1926 Mack AC

[Sherman 18]

I've been goofing around (again) with the old Monogram Mack kit. I keep changing on what kind of truck it will be. To give you an idea, this was going to be a plain flat bed. Then a lift dump bed, then a crane, then a Bell Telephone truck, then a cattle hauler, then back to tanker truck, then a road oiler, and then a grain truck. As of now it's a Railroad service truck.

A look at some of the kit, for the early '70's this must have been state of art in molding. It's really not that bad at all. Better that some of the stuff out now.

 

[lupanzer]

Very interesting ...

Luiz.

 

[Sherman 18]

I first try and put together all the parts in a kit that will need some putty.

Transaxle

The engine

The exhaust

 

[moon puppy]

I remember building this thing.

 

[MrT]

So do I....

Good start! I love these trucks.

 

[Iron Mike]

C cabs are cool. B)

 

[bob letterman]

So do I, back in the 70s, 38 years ago. I loved those old Macks! Good choice Jeff!

 

[sharkman]

Nice looking kit!

i recall Terry's build!

 

[jknaus]

Now thats cool. I dimly remember doing one or something like many many moons ago.
James

 

[135engineer]

super fun kits.

 

[iambrb]

I remember that kit. I built it for my dad. When he was a kid, there was an old version of a water tanker that looked approximately like this, and it would drive around the streets of the Mill Village in Moorseville NC (this would have been the mid-30's), hosing the kids...of which he was one.

Going to interesting as to what you do with it.

 

[Sherman 18]

Making plastic look like cast metal

Back on the engine

Casting texture done with Testors liquid cement and old brush. I did the cylinders/heads with a mix of 3M spot putty and Testors liquid cement

Front axle given the same treatment, on this I left a hint of a mold line as it should be there.

Transaxle I did the same with textures. The blue is the putty mix.

 

[Sherman 18]

Thanks for the comments. Loved seeing the finished builds. Maybe one day this can be there. :hmmm

 

[bob letterman]

Looking Good Jeff!!!!



Bob

 

[Jeeves]

I'll echo Bob- I like what you're doing Jeff!

 

[Sherman 18]

Thanks guys


I went and did the casting texture on the wheels

The front of the motor didn't square up right. I added styrene to correct that

The water pump and magneto on this kit were short molded so I scratched the magneto and the mounting plate from styrene

Started to add missing bolts to the engine

Added the separation line between the transaxle case and differential case

 

[moon puppy]

 

[bob letterman]

Nice!

 

[nsmekanik]

I did one of those way back when they first came out, the tanker version, always wanted to do one agian and your just making it harder :woohoo: Nice work
:drinks

 

[Sherman 18]

Thanks guys

I removed the leaf spring brackets. Then scratched some from styrene rod and strip. Also added some bolt heads from hexagon rod. Thinking I probably should have scratched the leaf springs too.

Maybe I should have titled this update "How to turn 3 kit parts into 35 parts" :facepalm