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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.

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

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And of course my personal favorite! :(

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Thanks Highway, this is the only light commercial I have at the moment... B) 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... :blink:

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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.

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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. ;):D

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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.

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This thread should be under the pick up topic.

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

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!

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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.

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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

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What you see in these pictures in white is styrene.

Hope you like my builds,

Kostas.

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