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  • Birthday 11/07/1979

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  1. Great truck. I agree, wish truck campers more readily available.
  2. Next up, I’ll add the frame-mounted primary fuel filter, a common sight on these Cats. I took a fuel filter from a Italeri Series 60, with a scratch built frame mount and fuel lines. Just to the right of the cab mount, I added a Bendix AD-SP Air Dryer and associated connections and hoses. I started with an air dryer from CTM, and modified it a bit to better represent the Bendix model, and used decals from Modeltruckin for both the fuel filter and air dryer.
  3. Trucks from the Convoy movie is great theme for a collection.
  4. Nice work! I really like that color. The dash looks great. A build to be proud of, for sure.
  5. This is getting better and better, I’m really enjoying watching this unique piece of equipment coming together. The track section looks to be 3d printed?
  6. A C-15 is a great no matter what hood it’s under. Looking forward to your W900.
  7. This will be another great project. I appreciate the wide variety of truck builds you make - everything from vintage to modern.
  8. You’re very welcome, I’m glad you like it.
  9. It’s great seeing an A&N kit put to good use. Great build, excellent choices in paint and detail. Really looks the part. I really like the cooler and the work gloves!
  10. To connect the charge air cooler to the turbo and engine, I used rubber air to air connectors from Moluminum along with Plastruct elbows and aluminum tubing, cut to fit and painted with Molotow chrome. The rubber air connectors came in blue and orange, and though that’s common in real life, I opted to paint them rubber black to better match the overall look. You can find black silicone connectors on 1:1 trucks as well. I also added the chrome rings around the connectors by using brass zip ties from CTM, painted chrome. That was one of the most tedious things I’ve done on this build, but the only option that seemed to work. Painting the recesses chrome was a failure, so CTM to the rescue. For the exhaust exiting the turbo, I needed a flex tube, just like the real thing, in order to make the awkward curvature needed to fit between the engine block and frame. Once I had the plastic tubing bent to fit, I wrapped it in wire, and added putty between to get the look. Painted in aluminum, it works well. I finished the tubing clamps where the connections are with chrome bands made from strips of furnace tape.
  11. It’s neat seeing a Loadstar. No matter what the form, it’s a unique model, despite being such a common truck back in the day. A rare resin cab, and you sure did it well.
  12. Nice project, great engine choice with the 6-71. I’ll be looking forward to it.
  13. Now that we have a rolling (non-rolling) chassis, time to install the engine and add the radiator and charge air cooler. It’s a squeeze, but she fits. There’s a lot of extra parts adding to the overall engine width, like the serpentine bracket, so I made sure to measure and test fit beforehand. To connect the driveline, I made three driveshaft carrier bearings from styrene to keep each driveshaft section a realistic scale length. Onto the CAC: There’s certainly a void in the aftermarket for a proper charge air cooler/air to air aftercooler. Italeri tried, somewhat, to have one on the Series 60 in the 378 kit, but it leaves a lot to be desired. I used the Italeri kit parts as a basis for creating an aftermarket CAC in the style of a Duralite unit. I added photo etched radiator mesh and modified the side of the kit radiator, carving out some plastic and folding in the outside edges. Then, I added styrene sheet, aluminum tube, and putty to create the overall shape needed. The 378 kit’s radiator coolant reservoir was added to the top at this point, but I will replace it later with a better version. On the front side, I added a parallel flow AC condenser unit, made with photo etched mesh. I’ll add the lines to and from it later, as well as the air intake connectors and pipes to the turbo and engine block.
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