Nick Winter Posted February 3, 2010 Posted February 3, 2010 Looking for some detailing tips, this is my first Heavy truck kit, only done medium and light duty before this.
Jim B Posted February 3, 2010 Posted February 3, 2010 Well, what would you like to know? There are a lot of guys here that can help, but we need a little more information first. For starters, what kit is it: AMT, Revell of Germany, or Revell USA? Do you want to detail the engine? Plumb the air lines? Do you want cab painting/detail ideas? Just let us know. We'll help in any way we can.
Nick Winter Posted February 3, 2010 Author Posted February 3, 2010 Well, what would you like to know? There are a lot of guys here that can help, but we need a little more information first. For starters, what kit is it: AMT, Revell of Germany, or Revell USA? Do you want to detail the engine? Plumb the air lines? Do you want cab painting/detail ideas? Just let us know. We'll help in any way we can. It's the new aerodyne, I've converted it to a regualr sleeper, and I'm building this truck, to go with my Bandit Trans am, I'll be building the trailer too, if AMT hurry's up and releases it, I could use more reference also.
Jim B Posted February 4, 2010 Posted February 4, 2010 (edited) Finding information on Snowman's truck is like close to impossible, and what you do find is usually contradictory. You might want to check this thread: http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=26409&st=0&p=248971&#entry248971 Ben did an amazing job on his Snowman rig. What we do know is that were at least (3) trucks used for the movie: a 1973 and (2) 1974s. The 1973 is the one with the gold grill emblem commorating Kenworth's 50th Annivarsary. At least one was had a tandem torsion bar suspension. (If I ever get off my butt and send the parts to Porkey you'll be able to get a resin conversion for the suspension.) And the trucks were Coffee Brown wth Gold. You should be able to get the decals here: http://modeltruckin.com/store/ once Jerry reopens the store. The kit you picked has a Caterpillar 3406 engine in it, but I think the actual trucks had Cummins. I'm not totally sure on this. If you want to use the Cat, it should be white with a semi-gloss black transmission. Here is a site that has lots of Car Modeler & Model Cars articles on detailing trucks. They're pretty good. http://public.fotki.com/modeltrucks25thscale/model_magazine_articles/car_modeller/ http://public.fotki.com/modeltrucks25thscale/model_magazine_articles/modelcars/ Edited February 4, 2010 by Jim B
Nick Winter Posted February 5, 2010 Author Posted February 5, 2010 Finding information on Snowman's truck is like close to impossible, and what you do find is usually contradictory. You might want to check this thread: http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=26409&st=0&p=248971&#entry248971 Ben did an amazing job on his Snowman rig. What we do know is that were at least (3) trucks used for the movie: a 1973 and (2) 1974s. The 1973 is the one with the gold grill emblem commorating Kenworth's 50th Annivarsary. At least one was had a tandem torsion bar suspension. (If I ever get off my butt and send the parts to Porkey you'll be able to get a resin conversion for the suspension.) And the trucks were Coffee Brown wth Gold. You should be able to get the decals here: http://modeltruckin.com/store/ once Jerry reopens the store. The kit you picked has a Caterpillar 3406 engine in it, but I think the actual trucks had Cummins. I'm not totally sure on this. If you want to use the Cat, it should be white with a semi-gloss black transmission. Here is a site that has lots of Car Modeler & Model Cars articles on detailing trucks. They're pretty good. http://public.fotki.com/modeltrucks25thscale/model_magazine_articles/car_modeller/ http://public.fotki.com/modeltrucks25thscale/model_magazine_articles/modelcars/ I'm building the '73, I know about the rig, like I said I don't normally build big rigs, so it dosen't need to be perfect. I'm going to airbrush my stripes. I painted my engine yellow, as that might not be correct, the truck won't have the hood open very often so.............. but thank you.
Nick Winter Posted February 5, 2010 Author Posted February 5, 2010 I just googled Cat 3406 and about 80% were a orangy yellow
Jim B Posted February 5, 2010 Posted February 5, 2010 That's called New Caterpiller Yellow. And, yes, yellow would be appropriate for a 3406. I guess I should have said a majority of the engines were white with some OEM colors mixed in. Good luck on your build, and don't forget to post pics!
Murphy's Law Posted February 5, 2010 Posted February 5, 2010 Nick, I have found eBay of all places to be a wealth of information on some of the vehicles I build. You can usually find a similar make with all kinds of pics. Although it's not perfect, here's a Snowman rig on evilbay.
Jim B Posted February 5, 2010 Posted February 5, 2010 Funny how it's listed as a 1977 Pontiac Trans Am! No it's not even close to the trucks in the movie, but it does look nice. More of a "Smokey & the Bandit" inspired truck.
Murphy's Law Posted February 5, 2010 Posted February 5, 2010 I do like the "Rollin' up and truckin'" on the rear of the sleeper.
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