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Watching this one intently for many reasons, including one, the unique subject matter - I see these rigs fairly often in my area, and two - the gp modeling series 60 - this will be the first one built up on the forum. It looks great! I bought two for myself. Also, very impressed with the water bottle idea!

Me too! It would be so awesome to have something like this someday. A dream of mine.

Wow that’s an impressive build, and one you don’t see often at all. Cool!

Received mine in the mail a couple days ago. Packed well, I removed the packing peanuts. I’m pleased overall. Not the finest resin casting/kit, but a good value. It surprisingly came with clear plastic for making the side windows and windshield. Trimming required. It comes with two dashes, right or left hand drive. I didn’t realize the right hand drive dash is so different than the left (aside from the obvious) it’s a totally different design. The cab floor is set up as right hand drive, but I can modify that. It comes with more separate parts than expected, with step pockets, headlights (won’t be using those) air intakes, Peterbilt emblem, and grille surround (too wide, but I’ll use it as a template for making a correct one). Also included is the visor and bumper. The cab has a little warpage, but nothing too bad. The recessed headlight areas are not symmetrical, however. That’s probably the most glaring error to me so far. Everything is correctable if you’re willing and able, so again, for the price, I’m satisfied.

I got mine in the mail, too. I’m very impressed. Exceptional detail.

I’m really enjoying this one. Great build!

I just ordered one for myself. The exchange rate works well in our favor. Though the shipping rate from Australia to the US, isn’t cheap, it ran me $70.17 total with shipping. I figured at that price, I can fix a few issues and make a windshield. I haven’t been able to find a 362 for even close to that price, let alone find one at all, much of the time.

Nice work. Good idea swapping the tires with a set from Moebius. I like the paint scheme too.

Tim got right back to me. Great guy. He said, “That’s a copy of the 362 I made and Bobby Griffen cast 20 years ago. The grille isn’t mine and it’s too thick. The emblem is wrong and the windshield mask has some bulk added but I recognize my shape errors on the rest of it. Revell of Germany 359 lamps were originally included as separate pieces for it.“ So, he agreed with the errors we noticed. If it’s based on the Bobby Griffen casting, it should be fixable otherwise.

I sent it to Tim, the resident Peterbilt expert. Curious to see what he says. The aud to usd exchange rate certainly makes it a bargain if the issues are minimal.

Thanks for posting this. Just looking at that myself. I’ve been looking for a 362 for a long time. The grille surround looks too wide and the Peterbilt emblem on the front too big, but those could be fixed. I don’t care for the molded in headlights (why do 3d print guys do that?) but those could be cut out. Otherwise, yeah it looks good to my eye, but I’m not an expert on the 362. Could use a windshield, but that may not be too difficult to make. I may send the photos to Tim Ahlborn through FB messenger for him to weigh in on it. I’ll certainly grab this one if the issues are relatively easy to fix.

Looks great with the stretched frame.

The paint scheme fits the era well. Nice work.

As I said over in the MTB forum, I really like the build, especially the worn effect you created on the bottom half of the inside of the dump body. An impressive detail. Overall, a great build of a subject.

Great start on a very cool conversion!

Nice upgrade to a 20. That’s awesome.

Me three!

What a beauty. Classic!

Thank you. I’d recommend them, not too difficult to work with. First time using masks for me. I think putting down clear before a color coat helped seal them, just like with masking tape.

Clever sourcing of parts, for sure.

Here is the start of the RV body. It’ll be curbside, as I’m crazy, but not that crazy (at least enough to fully detail out an interior). Maybe on a future build. Anyway, like my previous Aeromax RV conversion build, I started with a 3d printed radius-cornered frame a scale 34’ long, and added .060” styrene sheet for side panels. I penciled in and cut out window openings, in a pattern to match a custom interior layout I have in my head that includes a front bunk area, but not one over the cab. I added additional sheet below the belt line for the utility and storage bays, and corrugated sheet for window shades to give the future tinted windows some “depth” and detail behind them. To get a slightly crowned roof, I placed a styrene panel down the center above the ceiling joists, and again above the sub-roof. The wheel wells were cut out and quarter round added for trim, along with docking light inserts. Lots of sanding, primer, putty, sanding, primer…

Another great addition to the Truck Yourself fleet!

I totally didn’t think about that when I wrote it. But, yeah, of course! "Radar repaired, we're picking up the outline of a... Winnebago?"

It’ll be a good project. Who could resist?

Thanks! And yeah, it’s a niche alright. Not a typical thing to be into.