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  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Northern California
Posted by jeaton01 on Friday, November 24, 2017 6:05 PM

Bocks Suv

Your Junkers pics are having a problem. 

Thanks, and thanks for letting me know.  It's fixed now.

John

To see build logs for my models:  http://goldeneramodel.com/mymodels/mymodels.html

 

  • Member since
    November 2008
  • From: Far Northern CA
Posted by mrmike on Friday, November 24, 2017 3:50 PM

Jimmy Flintstone makes a few of the old cabover bodies in resin. I would advise looking at some reviews and/or getting other opinions before you purchase them. I bought a 40's White cab with the idea of using it on a Lindberg Dodge 700 chassis, but the rendition was so clunky (IMHO) I wound up selling it rather than try to correct all the issues. You might not object to the things that bothered me, and I can't speak to quality of the other bodies they offer. You can find them easily on eBay.

Happy Modeling!

Mike

  • Member since
    August 2014
  • From: Willamette Valley, Oregon
Posted by goldhammer on Friday, November 24, 2017 2:21 PM

Might try shapeways to see if they would have any bodies that would work in combination with other parts and pieces.

  • Member since
    March 2010
Posted by Bocks Suv on Wednesday, November 22, 2017 11:41 PM

Well,the cabovers I'm talking about arent from the 30s but htey do have lots of curves and long lines. Looks like no one makes the kits, so I might be stuck wiht diecast, if anything. If you know of plastic kits in 1/35 or larger, please post a link. Thx

  • Member since
    March 2010
Posted by Bocks Suv on Wednesday, November 22, 2017 11:39 PM

Yes, this type of tow truck and even older. You have a lot to show for your time. Your Junkers pics are having a problem. 

  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Northern California
Posted by jeaton01 on Sunday, November 19, 2017 11:59 PM

That puts me in mind of the 1949 Chevrolet or GMC cabovers, we had two of them.  Then below is a link to a tow truck built on a 42 Chevrolet COE.

http://www.vistaview360.com/autos/auto_images/chevrolet_images/1942-chevy-cabover.jpg

 I have a die cast of the 51, but I've never seen a plastic model.  The cab was exactly the same as the pickup cab, just mounted higher, and the fenders and grill might have been the same also.  The hood made up most of the difference and the fenders intruded on the doors.

 

 

John

To see build logs for my models:  http://goldeneramodel.com/mymodels/mymodels.html

 

  • Member since
    May 2009
  • From: Poland
Posted by Pawel on Sunday, November 19, 2017 2:26 PM

Hello!

When I first saw this thread I started thinking about the truck from Terminator II

Was that a beuaty and boy did they wreck it up... But I digress

In 1:24/1:25 you have one or two wrecker bodies from Italeri:

Now you'd have to combine this body with a cabover cab. Freightliner would be best, since the chassis is Freightliner anyhow, deep at heart:

You can also take a Peterbilt 352, a Kenworth K100 or maybe a crackerbox Dodge.

OR ELSE - you can go for a resin cab. Prepare for even more work and even more money to spend. But then you get many new choices to make:

http://aitruckmodels.com/shop/

With trucks like this one:

Or this one:

Any choice yo umake I'd sure like to see WIP pictures of it. Hope it halps and have a nice day

Paweł

All comments and critique welcomed. Thanks for your honest opinions!

www.vietnam.net.pl

  • Member since
    February 2014
Posted by jazzsoul60 on Sunday, November 19, 2017 12:16 PM

Art Deco?  Isn't that 1920s and 1930s?

  • Member since
    March 2010
Cab-over wreckers
Posted by Bocks Suv on Sunday, November 19, 2017 12:12 PM

Does anyone make decent kits of the old fashioned, hardy-looking wrecker tow trucks that look kind of art-deco?

 

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