looks like a fun kit. I never build cars as they can't have any flaws to look good. with a truck like this I can beat it up all I want.
As a WWI truck, was OD the standard finish back then? Never built any WWI era vehicles before.
anyone build it? curious as to what options I have as to how it was used. the kit description says it was used for just about everything.
ideas as to the reason for the green finish? Wasn't its last repop as a log hauler?
thx - Craig
Built the log hauler and another (dump truck I think). I remember painting at least one with a dark green generic wal mart spray. Came out pretty nice especially for an older tool. Sorry I can't be more detailed, but I haven't done anything with tires in ages.
Musicman59 wrote the following:
Here is a pic of a restored WWI Bulldog. I don't know if the restore color is authentic.
authentic.http://www.popcultureparadise.com/servlet/the-52537/1916-MACK-SERIES-...>
thx for the pic. And yet another website for me to buy more things I should not be buying....Yeah !!!!
Craig
When the bulldog was originally released by Monogram there were two varients - open bed truck and the tanker. One of the Magazines - Military Modeling (an American mag I believe is no longer in production, not to be confused with Military Modelling a British publication) had one on the cover in multi color Camoflage representing a WWI tanker. The colors seemed lighter than the dark olive in the picture someone posted. I still have the original issues unbuilt but as I remember the kit looked like a good build and the other monogramcars of the period certainly were. If I can find the mag I probably have to buy a new one to build.
Val Kraut
I built the dump truck for my father who drove trucks like that back in the '30s. It was fun and I went and bought the tanker. The instructions from the tanker had that scheme as an option to the Texaco scheme. I never got the tanker finished before I sold the kit on Ebay. In '99 I inherited the dumptruck as well as the '55 Chevy coupe I built for him one year. I think I have a pic here of the truck but I'm not sure where it is. I'd recommend the kit highly.
Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr.
I built it as a gasoline tank truck, with scratchbuilt tank. The kit doesn't provide any options, but it goes together very well, provided you read instructions carefully. Fit is good. The version I started with was the log hauler.
See it at
Wow. you do some VERY nice work !
If I might ask, what is the brush plating technique you use ??
I'm curious as I have a Tamiya Honda race car, and will need to re plate/chrome a lot of tubing on it. (not like I'm starting it soon tho)
Any help would be appreciated.
I got my kit from a place called Caldwell Industries. They have a web site. There used to be several brands. You have a metallic brush, that is wired with either a battery or a power supply. You dip bristles in a solution provided, then "paint" the part, which has to be clipped into the electrical circuit. It plates the part (which must be metal) with either Nickel or Rhodium. Just like a thin paint job, the plating will not make it "shinier"- you need to buff it to a sheen first, but the plating makes it the right color and maintains the sheen.
Actually, I use it a lot less now that I have learned to Alclad properly. However, K&S brass tubing plates very well if you buff it and then clean off the buffing compound well.
Hi thanx for getting back on this.
Since these parts are plastic, looks like Alclad on this. (I don't have your skill for making these parts out of metal)
But this is good info to know
Again, GREAT work on your models !
the caldwell setup for mag plating is great .i've done lots of bike parts and it looks just like mag. the set cost less than a c note and has lasted over
10 years. thier chrome kits are good, too. you're only limited by the size, shape and volume. my bikes shine abd look good.PolyTech Forum website is not affiliated with any of the manufacturers or service providers discussed here. All logos and trade names are the property of their respective owners.