Engelnicht
Well-Known Member
This truck looks amazing! I forgot about this movie until I saw this build. You're really doing it justice. Keep up the excellent work!
Duel Truck
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Metaluna mutant
Sr Member
Great build! Man, you're not missing a single detail.
I never cared much for car models - but when you weather 'em (like the heavily weathered/battered Duel truck) they look fantastic. Can't wait to see its "score" marks carved into the front bumper...
I never cared much for car models - but when you weather 'em (like the heavily weathered/battered Duel truck) they look fantastic. Can't wait to see its "score" marks carved into the front bumper...
Randy13
Sr Member
Thank you guys. I’ve always admired people who can build realistic looking car model s but never really had any interest to build them myself unless they are heavily weathered or banged up. It helps hide my inability to build one with that perfect “showroom” finish.
When I first started building this, I didn’t realized how many little details there are. Even a small dent in the fender adds a lot to the truck’s character. It is kind of funny building this as clean and straight as possible only to be adding in dents, scratches and tweaks later which should be fun.
Here’s just a little update. Don’t know if it’s true or not but I read this mirror on the top of the grill was used on these types of trucks so the driver can monitor the smoke coming out of the smoke stack.
Sorry for such a small update.
When I first started building this, I didn’t realized how many little details there are. Even a small dent in the fender adds a lot to the truck’s character. It is kind of funny building this as clean and straight as possible only to be adding in dents, scratches and tweaks later which should be fun.
Here’s just a little update. Don’t know if it’s true or not but I read this mirror on the top of the grill was used on these types of trucks so the driver can monitor the smoke coming out of the smoke stack.
Sorry for such a small update.
yuumi2891103
Master Member
Randy-san!
I can't wait for it coming with the real bad weathering.
Great work so far!
katsu
I can't wait for it coming with the real bad weathering.
Great work so far!
katsu
MAKE BELIEVE
Master Member
This is a great build !
yuumi2891103
Master Member
It's the brilliant investment for this build. It will be the good reference for your paint scheme and also it raises your motivation if you look at each scenes of that violently action of the beast with a high quality picture.
I'm really looking forward to see your weathering because a paint job including those weathering is one of the many thing I have to learn.
Hoping you enjoy every part of this build.
katsu
Randy13
Sr Member
Thank you Make Believe and Katsu-San. I am having a lot of fun building this. I'm actually accomplishing things on this build that I didn't know I could do. I've learned that styrene is a very forgiving material and with all the weathering and some luck, I should be able to cover any mistakes.:rolleyes
yuumi2891103
Master Member
I couldn't find any mistake so far.:thumbsup
Watching an interview with Steven Spielberg that's an extra feature on the DVD right now. A big deal for him was all the dead bugs in the grill and the headlights. He says they took the truck into "make-up" every morning, making sure the truck looked as oily, filthy, and gory as possible... The license plates on the front bumper are meant to have come from other cars it's killed.
You should eventually do the red car David Mann drives. Gotta have the complete set.
--Alex
You should eventually do the red car David Mann drives. Gotta have the complete set.
--Alex
I look forward to seeing that interview. The red Valiant is something I may attempt to make someday.
Avanaut
Well-Known Member
I saw this movie back in the day and it made a lasting impression. I later found out it was Steven Spielberg's and I've had it on DVD for a long time now. Seeing the big bad truck come alive with this build is exciting, the first photos showing the curves of the trailer gave me the goosebumps. What an excellent choice of build, marvelous work! Subscribed.
Randy13
Sr Member
Thank you Avanaut. As a child, this movie was the first one to truly scare me because the truck was more real than any monster smashing into a building. Plus where I grew up, these types of Peterbilt trucks drove past my school everyday and was a constant reminder of the movie. In the past few years, this movie has become more important to me on a much personal level as my father has been dealing with health issues. Duel was a movie we always watched together so I'm partially building this for him too.
Randy13
Sr Member
After getting this far, I realized my measurements were a little off on the sides of the trailer so I had to add some adjustments.
Then the bottom of the trailer. In this first picture, the top part is a made of paper which I had cut out and re-cut a few times before I got it just right. The I cut the real part from a "For Sale' sign. The second picture is this part in place.
Then the back of the trailer.
Sand and primer.
Then the bottom of the trailer. In this first picture, the top part is a made of paper which I had cut out and re-cut a few times before I got it just right. The I cut the real part from a "For Sale' sign. The second picture is this part in place.
Then the back of the trailer.
Sand and primer.
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