Semi Truck Models Diecast and Plastic
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Truck Models Big and Small are Great to Collect and Build
This will help you find bigger truck models kits.
A few tips
Search words to look up
A section about Roadtrains
Train scale trucks
And ones for sale on eBay and Amazon
Plus a selection of fancy truck videos.
Big Truck Models
I was blessed one summer with a load of about 100 truck models from an Estate sale. It was the most fun I ever had with models and selling on Ebay. There were parts everywhere that I had to piece back together with it's original truck. I wish I had kept more photos, what was I thinking? Because of my lack of space I just kept this one Transtar.
A neat thing that the guy did with this truck is the paint job. Back then they didn't have the neat paint we do today, so what he did was put on a layer of silver, then carefully sprayed a thin layer of blue to make a metallic bright blue. He also did that with the Movin On truck and a few others of that age, to match the popular paint jobs of that time.
In my years of dealing in models the biggest mistake people make is not scraping off a little of the chrome where it would glue to another plastic piece. The glue doesn't really bond to it and the part falls off in a year or so. Please when you build models just take a few moments out to sand a little bit off. Plus sand down the excess and stub from where it was on the tree. Your model building will go a lot smoother.
Some truck models come with hoses and some don't. Save the springs out of old pens and save colored wire. Wind the wire around a pensil to make a coil, make 3 different colored ones, and then use the pen spring to hang the coils behind the cab. It looks great!
Trucks to search for
For a while just old models were available, but now companies like Italeri are making trucks and the other brands are coming out with old ones.
Some brands of plastic truck models to search:
Italeri
Monogram
AMT
Revell
And of course you want also search the type of truck you are looking for
Mack
Kenworth
Peterbilt
Mann
Volvo
Rio
And so on.
What they do:
Superliner
Roadtrain
Cement truck
Logging Truck
And so on.
Scales to search :
1/24
1/25
1/16
1/32
Trailers also! Search:
Semi
Trailer
Logging trailer
Reefer
Flatbed
Any company names if trailers
Company names of transporters such at Werner or Allied
1/16 Monogram Trucks on eBay
Rare, but worth getting!
AMT Kenworths on eBay
Peterbilt Models on eBay
Interenational Ertl Models on eBay
Italeri Trucks on eBay
Truck Models on Amazon
Diecast Trucks
Jada Toys 1/24 Scale Peterbilt Model 379 Tow Truck-american in Color Blue
When searching on the internet here's some brand names to look for:
Speccast
Norscot
Dubcity
New Ray
Gassolines
Yat Mig
Franklin Mint
Tonkin Replicas INC
DCP/Highway 61
Dub Jada
Diecast Trucks on Amazon
The Impressive Roadtrain Trucks
1/24 American Superliner ITA553820
Those things are uncomfortable!
Now in the US the have lifted the length regulations on the tractors and I now see tractors long enough to put a pool in. (just waiting for that model to come out) Still there are regulations on the trailers.
Not is Australia! They are allowed to haul many trailers, so they need super strong tractors. The super liners look very impressive because of the size, snorkels and guard in the front.
I put one video here, but you should certainly watch more.
Roadtrain Hurtles Through Outback, Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia Photographic Print
Buy at AllPosters.com
Down Under Road Train Truckers, by RedtailFox1
Train Scale Trucks
Finding cool trucks for teh train scene or collection.
HO RTR Mack R Tractor w/40' Trailer, Overnite
One way to see what is out there is grab a free Walthers catalog. They have different ones on sale each month and are always adding new ones.
Amazon has a great selection of HO Kenworths and Macks. Their search is a little tricky, you need to go to Toys then type in ho ken worth or ho mack.
Also look on eBay by putting in HO and the truck you are looking for or 1/87. Also check N scale.
Matchbox cars are too big for HO, but their trucks are perfect.
Walmart has recently started to carry 1/87 scale die cast trucks. They are very nice. Check in on them every so often because when they sell out a batch the next batch is different.
HO scale Kenworths on Amazon
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Thanks for visiting.
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intermarks
Mar 28, 2012 @ 6:06 am | delete
- Nice models, I have just bought one recently for my kid.
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sandyspider
Jun 25, 2011 @ 1:09 am | delete
- I like these semi truck models. Looks like a good hobby.
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WordCustard
Feb 15, 2011 @ 3:07 pm | delete
- Thanks for such an informative lens -- your expert advice is going to be useful to a lot of collectors!
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Youtube is my favorite, I will probably use videos as much as possible.
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