Dodge L700 Garbage Truck

[Chuck Most]

This was just a fun project, a kitbash between the (now) AMT Dodge L700 and the AMT Ford C900 Garwood packer. 

The rear frame rails were grafted onto the Ford chassis to get the wheelbase to 153". 

Basic large subassemblies were mostly out of the box, though I added a winch cable made from leader line and added some work lights. Line-O reflective tape was used in place of the kit waterslide decals.

The paint on the packer body started the entire project. I found a can of Rust-Oleum Satin Moss Green in the garage, and thought it was an appropriately hideous color that would look good in a garbage truck. The same green was used for the wheels, bumper, and grille.

[cifenet]

This is how exactly our city’s garbage truck looks right now except it is Mack. 
 

Fantastic weathering and realism!  

[yh70]

great job

[carrucha]

Very cool garbage truck.  Nice job on the conversion.  

[Jim B]

Well done.

[stavanzer]

Wow!

It looks great, Chuck. Your weathering is Top Notch!

Good Show.

[Noah H.]

Cool build. Really nice job on the weathering.

[RoninUtah]

Cool build, nice weathering!

[PappyD340]

Very nice!

[happy grumpy]

Cool idea. Very nice weathering. 

[hct728(Bob)]

A good match-up, not seen before! Neat job on the paint and weathering, and the winch adds some interest to the rear end, well done!

[slusher]

another fantastic build!

[Dutzie]

Kit-bashing at its best. Well done!

[DRIPTROIT 71]

Nice take on this kit! Nice work!

[leafsprings]

Great idea for the Dodge L 700, just about ready for a new paint job for the new owner.