ALCAN Highway Construction Vehicles in 1:16

gary1930 · Post by **gary1930** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 9:41 am

After watching The ALCAN Highway (Modern Marvels, The History Channel), I decided to put some of my 1/16th vehicles together under that theme.

The Jeep is the Danbury Mint version, out-of-the-box.

The smaller crawler is a Cat 22 by Norscot, re-painted.

The dozer is an International TD-14 by SpecCast, out-of-the-box.

The International dump truck with Baker plow is by Die-Cast Promotions, re-painted.

The Ford stake truck is a Highway 61, re-painted.

The Chevy log truck is also a Highway 61, formerly the fire truck. (they used many logs for cordury roads through swamps).

Ertl made a 1:16 road grader from that period, but they are hard-to-find and expensive. I had to pass on one on Ebay after it hit $200.

<img src="http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-11/ ... C03213.jpg">

<img src="http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-11/ ... C03214.jpg">

<img src="http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-11/ ... C03215.jpg">

The dozer and Ford are now on clearance sale at:

http://www.outbacktoystore.com/Details. ... duct=14510

http://www.outbacktoystore.com/Details.asp?Product=47

zonetoys · Post by **zonetoys** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 4:33 pm

Thanks for the pics! That was very timely for me, because yesterday I was looking at a 1/16 R/C Tank site and someone had the Ford stake truck and I was wondering who made it and where to get one. Guess I'll have to take advantage of the sale.
Nice to see a collection of U.S. WWII support vehicles!

chunks · Post by **chunks** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 5:24 pm

Awesome display!! Thanks.

usmcchet9296 · Post by **usmcchet9296** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 11:12 pm

Nice display or work vehicles

usmcchet9296 · Post by **usmcchet9296** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 11:07 am

Were did you get the decals for the trucks

gary1930 · Post by **gary1930** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 3:43 pm

usmcchet9296 wrote:Were did you get the decals for the trucks

I cut my own with Fiskars Squeeze Punches - star,

usmcchet9296 · Post by **usmcchet9296** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 10:42 pm

Good idea but what about the letters and numbers?