Tow truck????

[XR6TURBO]

Had a search through the forum and a few sites but to no avail. Does anybody make a 1/24 tow truck kit suitable for a 1/24 car. Ive seen truck tow trucks but thats not what im after.

Any help greatly appreciated

[malscar]

What type of tow truck are you after? ie tilt. I have seen a few conversion bits on Ebay from guys in the US.

[XR6TURBO]

Borrowed from another recent thread. Preferably this kind



But i'd be happy with a smaller version (to suit car)

[2.2 Straight six]

never seen one, you'd have to get a medium-duty truck kit and modify the chassis to suit.

[J Santora]

One of the aftermarket resin casters used to make a conversion kit to build a slider like your looking for. Sorry but I can't remember which.

[PatRedmond]

For modern stuff go to Scale Realism http://www.scalerealism.com/

[MPWR]

I've been wondering this for a few days also now. It seems that it wouldn't be hard to scratchbuild a sliding flatbed back end if the right front end cab could be found. Honestly, I doubt it would be much more work to scratchbuild then it would be to use a resin conversion kit. Really just a matter of plastic strips and some creativity- and after seeing 2.2's Actros wrecker conversion, converting a truck looks like fun!

The trick then is finding a suitable midsize truck kit to base the conversion on. I have no idea, as I've never really looked at truck kits. Ideally, I'd like to find a Mercedes cab- like what might be seen in Germany or Italy. Unfortunately, the Actros cab seems a bit overkill.

I'd be curious if anyone as any other ideas for a base kit for conversion.

[2.2 Straight six]

Originally Posted by MPWR

and after seeing 2.2's Actros wrecker conversion, converting a truck looks like fun!

working with trucks is great, their larger size (although still 1:24) allows a lot of detail to be added, and doing stuff like scratchbuilding your own chassis isn't too hard either.

http://www.kitformservices.com/ - this is an excellent site for all your model truck needs, they have everything including a huge styrene parts range.

you can get kits for trucks like medium-duty ford that would be perfect for this kind of project.

[white_R34]

Do you mean one that has no flat bed this is an old one just to get the point across.http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t...4/scan0010.jpg

[rsxse240]

this is available through the scale realism site from the link in the earlier post


but honestly, a tilt bed is so easily replicated, and there are so many around you can get any ammount of reference at just about any stoplight in town. I'd just scratch build it.

if you'd like a more modern, lighter duity cab, look for a Top Kick resin conversion on ebay, I got one and it's actually pretty nice.

[evo8owner]

You Could Get The Rollback From Scale Realism And A AMT Ford Louisville(The Red Truck,Above)
With Perrys Resin GMC Top Kick, It's An Expensive Project Though!

You Can get It Here http://www.perrysresin.com/catalog/catalog.htm

[XR6TURBO]

Thanks for the replies. Hmmm those resin kits look good. But ive never worked with resin before so it could be a bad idea for the moment. why cant someone just make one. Im sure that they would sell and would be great for diorama's

[rsxse240]

how many truck models have you built as opposed to cars? trucks are big, expensive, and don't have near the marketability as cars. not many people trick out their heavy duty trucks, I mean they do, but not like the car guys. trucks haul stuff, they don't go fast, therefore they're not fun. haha

If I had more room and money, I'd love to get into building bigger trucks, but when it cost almost $50 for an out of the box revell kit for me, I'd have $1000 into a truck before it's all said and done.

I've actually worked with that top kick shown in the last post, and I was rather impressed. don't be afraid of resin, it's a little more brittle, and you need to use epoxy and superglue, as it doesn't glue like regular plastic, but it isn't THAT hard to use. I think most resin is actually easier to work with because it sands, and shapes alot more easily (I don't like using knives to shape my models, it makes nasty cuts where you don't want them).

I hope this helps you to make a decission. if you have the cash to do it, I'd say go for it. you'll have to do it some time.

[Martin S]

There are a few tow-trucks availiable, but they are mainly heavy tow trucks used for towing trucks.

Italeri MB Actros Wrecker

Italeri US Wrecker

Revell Scania T142 wrecker

Then there's also the car transport trailer in 1:25:
Revell Car transport trailer

[xb5967]

Check out Brian Model Cars at http://www.briansmodelcars.com/tutor...TutorialID=86&. Its a nice tutorial on how to make a roll back.