, to say the least. After the pig roast, when everybody has contracted food poisoning, you can hire yourself out to big companies to destroy their paperwork on site . 'Course, you'll need a big engine to stay one step ahead of the law and the health Nazis.
JamesW Posted December 23, 2009 Posted December 23, 2009 That's strange, I've looked through every copy of Michigan Auto & RV for the last 3 years and don't remember seeing that. It does however look to be an interesting build. Can't wait to see progress.
Sixties Sam Posted December 23, 2009 Posted December 23, 2009 That is gonna be a great model, Chuck! Can you find a 1/25 scale pig to make golden brown and put in the roaster? Cool idea for a model! A guy here has a roaster on a trailer with the words "Makin' Bacon" on it! Sam
beefheart22 Posted December 23, 2009 Posted December 23, 2009 Anybody with the 1:1 would be a hit at tailgate parties.
noname Posted December 23, 2009 Posted December 23, 2009 This looks like a great project and it is looking good so far. I am going to put a fixed body panel on my current project. I was planning on painting the metal finish but I'm looking forward to seeing how your BMF turns out.
Smart-Resins Posted December 23, 2009 Posted December 23, 2009 That is a pretty cool truck to model! I look forward to watching this one! Jody
roadhawg Posted December 23, 2009 Posted December 23, 2009 Pretty cool! Thats an interesting idea with the metal panels.
oldscool Posted December 24, 2009 Posted December 24, 2009 This ones going to be a real porker!...err, i mean corker. I'll just get my hat and be going now
Joker Posted December 24, 2009 Posted December 24, 2009 These two volunteers are found in a game called Pass the Pigs. The game is made byWinning Moves,its kinda like a dice game. Hope it helps. Lone Star P.S. they are made of some pink vynil.
charlie8575 Posted December 24, 2009 Posted December 24, 2009 Absolutely sick and insane... I love it. Charlie Larkin
Terror Posted December 24, 2009 Posted December 24, 2009 Cool idea.I like the sheet metal patches you have done,looks good.
Chuck Most Posted December 24, 2009 Author Posted December 24, 2009 (edited) Thanks guys- hopefully you won't be too disappointed by my progress! I fashioned up a makeshift interior, once again using cast off junk that I beat up and weathered... Hopefully I'm not screwing the pooch by showing the body at this stage, but oh well- here goes! I sprayed the whole mess in orange paint, then weathered it using sandpaper, scratch removing polish, a wire brush, and some rust colored wash and brown weathering powder. The second and third photos show a few of the doodads I slapped on- the megaphone (with the mic hanging out the driver window), the orange flasher, the air horns, the visor, and the mirrors (Jeepster heads with sewing pin arms). The 'Scary Jerry's International House of Pork' placards are just printed out on printer paper and superglued to teh doors. The front bumper is balsa, broken and soaked in superglue, so it will remain 'broken' yet intact. And yeah, that alarm clock says 2:33... as in AM! My garage is always open late! The fourth photo is a ride height/stance/wheelbase mockup. I'll be running the wheels and tires from a Monogram F-350 (same kit that donated it's chassis to my '26 Mack, and it's bed to my Paystar CXT), dirtied and dulled up a bit. This is about the stance I'm shooting for- wheelbase is still up in the air at this point, and will depend on the kind of Pig Pyre I plan to procure for the project. Still haven't settled on an engine... but I've got a few ideas! Edited December 24, 2009 by Chuck Most
Jeff Sauber Posted December 24, 2009 Posted December 24, 2009 That's looking very cool.....I like all the extra touches your adding in, as well as the "in the weeds stance". It appears that the project is "cooking along" very nicely....
charlie8575 Posted December 24, 2009 Posted December 24, 2009 Still haven't settled on an engine... but I've got a few ideas! A diesel modified to run on rendered grease/vegetable oil??? Charlie Larkin
Smart-Resins Posted December 24, 2009 Posted December 24, 2009 Man are you cooking right along on that thing! LOL. Jody
Chuck Most Posted December 26, 2009 Author Posted December 26, 2009 (edited) I think this is an old AMT annual kit dash. Now it's the MPI's dash! I used a '53 steering column, a '28 Lincoln Wheel, and a cassette deck from an old Japanese parts pack. I made up the chassis from plastruct strip. The Batteries are from a Revell lowrider, and the fuel tank is from an IH Paystar. A truck like this NEEDS a fire extinguisher, this one is from an AMT parts pack. I also made up housings for the AMT big rig kit sourced lenses. The S&S framed plate is an old-school 'white on blue' Michigan plate I printed off my computer. For the engine, I settled on a '65 Lincoln 430. It's pretty much box stock, other than the aluminum carb stacks and '66 Galaxie manifolds. It probably wouldn't be the fastest truck ever, but the 439 ought to have more than enough thrust to move the truck down the highway at a pretty respectable clip! And here's where I left off Christmas Eve... the basic truck itself was nearly done! Edited December 26, 2009 by Chuck Most
Chuck Most Posted December 26, 2009 Author Posted December 26, 2009 (edited) Christmas day, the saga continued... I added some scratchbuilt mudflaps, and attached the taillamps. I also made up and installed a skid for mounting the roaster body. I scratchbuilt some fenders from diamond plate to keep any errant embers off the tires... what about the gas tank, huh? I finally decided, after considering using everything from the Mack Tanker body to a shampoo bottle for the roaster body, to just scratchbuild the thing from scrap plastic. The chimney is a Bic pen shaft! Here I'm testing out the hinges- I'll need to add a screen and possibly some 'burning material'. Next time... Edited December 26, 2009 by Chuck Most
CB Posted December 26, 2009 Posted December 26, 2009 Most excellente Chuck-- "Scary Jerry's International house of pork" Love your shop manager-- but he don't look too happy dat pig on the roof aint his pet am it? Where you gettin' all the cool duals? I gots lots projex I wanta do with duals but don't wanna go bankerupted buyin' trucky kits just fer the duallies
Foxer Posted December 26, 2009 Posted December 26, 2009 That is most excellent! .. but maybe start thinking Ox Roast from the size of that broiler!!
rustybill1960 Posted December 26, 2009 Posted December 26, 2009 ;) "SHITS AND GIGGLES CHUCK!!! :blink: and i hope it's not from eating anything from that rolling roaster dude! that is "TOTALLY" the pigs knuckles man! love your thought on the scratch building, "GREAT" thinking on the design and excecution as well. That is one "HOT ROD" Man! Thanks for sharing!
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