IH Loadstar Diecast & Pressed Steel Combo

[AzTom]

I have this one started now but it's going rather slow. The cab is a 1/16 Ertl International diecast cab from the 70's. The trailer is a Wyanndott pressed steel trailer for the early 50's.

As you can see the cab has been well played with a painted several times.



Here is the cab cleaned up and shown with the tailer as found.

Edited August 3, 2015 by AzTom

[jeffs396]

WOW!

Very cool combo Tom!

Oh, glad to see you back here, all it took was a new section for different model types, huh?

[Brizio]

Very nice! How big it is?

[Harry P.]

I have a feeling that rig would have been worth a few bucks to a toy collector, even in "as found" condition.

[hotrod59f100]

I'm loving it .

[hotrod59f100]

I have a old structo ? Coe truck. It's yellow.

[AzTom]

Thanks,

I stripped the paint and brazed up the corner cuts on the trailer. Also did some bondo work and primer today. I also cut the door lines it the cab, these came with almost none showing.

[hotrod59f100]

That looks sharp. What color combo are you planing?

[Agent G]

Beautiful as is!

G

[Joker]

That combo has some cool lines

Glad you rescued them

[AzTom]

Thanks Guys.

I'm not sure on the color yet, probably why it's going so slow. I was thinking Oliver tractor colors, the dark green and clove, light green almost white used on the Oliver wheels. That way I could use it as a hauling truck for a couple of restored Oliver show tractors being 1/16 scale.

It's a little large for 1/18 but I do have a few 1/16 cars so I could go that way as well. ?????????

The truck and trailer measures 24in long.

[hotrod59f100]

That would be sweet . I had painted my 74 sears garden tractor with Oliver paint from tractor supply company a few years ago . Nothing like going green.lol

[AzTom]

The ends of the diecast bumper were broken off so I cleaned up the break and made a new brass bumper. I'm using 4 - 1-72 hex head screws to mount it to the truck. I plan to BMF the bumper then do the bolts after installed.

[Danno]

Good stuff!

[AzTom]

Thanks

Now comes the never ending hours of getting an old high mileage truck smoothed out.

I'm not going to go all out detailing this one. I like to keep most of the original look of the old toys so they have the aged feel about them. That said, I am going to add some simple mirrors to the truck.

[hotrod59f100]

What rig were they replicating with this one? It reminds me of some old Mack or ih.

[AzTom]

What rig were they replicating with this one? It reminds me of some old Mack or ih.

It's an International Loadstar 1600 for the 70's.

AzTom

[AzTom]

Worked on the fifth wheel today.

Cleaned off the rust and removed the latch, spot welded a new release arm on and riveted it back together.

The arm is the belt clip off of a Sheffield box cutter type knife. You Never throw anything away

Edited June 19, 2012 by AzTom

[hotrod59f100]

Wow that's pretty inavative using that knife bit. I knew that truck looked similer to one of those trucks. I want to find a replica of my 59 f100 I know there is a dicast 1/18 but it's 4x4 .

[Harry P.]

Nice work on that 5th wheel! You're quite the cratfsman...

[Danno]

Wow. Nice, Tom.

[AzTom]

Okay, I know you think I forgot about this build,

Shortly after starting this we decided it was time to move for the third time that "We are never doing that again". So we started building a new house and packing to old one. Almost a year later I'm finely getting my junk unpacked.

Anyway, enough of the excuses, it's time to get started again, although I still have little time between getting house stuff setup.

I kind of accidently came up with some mirrors and would like to know what you guys think. They don't need to look factory stock as the truck is a light custom.

So what do you think, does it look proportional? Real?

[Maindrian Pace]

The mufflers mirrors look great, Tom. Go with 'em!

-MJS

[Kaleb]

At first glance they look right, until you notices that they are mufflers. I would go with them.

[Harry P.]

They look good to me!