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i got mine from plastic models.com witch is tower hobby. with my 10 dollar gift code from them i spent a whole 7.00 including shipping.

be my guest, just took one and cut the sides off and used flat stock on the underside, then putty to fill the gap

like to have that single axle just to drive to the store

great lists! man you talk about cruisin down memory lane, should have asked for directions cause i almost got lost! LOL

yeah i know,pretty cheap for what you get. havent received mine yet, they shipped from the Reno nv. warehouse. just finished painting the frame a gunmetal grey metalic. not very easy to get that finish without shadowing but i think i pulled it off. looks good. should work well with the metalic red.

With the chassis pretty much set up with the modifications it needed I went ahead and primed it for paint. Since I'm planning on using the Möbius wheels and tires when they arrive I can't really mount the rear drives. The steer is on just for effect since the front axle is movable. The visor was made from two amt visors. Enjoy

i have working on the cab to knock the rivets down a little and i'm gonna leave the second box cause thats how they came. thought about removing the second air vent but since this is going to be kind of "custom show truck" if figured i have a little bit a room to not be stock. ordered the mobius wheel and tire set for it so that kind of shows the route i'm taking. for the cuts on the cab i used a razor saw with masking tape guide lines................thanks for lookin, should have new pics soon..the visor is killer!

ok , so your gonna keep me in suspence. may i suggest a 60" bare metal Able sleeper? all the white w/s ,diamond reo and road boss have them. wouldnt take much to combine a couple. oh yeah, i can see it now!

ah-ha, now i know what your up to! thats how i would fix it, just a small piece of plastic to fill the gap. and the narrow window is the nicer looking of the two. its from the 60's where the bigger window was the updated product that lasted until the late 80's to be then replaced with the 379.

Just a small update of the cab before and in progress. The wire is aluminum i have been picking up at the big box stores. Works really well for about anything you can think of. It only costs around $2.00!

a set of michigan gravel boxes would look nice on this..nice truck!

the wheel base is 12 1/2 inches bumper to bumper, so it should be only a mere 300". i'm thinking of a red metal flake for the cab and tanks and a charcoal metal flake for the frame,but as always,its subject to change.....thanks for all the good comments.

I Starting with amt's 352 and a set of revell left over frame rails to begin a decent attempt for a cool custom. The frame rails carried the length I was after but didn't want to be hassled with cab mount problems. So I cut 1 1/4 inches from the amt rails and mounted them to the revell rails.The mock up is kind of what I'm aiming for. Enjoy!

telephone wire. cut the outter casing off and you have four different colors of small gauge wire for airlines,plug wires ect.

thanks for the comments! its got a couple of flaws but all in all it turned out pretty good. now onto the peterbilt.

Well this one is completed. I did notice afterwards that the cab locks are upside down,oh well it happens! Enjoy the pics......thanks john

i have studied this truck several times now and still can not find the words. it should be the cover photo of a magazine........hint hint

just how i like 'em, in the weeds and long enough to have their own zip code

well you know how feel about it Sean. right on the money..............whats next on the menu of plastic? we're hungery for more!

wait what is that i hear? oh just the static coming from the high stylin' AM radio! bulls eye, you hit the old school look spot on!

that tape is great, i've been useing it for a long time. works great with trucks, even better for building semi trailers that get stainless steel doors,sides ect

if you decide to scratch build the conversion will be 1"=2.1 scale feet in 1/25 scale and 1"=2 feet in 1/24. good luck

turned out very nice, now what to put on the back???? have you thought about a G.A.T.R. (great american truck racing) truck. everyone has a race car on theirs, you could have a slung low kw racer on yours!

thats a good lookin combo!

the thing with this is that i'm just kind of slamming it together. the frame on the tractor was a copper color and the trailer was vermont green. so i just blew gaurds red over all of it and chased it with sand/tan for the dirt aspect. when i started it i was aiming for something that looked good, but not too good if that makes any sense. and Sean, i've been here all along,just had some problems with my surgery recovery,so the meds they have me on turns my hands into paint shakers! LOL. gotta see the bright side.