There are some resin models of the Mack NO out there both in 1/48th and 1/35th but in my opinion too many compromises have been made by some manufactures and there always seems to be problems with tire size as well as a lack of good underbody mechanical detail.
The offering from Azmith seems to be the best by far in my opinion:
The following is an amazing, much reworked resin model. I have seen this one published various places under both the name Tom Hill and Alex Hill.
A bit of good news to share with the group:
This weekend my Mack NO and 155mm gun + Limber gets shipped off (hand carried) to become a permanent display at the Mack Truck Museum in Allentown, PA.
Note: The Museum has been shuttered since the rise of Covid but will be reopening again THIS MONTH!
Congrats!! It will be immortalized forever. I hope they put your name on it.
Thank You!
I am just happy that perhaps it now wonât end up in the trash heap when I pass.
I consider this model as being a personal lifetime best, so I am glad it has a new and hopefully long lasting home.
VERY impressive Michael ! Thanks for sharing all your work .
Regarding the difficulty you had making boxes etc of sheet styrene and keeping things square -
you may want to invest in some machinistâs precision ground blocks . Used in conjunction with a glass plate you can assure square assembly. Plus the blocks being steel and the plate being glass you wonât be gluing your work to fixture.
Well in my case I use my Fatherâs 75+ year old, Starrett Combination Square and a piece of old marble counter top as my surface plate. Plus several small modelerâs steel 90Âș right angles and also small parallel jaw furniture clamps.
However, in the beginning, I had serious problems making perfectly rectangular boxes so am herein just giving some friendly advice to newcomers.
However my abilities have improved somewhat (hopefully) over the years.
Most Recent Efforts:*
Generator and Refrigeration Unit for a 20â Reefer Container in 1/35th.
These units were built up out of Tamiya 0.2mm âPlastic Paperâ and Evergreen Angle.
I used the super thin sheet material because I wanted to emboss the rivets and bolts plus I wanted to simulate the slight waviness that stamped metal panels often take on.
Great scratchbuilding and a beautiful result, and certainly worthy of display in a museum.
Thank you all for your generous comments!
Congratulations Michael. Great to see this will be admired by many, many more people now.
Mike,
Congratulation on your most cherrished scratchbuild becoming museum exhibit!You must be very proud!
Cheers,
Angel
Thank You Angel!
Packing it up!
Tupperware plastic totes, foam base and wooden fondue sticks stuck into the foam and then cut to fit. Also a few loose rubber bands just to help secure things.
Mike, that fantastic donation is gonna leave a mighty big hole on your display shelf! A hole big enough for a new truck build, that can be part of the Convoy campaign⊠
I think there should be a new topic; we can call it âThe Big Boysâ; where everything about modeling the heavy transporters, like the Mack No. 7, MAZ tractors and M1070s should be place; including reference materials, imagery and builds.
Just a nice suggestion.
