“It’s Alive..!”

One of the first Sword models we ever reviewed had an Elliott fuel/lube body on it, and it’s still a hell of a show. This time, it’s parked on a Mack Granite chassis, and the combination comes across as a rolling lab for mad scientists, with tanks, rails, opening doors, mounted machinery, and legible markings everywhere.

It may be a model that appeals to your inner Simon Bar Sinister, but in life, these trucks are the chuck wagons for a hungry fleet of machines, dispensing fuel, air, water, and all the various and sundry specialty lubricating fluids all that heavy metal needs to live. The white paint is even all over the castings, and that pops the chromed horns and mirrors, and the contrasting black that surrounds the windows nicely. The opening doors were really hard to pry out, due to the model’s amazing panel fit, but a little fun tack on a fingertip gave me the needed traction to get into the full-on cab. Hey - a guy’s gotta do what a guy’s gotta do.

Getting the utility doors open was a lot easier (good thing - there are ten of them), and the roll-up that covers the eye-popping bank of hose reels and nozzles at the truck’s business end was a snap to open and close. As on the other Granites in scale (and in life), tilting the hood leaves the radiator and grille in place on the frame; the Granite’s massive straight six is nestled between inner fender inserts and wired and painted up beautifully.

Sword Mack Granite with Elliott Fuel and Lube body, item SW2100-WW, $199.95

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