https://autos.yahoo.com/news/texas-plumber-ford-truck-ends-terrorists-133033518.html
Somebody is supposed to be introducing a modern Ford Pickup…but still no source for the armament.[bnghead]
Bet it cleans out plugged toilets no matter what floor.[^o)]
You could build that pretty easy with the Meng Ford F-350 and a little scratch.
I am considering buying the Meng kit.
Dunno about scratch building the gun, though.
I am wondering if that gun in back is a ZPU-1 like the one included in the Meng 1/35 scale pickup.
The trucks are called ‘Technicals’ because… they’re not.??
Finescale actually had an article about scratching a gun for a somalie technical, which was some huge anti-aircraft gun, that i copied.
You could alternatively buy a Jeep for a tray mounted gun. the italeri 1/24 jeep or toyota kits have a 50 cal.
i used my 50 cal in a civilian car
I really wish there were more full kits or conversion kits to create a typical city infrastructure truck such as water dept, dept. of parks and rec, etc., with those utility beds and tool boxes on the back. I’ve got a plan to make one, but I’m not feeling up to scratchbuilding and having to print custom decals, so I haven’t done it yet.
Chris
Thanks for that info !
FSM had an article on scratch building the AA gun?! [bnghead]
Hmmm…I may also do a paper model search for an AA gun…maybe something can be reduced in size as a pattern.[^o)]
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I may buy one of those two kits to use the fifty cal on a Rat Rod…I bought the MPC Jeep with the recoil less rifle…a shame the kit has civilian tires…
Same here…an International 4300 or International Terrastar would make a nice starting point for conversions…[^o)]
http://vciambulances.com/vehicle-sales/ambulances/horton/medium-duty
I may check into obtaining one of these kits though the gun may be way too big to fit on a pickup truck bed
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alice papermodel 1 25 the soviet union anti air gun truck car model
if 1/35 is acceptable, Meng have a couple of them
Oh, I’m aware of them.
Been tempted to buy and build as a sort of :stop gap" solution. [^o)]
Give me something like this in a bigger-than-HO-scale and I’ll be in heaven!
I can’t think of a better range of subjects for rust than construction equipment ! [:D]
That looks like an old Bucyrus Erie “drag link” back hoe. The old term “steam shovel” comes to mind. AMT, I think, did a nice 1/25th scale Caterpiller bull dozer. I think it was a D-8 with a ripper and a dozer blade. A Manitawok crane would be neat also. You can get a lot of construction equipment in die-cast, but I would rather build my own.
Amen to that. There are old draglines all over coal country where I grew up. Just abandoned and rusting…I did a Bucyrus in HO scale a few years ago and put it in that setting, but I’d really like a bigger scale one with detail!
Now that think about it, I have yet to see plastic models of construction equipment at swap meets.[^o)]
Same goes for the old large scale AMT releases of “The General” or the Christie Steam Powered Fire Engine
I’d love to see a '77 Chevy Monte Carlo, '78 Pontiac LeMans, and late 70s - 80’s Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme kits. Oh yeah some cool late 70’s, early 80’s Ford Thunderbirds too.
The AMT Catapiller D-8 bulldozer was first issued in the 70’s and has been reissued a couple times over the years. The newer ones don’t have the Catapiller trade mark decals with them. They start around $50 on eBay.
out of stock…[^o)]
http://www.squadron.com/1-24-Meng-Ford-350-Super-Duty-Crew-Cab-p/mmcs001.htm
Does anyone besides Squadron import Meng civilian vehicle kits?
You are right ! AMT’s Dozer was unique for the time . Looked great on a sagging Flatbed trailer too . Especially with the weathering on that lowboy
Problem is they gave you a decal instead of punching holes in the front engine panel . I put the decal on the unpainted part and drilled out all those puppies !
