Delivery truck custom made

[Andre Grondin]

Hi !

Here is one of my newest custom , not very inovative truck but lots of details , base is a conrad paystar , conrad atlas boom , tonkin headache box .

side tool boxes, brass made mirror ( yes real mirrors) , painted interior, stretched frame .

enjoy !!

 

[CAT D9H]

Thats a great looking truck, I really like the way the bed looks I may have to post pics of mine

 

[Andre Grondin]

Hi !

Be my guess ! I'll be more than pleased to see others work of art and learn !!!

 

[CAT D9H]

Heres mine ,I started with a Mack Granite dump truck that I used for another custom , built the bed and added the palfinger crane , the tool box opens it was one of the boxes on a Tonkin drop deck trailer, here it is

 

[Andre Grondin]

Hi !

Nice looking rig you got there ! those Mack's are simply gorgeous !!! good idea for the tool box , I try to find a way to remove the chrome on part so it would look more like Alu boxes .

 

[CAT D9H]

Thanks, im pretty proud of it , I had to stretch the frame about an inch. its the only Mack in my collection other then the two B61's I have and the skid loader is the only model I have that isnt Cat other then a crusher

 

[landrvrnut22]

Hi !

Here is one of my newest custom , not very inovative truck but lots of details , base is a conrad paystar , conrad atlas boom , tonkin headache box .

side tool boxes, brass made mirror ( yes real mirrors) , painted interior, stretched frame .

enjoy !!

That's a neat custom, but I gotta ask. Did you base this off a real truck? I looked at the pictures a few times, and it looked funny to me. Then it dawned on me. Every drywall truck I have been around, the crane base and turntable sit just behind the cab. Never seen one with the crane base on the back. Just an observation.

 

[Steve Frazier]

good idea for the tool box , I try to find a way to remove the chrome on part so it would look more like Alu boxes .

I used to do a lot of modeling when I was younger. If you soak chromed parts overnight in a 50/50 solution of clorox bleach and water, it will dissolve the chrome from the plastic and not harm the part.

 

[Andre Grondin]

That's a neat custom, but I gotta ask. Did you base this off a real truck? I looked at the pictures a few times, and it looked funny to me. Then it dawned on me. Every drywall truck I have been around, the crane base and turntable sit just behind the cab. Never seen one with the crane base on the back. Just an observation.

HI !

The base truck is a Conrad 1/50 scale the Atlas crane is an NZG taken from another model , I should of write customised instead , and for the crane set-up in the back we see those every day.

thank you for the comments

 

[Andre Grondin]

I used to do a lot of modeling when I was younger. If you soak chromed parts overnight in a 50/50 solution of clorox bleach and water, it will dissolve the chrome from the plastic and not harm the part.

Fine I'll try that for sure , do you happen to know if it would do the same on die-cast chromed parts ?

Thank's for the trick

 

[Steve Frazier]

That I can't say, I only worked with plastic model kits

 

[Andre Grondin]

Hi !

No problem I will try anyway and I will see the results , good or bad nothing beats the experience !!! LOL

 

[heavylift]

Every drywall truck I have been around, the crane base and turntable sit just behind the cab. Never seen one with the crane base on the back. Just an observation.

I guess depends on how they are ordered... most here are on the back, so the can reach the stuff on their trailers.

 

[Andre Grondin]

That's a neat custom, but I gotta ask. Did you base this off a real truck? I looked at the pictures a few times, and it looked funny to me. Then it dawned on me. Every drywall truck I have been around, the crane base and turntable sit just behind the cab. Never seen one with the crane base on the back. Just an observation.

The truck is based on a real truck that we have here in Granby working for RONA ( same as home hardware ) .