Weyerhaeuser 1961 GMC dumptruck

[bitner1970]

Here is my Weyerhaeuser dump truck. It's a GMC 1961 dump truck lettered for Weyerhaeuser, Longview, Washington. It started out as the cab and interior from a 1960 Chevy Fleet side pickup. I modified the grill area, and enlarged the fender wells. I added fender flairs from Evergreen strip and 1/4 round. The frame is scratch built from Evergreen channel styrene, with Grandt Line bolts. The rest of the truck is made up of the following parts:

Ford Louisville front axle and dump bed.
Ford C series front rims, and rear mudflaps, horns
Dodge l-700 fuel tanks
Kenworth rear ends and rear suspension
American La France front springs
rear tires from an Ertl Transtar
Rear rims from a Great Dane trailer
Home made decals
clearance lights from a snap Peterbilt

Its painted with Tamiya Camel yellow and British green.
It was a fun project, I've always liked these trucks and was wondering how hard it would be to convert an existing kit into one. The hood is not quite right for a GMC but it is close enough. It is a curbside model for now until I can find a suitable engine to put in it. The pickup kit only have a straight six motor if I recall.







Cheers:

Bill

[Muleskinner]

I still have the chevy pickup like the one you did this off of and i'm still trying to get up enough nerve to do your modifacations on it, so I cal build that West Virginia Loader I have the picture of. When you first showed this to me, I couldn't believe that cab started out as 1/25th scale PU!

[tufftin]

I have a file of "Bitner" builds on my puter that I use for reference. You set the bar very high for the rest of us and I love it.
Mike

[ap40rocktruck]

Just stunning, So many of this type of truck have been overlooked by the manufactures.

Very well done, lets see more.

Ap40

[slurrydog]

Very nice Bill. I have always liked this build, I have seen it on another site some time back and really do like it.
Dave

[gator]

Bill,
I agree with Mike. You do have a way of moving the bnar up up notch or two with every model you build!

be Well
Gator

[calscustoms]

Very, very nice!! Cal

[jfisher]

that is a great build!! something not seen every day!

[Ryan Rønning]

I love this truck!

[kerry]

Hey Bill, thats a really nice, clean build. I like the color and even though it looks pretty, it looks rugged too. Nice truck Bill

[jfisher]

they all were new at some point. when I look at it,it looks like it just came off the show room ready for work,and dirt. that is how I build ready for work.never tried to weather models

[kerry]

me either, I like the new look. besides I do not know what I would be doing with the weathering and I feel I would totally srew it up but good. So for ow I leave it alone.
Kerry

[jfisher]

then we agree!! but I do like the looks of a well weathered model.but not my cup of tea.

[swamp rat]

now that's a fine GMC..great paint job..

[autocarjones]

Awesome! Awesome!Awesome! I love this. Great build. Ive done this several times, with ford, Chevy, GMC, and Dodge. Its fun to convert these pickup kits to a heavier truck. Great job