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If you are going do a 'poor man's 379 long hood' out of a 359, the grille from the Revell snap 359 is perfect. You will need to remove the headlamps and clean up the weird molded on shapes on the side of the grille. Reshape the headlamp brackets and make outer turn signal lenses, then reattach the lamps to the side of the grille.
The cab can be subtly changed to look more 379ish. Square up the corners of the windshield, and reshape the roof slightly, also sand off the roof panel seams. The 379 family and the 1100-series cabs have differently shaped roofs, the windshield leans back more on 379 and has squarer corners.
While dimensionally not accurate, you can make respectable looking 379 long hood, or as I am doing here, a 389 using the Revell of Germany cab.
Tim
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Looking good.
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Thank Tim. It can be done with the contents of the kit. I removed a out an inch (I think) from the height, modified it to a tandem, slid the axles back, and angled the rear wall. The hardest part is removing the big protrusions that the fenders mount to.
Those big molded on protrusions are imposing.. plenty of sawing..
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I like your Euro tanker rework! That gives me an idea for that kit.
Tim
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Nice work on the hinges.
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Terry - I like your Autocar dumper with pup!
Ken - that K100 is sweet!
Brian - the old Mack looks like it was stuck in a bog for years.
Clayton - I like that dirty D-Reo chassis.
Tim
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That's going to look sweet!
Tim
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You could mount your exhaust behind the big sleeper like this 352H had. The piping ran under the frame and back up to the exhaust 'way back there.'
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Look good!
Tim
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I glue all wheels - I dislike models to roll off the shelves by themselves..
Tim
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Lovin' this paint scheme !
Tim
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It is always enjoyable watching builds like this progress.
Tim
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Looking good so far.
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Enjoyable project progress.
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That is a turnsignal.
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Nice detail work!
Tim
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Nicely done.
"Cheater" 379's actually work out quite well. This was a "cheater" 379 I made out of a snap kit 359. The cab dimensions are more 359 than 379, but the overall look came together.
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It's the little cues that when changed can disguise the 359 era.
Here's one I made when the Snap kit first came back in 2006 - I built it just to build it - to see how it would look as a 379 - Sort of a long hood shape but as a standard length. I modified the cab for the newer door window shapes and mirrors, filled in the right hand sleeper door, and used some resin air cleaners that Spauldings sold at the time.
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If you really want to get into this.. I built these snap-kit 359's into 379-127 long hoods. Added to the kit hood, widened the cab to look more like 379. The windshield glass was attached to the outside of the cab. I used chrome foil to simulate aftermarket chrome trim around the glass. The headlamps are Italeri pieces.
Tim