a baby IH 4x4

[mongocanfly]

this kinda goes along with my Columbus build. .I found a 1959 IH toy truck...made by the true scale company....I'm gonna take it apart and paint it to match Columbus. ..its as close as I could come to finding a 57 IH...the 59 has the different grill and 4 headlights...a 57-58 has single headlights..

[special-K]

Tru-Scales are way cool. Not cheap either. You found a pretty decent one. They are in there with the early Ertl replicas. A smaller scale than the other pressed steel trucks with authentic details, more of a promo than a toy. Did you check to see if they made your tear replica?

Ok, I just checked and it looks like they held off changing from the A-series till '59. Looks like they made one version of each body style in the years they were in production.

https://www.google.com/search?q=57+t...w=1366&bih=631

[mongocanfly]

sorry S-K..i missed your earlier reply...
I looked for a while and couldn't find a 57-58 for sale...and correct... the 'a' series was 57-58...then in 59 it changed to the 'b' series....I think I can mod this one to be good enough though....gotta take it apart and see what I can do....this is what I wish I could have found

[mongocanfly]

of course...and now when I look on ebay I found several 'a' series........

[mongocanfly]

well I took the little truck apart...shortened the bed,,,, made a 57-58 grill for it,,,, and made a bumper like the one dad made for his original truck...little thing turned out pretty nice....painted it close to the same color I'm gonna paint my Columbus build..

[Bob B.]

Speaking of International, Firstgear is doing a 1963 C 1100 in 1/25th.:

https://www.firstgearonline.com/whats-new/may-2018/

Now, everyone Email Firstgear and tell them to do a classic GMC pickup. They did a very nice 1/25th. 1968 C-10.

[special-K]

Originally Posted by mongocanfly

well I took the little truck apart...shortened the bed,,,, made a 57-58 grill for it,,,, and made a bumper like the one dad made for his original truck...little thing turned out pretty nice....painted it close to the same color I'm gonna paint my Columbus build..

That came out great! Now you need to do a replica in full size.

Originally Posted by Bob B.

Speaking of International, Firstgear is doing a 1963 C 1100 in 1/25th.:

https://www.firstgearonline.com/whats-new/may-2018/

Now, everyone Email Firstgear and tell them to do a classic GMC pickup. They did a very nice 1/25th. 1968 C-10.

Ok, I'll wait a while. I always wished I had the money to get a run off trucks custom painted/imprinted. I'm surprised this website hasn't at least done a Hot Wheels. I am sure they would sell/resell like hot cakes. Just a minimum order to keep the collector value higher

[mongocanfly]

well special k.......I am building the full size version.....its in alternate build section

[special-K]

I knew you were. That's a cool truck.