Michael Morris Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 (edited) I'm investigating the possibility of modelling a still from the 1969 film 'Marooned'. The scene is of the fictitious X-RV lifting body being lowered on to the back of flat bed truck at Cape Canaveral. I've managed to source base kits for the X-RV lifting body and the CH-3C helicopter, the last piece of the jigsaw is the flat bed truck. Any ideas? https://imgur.com/bcd42QN Thanks Edited December 7, 2019 by Michael Morris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmatthewbacon Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 What scale do you want? If it's 1./48 (ish), this might help: https://www.scalemodelnews.com/2011/07/revell-classic-kit-honest-john-missile.html#more And in 1/72 (ish) this could be a starting point for some conversion work: https://www.scalemates.com/kits/matchbox-pk-174-m-19-tank-transporter-45-tons--130348 You might be able to find this on eBay: [EDIT] Indeed you can: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/REVELL-Vintage-1-48-KENWORTH-TRUCK-TRAILER/233372920044?hash=item36561c28ec:g:PpwAAOSwkeddqcsg best, M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbdesignart Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 I think the tractor unit is an International Harvester NV-184. White Box do a diecast in 1/43 but it will need modifying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f111guru Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 Michael, It appears to be a early series 40' fruehauf drop deck or some times called a lowboy trailer. A true lowboy is a heavy weight transport flat trailer. AMT a very long time ago issued a series of trailers. Great Dane also made flatbed trailers.We in the USAF loading B-52D's used 2 styles of flat trailers. Found these on the internet and may help The lower is a new series Great Dane Hope this helps. If you plan on any scale other than 1/24th or 1/25th you'll have to scale it down. Have seen sometimes in a few classic car model web sites Ron VanDerwarker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richellis Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 Try American industrial truck models for a possible resin kit in 1:25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bzn20 Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 On 12/7/2019 at 3:58 PM, Michael Morris said: flat bed truck This link might be useful to you . https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/x-rv-lifting-body-from-marooned-1969.7459/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Morris Posted December 15, 2019 Author Share Posted December 15, 2019 (edited) On 07/12/2019 at 18:35, mbdesignart said: I think the tractor unit is an International Harvester NV-184. White Box do a diecast in 1/43 but it will need modifying. Looking at the International Harvester NV-184 and picture from the movie I think the M-19 might be much too large. I'm now thinking the Airfix RAF Recovery set may make a far better donor kit. Edited December 20, 2019 by Michael Morris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richellis Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 It’s an international loadstar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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