Big Glass Of Milk

[mackinac359]

I was organizing kits the other day, a fancy way of saying I was kitbashing parts and laying out some future projects when the idea for a Wisconsin style milk tanker struck me.

I had just received a resin Peterbilt 378/357 SBFA hood from Spauldings and an eBay Revell of Germany 377 kit.

I had an old IMC Milk Tank truck body kit and decided the 377 kit and the Milk Truck body would be a perfect match.

The cab requires slicing the rear fender sections off the cab side panels and replacing them with plastic. The cab rear wall is made from a left over AMT Peterbilt 359 sleeper back wall with a window cut in.

I scratchbuilt the bumper and made the battery box cover from Plaskit diamond tread material.

Here's the painted cab

Here is the cab after wet sanding and polishing.

Color is Torreador Red from Duplicolor

Since the truck will be from Wisconsin, I felt the driver needed something to read while waiting for the cows..

a copy of the Wisconsin State Journal and some Peterbilt magazines.

More photos are on my site www.timstrucks.com

Thanks for looking!

Tim

[ultraliner13]

An interesting Project Tim and I hope to watch it as it progresses along.

I never thought to uses the wall of a sleeper for a back panel of a truck, I will take note of that tip.

Cheers

John

[mackinac359]

John,

Thanks. I got the idea sifting through a box of unused Peterbilt sleepers.. why waste all this plastic when I can use it for daycab panels.

Tim

I never thought to uses the wall of a sleeper for a back panel of a truck, I will take note of that tip.