Plastheniker Posted February 22, 2014 Author Posted February 22, 2014 Thanks for your further comments! I am really happy to see that there is still some interest in my very first topic here in the MCM Forum.
chuckyr Posted February 23, 2014 Posted February 23, 2014 Very convincing. I see you are a fan of American engineering.
Plastheniker Posted May 5, 2014 Author Posted May 5, 2014 Thanks for the further comments! My next AITM conversion is a Mack W-71 integral sleeper with a scratch built contemporary canvas top trailer, both ready for painting. Since I am presently working on another scratch built German vintage truck it will take some time before I can show the Mack. I hope you will be interested.
Old Albion Posted May 27, 2015 Posted May 27, 2015 This is a very interesting build and some superb craftsmanship. Excellent!
Chariots of Fire Posted May 27, 2015 Posted May 27, 2015 Spectacular work! It looks real! Like it ought to when it's done right!
Plastheniker Posted June 3, 2015 Author Posted June 3, 2015 (edited) Thanks for the recent replies! Each time I posted in this sub-forum during the last months I forgot to draw the attention of those interested in Euro trucks to an outstanding German forum. Since my GMC is currently the cover picture of that forum I remembered. It is a rather small forum only for advanced truck modelers and scratch builders called Modell-Laster-Forum (MLF). German expert modelers and modelers from neighboring countries show often scratch built trucks, cranes and other machinery. Some models are really breathtaking. IMO it is the best German truck modeling forum by far, possibly even more than this. If you are interested have a look here: http://www.modell-laster-forum.de/ Edited June 3, 2015 by Plastheniker
Brent Posted June 4, 2015 Posted June 4, 2015 You are one very talented individual Jurgen. An absolute masterpiece you have done here. So beautiful to look at. Congrats!
DRIPTROIT 71 Posted June 4, 2015 Posted June 4, 2015 Excellent!!! One of my favorite trucks. I remember seeing them on the highway a lot. Even done a little work on one with a 6-71. I hope to build a model like this myself one day.
Plastheniker Posted June 16, 2015 Author Posted June 16, 2015 Thanks for the latest comments! I must admit that even after some years this is still one of my favourite models.
BirdWatcher Posted June 17, 2015 Posted June 17, 2015 Wow jurgen! I sure do admire your builds...Love your work!
Ack! Ack-ack! Posted August 1, 2016 Posted August 1, 2016 What a unique and flawless model! Still wavering I followed the link you gave in the Mack thread for the GMC 9500 cab. The link explains a lot but not how you made the grille. I searched the web, no other carefully finished cab touches your result, not least because of the grille. It looks like a PE part. Unfortunately etching would be beyond my skills. In case it is not etched how did you make it?
GearUpJammer Posted August 5, 2016 Posted August 5, 2016 Absolutely beautiful in all aspects,tractor and trailer!Interior detail is amazing!
Plastheniker Posted August 9, 2016 Author Posted August 9, 2016 Thanks for the recent replies! What a unique and flawless model! Still wavering I followed the link you gave in the Mack thread for the GMC 9500 cab. The link explains a lot but not how you made the grille. I searched the web, no other carefully finished cab touches your result, not least because of the grille. It looks like a PE part. Unfortunately etching would be beyond my skills. In case it is not etched how did you make it? I never made own PE parts. I milled the grille. An X-Y table ("Kreuztisch") of any size is indispensable. I used this rather unorthodox assembly of a full-size X-Y table and a full-size slowly running drill with a narrowed slitting cutter. (Ignore the workpiece on the pictures). Broadly speaking I did this: AITM supplies the cast grille as a separate part to be inserted into a corresponding recess. I cut a piece of thick styrene sheet (maybe 3mm) as a baseplate fitting into the recess but leaving a gap of 1mm all round. I inserted this baseplate into the recess provisionally and glued a wide strip of 1mm styrene all round the baseplate as a grille frame. After removing this assembly I milled horzontal grooves into the baseplate through this grille frame and glued strips of 0.5mm styrene into these grooves as horizontal grille bars. Then I did the same for the vertical grille bars milling through the horizontal grille bars as well. After applying a minimum amount of liquid super glue to all joints I milled a plane grille surface using my height-adjustable modeling drill stand (Ignore the circular saw blade on the picture). Last I gave the grille frame a neat cover of thin styrene and foiled everything. As far as I remember the cab recess was not deep enough for my new grille, so I had to make it deeper. I hope this is understandable.
Apriliadan Posted August 10, 2016 Posted August 10, 2016 When I started modeling I found a book that was written by a master ship builder, it is a very good book, after looking at all the pictures and returning it to the shelf for many years I stumbled upon it again, I normally build wood models, I read it, this man had a section that really took me aside, the section was on clamping, this can be a very frustrating issue when assembling, well almost everything, with the plastic I found myself re inventing everything I've learned about clamping, looking now at your tools, well it seems you've mastered this as well.
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