My latest build in progress, this is the AMT Garwood trash truck. So far it has received a MASSIVE scale ride height adjustment (think between 5-8 inches!) a conversion to “super singles” and the conversion of the engine into a 428 SCJ with an 8-71 Cragar supercharger. For when the trash needs picked up RIGHT NOW. Lol. We will see what sort of tricks I will have to pull out of my hat to get the cab floor to clear the motor, and if the body will fit over the rear tires without further modification.
This is the cab height I am hoping to achieve. Which may be a struggle given the intake scoop is just below the bottom of the rear window!
Here is the interior tub cut out to clear the ludicrous engine. These cuts were required to allow the cab to pivot on its hinges and sit level on the frame. The following photo shows the drivers seat riser I made from styrene to cover the aforementioned cuts and allow the seats to fit over the engine.
Here are the seats mounted to their risers. And lastly the cab, now attached to the modified interior tub and mocked up to the frame. Looks like I have achieved the cab height and stance I was looking for! The goofy wheel offset has been fixed by shortening the interior hub surface, I just forgot to take a photo, oops!
Paint work almost finished. The cab is pearl white and red metallic. The body is gloss white, with pearl white in the outer recess of the body and metallic red on the inside. Still have the “tailgate” portion to finish as well as the interior of the cab.
Here is the interior all finished. The seat height for the driver isn’t as crazy as I had feared it would be. Detail work on the cab also nearly finished. The Ford lettering on the nose required a dose of Jamiesons to steady my hand a little :p
And here she is almost complete. Detail painting of the compactor, decals and if I can find a diagram online routing all the hydraulic and air hoses. Photos make the compactor appear unpainted, which it most definitely IS NOT. I’ll just have to bring it to the March meeting and show off a little…
– Ross
Shenandoah Valley Modelers 
Note from Chad: This should have been multiple posts as Ross was sending me updates to the Webmaster email address. For some reason however, my phone stopped notifying me for that account. I believe it’s fixed now, but I just wanted to apologize for the lack of posts followed by a really long one.
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Another great build by the Ross-meister! That is really a neat subject – a trash truck! Looks like you did a ton of work on it. The results speak to your work on it.
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