autocar u-serie

[jacobus]

start with this old model and it wil be a tanktruck with a schratchbuild tankuinit

first a chassis from a old autocar

its only very hard to find good pictures of this old model

the ones i have see are black-white en from a distance , but i wil try to make him nice

jacobus

[Foxer]

That's a cool looking cab.

[disabled modeler]

That cab is SWEET..! Nice project!

[Q tip]

this is going to neat truck. my grandfather used to drive one. I like the mechanic, it just adds that story line aspect to the project.

[kilrathy10]

This is gonna be cool, Man.....I like the cab, too....Can't wait to see what you do with the tank portion.....

[jacobus]

so after dustin ai start makin a tank for this one , look about 1000 pictures of autocar and so little to find from this

thats for now

jacobus

[BigBad]

That should look pretty good once built. I can picture it as a Shell Oil tanker...

[kilrathy10]

Nice work on the tank, Man....Very nice work....Looks great, already...

[slusher]

What a great project and looks so good already..

[Tesla]

This is looking real nice. I like your truck choice and the tank looks great! Any tips on building the tank?

[Jim B]

Good start on the old Autocar.

[mackd]

Jacobus,i am not on that the Autocard had this suspension the has this time.The rear suspension is a centerpiece of the truck

[Arnd]

Nice work on this. Hey mackd what type of suspension do you think woul be more accurate? Just for interrest.

[mackd]

I'll do some research.I have a friend who owns an encyclopedia of the autocard

[mackd]

I am doing a lot of research without success.a lot of six wheels but very short on the ten wheels.Me i will remove the torsion bars under the beams .I have seen the old Autocar ten wheels of years 40 but i was very young and I am not sure.

[Superpeterbilt]

Not that it takes away from the build, but it would not have had top loaders. The springs would have closer to the Hendrickson walking beam. The truck probably had a tag axle and wasnt a true dual drive. I will check my books later, but remember anything goes with truck building. A lot of do it yourselfers built whatever they needed, so a U series could have ended up getting stretched and transplanted dual drive top loaders from a wrecked dump truck with a blown engine. Happens all the time.

[Tesla]

Just found this bit of info for a third axle. Looks like a common conversion for this era...

[jacobus]

guys , before i start this project i have look about 3600 pictures of the autocar archives [ black and white ]

most of teh pictures with info said u-90 - deluxe cab with tandem axle straight and tankbody and a other name was quick removable cab

so i take a old autocar dump chassis with a timken rear axles , when the tankbody is in his place you dont see not much of it [ a only replace the axles forward ]

there is not much info to find of this icoon from the past

the tank was a former revell that i cut and saw to the size i think that was correct [ messurrement i did from a photo of the wheels ] also the distance i calculate this way

now first i make the tank how i think it must be correct

very soon pictures

jacobus

[Superpeterbilt]

I think it looks fine the way it is. The trucks great. Modeling is supposed to be fun, and exact detail only matters if you enjoy being that specific. Sometimes I do, sometimes I dont. Just my 2cents. Keep truckin' Jacobus

[Tesla]

Terry is right...modeling is supposed to be fun! You're doing a great job with this build

[mackd]

I respect your choice to build models which sometimes are not true.Me i never make models which do not have a possibility of real.a lot of people are saying that it is a hoby.For me this is not a hoby.i sells models has very strong price and they must be realistic.

[jacobus]

alain , a friend of my make also models but he has drawings 1:1 and can make it how it must be , or if the truck is in a museum he make a lot of pictures how everything looks and what kind of things the used for the real truck , but he has never made a old truck like i do

i dont sel my models i put them on the shelfs , if i make one soob than i go for the right stuff and build him correct

but for my and many others its a hobby for relax and fun in what you build and enjoy in that kind of hobby , its make no different in what kind of models you make

trucks , vans , cars , militairy if you like it just do it

i have seen work from you and its great and nice

if i found a very good drawing of a truck than i go for the exact model , but for the future i have a corbitt and also a hayes and from both are very little things to find

so everybody keep on modelling and for my real work keep on truckin

jacobus

[mackd]

My friend I understand very well what the want to say.It is true that the most important thing is to have fun has build its model.I am only an old chronic complainers and I am anxious to see thy model completed.I wish you good model.Alain

Edited July 8, 2014 by mackd

[jacobus]

same to you alain

and the pictures you send i stil have them of the old mack b61

now i am lookin also for a good pictures of the mack g type and the ultraliner [ ultraliner i have al ready some nice one,s ] but the g type are very hard to find

i look forward to see your great builds

keep up the good work my friend

greetings from a rainy holland [ i hope only this two days ]

jacobus

[jacobus]

and also a little work on the tank on the backside

now make a messurement for the sidewalk and rearfenders with a compartment for the tools and couplings etc

and than the rest ppff i have no vacation yet

jacobus