Win's Builds

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I'm not sure where I left off, so I'll start out with this one and bring you up to date over time.

It's the "Movin' On" kit converted to a straight truck, minus the sleeper.

Stretched the frame for the 25' bed. The bed and bulk head are from the trailer in the Lindberg Dodge kit. 41chevy had sent me the trailer quite some time ago. Thanks again, Paul.



I added things like the load lights, tool box, grab handles on the bulk head, straight stacks etc.



Bed is basswood strips and the bulk head is a solid piece of basswood. I stratched the rear plate, ICC bumper, ladder, stake pockets and rub rail.



I built the crate (basswood) and added straps and winches. The straps and winches are from Eric at P&P Resins.



Thanks for checking it out.

Win

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After our oldest daughter's husband finished doing an off frame restoration of a '68 El Camino for himself, he started on a '67 Pontiac Firebird for our daughter.

She asked me if I would make her a model with her choice of colors so I went looking. The earliest I could find was a Revell '68 and there not being much difference between the two years, she said go for it.

This is what she ended up with and it put a smile on her face.

Paint is Createx Iridescent Fuschia and Opaque Black with clear gloss top coat.







The engine is supposed to be metalic blue and a little lighter, but I had this color on hand and got her OK to use it.



Thanks for taking a peek.

Win

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I built this for our son, to go with the Ant Eater that I made for him.

Stretched the frame etc.











Thanks for taking the time to check it out.

Win

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Of course it's a Moebius. One fantastic kit as theirs are. Tons of BMF used, but that's part of model building at times.









'53 Utah license plate. If you're interested I got the plate from www.plateshack.com/platelist.html



Added plug wires, which I seldom do. Also add throttle linkage



Thanks for peekin'

Win

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Revell snap with the Italeri knuckle boom.

Paint is Createx Lime Green Pearl.

Had to make a command decision about the parking lights. Decided to not to use them.

Also tinted sleeper window. That's pretty obvious isn't it...



Horn covers are jean rivet heads, with stem cut off.

Converted the kit stand pipes to 6" 1:1.



Fuel tanks and air cleaner straps covered with chrome vinyl from Jim (drinkone2). Thanks, Jim...you da man! Vents and door handles covered with BMF.



Drom frame is made from remaining pieces of Lindberg Dodge trailer that 41chevy had sent to me. Thanks one more time, Paul. Deck and headboard covered with bass wood and plumbed the hoist.



Thanks for taking a look.

Win

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The Sports Rroadster was another attempt by Ford that only lasted two years...'62/'63

For an AMT this went together pretty good, but had the usual AMT glinches that had to be worked around. The frustrating part was that there were no badge or script decals so it's bare of those.

The blue color is Bahama Sea.





One of the gliches was that the l.h. vent window didn't fit right. The r.h. one was good. Oh well...







Engine is the Ford FE390.



This is an article on the real car if you're interested.

automotivemileposts.com/tbird1962roadsterspecific.html

Thanks for checking it out.

Win

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This is the AMT kit and the typical AMT PIA, but I made it through it. Added a ladder to the passengar side. Couldn't believe they only put one ladder in the kit.

Added a little stuff here and there.











Thanks for checking it out.

Win

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According to the date stamp, I built this in '09. If it wasn't for the stamp I couldn't have told you when I built it.

Paint is Createx Pearl Red and Pearl Yellow. Colors picked by "my boss" and she also designed the sweep pattern.











Thanks for checking it out.

Win

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This is kind of a replica model of a company that I drove for out of Ontaio, Oregon before coming to Utah in '74.

I say kind of because I made it into an owner operator truck, even though N.A.C.A. didn't have any o/o's. N.A.C.A. stands for Northwest Agricultural Co-Operative Association, so it was easier to call it Naca.

One of the real trucks.




Simulated ceramic stacks.











86 was the number of the last truck that I drove for them, which was a '72.










Thanks for taking a look see.

Win

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This is one that I made to as close as I could get it, to the real one that I owned many moons ago from '81 to '83 and it's good enough for the girls I went with.

My wife drove (yes, drove, not just rode) with me on this one for 1 1/2 years.

The real McCoy.

I originally had it leased to Utah Carriers, but when this picture was taken, I was leased to the old PreFab Transit.







I slapped together a headache rack for it like the one the real truck had, then hung some tie down chains.



I used the IH kit engine as that's all I had at the time. Oh well...



Decals were printed by the famous one in Gulf Port, Mississippi. I sent him a business card with the U.C.I. logo on it and he took it from there. Thanks again, Jerry.



Thanks for pulling back the curtain and taking a peek.

Win

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My color picker outter came through again with this one. I asked her what color(s) and when she told me these, I shook my head and said...for sure?

Her being a woman of few words, she said "you asked, I told" then added that the mirror heads and fuel caps should be pink too. She drew out the design and said "I think this would look nice".

Me being the hired hand, I just do what I'm told (sometimes) so away I went and this is the end result.

Changed out the stacks to straights, added a tool box, made some coiled air/power lines, added the cb antennas and printed up the flap decals. That's skillet splatter screen in the grill.











Thanks for peeking around the corner at it.

Win

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I know some of you've seen this before, but what the heck...

In the late 40's and early 50's my dad made a trip a week from Idaho to L.A. hauling dry beans, spuds, or as Paul C. would say...taters then would buy produce off the old 7th Steet Market, bring it back and sell it to the local stores. He always talked about getting a delivery truck but that never happened so I built this in his honor and I'm sure he would have liked it even though he was not one for frills and ginger bread.

So here's one for you Dad.













Thanks for checking it out.

Win

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I built this for my brother who drove for CF in the 60's and 70's out of the Hayward, California barn.















Thanks for looking.

Win

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Oct 20, 2012 22:47:51 GMT -6 @hermanmunster said:

Really nice build, I imagine your brother was happy to receive it.
I worked out of Hayward when I drove end dump.

Thanks Dave, I'm sure you're better off in Montana than Hayward.

Yessir, he was as happy as a new born pup .

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Thought I would throw this in just for spits and grins.

It's a Revell kit and was a good clean kit to work with.







Bed made from bass wood strips.







Thanks for pulling the curtain back and peeking at it.

Win

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It doesn't seem like it's been over 2 years since I built this, but according to the date stamp it has.

I'm sure you know who picked the colors.

The design is from IHC and the paint is Createx Pearl Green and Copper.











The Chi Wobblers is your imagination working over time. They're actually 10 hole Budds in disguise.

Thanks for taking a look.

Win

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Box stock except for the color and striping. Not that it makes any difference, but I built this in '07, not '09 as the date stamp shows.

When I took the lid off the box and saw what I was up against, I thought...what in the world have I gotten myself into. My wife was really sympathetic though...she said "you made your bed, now sleep in it".

Yes, the boom swivels and extends.













Thanks,
Win

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A Mack and wobblers? ;D What ever possessed me to build this? Must have caught me in a weak moment.







Whoops, looks like production forgot to put a stack brace on.



Thanks for taking a look.

Win

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'77 IHC that I owned and leased to Utah Carriers a lot of moons ago.

The real deal...



Now the model.



Whoops, forgot the tank strap buffers.



I used the kit engine...the real one had a Cummins Mighty 290.



Decals by Jerry.



Thanks for doing a peekaboo.

Win

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I built these for our son. His real W900 was these colors, so that's what he wanted. The Mini Me was an after thought on my part and I had the kit so I said to myself...self, why not.

The T600 and trailer. That's pretty obvious isn't it...





Diamond H is the name of Terry's company.







Mini Me





Thanks for your time.

Win

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This is a replica of the car that I had when I started dating my wife, Dian.

The only difference being, the color on the real one was a lighter green and had fender skirts and as I remember it had a V8 272 c.i.d.

It seems that everyone had a car some time in their life that they have regreted getting rid of and this is mine.

I only have one picture of it that was kept over the years and this was taken on the evening of our wedding in '59. The lettering was done by 2 teenage cousins of mine, bless their little hearts. And yes, that's a can of Olympia beer in front of the front tire. As I remember there were a few of those that had their tops popped that evening.



Don't have the car , but still have Dian ;D.











Win

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Jan 16, 2013 10:01:57 GMT -6 41chevy said:

Really nice build of a special car. I do think you kept the best though.
Still have my first car for over 40 years and the same girl too, but I'd love to get my 51 Vicky back. Paul

I had this '52 prior to the '56 and it was one sweet car. You can see a few mods on it, like the '55 grill, hood ornament and crest "leaded in". After this picture was taken I put 1" lowering blocks on the rear and Smitty Mufflers. It doesn't get much better than that. Had 3 on the tree and had flipped the gear shift over to the left hand side which made shifting totaly reversed.

Who's old enough to remember Smitty Mufflers and knew about flipping the gear shift?




Win

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A nice clean, well cast kit to work with.



Blue is Createx Maui Blue, the white is simply flat white. Krylon clear gloss on the body and dash then Krylon Satin Gloss on the interior.

Color's were picked by...who else, but my wife and as you can see, there's a bushel basket of BMF.















Thanks for taking a peek.

Win

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Hi...I'm not back into building yet, but hopefully I will be down the road a short piece. Thought I would post some builds I've done in the past, but please bear with me if I've posted them before. The shiny stuff was my first try with Alclad and Kurt McLucas was good enough to walk me through it.

Thanks for looking.

Win

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I built this combo awhile back.

Thanks for taking a peek.

Win

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This is a model of the '75 Freightliner I drove way back when. It was one of the first 96" cabs that Freightliner came out with. 3406 Cat, 13 speed trans and topped out at 85 mph. Plenty fast to get me in a lot of trouble if I used it, but of course I used a very light foot on the pedal. If you believe that, you'll believe anything that I tell you. Pulled a 42' Ravens spread axle trailer. Had to do a lot of mods to make it come out right and stuff the Cat engine in. Thanks to 41Chevy for a second cab for stretching, drinkone2 for cutting the cabs to extend it and making the block design decals and surely not the least of all, the famous Decal Guy down there in Mississippi for the name and number decals including the logo which he took off a business card that I had.

Sorry that I can only post pics of models I have made, but one of these days.....

Thanks for taking a look see
Win

The real deal.



The model.

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Yeah I know, it's not a truck..... I had started it last March then my health went to hell in a hand basket and haven't touched it until this last Thursday when I decided to see if I was able to get back into building again. It had been primed and ready to paint since March. So far, so good.

Anyway here's the end result.

Color is Createx Pearl Tangerine.

Thanks for taking a look peek.

Win

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I built this in honor of my Dad. He ran to Los Angeles once a week with either a load of spuds or dry beans, sold them on the old 7th Street Produce Market then bought produce for customers back home in Buhl, Idaho. He always wanted a local delivery truck but that never happened so I built this one for him. You'll recognize the kit as the Louisville, but with a few mods. Dad wasn't one for gingerbread or frills, but I'm sure he would have like this one.

But first, a short history on my Dad's trucks he had over the years.

First one is a '37 Chevy that he ran from home (Buhl, Idaho) to San Francisco and back. That's when trucks were made of steel and drivers were too. Home made van with sleeper above cab. Only access to sleeper was from the outside. Single screw with tag axle.



Next was a '47 IHC KB7. I don't remember what engine it had except it was gas and had 5x3 boxes. Also single screw with tag axle. He built a van like the one that's on the '37 Chevy.
Sorry, no picture available.



In 1950 Dad ordered an IHC L190 from the dealer in Buhl. He took a train to the IHC plant in Chicago and drove it home. He took the tag axle and van off the KB7 and put it on the Mighty 190. You can tell that the L190 wheelbase was longer than the KB7 because of where the wheel wells on the van are.



I believe it was in 1952 he decided to go with a semi, so he bought a used 22 foot Fruehauf a KW sleeper and took the tag axle off.



Notice there are no signal lights, but a signal arm next to the driver side window. If you're not familiar with this type of signal, it was operated from inside the cab with a bracket and handle. The handle had a cable hooked to it then the cable was routed out of the cab and connected to the signal arm. So...you locked the arm in the keeper on the bracket for the position you wanted the signal arm in then once you made your turn, release the handle and the arm would drop to the down position. The bracket in the cab had three positions that you could lock the arm in...left turn, right turn and slow down.



Now to the model of the local delivery truck.













Thanks,
Win

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This was a neat model to build and I did a lot of referring to Scania's website. Not so much for building it, but out of curiosity about the truck as it's so much different than U.S. trucks. 

Yessir, my wife picked the colors.  I just do what I'm told...sometimes

Thanks for checking it out.

Win

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I built this awhile back and did a few mods here and there on it. Scratch built the drom deck and the boom is from the Italeri parts kit. I'm sure I posted it before, but what the heck.

Win