This National truck mounted crane shown here on a Ford LNT-9000 MOW (maintenance of way) truck tractor with 50' lowboy trailer was on display at the Santa Fe Railway Historical & Modeling Society's 2012 convention in Temple, Texas June 19-24, 2012. The truck mounted crane and lowboy were built from Custom Finishing kits, the Ford LNT-9000 truck tractor is a Herpa model. This model was assembled, painted, and detailed by James Kocher, owner of Custom Finishing Models. James offers all his models for sale built up and painted for a spectacular model such as this one. If you're interested, check the Custom Finishing Models web site for contact information.

Posted August 16, 2012