Thought you might like to see one of my first 1/24 truck models finished and appeared in TMW in 1993.


The cab and cut-down chassis came from the ITALERI fire ladder kit. Wheels were from a 1/32 scale Volvo F16 4x2 Tractor cab.


The tail lift came from the ITALERI truck accessories and was chopped about a little to match the real lift



The box body was scratchbuilt using plastic sheet, strip and timber veneer for floor and wall tie rails


Chassis had air suspension scratch built and cardboard boxes carrying photocopiers formed using manila envelopes cut and folded with handwritten writing and signage.
Pallets made from timber strips with one box shrinkwrapped onto a pallet using clingfilm and placed in a heated oven very briefly.


Letra-set used for signwriting and Dutch numberplates, and cab was adorned with scale flags, magazines from Truck Model World, Michilan men from ITALERI accessories, and scratchbuilt juice bottles, flask, sandwitches, etc.

Hope you like

Nige

The real truck my brother drove in Holland in 1987,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, and me with no grey hairs. My brother is the short ass on the right .

OMG



Memories, memories.

Great build Nige, and the addition of the scratch build accessories is superb.
I started my own driving career shortly after those pics where taken, in the Netherlands as well. I even had the (dubious) pleasure of driving an F6 for a parcel company for a while (HTS from Enschede). No problems with it on a regular night run, until they gave me a one year and three days old Merc because the Volvo was in for servicing. That same night I was broadsided by a drunk driver, causing my truck to overturn... But that is another story....

Thanks for sharing Nige.

Henk

Great build Nige. Love the scratchbuild pallets, cardboarboxes etc. They really bring this model to life.