Just curious if anybody has a Athearn Ford C-Series stake body? I was considering getting one as a traffic control truck for cones, road signs, etc, but how do they pair up in 1/50 scale. If any body has one, can they post some pics of one compared to other 1/50 vehicles. Can the whole stakebed be removed from the chassis? Thanks, I just considering getting one, and was wondering if anyone on here has one.

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-Mike, Collecting 1/50th Construction Diecast Since 2003.
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Yes, the stake bed does come off the frame very easily with a few screws. I used the athearn stake bed for this custom:



I sold this years ago, but as I recall the stake sides do not separate from the bed like they would on the 1:1 version.

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Hey Mike, I had considered the same thing a few years ago when DHS had them in stock, haven't looked anywhere else online that may still have them. I also considered using the Pete 335 Jerr-Dan rollback truck too, but would have to build some sort of stake bed for it, a few years ago Precision Scale Models had some at the IMCATS show that looked really sharp as a modern vehicle.

Thanks ULF, I thought I remember seeing 1 or two from ULF construction.

Tom these older trucks make good traffic control trucks because they are cheap, and can get the job done, especially when one is converted into a Attenuator Truck since it might get damaged anyways if something hit it. I guess I should of got one when they came out, but I have one of my Diecast buddies, who goes to almost every train and toy show in the area looking for me so I will find one eventually.

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-Mike, Collecting 1/50th Construction Diecast Since 2003.
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Good idea on the train show, there's one this weekend here so I will have to keep my eyes open for one. Check your PM, Mike.

Cat345bl I have 3 of the stake bodies and one tractor. They are very nice models and the cabs have great detail for the price. I made 2 form trucks and one hydroseeder out of my three, never repainted any but they are very easy to take apart and rework. For the hydroseeder I just used nail polish to take the company name off the cab doors and for the form trucks on the ones that we would see a lot of around here they would leave the original name sand a little bit of it off and just leave the rest on or they would just tape cardboard over the door and use a magic marker to put their name on the cardboard. The tractor is still a tractor and looks good with trailers on it. Ebay has Athearn and they have both Ford tractors and box trucks for sale along with AA Hobbies in Warwick RI. Good idea with the attenuater truck like you said most are made from much older trucks so when the women run into them on road work sites and destroy them they are not expensive to replace. Good luck with it.
Steve

SDBOB if you see an F850 fire truck and can spare it, reach out to me. I have been looking for one in 1:50 for ages, coulda shoulda bought them when they were new...and on a shelf somewhere.

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Still Plays with Toys

It is the same, probably worth $50.00 or so.

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Still Plays with Toys

Thanks, SD.

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Still Plays with Toys

I have looked everywhere for a C850 Super Duty fire truck for a while now and have yet to find one. I have one that was light green in color and I customized it into a red single axle tractor. I had built 2 1960s Tec single axle dump trailers and back in the day a lot of them were pulled with the C850s. That is why I was looking for a second C850 but I could not find one. They are great looking trucks and are easy to customize, good luck with the hunt.
Steve