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Thank you for all the comments . Steve: thank you, I might put spoke wheels on the rear ,undecided yet . Gary: actually the hood lines up fine off the frame , with the frame twisted Ill have to shim the cab to make it fit correctly. Steve: thank you Started some under hood detail, I added 2 stiffening ribs and trying to make some generic inner fender wells . Also reworked the hood hinges I added some styrene to the original hood hinge so I could drill holes to use brass rod, the hinge mounts on the frame were drill all the way through. Thanks for for looking .

I recently bought a cheap 4300 kit at the local flea market it was a complete kit , the frame had been started but was broken and badly bent I fixed the frame by making it shorter , the 4300 hood and cab on the shorter frame just didn't look right , so I decided to cut the hood down to make it a 4200. I got the engine built ,painted and plumed . I know the front axle is too wide ,so I used the axle from the C0-4070A as a reference to cut the axle down ,also replaced the kits plastic tie rod with brass tubing . Added some detail to the air tanks and battery box , I'm going to use 2 hole Bud wheels and tires from Sense Unlimited. Thanks for looking .

Here something I been wanted to do for a while, it pretty easy to do still have a lot work to do yet . thanks

Thank you for the comments , I didn’t get a June update had some unexpected family issues . I did get some work done over the 4th , got the air lines ran and got the frame painted , made new fuel tanks , I also shorten the frame . Now I can’t decide on day cab or sleeper . thanks Mark

Jeff & Brian thank you ,you guy's are right about the fit issues , I got the frame pretty square but the rear cab mount is crooked , I had to cut the tabs off just to get the cab lined up with hood . Ben & Steve thank you the comments. Edwin thank you for the tip I will use that next time . Just a little update I decided to open the grill for a more realistic look . Thanks for looking .

Great job Brian , very realistic looking .

Lee, Brian thank you for the comments . This is how my version of the Alaskan hauler is turning out ,after fighting with the alignment of the hood ,cab, and sleeper I decided to omit the sleeper all together . After some shimming and a few swear words I got the hood and cab lined up fairly decent . The rear suspension is now mounted in place , I decided to add a tag axle . The frame is almost complete need to add air tanks and the fuel tank . Thanks for looking Mark

Ben thank you the comment , Tim’s web site is great place to get ideals from,I seen his Alaskan hauler that gave me inspiration to build this . I also had trouble aligning the cab and hood I ended up cutting off 2 Locating pin on the rear cab mount then I was able to align the cab to the hood and front cab mounts I also had to shim up the right cab mount so the cab would set level . Mark

Very cool , great build .

Thank you guys for all the information , it’s good know , I was just assuming they were straight . I worked on modifying the right air cleaner added a warm air intake and modified the hood side panel . I know this isn’t the correct set up for this truck but I like the looks of this better than having it running down to the lower panel . still have some clean up to do but wanted to do a quick mock up . thanks Mark

Thank you Rockford and Force for the good information , I should have been a little more clearer on the drive shaft ,the shaft from the mid bearing to the front axle is off center. Maybe that’s the way it’s to be . thank you Mark

Thank you for the comments . I was able work on the rear suspension this weekend all tho it’s not finished yet have add the air brakes ,man it was a Challenge getting everything lined up , there are located pins but they are very shallow and hard to keep inline, it took a lot patients . The instructions are just pictures and are hard to till where exactly the parts to go . Im not happy with the way the drive shaft is off center but it is what it is I guess . I used U joints from ST Supply and made the drive shaft . I had to add some shims to make the frame set level. After I took the picture of the suspension I knocked it off the desk and broke the rear axle off , luckily I was able to repair but it’s alittle crooked . thanks for looking Mark

Thank you for the comment Rockford Force I thought this truck would be a good candidate to try this suspension on. Spent most of Sunday cleaning up some of the parts still have a lot more to do . Here what it looks like cleaned up. thanks for looking mark

Thank you Ronnie for the comment , the wheels are from Moluminum the tires are from Gary Wallace . I open rear suspension pack "WOW" there is a lot of little parts , gave them a good soaking , will be spending some time on cutting and cleaning up everything . Thanks for looking . Mark

Thank you for all comments . James, Ill be adding newer style door handles and reworking the right side hood panel . I got the frame together ,I added a steerable front axle from the parts box (Revell Peterbilt) made new shocks and added U bolt detail . Im hoping to start the rear suspension this weekend we'll see how that goes . Thanks for looking Mark

This is entry into the BRGB it is AMT Kenworth Alaskan Hauler , I’m going to go with different wheels and tries I’m also going to try out the resin Hendrickson rear suspension from CTM . Thanks for looking Mark

I would like to join , I'm going to go with the Kenworth Alaskan Hauler . Mark

Gary and Dave thank you for kind words . Charles yes it is older Italeri kit , thank you . I modified the front bumper removed the square lights replaced them with rounds ones . thanks for looking.

After getting frustrated working on the FLD 120 SD (thread started here on the forum) I set it aside for now and started on this FLC with parts from the parts boxes , I reworked the hood by cutting off the head light pods filling in the holes and old school head lights from ST Supply , the cab door was all ready cut out will do the same to the other side , I'm using a frame that was all ready shorten for something else . I will be adding shorter fuel tanks . We'll see how this one goes . Im going for something like picture blow . thanks for looking

Thank you Victor , they are a tough looking truck . thank you Ronnie , the wheels, tires , and the lift axle that I will be using all came from Jamie at Molminum . Mark

I started this back in 2014 with a move and kids moving back home this got boxed and selfed until this past Labor Day weekend when I was going through boxes upstairs I came across it , it was in pretty bad shape so though I would start a rebuild on it . the front spring on the right side was bent upward and the frame was broken . with some luck I was able to straighten the spring with a heat gun and was able to get both springs off the frame . The first 2 photos are from 2014 the last 3 is a mock up of what I’m going for . Thanks Be safe

Thank you all for the comments . Jim - I'm undecided on a trailer . Brian- they are vinyl cut and very sticky , I trimmed as close as I could to the letters ,one thing just make sure the location is where you want the decal ,the one on the drivers door was crooked I had a heck of a time pulling it off to reposition it, I ended up ripping it luckily there were 2 sets on the sheet . I'm pretty happy with them , I also order a set Pork Chop Express decals so can finish that truck . Christie is great to work with , very quick to answer e-mails and questions, she also does custom decals as well, I will be ordering more decals from her in the future. Be safe Mark

Thank you everyone for the great comments . Brian- the Schneider logos are from Graphics on Demand the rest are from the kit . Finished up the little details, and got some outside pictures . Be safe

Well I’m calling this done , still have to add the turn signals but they are still drying . Thanks for looking. Be safe

It’s finished moved to under glass.