thorfinn Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 (edited) Not a brand-new build, but a favorite never posted here before. Started with this: Thought the Cracker-Jack markings were boring, so I decided to go for a 'fantasy' scheme celebrating my favorite baseball team---the Chicago Cubs---and the regional beer brand with which the team and the venue was intimately associated, in my youth. (That 'venue' being the 'Friendly Confines' of Chicago's Wrigley Field---the oldest National League park, and the second-oldest of all US baseball venues still in existence. It's been the Cubs' home since 1916.) I created a fictitious advertising campaign that captured the spirit of the long-standing bond between the team and the beer brand, which saturated to a near-molecular level even as a child well short of beer-drinking age. I snagged some colorful online graphics to whip up a 'mural' with period-authentic slogan and lovely images of the frosty brew in question. Decals made up on my PC and printed on my trusty HP inkjet. The tractor's markings are also fictitious---for 'my own' made-up trucking company---but all license and certification markings are carefully matched to a 1983 time period...semi-randomly chosen to fit both the truck model and the advertising of the time. Hope you enjoy! [And a note to all you 'serious truck people'---which I freely admit I am not. I know the trailer's parking struts are incorrectly extended in the 'hooked up' shots below. Unfortunately my display-space is such that the two parts have to be displayed separately...thus I built the trailer in 'parked' configuration. It's only a hobby! ] Edited May 10, 2018 by thorfinn the usual ham-fisted typing! 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 ... As a fellow Cubs fan i can actually remember trucks like this in early/mid 80’s Chicago. Great idea and build. I can still hear Harry Caray getting all into a game. Thanks Dennis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorfinn Posted May 10, 2018 Author Share Posted May 10, 2018 5 minutes ago, Corsairfoxfouruncle said: ... As a fellow Cubs fan i can actually remember trucks like this in early/mid 80’s Chicago. Great idea and build. I can still hear Harry Caray getting all into a game. Thanks Dennis Thanks, Dennis! (Knowing you live in the area, I thought this might strike a familiar chord with you.) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Wasley Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 One GREAT looking build and paint work(must say the word beer caught my eye) the work on the decals is outstanding the finish is top class,Cheers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorfinn Posted May 11, 2018 Author Share Posted May 11, 2018 4 hours ago, Jim Wasley said: One GREAT looking build and paint work(must say the word beer caught my eye) the work on the decals is outstanding the finish is top class,Cheers. Thank you, Jim! I have to admit...my appreciation of our fellow-dwellers in these forums is such that I thought that putting the word 'beer' in bold face might merit a few extra views by the membership. (It's never failed to work on me, after all....) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 Can't beat a big rig, great work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeastieBoy73 Posted May 13, 2018 Share Posted May 13, 2018 Amazing Build! Love it! got to get myself one of those so I can build a tribute to Snowman’s truck from Smokey and the Bandit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hacker Posted May 13, 2018 Share Posted May 13, 2018 now there is an idea! Something like this perhaps? Or perhaps this Hacker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorfinn Posted May 13, 2018 Author Share Posted May 13, 2018 Or how about.... (A soda, rather than a beer...but it would still make a cool project....) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hacker Posted May 13, 2018 Share Posted May 13, 2018 Something a bit harder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatW Posted May 19, 2018 Share Posted May 19, 2018 (edited) We saw two trucks when we docked at Napier in New Zealand in January this year... I also If In need an extra decal for some build or other I find the image, copy it onto a Word document, size it up and print it onto either clear or white backed decal paper, hey presto" OR a Monogram Garbage truck looked a bit plain so I filled in the panels at the back after I'd decalled the surfboards............. Edited May 19, 2018 by PatW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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