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Mack R Dump Truck - By Brian Donato


Brian Donato recently built this all wheel drive R model Mack snow plow. It’s set up for summer duty and the bed is full of chip sealing material. The cab and chassis are resin parts from Ralph Ratcliffe Models along with the wheels, fuel tanks, battery boxes, and exhaust. 

The dump body is a modified Sheepscot Models resin casting from Gandy Dancer Hobbies as well as the modified rear wing plow tower. The ladder on the body is a modified metal caboose ladder and the arrow board is color printed to scale on regular paper and fitted onto styrene strips. The front plow setup and bumper is all scratchbuilt using styrene. Weathered with a combo of powders, sponge applied acrylics, and graphite pencil lead powder.

Posted October 28, 2022