Aaron Corey Posted September 13, 2011 Posted September 13, 2011 Hi all. This is the first build that I've posted to this forum. It's an International F2674 pulling a scratch-built Rogers 35 ton lowboy. I made the following mods to the truck: Shortened frame by 1.5" Moved air tanks and battery box to the passenger side Heat shield below passenger door made from aluminum Upper part of exhaust stack replaced with aluminum tubing Model Car Garage diamond mesh behind the grill Wheels taken from the Chevy Titan kit (originals were missing) Fifth wheel also came from the Chevy Titan kit (I liked the look of it better) Grab handles made from aluminum wire (one of the originals was missing) I still need to scrounge some windshield wipers - one of the risks of buying vintage kits is missing parts As for the trailer: Modeled after a Rogers lowboy suspension and wheels came from the AMT logging trailer frame was built from scratch using various Plastruct pieces Deck is made from basswood Rogers logos printed on white decal film
Aaron Corey Posted September 13, 2011 Author Posted September 13, 2011 Here are some shots of the trailer by itself. One shot has the wooden jig I made to get the frame rails (relatively) straight.
Aaron Corey Posted September 13, 2011 Author Posted September 13, 2011 And here's some shots of the truck and trailer together
kwtrucker Posted September 13, 2011 Posted September 13, 2011 Ditto, I like the trailer too. Nice simple build. Doug
Ben Posted September 13, 2011 Posted September 13, 2011 Nice work! First Gear makes a 1/25 IH S series and lowboy very similiar to what your building.
Nova-ss Posted September 13, 2011 Posted September 13, 2011 WOW Cool looking truck and trailer.I do have to say the trailer is amazing...I love it.but the truck has some great pieces.the hood looks great.you did a fanfastic job.Thank you,Chris
chuckyr Posted September 13, 2011 Posted September 13, 2011 Nice work. Don't forget to paint the running lights on the cab roof.
Guest Johnny Posted September 13, 2011 Posted September 13, 2011 Nice builds and combo! I shortened mine too with the idea of using it with a dump box. Great work on the trailer! I would have never believed it was scratch built had you not showed your work! Looks like the one we had at the sod farm we used to haul equipment around!
Aaron Corey Posted September 13, 2011 Author Posted September 13, 2011 Thanks for all the kind words everyone. This trailer was my first major scratch-building project, so I'm glad it turned out as well as it did. I just need to work on my painting skills a bit. You're right about the running lights chuckyr. When I look at the photos, the unpainted lights do stand out, so I'll need to add that detail. I still have a few odds and ends to add to the truck (hydraulic tank, pogo stick, air/electrical/wet lines), so I'll just call it a work in progress until then Modeltruckbuilder: one of the reasons I chose the Rogers is because I was able to find tons of reference pictures online, including the drawings on their website. Also, their style of gooseneck looked simpler to build than some of the others out there. By the way, I saw the three-axle version you did, and I'd say yours turned out way better than mine (plus the gooseneck on yours is actually detachable). Aaron
69A-CAR Posted September 13, 2011 Posted September 13, 2011 Wow, very nice builds! I like that Rogers trailer, you have a nice simple but effective jig too. Very well done
Aaron Corey Posted September 13, 2011 Author Posted September 13, 2011 Thanks Mark. I realized before I started that I would need some sort of jig if I wanted both of the frame rails to be straight and to match each other. At the time I just had one of those simple aluminum miters that are only good for 45 and 90 degree cuts, so I knew my freehand cuts wouldn't be precise enough to ensure everything would line up perfectly. I bought a small piece of plywood at the local Michael's craft store, but I needed something to glue to it (I was thinking wood strips). But then I noticed that they had these small wood cubes, so that seemed like good way to hold everything in place while giving me enough room to glue everything without having the plastic stick to the jig. Aaron
Aaron Corey Posted September 22, 2011 Author Posted September 22, 2011 Just test fitting some additional scratch-built parts to the truck. I'm not sure if the cab guard looks right with this truck, so I might save it for a future project. I think I might add another tread plate in front of the pogo stick. Aaron
Herc Tech Posted September 23, 2011 Posted September 23, 2011 Nice Truck. What is the shade of the blue you used on this one? Darrell
scale trucker Posted September 23, 2011 Posted September 23, 2011 the cab guard looks good,but needs a small window with bars..
BigBad Posted September 24, 2011 Posted September 24, 2011 (edited) Hey I had a very similar truck to this one like 30 years ago! I took the dump body off, shortened the frame for a Tractor trailer look and put on some (I think were) 1:16 scale formula 1 tires for the front super single tires. Looked great. I like yours with the front grill and the Chevy Titan rims... Looks... Purposeful, a little like what "Modeltruckbuilder" does. I love that trailer! Thanks for the pointers and the reference from Rogers, that is great material to work with! Edited September 24, 2011 by Z06Bob
Aaron Corey Posted September 24, 2011 Author Posted September 24, 2011 Well, I decided to go without the cab guard (I'll probably use it on a future project). For some reason I just thought it looked odd on this truck. Gordon's right about the window (most of the real one I see on daycabs have the window). Maybe I'll use this one on a truck with a sleeper. Nice Truck. What is the shade of the blue you used on this one? Darrell Thanks Darrell, I used Testors Star Spangled Blue, one of their single coat lacquers in the rattle can. It's metallic, but the metal flake doesn't really show up in the photos (It's pretty subtle even in person). Hey I had a very similar truck to this one like 30 years ago! I took the dump body off, shortened the frame for a Tractor trailer look and put on some (I think were) 1:16 scale formula 1 tires for the front super single tires. Looked great. I like yours with the front grill and the Chevy Titan rims... Looks... Purposeful, a little like what "Modeltruckbuilder" does. I love that trailer! Thanks for the pointers and the reference from Rogers, that is great material to work with! Thanks, I also had this same kit about 28 years ago (part of the reason why I bought this one when I found the unbuilt kit online). Of course back then I was 11, so it was left in bare brown plastic with no modifications. Still, I remembered it was a nice kit, and still relatively modern. The one thing to watch out for on this kit is the slightly brittle plastic (The original one I had as a kid ended up with a broken front axle). On this one I made sure to really reinforce the frame where I chopped it. Aaron
ewaskew Posted September 25, 2011 Posted September 25, 2011 Good looking build,the trailer came out nice.
cowboysevens Posted September 25, 2011 Posted September 25, 2011 nice build all the way around!! i like that lowboy alot too good job
Aaron Corey Posted September 25, 2011 Author Posted September 25, 2011 Here's how it turned out. My final step will be to add a few custom decals for the cab marker lights and "S2600" badges for the sides of the cab. But that'll have to wait until I have some other decals to print at the same time so I don't waste an entire sheet of film.
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