White truck (~1940)

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[Johnas]

Ow I love these old trucks

Nice start, looking forward to see more

[Icekid84]

Great start nb, also nice to see you in the WIP forum.. Ive not been around much so I dont know if you've already showed stuff in here before but for me its a first

[kosso_olli]

Looking great. Very smooth. Are you going to model a trailer?

By the way, are you on a truck trip? I'd love to see some cars from you :-)

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Originally Posted by kosso_olli

Looking great. Very smooth. Are you going to model a trailer?

By the way, are you on a truck trip? I'd love to see some cars from you :-)

Yeh, I'm sort of on a truck trip... This White was most probably at least partly designed by de Sakhnoffsky as well. There are lots of his illustrations and patents on White trucks. While looking for reference data I found some images of the streamlined trucks, and became interested in the work of this person. Thus the streamlined de Sakhnoffsky truck came as a spin-off from this project.

As for the trailers of this truck, I'm going to do different versions, including tankers, becase there exist excellent patent drawings on them. I'm also thinking of making different body styles, including some known streamlined versions.

But there's a long way to go as, unlike passenger cars, trucks need more details: front and rear axles, leaf springs, drive shaft, etc. should be done, as they will be visible from some angles. All these are very boring, but once made, they can be used for other truck models.

I'm also working on Dodge Airflow (it's a streamlined truck too), but it's too early yet to show-off anything.
There are other trucks of the era like Autocar, International Harvester, Reo, etc, I would like to model, but spare time is an issue for me.

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Here's an update. I don't have too much time for this, so it progressing very slowly.

All the parts like spings and axles are correct in their basic shape but are not especially detailed, as on the final render they would *always be in the shadow*, and are also likely to be at least partly obscured by other objects. However, there's also a chance that they will be seen from certain angles. Thus I had to model them. Modelling these parts with full detalization would requare equaly the amount of time and effort needed to model the truck itself. So I don't consider this as an option.

[tomsullivan]

SWEET AS!!!!!!

god how do i love this era.

ive been looking at doin a pre war car for a long time now, but havent found a good source of pictures

but that suspension looks great!!

[palat]

Awesome!
Keep us drooling.

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Here's an update.
The model seems to be ready.
It's a test render: colors, textures and lights are not adjusted yet.

[Zinni]

Very nice, awesome work!

[DJ CRYS]

nice......I like it so much....keep going..........and btw.........great job

[palat]

So crisp and clean. Please let us see another render, as if we were standing next to it...

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Thanks to everyone for nice comments!

That's just the first render of the more or less complete model.

I have noticed a few things that need to be changed.

There's a feeling the truck has no weight - the front suspension has to be adjusted. Which in turn means some adjustments to other parts of the model, but this is still feasable.

Also, I dislike the front bumper - it obscures the badge at the bottom of the radiator and, although made according to blueprints, it looks too narrow. It can be lowered, but then the mounts have to be of different design. Perhaps, a more attractive alternative could be a curved bumper. But I'm not sure if that type of bumper was used on heavy duty trucks: some research needs to be done

Another major thing is the color scheme: don't like it. Suggestions are welcome.

[palat]

I like the color scheme, maybe a darker environment can give it contrast.
As for color schemes you might play with various oil companies' liveries. Texaco would look good all-red with black fenders, Shell all-yellow (Shell official yellow is 100Y 15M) with red fenders and so on. Of course the logos would have to be vintage too, not the present versions, so another research would be needed on this subject too. (:
If only more modelers would invest/practice their skills on automotive history...

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Here are some more test renders. I have changed the model by lowering the front leaf springs and tilting the truck forward. And in fact, it should be like that according to the truck specifications.

I've also repositioned the bumper. I might still use a curved bumper: proof found that these were used on heavy trucks.


Dan, thank you for the comments.

The tank-trailer model was in fact from Shell (it had another tractor: White COE), so it could be tried. My only concern is that I have not found a picture of a White conventional tractor with a tank-trailer of that design in any of the oil companies' colors. Thus there's a chance that Shell never used White conventionals. I've seen pictures of White conventionals with i.e Esso tank-trailer, but these were of a different types ...
So historical truth may suffer (well... who cares?)

There's another possibility here: to look for old magazine ads from White. They used fictional companies to advertise the trucks. One was called "MorOil" : orange with black fenders. In another ad they had a tanker in the color scheme similar to the one used in my latest renders, it was a milk truck though.

[Silent][Moebius]

sweet stuff, there are some very nice and nifty details on there. i also like the materials, they look very good

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Some more test renders. The light is not set yet.
The textures and color schemes seem to be ok already.

[alanguer]

Really Good model!

Superb if placed in a scene with a '40/'50 car