Santini Brothers out of Aruora near Chicago, Micky, Joey, and Sal, the scary one was Maria who was Mickys wife chief organizer and the accountant. She could castrate a bullock down a phone line.
I did Alaska a few times but I never got to Maine.
Jeff…
Good work there Jeff that was quite a job to put it all back together and no sign o the kit instructions. What about the wee SKIPPY was he okay no serious injury I hope.
Now how about giving those two motors and trailers a wash at the weekend its no very good for the company image running about a mess like that. Eddie,
The DAf was a truck that was driven by Donnie Blair and he used to park in in our yard at the weekend when I was a kid.
I built the model and took some photos of it but wasn’t happy with all the bright sunshine and gum trees in the back ground. I’d been running plantation pine out of the southern forests and knew a spot where I could set up and have them in the background so I could get a more European feel to the shot.
I set out early one overcast morning to try and get set up and had everything ready, just as I was about to start shooting my mate turned up in his new Kenworth 900 B Double log jinker and stopped for a chat. As he left he gave me a blast of his air horns and that startled a couple of nearby kangaroos. They’re not the brightest of animals and one of them decided the best way to escape was to head straight towards us, in the process it came right for the trestle where I had set up the model. The photo pretty well explains the next thing that happened.
When I was working for Santini Brothers they asked me if wanted to do a couple of Alaska’s, we were paid on loaded miles and none of the other drivers were to keen on the run. We were mainly doing fresh veg, the only thing coming out of Alaska was fish and the boss wouldn’t have that as it used to stink the veg. That meant there wasn’t usually any back load available until Saskatoon, which was a heck of a way to run back empty. At that time there were big parts of the Alaska highway that were unsealed and as the truck only had those quarter guards it very quickly got dirty, especially when it was wet. The company had a very strict policy that we were never to tip or load with a dirty truck, and I never did. However in between it would often be a different matter.
Jeff…
I am thinking about making a 143 but don’t now if I would be able to make one are they hard to make
Any chance of some more photos of your models jelliot,a spend ages looking at the detail on them it really is fantastic what you do, 
seth 70:
Any chance of some more photos of your models jelliot,a spend ages looking at the detail on them it really is fantastic what you do,
Hey seth that’s something you could try to pass the time too you start work again
irish lorries:
seth 70:
Any chance of some more photos of your models jelliot,a spend ages looking at the detail on them it really is fantastic what you do,Hey seth that’s something you could try to pass the time too you start work again
I havent got the patients to do this sort of thing m8,id throw it straight out the window,these models are as good as the real thing 
Hi irish lorries
Hears some photos of Scratchbuilt cabs I have done it gives you an idea of how they are cut out and assembled. A 143 is quite a good one to start with as it is like a box fairly square it’s when you tackle the curvey types it can get a bit challenging. Eddie.
erfguy:
Hi irish lorries
Hears some photos of Scratchbuilt cabs I have done it gives you an idea of how they are cut out and assembled. A 143 is quite a good one to start with as it is like a box fairly square it’s when you tackle the curvey types it can get a bit challenging. Eddie.
Thinks erf guy I was going to make the doors open is this hard to do
I have never done that but would imagine its just like you are cutting out another panel and the fiddly bit making some realistic hinges. Eddie.
Hi all after a conversation online with David Miller after he posted some pics of one of his trucks I was inspired to do a model
Of Oryx Freight Lines.
Regards Jimski
Jimski:
Hi all after a conversation online with David Miller after he posted some pics of one of his trucks I was inspired to do a model
Of Oryx Freight Lines.
Regards Jimski
Hey jimski would you ever think about making a scania ls
Another cracker of a model,where do you the les routier triangles and ferry stickers from 
its all in the detail with these models ,its you who made the model for pat duffy isnt it jimski
Hi Seth70 yes I did do the model for Pat, I use various people for decals, Dodger, Chris Moxham and Alex Parkin.
R Jimski
Nice A series ERF cab Eddie, I think Wolfie has just finished one of Howards A series Trans kits. I’ll nead to drag my Maggie d cab out and get on with it soon.
Thanks for the comments Seth 70, I’ll get some more photos up soon.
Irish Lorries the 143 is a fairly good kit to start with, have a look at Truck Model World Forum there’s been a few built on there over the years and there are some good pointers. Best advice I can give you is take your time and have fun, I usually brake the main build into sections mainly following the build sections on the instruction sheet.
do a couple of steps a day and that way it gives the glue time to go off. Most of us use Revell Contacta Pro for the main part of the build and PVA for the windows and lights If you use Contacta on the clear parts it’ll make them all foggy. Rattel cans are what most folk use to paint them with, some use primer and others don’t.
Engine and gead box first, then get the axles ready, do the chassis, suspension, tanks etc but dont put the rear wings or lights on.
Paint all that together and paint the engine the factory colour then stick it all together., and put the tires and wheels on, Chassis done…
Do the cab but leave the interior and windows out, then paint it. Paint the interior then fit the glass and slide the interior in frm the bottem, add the steps front wings, air kit and the rest of the trim, like lights, rear wings on the chassis, window wipers, grab handles and you should be pretty well on your way.
Jim, good looking F89, I see your getting in to a bit of weathering there as well, well done… I’ve got an 88 in my stash, don’t know when I’ll get time to get to it though. When are you going to do a foil tilt■■?
I was reading the thing that Jan R wrote on the TMW forum about Howards F88 cab. I don’t think H would be pleased about it, but it’s close enough for me not to worry.
Jeff…
Jeff…
Hi Jeff thanks mate, just waiting for the right decals to put right the mistake !! Did u not pick it up■■? I didn’t neither till it was too late !! 
spell checker missed it, that’s what my decal supplier said ! Oh well let’s see how it goes when I try to correct it !!!
Well Jeff I have to take my hat off to Jan for building his 88 cab from scratch and looks to be doing a cracking job too, but I don’t get that kinda time to scratch build only little things like the air con unit and things like that, but I reckon Howard’s 88 kit is outstanding !! Looks great to me, this is the third one I’ve done now. I love em !!
Regards Jim
Hi Jimski The Volvo is a cracker terrific detail and with the weathering it just looks as though it has got back from a long trip. Eddie.
Bummer about the decals Jim, it would have take me a while to pick it up if you hadn’t pointed it out. You know you’ll have to re-weater it when you put the new decals on it.
I’m more than happy with Howards F88 / 89. I have a few more of his trans kits sitting about as well, looking forward to building them.
Every thing has to to be spot on with Jan, that’s just how he is.
I’m happy doing what I do now, plod along at my own pace, do it for fun. If I want to spend mega hours adding detail I will, but it probably won’t happen.
Irish lorries I meant to add… When I got started all I had in the way of a tool kit was a pair of nail scissors a nail file and a tube of glue, and other than paint that’s pretty much all I use now to do out of the box builds.
Jeff
I take it that this thread is a general thread for all model trucks. If not can the Admin please remove it and create a separate thread please? Thanks. I thought I’ll go all in and just post majority of my truck models in their entirety in one thread. Hope no one minds. So here goes:
First up is the Scania 143H Flatbed by Italeri. I modified the bay just a little by adding a backboard behind the cab.
A boat haul. The tractor is a DAF tractor from Italeri. THe trailer is 99% scratch built.
This is the Scania 144L Flatbed. This was a heavily modified truck. The base was extended using a 2X4 scania unit to convert it to a flatbed.
An overturned container trailer combo:
The volvo F16 Globetrotter.
I’ve been looking for this model for a while and finally got it. The fittings were ‘ok’, but the worst part was the grill which did not fit together ver well. I’ve seen the real vehicle and they do have a reasonable amount of space between the front cab and the grill but not that much. Although I have seen pic with the space slightly large, it was still hard to get it to fit snugly against the cab front. That ■■■■■ me off. 
If I have flushmounted the grill it would have shorten the area where the Volvo insignia were suppose to go. So I mounted the gril with as is and glued two pieces of strips, to play the part as extra add-on accessories, just to hide the non-flush mounted grill against the cab. ;( I usually dismantle a model if I am not 100% satified with it, as I have done in the past; but since this was a hard-to-find kit, I decided to live with the imperfetion this particular kit had.
Another grip is the dashboard on the driver side. Have to ask. In the instructions it is stated to be so but there is a gap between the side of the dashboard and the door( you can see the gap I am referring to in the WIP interior photos). So you do see the inside of the outter cab. Is it really so on the real F16 models? Again, it just bothers me and again, it is something I have to live with but although I am not too confortable about it. The decals for the dashboard was also bad. I had to use dry transfer that I had bought eons ago for my 1/35 scale military modeling to use instead. To my surprise it worked out pretty well.
Another issue was with the windshield. It was near impossible to get it to fit the cab frames. The frame was actually wrapped. Just my luck. In short, it was smaller than the cab frame. So I came up with the idea to add tape on the passenger side to give the effect that it needed some maintenance.
Anyway, the build went together nicely despite these two issues. I had to replace the fuel tank due to a mishap with the original. That is why it is shorter. We’ll just assume there was a slight accident and the crew had it replaced with another tank until a new one could be delivered. I wanted to add a reasonable of details on this model and that’s why you see many additional parts. I used a lot of parts from my misc. box for various areas. Added another storage box on the passenger side as well. I scratch built the upward ram( do not know what it is called) to the fifth wheel. I always though these look better. I decided to also do a well detailed interior( hard to take pics of the finished interior while mounted. I should have taken it before mounting it( stupid me) Anyways, I took a couple of it before mounting it but only in the WIP phase. I scratch built things like the seat arm rest, seat adjustments control on the driver side.
I do hope you like the final build despite these few issues.
This particular model won Gold medal in the ‘Diorama’ catagory at the IPMS 08 Open in Stockholm, and several other events in 2011.
I have been slowly working on another heavy haulage transport vehicle. My inspirations comes from various tractor units I have passed by while in the car and from looking at pics I got from off the net. The weathering is as usual, a well used unit with many years of experience on the road.
The tractor unit is mostly heavily modified from two kits and some minor scratch building. I also added a scratch built trailer based on two different trailers from pics of the net and from one in my area. So I hope you enjoy the photos.
I have been working on a military design Scania R620 for some time, as my interest has always been 1/35 scale military vehicles. I decided I wanted to try and build one in 1/24 scale. I took the Italeri Scania R620 kit and made the conversion with scratch built parts.
I must say that this particular Italeri kit is very good. The chassi of this particular model is beautiful. It looks almost like it came out of a Batman film. You’ll see what I mean when you look at my pics. The constructions went well but the fittings could have been better. Regardless, the build went smoothly. Some irretations here and there but nothing too major. I had looked at some of the Dutch Scania trucks and got most of the ideas from their military Scania tractors.
I have been inspired by the Dutch and Danish military soft-skins but have not seen any Dutch military with Topline/High Line cab versions. I have been looking for one on the net but have not come across any. So, although this particular version of my build does not represent any real version out there today(that I know of) it is purely speculative that they ever used a Topline versions. Who knows, they are probably working on one as I write this.
This was an old man F90 Commander Kit from Italeri which I bought on eBay for about 1.5 years ago. Some parts were missing, especially the instructions but got help from a member of the 1/24th forum, who kindly scanned another version of the F90, which have similar building form.
I decided to deviate from the kit’s original finish kit, as usual, and do something different. This building, I called the “Wrecker”. This is a private owner’s modification that resulted in what you see now. A one man’s mod to adapt a truck to suit his day-to-day’s chores to be able to to let the truck work for him. As this truck as gone through some real hardship and still has a lot more to give. At least that is the story behind this build.
Your very talented tiking are these hard to make
