Model Trucks

[gcoleman]

This is one of my other hobbies, besides finishin the cub up. This is merely one of my trucks, they are all 1:16 scale, and aren't stock at all.
This first one is a mack granite lowboy from Bruder. It used to be a bare bones truck, i added aluminum stacks, mirror antennas, rookie poles, a toolbox, decals, air hoses, painted the wheels, painted its trailer, and a heavy duty air cleaner,dummy axle, etc. (Older pics, I'll post more current ones when the weathers nice enough.)

 

[blanasa]

Rookie poles?

 

[digger]

Brian L.
Long bright colors sticks that stick up at the edge of the bumper. They use them for those GOOFS that go to truck driving school for 6 weeks and think they are truck drivers!

They are also good for pushin snow with those Myer type front blades.

 

[gcoleman]

Thats exactly what i use em for(the plowin that is, i dint need em in a truck, lol) They can be chrome with orange lights at the ends of em too, if you like flashy stuff like that.

 

[manutter]

yea but rookie poles r nice sumtimes n a 379 pete or a freightliner classic.nice granite glen never drove one but spent sum time in old r models.

 

[wcompton]

Like these guys . . .

 

[gcoleman]

Thank you, and exactly like that firetrucks bumper. I like the 70's era petes/ kwhoppers myself, and those, plus the painted wheels, really add that smoky and the bandit feel. I am partial to the mack B series myself. To me, they are the 57 chevy of the semi world

 

[dfrisk]

I built an early 70's vintage Pete tilt-cab complete with a 318 Detroit for power and a CHROME tank trailer when I was about a Junior/Senior in HS. It didn't look too bad from 2-3 feet away.
It seemed neat until I actually drove something powered with a 318 about 10 yrs later. That sure made Me appreciate Cummins power.

 

[gcoleman]

Ok, finally, here is the truck in its current state (as a bobtail)

 

[gcoleman]

Say, Wyatt, is that fire truck European, American, or Australian, or anything else??

 

[wcompton]

Glen-
It's domestic. Some fire department are getting ahead of NFPA requirements on visibility. Starting in 2009 I believe it will be a manditory.

 

[gcoleman]

I see, looked very European, what make is it?

 

[digger]

Glen,
Click on Wyatt's profile.

 

[gcoleman]

Ah, gotcha Charlie.

 

[wcompton]

Glen-
That truck in particular is a Crimson Fire Aerial mounted on a Spartan Gladiator Evolution chassis.

Since we're on the subject, does any company out there have a fire service model on a Spartan chassis? Since most of Chicago's engines are on a Spartan now I would have figured Code3 would have started making them, but they're still putting out "new" models on the old HME chassis.

 

[gcoleman]

Not that it helps, but i havent the slightest clue