2023 BRGB-INTERNATIONAL 4070 A (DeFinked)

[J.B. Customs]

Edited February 1, 2023 by J.B. Customs

[J.B. Customs]

Going to shorten the cab 1/4”

[J.B. Customs]

I have a lot of work to do to smooth this up. Trying to keep this a low budget build 

[Pete68]

Looking good so far sometimes it’s hard to keep it with our budget but in the end it’s worth it. 

[J.B. Customs]

Well the domino effect begins (Murphy’s Law)

[Rockford]

Looks factory! What did you use for filling the joint?

[J.B. Customs]

First off a good cut helps a lot my first shot at a custom cab I used a exacto knife it didn’t turn out so well then I discovered the saws  a good clean cut a light even coat of glue put your halves together I don’t try to wipe off are smooth out excess glue I let it dry for 24 hours then sand it down and then I use the Vallejo plastic putty to fill in the light spots

[Pete68]

Looking good 

[Dutzie]

Nice work on the slice. 

[gotnitro?]

Nice work! 

[J.B. Customs]

I just about have the interior  complete still have some details to finish up on, now to concentrate on cleaning up the cab 

[Gary Chastain]

Sweet build

[J.B. Customs]

Slow and steady one step at a time 

[J.B. Customs]

I do have one question on studying this build there is no air breather going up the back of the cab I have been studying other 4070’s but can not find anything conclusive so my question is was there a breather box under the cab or mounted to the stack bracket or just a cap on the filter box(that would suck a lot of water and dirt)?

[Pete68]

57 minutes ago, J.B. Customs said:

Slow and steady one step at a time 

Like the colors looks good 

[J.B. Customs]

[Dutzie]

Paint looks great. You are off to a great start. 

[J.B. Customs]

Time to start mocking up the frame 

[J.B. Customs]

The easy part is done, now the hard part short’n the frame rails remount the stack and air filter can, fuel tanks and replumb it all so it looks original 

[J.B. Customs]

Slowly starting to mock up the frame after removing 1” inch from the frame rails and removing the stack bracket mounts

[DRIPTROIT 71]

First of all excellent work!! I have been wanting to build a cab like this for a while. If you have any pictures of the surgery please post them. I cut down a Freightliner cab in similar fashion to a 72” cab. I’m wanting to do one of these in either Old Dominion or Carolina Freight. They both ran these.

On your breather, I may be wrong, but I think that it is just hidden by the camera angle. It may have been one of the shorter straight stacks instead of the one that angles over the cab.

[J.B. Customs]

Thank You for sharing the info. Here are some pictures of how I sectioned the cab again thanks for the info 

[DRIPTROIT 71]

Thanks for posting the sectioning. That is exactly how I thought about doing it to save the toolbox on the driver’s side. I was concerned about getting it right with the zigzag cut though. I even considered only cutting the zigzag on the driver’s side since there isn’t a passenger toolbox on my reference trucks. You did an excellent job though! It makes me want to tackle mine some day soon. Excellent work!

[gotnitro?]

Excellent work  ! These 4070 kits are really nice and offer tons of options in livery 

The frame chop and cab work looks fantastic 

[J.B. Customs]

This is the first time building a 4070 kit it is a very clean kit little to no flashing, parts fit together well no warped parts and very detailed and so far quite a challenge and thanks for the compliments