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[Ben]

That's really lookin good!!!!!!! I personally love the look of an all orange truck! Orange cab, chassis and wheel hubs!!!!

[Tony Bryan]

Love the detail, and the craftmanship that you are putting into this, very nice work

[20dakota04]

Got some under cab detailing done today.

[Old Albion]

This is a great looking project. The under cab detail is very good and I like the orange, this would look good with a metallic grey or silver frame!! Perhaps also try a white and black belt stripe or something like that.

Dave

Edited by Old Albion, 29 June 2010 - 06:37 AM.

[ARTEMIS1759]

Just for curiosity sake. Haven't delt with a COE in years. Should the end of the cylinder not go between the two tabs? Therefore making it stronger? Just wondering. Awesome build though.

[20dakota04]

Just for curiosity sake. Haven't delt with a COE in years. Should the end of the cylinder not go between the two tabs? Therefore making it stronger? Just wondering. Awesome build though.

They do I just don't have the spacers made up for the frame yet.It's just easier outside for mock up.

[ARTEMIS1759]

They do I just don't have the spacers made up for the frame yet.It's just easier outside for mock up.

Oh OK. I kind of figured it was just to see how it worked. Keep up the good work.

[Johnny]

Cool build you have going there! Gotta love those cabover Petes!

[Ben]

That's some great under cab detail!!!! Too bad you can't copy it into resin as that cab will be available again soon.

[20dakota04]

That's some great under cab detail!!!! Too bad you can't copy it into resin as that cab will be available again soon.

Yeah I would like to get one of those new cabs this one is in rough shape.

[Semi Trailer Mechanic]

VERY COOL!!!

[Mr mopar]

Nice work............. Can't wait to get one of the new cab's!

[Pete1980]

Does anybody know who will be producing these cabs?

[highway]

Does anybody know who will be producing these cabs?

Porky posted this thread last weekend:

http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=33138

[Pete1980]

Cool but Porkys is 25th and the one Dakota is building is 24th, thats the one Im lookin for.

[Porky]

Cool but Porkys is 25th and the one Dakota is building is 24th, thats the one Im lookin for.

Hey Dave

Unless I am way out in left field,,,my cab and this cab are for the most part the same cab and both are 1/25th scale. The cab I am casting now is one of the cabs in this post reworked by the man who made the master for it,,,he made it back in 2003 I think, this is prolly one that Bobby Griffen cast a few years back. The diff in the cab I am casting and this cab is the doors were cut out and 377 kit doors grafted in, the baggage doors, sleeper vents, cab steps rewoked and the leading edge of the roof was reworked and sloped off more like the 1:1 trucks. But I would think they are the same scale, mine is 110mm front to back, thats 110 inch in scale and I would bet the cab here is the same,,,

[mackinac359]

Same cab, same dimensions.
Same scale.

Just straighter, tweaked..


Tim

[20dakota04]

Hey Dave

Unless I am way out in left field,,,my cab and this cab are for the most part the same cab and both are 1/25th scale. The cab I am casting now is one of the cabs in this post reworked by the man who made the master for it,,,he made it back in 2003 I think, this is prolly one that Bobby Griffen cast a few years back. The diff in the cab I am casting and this cab is the doors were cut out and 377 kit doors grafted in, the baggage doors, sleeper vents, cab steps rewoked and the leading edge of the roof was reworked and sloped off more like the 1:1 trucks. But I would think they are the same scale, mine is 110mm front to back, thats 110 inch in scale and I would bet the cab here is the same,,,

I would like to buy one of your cabs is it available yet?

[20dakota04]

Swapped out the old cab with the new one I got from Porky's. The cab detail is alot better.

Porky's


old cab


Porky's


old cab

[20dakota04]

I can't decide which way to hang the mud flaps, but I'm leaning toward the ones on the fenders