07-19-2025, 01:44 PM
I continued to work on the chassis.
I glued the chassis and the wheels to the cab temporairily with some white glue. (I'll have to take it apart later for painting) When I glued the chassis and cab together I felt the styrene chassis was a bit too bendy so I glued some brass rod to the chassis. I probably didn't have to do that considering what I'll have to build on top of the chassis.
I glued two 'c' channel pieces to the tops of the frame to bring it level with the tops of the tires. I also used some styrene rod to make a rudimentary rear axle and driveshaft.
This is what I'm going for for the wrecker body. I pass this truck in a storage yard almost every weekend on my cycling route. It's an early fifties ford but the rear wrecker platform would be universal. it shouldn't be that diffifult to replicate
I glued the chassis and the wheels to the cab temporairily with some white glue. (I'll have to take it apart later for painting) When I glued the chassis and cab together I felt the styrene chassis was a bit too bendy so I glued some brass rod to the chassis. I probably didn't have to do that considering what I'll have to build on top of the chassis.
I glued two 'c' channel pieces to the tops of the frame to bring it level with the tops of the tires. I also used some styrene rod to make a rudimentary rear axle and driveshaft.
This is what I'm going for for the wrecker body. I pass this truck in a storage yard almost every weekend on my cycling route. It's an early fifties ford but the rear wrecker platform would be universal. it shouldn't be that diffifult to replicate