purepmd Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 (edited) First off, I want to wish all my fellow entrants the best of luck. May the Styrene Gods smile on us all. Second, there are some terrific ideas thrown in the ring. I cannot wait to see where all these builds go. For my entry, I am going with the Italeri FLD120, and some resin that is in need of some serious reworking, to make something along these lines. This is the truck that is my inspiration. I will post pictures of the building blocks this weekend. I need to find my memory card. If you could see my work bench, you would understand. Here is the picture that set my course. http://i1078.photobucket.com/albums/w491/mbotzki/image_zpspgnb4h0f.jpeg Not crazy about the graphics, but the black is here to stay. Will work up a different set of graphics for go round. Edited January 5, 2016 by purepmd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacobus Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 lookin forward mark how it go,sjacobus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Buckaroo Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 Mark - It is Great to see you Wow - your going to have to place a protective wrap over your work table as not to scratch the bottom of this build up ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tesla Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 Nice model subject Mark! Can't wait to see this progress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRIPTROIT 71 Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 Cool Project! Looking forward to seeing more! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gatorincebu Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 Cool inspiration truck ! And now Clayton has some direct Custom truck competition !! lol Looking forward to watching this build. Be Well Gator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gino Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 lookin forward to this ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petetrucker07 Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 Dammit boy, guess great minds think alike, LOL. This will be a nice build. Lookin forward to seeing this come together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mopar - D Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 This is going to be a cool build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olskoolrodder Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 This will be sweet!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pavel A. Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 Very interesant, Mark.... I will follow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rctruk Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 That is a sleek truck. Quite a project. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bandit1 Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 I'm hooked... not on freightshaker stuff but Pete myself...lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbill Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 i like it! might better engineer some skid plates on this one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canso65 Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 That is a very cool looking truck. Can't wait to see more. Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purepmd Posted January 11, 2016 Author Share Posted January 11, 2016 (edited) Here are a couple of pictures of what I have managed to bet done so far. I got a bunch of Freightliner resin parts off of ebay a few years ago. They were pretty rough, and I never intended to use them. Along comes the B.R.B.O, and I finally have a use for some of them. In the side by side pic, you can see the before and after, so to speak. Just about everything was wrong, the grille height, the taper of the hood, the fenders, the blister on the top, and headlights. I also found out, that used fabric softener dryer sheets make great matting to reinforce super glue just like the matting used for fiberglass. Makes it very strong. With lots of sheet styrene, super glue and mat, and sand paper galore, these are the changes so far. Thanks for taking the time to check out my pics, and thanks to Clayton for getting this going, it has been a lot of fun already. Edited January 11, 2016 by purepmd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gino Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 very nice ! looks great ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petetrucker07 Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 Nice work man. No thanks needed. It's really cool to see the diversity of the projects and basically bring us all together on a project, from around the world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superpeterbilt Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 Nice work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olskoolrodder Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 WOW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muncie Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 wow! - nice save and a big improvement from the original part - it really looks like an FLD Classic hood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canso65 Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 Nice work Mark.I second the thanks to Clayton for getting this build going. I've had a lot of fun with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kilrathy10 Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 Oh, I like this idea.....She's a beauty..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpreadAxle Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 You put a lot of work into that hood and it came out looking nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purepmd Posted February 28, 2016 Author Share Posted February 28, 2016 (edited) Just doing the monthly post. Have made some progress on the cab/sleeper unit, and hope to have some pictures to post next weekend. Edited March 7, 2016 by purepmd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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