1926 Mack AC Bulldog Logging truck
Jan 16, 2023 14:12:41 GMT -5
Michael Chriss, 1961redlegs, and 1 more like this
Post by kyledehart5 on Jan 16, 2023 14:12:41 GMT -5
Ramblings incoming, so skip those and get to the photos.
I started this one back at the very end of 2022 during my Christmas/New Years break. Originally to go along in the background with Kevin's transkit of the 997 Eagle, which is a slow, but ongoing project.
This is the Atlantis reissue of the classic Monogram kit tooled originally in 1976. I didn't go into this one with any plans at all, just have always thought the Mack AC was a really cool truck and when Atlantis reissued them it became easy to acquire the kit. I really can't say enough about this kit. Really well engineered, Atlantis either cleaned up the molds or they've held up extremely well. Fit is very nice and detail is really good too. I just couldn't stop working on it.
I decided to just build at as basically a new truck but one that has started it's working life. With that in mind I added some light weathering, but kept the paint pretty much intact everywhere. The kit comes with 3 logs, molded in half, that you're supposed to glue together as the logging load. They look just as bad as they sound. So a new solution was needed. I went out back and found some limbs that were down from winter storms. I chopped those up with a hand saw and I ended up with some much nicer looking cargo using real wood. Other than that this is just box stock with some details picked out through painting.
The Eagle continues, but I am taking extreme pains to not screw that up so it will be awhile yet. I also have the gloriously hideous Benetton B190 in the works as well. Staying busy this winter as my travelling work has dried up, which means more time at the bench.
Thanks for looking
Kyle
I started this one back at the very end of 2022 during my Christmas/New Years break. Originally to go along in the background with Kevin's transkit of the 997 Eagle, which is a slow, but ongoing project.
This is the Atlantis reissue of the classic Monogram kit tooled originally in 1976. I didn't go into this one with any plans at all, just have always thought the Mack AC was a really cool truck and when Atlantis reissued them it became easy to acquire the kit. I really can't say enough about this kit. Really well engineered, Atlantis either cleaned up the molds or they've held up extremely well. Fit is very nice and detail is really good too. I just couldn't stop working on it.
I decided to just build at as basically a new truck but one that has started it's working life. With that in mind I added some light weathering, but kept the paint pretty much intact everywhere. The kit comes with 3 logs, molded in half, that you're supposed to glue together as the logging load. They look just as bad as they sound. So a new solution was needed. I went out back and found some limbs that were down from winter storms. I chopped those up with a hand saw and I ended up with some much nicer looking cargo using real wood. Other than that this is just box stock with some details picked out through painting.
The Eagle continues, but I am taking extreme pains to not screw that up so it will be awhile yet. I also have the gloriously hideous Benetton B190 in the works as well. Staying busy this winter as my travelling work has dried up, which means more time at the bench.
Thanks for looking
Kyle
