Hello everyone. I am brand new to this forum and I wanted to show everyone what I've picked up since I started my collection. Construction has always been my biggest interest. I am now 18 and I work as an operator. Now that I work and have my own money I started my collection. I Just started collecting 1/50 scale models a little bit ago. I bought a few in July and my collection has been slowly increasing since then.

Next I am planning on getting the Grove 5130 mobile crane. I saw one at a job site I was working. We were building a retaining wall around a cell tower. They had a small mobile crane the first day I was there. The second day the brought in the HUGE!!!! Grove 5130.

Bobcat S175


Norscot Cat 980G


Norscot Cat 320DL


Norscot Cat 336DL


Norscot Cat D6T XW VPAT


ERTL Deere 470G


ERTL Deere 460E


Universal Hobbies Komatsu PC210 with Breaker (lots of plastic but also lots of detail. my favorite equipment model)


I got both Cat CT660 for christmas. I actually love the look of the Cat trucks. I mean have you seen them in person? They are impressive.
Norscot Cat CT660 Dumpbody


Norscot Cat CT660 Semi with Trail King Lowboy


WSI Kenworth C500B


Sword Kenworth T800W 4 Axle DC with Rogers Flip White (i love the details on this one. my favorite truck.)


Sword Peterbilt 357 Rigid with East Genesis Dump


Sword Peterbilt 357 with East dump trailer


These two pickups i bought at walmart and repainted them. I think my paint job came out okay. The only paint I had on hand was rustoleum high heat so it could of came out better. oh well.
Maisto Chevy 1500 lifted


Maisto Dodge 2500

Welcome to the forums!!

If I might give a tip here, on the East dump trucks, especially the dump trailer, I took and replaced the "wood" side boards with real wood boards. I used basswood strips that were the same size but used only 4 of them on the dump trailer making the split fall in the center bolting spots. On the Dump truck you could get away with 2 strips for it. I do know the basswood strips make it look 100% better and as it ages will look more typical than the plastic "boards", also you can nick and gouge the real wood like it gets from the loading equipment to make it look more realistic.

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Dain

I'm a kid at heart, so I will play with any model construction vehicle from 1:87 scale to 1:1 scale!!!!

Age is a state of time NOT a state of mind!!