Truck Books - History, Types and Construction (2/2)

Building and Painting Model Trucks

This richly illustrated book offers a complete guide to building model truck kits, across all of the popular scales. Concentrating on civilian vehicles, renowned modeller George Dent describes the fundamental processes involved in kit-building, including preparation and assembly of components, detailing and modification work including custom fittings, plus an in-depth look at painting and weathering techniques.

Featuring a range of popular, readily available kits in all of the popular scales: 1: 72, 1: 48, 1: 35, 1: 32 and 1: 24, and suitable for modellers of all abilities, each project is clearly explained in an illustrated, step-by-step format with over 680 colour photographs.

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Camions d'exception (Autofocus)

Trucks are real workhorses. In order to stand out from the competition and give themselves a rolling business card, some owners do not hesitate to mix pleasure and work by transforming the exterior and interior of their traveling companion.

In this book, you will discover twenty-two trucks that have spanned several generations. Whether they are old, tuned, customized, or decorated, they are all exceptional trucks. Whether you are a seasoned enthusiast or a novice in the making, their colorful enhancement will not leave you indifferent.

Summary:

1: Scania R500 Decat Energy technics
2: Scania T144 Carl Verbist
3: Scania S580 Franz Müller
4: Scania T143 Pouls Bremse Service
5: Volvo FH4 Henrik Guldager
6: Scania R580 Malcolm Group
7: Scania R730 John Templeton
8: Scania R580 Michel Gastaldi
9: Scania R580 Marie-France Durand
10: Daf XF 95 106 Paul Hinchliffe
11: Daf XF 95 105 Anthony Binns
12: Volvo FH4 Jamie Davidson
13: Daf XF 95 106 Diego Libralesso
14: Iveco Stralis Peter Van Beest
15: Volvo FH4 Harry Van Dalen
16: Mercedes Actros Ralf Ekdahl
17: Scania R730 Fredrik Molander
18: Scania R620 Berthon Jönsson
19: Kenworth W900 Brian Jones,
20: Peterbilt 379 Chad Blackwell
21: Peterbilt 379 Jarco Transports
22: Peterbilt 379 Texas Chrome Shop.

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Camions décorés - Les plus beaux d'Europe (Autofocus)

With their shiny chrome, careful paintwork, and unique decorations, these European trucks create a striking impression. Across sixteen reports, the book showcases trucks from nine countries, each decorated individually, whether with a fictional character or a tribute to its owner.
Decorated trucks are more than a trend; they have become a cultural phenomenon and moving works of art.

For nearly twenty years, Xavier Stéfaniak has traveled Europe and the United States photographing the most remarkable trucks in the tuning scene. Photographer for several European magazines, he presents his fourth book on this subject.

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Supertrucks

While cars were almost exclusively reserved for a wealthy upper class in the early days of the automobile, there was a high commercial demand for trucks from the very beginning. It is therefore no wonder that numerous companies competed with one another in the construction of trucks, and their designs could differ enormously depending on the mentality and size of the country of manufacture.

This volume offers a unique cross-section of the last 60 years of truck history. 224 pages describe all the leading truck brands that have left their mark on truck construction worldwide with their models and technical innovations.

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Schwertransporte - Starke Trucks, große Lasten

Motorization has fundamentally shaped transport over the last 100 years. Without trucks, today's prosperity would hardly be possible. This volume features old and young timers, including vehicles from long-gone brands as well as current models.

Organized by manufacturer, it includes German brands such as MAN and Mercedes, European brands like Scania, Volvo, and Renault, and US trucks from Freightliner, Kenworth, and Mack. The focus is on top models and powerful heavy-duty tractors. With around 500 illustrations, this large-format book showcases the most impressive trucks worldwide.

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Geschichte des Seecontainers und der Intermodal-Wechselbehälter

The author, Ulrich Cramer, a trained motor vehicle and aircraft engineer, has been working on transport rationalization projects since the early 1960s. First at the vehicle and equipment manufacturer MAFI and from 1971 with his own engineering firm CONTEC. Numerous innovations can be traced back to his engineering work.
In this book, he describes from his own experience how the beginnings of container transport in the USA in the early 1950s developed into global, trimodal transport to the smallest corner of the world.

Cramer tells the story from the perspective of a technician. He himself had applied for a patent for the idea of the "MAFI Rolltrailer" in 1966. In 1967, he and MAFI built the first steel containers for the first European container shipping consortium ACL.
When container traffic began in Europe in 1966 and the sea container was still considered a "dead elephant", he and MAFI built the "Portalift", the first "container portal vehicle" from Europe. He played a key role in the steel container quickly gaining its dominant position.

Ulrich Cramer did pioneering work with the construction of the first container factory in China in 1980, which is now the largest container manufacturer in the world, and the construction of the first two 20-foot steel containers for CIMC in 1981. He transferred his technical knowledge of container construction to numerous projects in the field of inland containers and swap bodies, as well as to the development of associated transport and handling equipment.

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