Finished recentley
001 by Mark Hartig, on Flickr
002 by Mark Hartig, on Flickr
003 by Mark Hartig, on Flickr
005 by Mark Hartig, on Flickr
007 by Mark Hartig, on Flickr
008 by Mark Hartig, on Flickr
Molded on detail, pretty basic molding in spots, and thick decals are what one has to fight with one of these kits but with a bit of extra work they build up fairly well. Had to do the Consolidated Freightways option; I’ve always thought their graphics were sharp
Regards,
Mark
Very nicely done! I agree, the Consolidated livery is quite striking.
Cheers
Well done.
Hello!
That’s a very nice rig you’ve got there! I especially like the mixture of “clean” and “used” weathering - like the cab is kept clean, but the fifth wheel is lubed - nice!
Thanks for sharing and have a nice day
Paweł
Nice work, Mark. How many remember that Consolidated Freightways also was the manufacturer of Freightliner trucks?
I had a late 60’s 50 inch cab tractor like this with a 318 Detroit.
Good looking bit of work. Well Done
Thank you gents good to see it passes the eyeball test
John I was unaware that CF had anything to do with manufacturing guess that’s a good way to ensure your fleet
Regards,
Mark
Very nice work. Looks terrific.
looks just like I remember them ! Nice job on the trailer lines.
beautifully done
Spectacular.
I had an uncle who used to drive for CF back in the day.
He had driven a tandem dowm to Tennessee from NW Indiana. They kept the trailers, but sent him back. Turns out the trailer dollie did not like being towed without a load and the brakes on it would randomly lock up. Which made for a long drive.
A set of cornflake doubles and you have the kits that have alluded me nice work I also like the old dominion paint scheme. Cleanwork I’m impressed
Thanks gents
Capt’n bobtailing that distance in a cabover, especially a single screw, would make for a long drive even without a balky converter dolly behind ya
Mopar one can still get the AMT 27’ doubles and converter dolly but the cost is excessive-more that I’m willing to give some scalper on E-Bay or somesuch. It’d be nice BUT…Perhaps AMT will re-release a doubles kit one day. I suppose I could scratch a set but I don’t want 'em that badly
Regards,
Mark
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Thanks gents
Capt’n bobtailing that distance in a cabover, especially a single screw, would make for a long drive even without a balky converter dolly behind ya
Mopar one can still get the AMT 27’ doubles and converter dolly but the cost is excessive-more that I’m willing to give some scalper on E-Bay or somesuch. It’d be nice BUT…Perhaps AMT will re-release a doubles kit one day. I suppose I could scratch a set but I don’t want 'em that badly
Regards,
Mark
I am getting ready to build a twin screw cf day cab what color red did you uses on frame
Model Master acrylic Guards red over medium grey primer with a black oil wash
Regards,
Mark
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Model Master acrylic Guards red over medium grey primer with a black oil wash
Regards,
Mark
Thank you for information
Apparently, it was him and a co-driver, and they would drive 2.5 hours, then swap. They made the trip in 20 hours–that’s how the logbook read at least.
Then, at the other end, they unhitched the boxes and immediately drove them away, and too kthe co-driver. So, it was just my uncle, the trcuk, and a dollie. Was a more liesurely trip back, what with having to stop and cope with a cranky dollie every so often.
Always thought it woul make a cool dio, to have a truck off the shoulder, with a dollie with smoke coming off only the one brake and the driver about ready to haul off and give it a good kick.
Really nice build. Very nice work on the washes and weathering.
Or the driver brandishing a giant sledgehammer or even blasting it with a shotgun.[:D]
AMT isn’t around anymore. More likely Round2 will probably put these out as they bought the rights and all the molds from AMT.