Joe Enriquez built this spectacular Cummins powered 1945 Mack FCSW water truck. Thanks go to Joe's friend Ralph Ratcliffe for building the mold master for the Cummins HBDS-600 supercharged diesel engine for him from which Joe made a resin casting for the detailed exposed engine. The awesome Ratcliffe-mastered Don Mills Models FCSW commercial resin kit was used for the cab, wheels, and suspension parts. The rest was a whole lot of Evergreen styrene and brass scratchbuilding. To view a series of photographs of this special model under construction, check Joe's Fotki album. Some new found weathering techniques were found on the www.modeltrainsweathered.com forum site using AIM powders.

Posted December 24, 2008