Jim Groeneweg Model Truck Picture Collection

Here is the Sterling model when it was almost finished in April 2008. tThe windshield comes highly modified from a Boley IH 7600 donor kit as well as a modified interior! It requires mirrors and decals to finish up

Finally the Sterling is complete!! It rides on an Promotex Ford Aeromax chassis (one axle removed) battery box, Dennis Aust 5 hole wheels, Boley IH 7600 modified windshield and interior (painted in almond) scratch built items include mirrors, grab handles, exhaust stack, 1/4 fenders, side glass with A-Line decals finished off with auto base/clear paint 1973 GM truck code 505. The trailer is an old original RPP finished years ago, box stock painted in silver.

Jamie is working on the IH 8600. He is getting the truck looking quite good. This is with a Boley cab fitted to a hood and roof side fairing package.

Here is Jamie's IH 8600 mock-up sitting on an Athearn chassis for now! It is looking quite nice.

I just took some more shots of Jamie's IH 8600.

Here is a CH Mack owner operator from Kindersley! Pretty cool huh?? Ken Goudy makes some great decals!

Ken Goudy saved the day with his offering of Neilson Dairy decals; here are the decals applied to the "unnamed Century" that was finished some time ago!


This Kenworth T-800 was never completed as I didn't really like the box on it! The "revised" model now has slightly lengthened W.B., Dennis Aust flotations on the front with Athearn rears, air horns and windshield wipers. Turn signals, mirrors mudflaps and a tarp were added to complete this wonderful casting combination only six years later!

Here is the latest on the M2 Freightliner; it is the first of the pre production castings that could knock off for detail shots! A ways to go yet on cleaning up the loose ends but it is to a do-able state.

Nose to nose comparison of a Jacobs Scale Models 379 Pete and the Norscot 389

Norscot Peterbilt/Trailking combo

Norscot Peterbilt 389 with the Trailking lowboy hauling a Case excavator

Here is a repainted Norscot Trailking with A-Line spoke wheels replacing the Peterbilt style rims!

Peterbilt from Norscot with a bit of the Jacob Scale Models touch

Here is a picture of the Malibu International 9400i that I re-painted! It is an ex Penske truck that is now pulling cans! Stripped off its white paint and repainted in authentic Hertz/Penske yellow, the only changes are the A-Line steel wheels and the side marker/turn signals.

Here is a Malibu KW that I wanted to practice my favourite latest paint scheme on!

The FedEx needs some decals and fine detailing yet.

FedEx Columbia with a resin grille

This Ton truck............well lets just say it needs LOTS! It is painted in a 2008 Jaguar Emerald mica base/clear paint!

I finally got some of the Ton trucks, both are bought for the new style TK reefer........as it turns out. the Norscot Peteribilt 389 is much better then the Ton version but the Ton KW W900L is much better then the Norscot unit.

Sometimes when it snows, you just have to brave the elements for a Kodak moment! It seems like we had a foot of snow but it was just a couple inches at most!! This is the TON KW900L much needing the sun to enhance the colour but it does go quite well with this Mayflower!

The latest pictures from Athearn are the 40' exterior post van and the 53' Wabash National "button side" trailers.........both have sliding tandems and are road ready with fantastic detail! I have not done anything to these...........open package and "play"

This is a RPS Ford F350 dually that I cut down to a regular cab, lengthened the frame, added a shortened Boley Chevron tow body, switched out the wheels for Dennis Aust 5 hole lopros, added clearance light and light bar from an Athearn C cab, a scratch built potable air tank, finished it in Canyon red (78 Dodge Lil Red Truck) and out comes this little beast!

The Mazda is a Furuta toy that has been too close to the stove.

An IH 9900i that I have been working on for a few years; it was coming along fine till the Argosy arrived, now it moved to the back burner!

I got a hold of an Argosy produced by Andre Giroux from Quebec through the 1/87 Scale club site and have the casting cleaned up and mocked up on a Herpa chassis.

Here is the latest on the Argosy, a few more details to be added and it is done!


Here is the Argosy finished up; Andre Giroux cab/interior casting, (the only thing I did to the cab was to cut the side entry step from the side fairing) Promotex Freightliner COE chassis with 60" axle spacing, Dennis Aust wheels/tires, Kibri deck plate,air breather, 1/2 fenders and windshield from M.A.N. (modified to fit), sleeper windows are Humbrol Clearfix, then tinted from inside, cab side windows are clear acetate flush mounted. Scratch built items include air breather tube, exhaust mount and stacks, grab handles, mirrors, CB antenna and mudflaps; model is finished in all R-M BASF black, Viper red, Aztec gold, Atlas white topped with urethane clearcoat!

The other day I sent you a picture of a 9900i, maybe it finally inspired me to finish this project started years ago! In any event, here is a 1/87 scale IH 9900i! The cab/bunk is a Jacobs Models casting from the 9400 series mated to a modified Rick's decals hood casting, Dennis Aust wheels and air breathers, A-Line fuel tanks, Herpa windshield (from a MAN coe, mounted on a Ton Peterbilt chassis with mirrors from the same source, scratch built items include battery boxes, exhaust stacks and CB antenna. The unit is finished in Nissan Daytona blue BASF base/clear. The loader is an Athearn John Deere sitting on a Promotex double drop deck trailer modified to resemble a Trailking unit.


New and hot off the press!! This is a Mitsubishi colour on this little beast!	This Lonestar is a resin kit from DecalPrint de., a caster from Germany that I had discovered somehow.

The LoneStar almost finished.	A shot of the Lonestar pulling the Barrett tridem.

The little Ford is the only project that was able to get out this summer but at least it is this far! It is a Trident Ford F 350 that was a crew cab, using the same wheel base it now has a 12' deck with tool boxes made from 4 TruckNsruff boxes mounted sideways back to back, basic deck is from Kibri with Boley sideboards, scratchbuilt rack, hitch/bumper, mirrors, and mudflaps. It has Herpa wheels with 4 holes drilled, painted in Colonial white with black for the box. I need a compressor to tow behind and load up the deck with tools.




Here is a mock up of the International Prostar from Decalprint de. painted in Viper Red (Chrysler) colour.