Anybody like straight trucks?

[Kit Basher]

Not customs, pickups, or semis, just plain ol' workin' trucks. I'm thinking about building an 8 ton farm truck, and I'd like to see what you guys have done. Flatbeds, dumps, box trucks, concrete trucks, you get the idea. Got any?

[Rob Z]

Not customs, pickups, or semis, just plain ol' workin' trucks. I'm thinking about building an 8 ton farm truck, and I'd like to see what you guys have done. Flatbeds, dumps, box trucks, concrete trucks, you get the idea. Got any?

Here's a pic of my 1:1 work truck and the replica I did. The replica isn't 100% correct but, it gets the idea across.

[highway]

Rob, nice job, but I think Hugh meant trucks like this.

And of course my personal favorite!

[Rob Z]

Rob, nice job, but I think Hugh meant trucks like this.

And of course my personal favorite!

Thanks Highway, this is the only light commercial I have at the moment... I am still collecting a little of this and a little of that for a project I have in mind for a Bison kit that I am turning into a dump truck...

[scummy]

Here's one that was done by a mate of mine who recently passed away , Rys Crosskill , it's of a night carter who would come around in the middle of the night and collect the toilet can and replace it with a empty one .My grandfather used to invite the driver, who knew he ponged a bit into the house for a christmas drink , much to the anoyance of my grandmother LOL.

[Kit Basher]

Hey Rob, I was looking for the bigger ones, but I really like your pickup. That's obviously a truck that works for a living, I bet the driver does too. I'm also making a model of my 1:1 work pickup.

Yeah, Highway, that's the ticket!

Scummy, I dig the "honey dipper" and the story too! "Golden Nugget"-LOL! Yeah, golden and nuggets.

Edited May 15, 2011 by basher

[Jim B]

Built this 1973 Ford LN8000 a couple of years ago:

[Kit Basher]

Hey Jim, really nice job on the Ford.

[chuckyr]

This thread should be under the pick up topic.

[Kit Basher]

The sections are kind of confusing, chuckyr. The pickup section says "Pickups, SUVs, Non-commercial trucks". None of those are what I'm looking for. This section just says "Model Trucks", which seems like it should cover everything but pickups etc.

It's kinda a gray area. Maybe there could be a section just for "Big Rigs". Might make it easier.

[Aaronw]

This thread should be under the pick up topic.

I've always understood Class 4 and above go here, class 1-3 go in the other truck forum with light duty commercial trucks being a grey area.

[highway]

This thread should be under the pick up topic.

Why should it NOT be here? The pick up section clear states "NON COMMERICAL TRUCKS"!

Hugh, this IS the proper place for this thread. It's obvious to me you want to see some commerical trucks, regardless of the fact of whether or not they need a CDL to drive. It's just my opinion, but even a one ton wrecker like this one is proper for the trucks section, not the pick up section!

[Jim B]

Thanks, Basher.

Does this count? It's a 1970 American-LaFrance Series 1000 Pumper.

[Kit Basher]

Hey Jim, Heck yeah it counts, fire trucks are definitely working trucks. Beautiful job on it. I like your time frame too, the truck I'm considering is a '71 International Loadstar 1600.

Edited May 15, 2011 by basher

[Jim B]

Thanks, basher. My "time frame" is because I primarily build AMT kits which are early to mid 1970s.

[Aaronw]

Here is a Hazmat truck I built a few years ago. I did it as a converted beverage truck with the last row boxed in to make a little in the field office.

This is a dozer tender I built to go with a dozer and transport

and a 1937 Stakeside (still kind of a work in progress). The wheels really look undersize but that is how the photo I was going from was set up.

These are not mine, but I saw them at NNL West a few years ago (2008, 2009?), I thought they are nice and fit with your request.

[Kit Basher]

Thanks, Aaronw. I like your builds, and those others are good too. That halftrack thing is wild!

[Jim B]

Nice collection there, Aaron. I like the Ford Model A half-track, and the Model N dump is cool.

[mackinac359]

Here are some of my straight trucks from about 5 years ago

Brockway 759

White-Western Star

White 3000

Western Star

Pete and Ford

Ford

Ford C

And a Peterbilt

I have a dozen or so more from over the years.

Tim

[Kit Basher]

WOW Tim! My first reaction was "Where are your MODEL trucks?" Then I realized... Those are amazing, I'm going to have to spend a lot more time looking at them. Thanks

[Harry P.]

[Kit Basher]

Way cool, Harry. I don't know nothin' about really old trucks, but I really like the open windshield and the wooden bed with the chains to hold the tailgate. Is the body galvanized or gray/weathered? Either way it looks great.

[Harry P.]

Way cool, Harry. I don't know nothin' about really old trucks, but I really like the open windshield and the wooden bed with the chains to hold the tailgate. Is the body galvanized or gray/weathered? Either way it looks great.

Just weathered a little. Flat gray acrylic craft paint, then some Testors Transparent Window Tint sprayed over it to dirty it up a bit.

[Kit Basher]

I just wondered because in the pics it could pass for galvanized, and I was going to try to steal your secret for simulating galvanized!

[Kostas Parchas]

OK straight trucks is not my favorite, but living in Europe I can see too many of the kind, because these are also very popular for tranzit from one country to another.

I am building two of these, the first one is an old SCANIA 141 tracktor converted to straight wooden flabed truck

and the other is a SCANIA 143M470 tracktor also converted to straight truck but this one going to be a curtain sider

What you see in these pictures in white is styrene.

Hope you like my builds,

Kostas.