Sparkhead42 Posted February 9, 2015 Posted February 9, 2015 Here's some pictures of the first rig I built, all in all I spent a little over a month on it. It's a bone stock AMT Diamond Reo painted Lime pearl. Tell me what you think.
Scalper Posted February 9, 2015 Posted February 9, 2015 Turned out really nice. Like the green paint.
Petetrucker07 Posted February 9, 2015 Posted February 9, 2015 These are nice little kits. You did very well for the first truck. Well done.
Mackvision Posted February 10, 2015 Posted February 10, 2015 That's some nice work,especially for a first kit!.................................Mark
Sparkhead42 Posted February 10, 2015 Author Posted February 10, 2015 That's some nice work,especially for a first kit!.................................Mark Thanks Mark, I honed my skills on this little beauty a couple weeks before
Rigzndiesel Posted February 10, 2015 Posted February 10, 2015 Wow, very nicely done on both the truck and car! You are obviously not a novice to building models. Please start building more trucks...and cars! Jeff
72 Charger Posted February 10, 2015 Posted February 10, 2015 Nice DR and nice Mopar . Just add a little bit of black to the exhust stack top or you could just replace the top pipe with polished ally tube
Sparkhead42 Posted February 10, 2015 Author Posted February 10, 2015 Thanks guys, I'm planning a project that will combine both my love of mopar and bigs rigs in an unconventional sense
ewaskew Posted February 10, 2015 Posted February 10, 2015 Looks real good and clean,nice Truck man God Bless
kilrathy10 Posted February 10, 2015 Posted February 10, 2015 (edited) Great looking Diamond Reo....Everything looks just right.....I really like that old Mopar.....Orange looks AWESOME on it....Nice job.... Edited February 10, 2015 by kilrathy10
Sparkhead42 Posted February 11, 2015 Author Posted February 11, 2015 Thanks guys, I really appreciate all the comments. So question, anyone know a good rig to turn into a dump truck?
Jim B Posted February 11, 2015 Posted February 11, 2015 First, your Diamond-REO looks really nice. The licenses plates should be on the front, not the back. Anyway, a dump truck? Well, there are a couple of dump truck kits out there: the AMT Autocar DC9964, International PayStar5000, & Ford LNT8000 come to mind. You might have to scour eBay to find them, though. To make one you could use the Diamond-REO that you just built (well, another kit, not that ONE), the AMT GMC General, AMT Chevrolet Bison, AMT Mack DM600, DM800, & R600. I've also seen Peterbilt 359 & Kenworth W900 dumps (Revell of Germany makes a W900 dump). Depending on what time frame, and what appeals to you just about any kit can be made in to a dump. Although the Kenworth T600 and International ProStar or LoneStar probably won't make very good dump trucks. Here is a good reference site: http://www.hankstruckpictures.com/ Have fun!
Sparkhead42 Posted February 11, 2015 Author Posted February 11, 2015 Thanks Jim, definitely gonna look into the Kenworths. My local quarry uses a fleet of KWs and I thought I'd build a truck using their paint scheme
Jim B Posted February 11, 2015 Posted February 11, 2015 Sounds interesting. The Revell of Germany Kenworth W900 is a 1972-82 truck. If you need something more modern (like a W900B), Gary Wallace of GW Trucks has a W900B cab kit & a modern dump body. You can contact him at gwtrucks@yahoo.com. The AMT kits are all 1970s vintage trucks.
Roadrunner Posted February 11, 2015 Posted February 11, 2015 Looks really good. I hope my first big rig turns out as nice.
Sparkhead42 Posted February 11, 2015 Author Posted February 11, 2015 What thickness styrene do you recommend if I wanna scratch build the dump bed?
Jonj238 Posted March 12, 2015 Posted March 12, 2015 Wow! If that's your first rig, I really looking forward to your second one.
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