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Post by cfesmire on Jun 12, 2011 18:42:47 GMT 1
Man I would love to see those old photos. The last 1/1 real truck I restored was a 1949 Dodge pick up that was originally built for the U.S. Air Force as an airport support vehicle. It was on a 1/4 ton chassis with a six foot bed which was very unusual. The flathead six started right up after sitting for almost 30 years.
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Post by charlieb53 on Jun 12, 2011 19:05:06 GMT 1
The funny thing about that Tech Order manual is that its basically all you need to know about aircraft firefighting in about 100 pages.Like theres a drawing of a truck spraying water on a burning B-24.Today its probably thousands of pages
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Post by cfesmire on Jun 23, 2011 14:00:03 GMT 1
Been sitting on the photos of the prototype of this truck for years and finally got around to building it. The base model is the Roco Zis-5 of course and the crane and bed are all scratch built. The really nice spoke wheels are from the Roco Henschel .
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Post by Thomas on Jun 23, 2011 17:07:32 GMT 1
A pretty massive crane for such a little truck. As fare as I know the Zis-5 is a copy of an Autocar truck, but I don't find any pictures of this Autocar. I always wonder if there is a 6x4 version of the Autocar or if the Zis-6 is like the 6x4 Ford AA copy a sovjet development. I would like to ad the Zis-5/6 as Autocar to my collection.
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Post by cfesmire on Jun 23, 2011 20:59:22 GMT 1
Thomas, The Zis-5 is an identical truck to the Autocar Model CA except for the windshield. I have photos of the Autocar if interested. In fact it was the Autocar that is in the photo of the truck I modeled this from. The crane is actually bigger in the prototype photo! And yes the Zis-5 and Autocar both were seen in a twin screw (6x4) configuration. The Russian truck that is a copy of the Ford Model AA is called a GAZ. The Roco Zis-5 model is now out of production but can be found occasionally on ebay. I understand Arsenal M makes one in resin.
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Post by cfesmire on Jul 6, 2011 20:43:36 GMT 1
Over at the in-progress thread I showed the beginnings of a 1951 Federal and here's the final results.
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Post by Cor_DutchArt on Jul 6, 2011 21:59:12 GMT 1
that must have been a very old project then.. It looks great!
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Post by Sabuu on Jul 9, 2011 16:37:08 GMT 1
Great looking truck there, nice colors (will there be a matching trailer as well?) and I love the detailing of the rims . I also like the background in this picture, I think I will have to try to take some models outside sometime as well...
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Post by perez on Jul 26, 2011 23:46:59 GMT 1
I love that Federal!!
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Post by cfesmire on Apr 5, 2012 23:44:45 GMT 1
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Post by DavidJohnson on Apr 6, 2012 3:50:59 GMT 1
Chester, I'm glad to see you back. Those are beautiful working truck models and photos as always.
Dave
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Post by cfesmire on Apr 6, 2012 15:23:35 GMT 1
Well I jumped in with both feet in trying to get back into things. This Jordan Model AA has a bed made from a Tichy ore car with scratch built rear and gate lift to make this auger conveyance coal delivery truck.
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Post by Cor_DutchArt on Apr 6, 2012 21:29:50 GMT 1
Good to see you again Chester!
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Post by Thomas on Apr 9, 2012 21:59:10 GMT 1
It's great to see you back again Chester. As always very nice models. And your models look even better in flesh, as I did this weekend.
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Post by DavidJohnson on Apr 10, 2012 13:00:14 GMT 1
Chester, The weathering and rust along the fenders and frame look so real. Dave
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