1/72 Scale RPM Mack Truck

[Duke Maddog]

Even though there's only about seven weeks before this is over, I'm going to throw my hat in the ring with this model kit. It's the RPM Mack Truck in 1/72 scale and it should be a very fast and easy build.

Here's the start-up pics:

Sprues and instructions still sealed in the bag:

I didn't get too far yet, but I have the main cab done so far...

...and the engine all assembled:

Once I get the chassis done, this will fly.

Okay, that's my progress so far. Stay tuned, more to come. Thanks for looking in, comments are welcome.

 

[lupanzer]

... very interesting

Luiz.

 

[moon puppy]

 

[Duke Maddog]

Thanks guys! More to come soon.

 

[razordws]

Looking forward to this.

 

[Sherman 18]

Great choice with a Bulldog

 

[Duke Maddog]

Thanks guys! I appreciate it.

 

[JamesOLeary]

I look forward to this.

You can do it!

Cheers,
James

 

[Duke Maddog]

Thanks James! I got this!

 

[Duke Maddog]

Despite low mojo and excessive clumsiness making everything difficult lately, I decided to work on this truck some more. I started out by building the rear cargo bed for that. I couldn't go wrong there; after all it's just a box. Fortunately I was right:

I then decided to do more with this. I assembled the chassis:

Once that was dry, I installed the cab and the dry-fit the cargo bed:

This one will be getting the tilt. I assembled the tilt and added it to the bed to see how it fit:

Not bad. This is gonna look good. I am now ready to paint this.

Hopefully soon I'll get this painted. Thanks for looking in. Comments are welcome.

 

[moon puppy]

 

[Tankbuilder]

It's really nice to see so many kits and figures being released that deal with The Great War aka WW1.

I like your Mack truck there Maddog.

Are you going to put it on a base of in a scene?

Pretty hard sometimes to believe that this November 11 will mark 100 years since the 1918 armistice came into effect.

Cheers

 

[Duke Maddog]

Thanks Tank! Right now it'll just stand alone. Maybe someday down the road it'll get a base. I hope to be able to pull out all my WWI vehicles and shoot a group shot of all of them. It's amazing how many of them there are.

 

[Gator]

 

[Skinny_Mike]

Nice work.

 

[Duke Maddog]

Thanks Mike!