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Hey Chuck grate work on the Ford. The "oldering" looks verry realistic and the tires give the hole thing a heavy work touch.

Hallo guys I worked a bit on the Mack yesterday. Not a big step but some nice little details are ready. The wheels are dirty and installed. The nail catcher I hope this is the right name for it is reworked dirty and put in to the right place. And the pictures hey David grate idea to make the engine multi color style like beeing put together from everything that was lying around........ So long Arnd

Here is the last work for this weekend. I started with the interior. The door panels were reworked and some details added. The steering parts were put together and fixed in place. I hope to get some time and paint it. And one from the front tire looks quite used. By the way the next step will be the engine. Must a DD have this strange color? This green-blue or blue-green I am not sure what it is. Looking through some pictures in the internet a DD can be green red silver blue and so on… What would be an accurate paint for ? So long Arnd

Jarda this is a quite interesting question. I am not sure but perhaps I misunderstood the real meaning of the word “yard goat”. In my opinion it is an old truck used in a yard for moving around trailers which are loaded, unloaded or repaired. That will mean that the truck is used nearly every day with a lot of trailers and this means a lot of grease came on to the fifth wheel.

Ok after the drying I started with the oldering. Here some impressions how it started. So long Arnd

Grate work on this. Looks grate. One question were do you the cab from? There are so many possibilities with this!!!!! So log Arnd

Hey Superepete. Grate build on this. All this grade work on the details makes the hole think really realistic. Are you going to rework the rivets on the part were you glued the cab parts together. By the way you mentioned the ihc. Is this not a 4200 because of the short hood? I would be interesting to know what type of engine and rear suspension it had? And did it had a strait or droped frame? So long Arnd

Nice work on this. Hey mackd what type of suspension do you think woul be more accurate? Just for interrest.

I have aguestion. How did you cut the cab? Did you cut out a part out if the midell of the hood?

Thanks a lot for this Hakan. It helps a lot. Gordon that with the pics of your yard truck would be grate. Thanks a lot. so Long Arnd

Hakan I think yo.u are right with the rear suspention, I hoped to build somethig a bit different with the air ride but it is like it is. By the way what do you thik is trhe wheelbase of this truck? Is it something about 134 or smaller? And what is normaly for a single axel truck, the distance between the back of the cab and the middle of the fifth whell?

And the rest. The paintjob is finished. Now one week of drying and then I can start with the weathering and “oldering”. So long Arnd

Hi all Here some more shots of my Mack. I changed the tires with some from AMT for a test, I am not really happy with them but let see how it come together. Here some shots from the cab being painted: I wait some hours for drying and then came the last paint part: some spots all over with flat clear varnish and on both doors I have to make some spots with light gray to simulate the repainted or covered ex company name. So long Arnd

Hey Gordon Thanks for the fast answer. That with the ABF lot in your neighborhood sound grate. If it is not too much work and time and not a too big effort for you it would be grate if you could take some detail shots of that truck. The rear suspension and the engine are my big problems. Thanks a lot for your help and efforts. The idea with doubles is grate, but in the picture I have, the truck is hooked up to a trailer with three axels. I suppose that it must be a high powered tractor for high weight. So long Arnd

Hallo guys As my Mack is ready for the paint and I have to wait until the parts dry well I picked up an old project that I started some years ago. I stared to collect the parts and more information on that thing. All my information are not 100%. I have only two shots of such a truck. I now that it should be an International S-Serie F-2657 build around 1986. The engine is called Cummins 300. Now my questions up to you, perhaps you know more about this truck and can answer my questions. Well here we go: What means Cummins 300? Is this a Cummins NTC? What type of rear axel does this truck have? Leaf springs or air? For a mid 80es truck would be an air rear suspension normal or? Do you know same more companies which used such trucks (single axel truck)? This is the truck I am talking about. Thanks for your efforts. So long Arnd

Hallo all I went on this weekend with the paint. Everything is ready expecting the cab and all the parts need some days for drying before I start with the weathering and “oldering”. Just some impressions form the painted parts The lifting fifth wheel came to the shop. That’s all for now. I hope to have some time next week to work on the cab and engine. So long Arnd

Hallo all Hey Tim thanks a lot for this advice, now I understand a bit more about Mack trucks and how the different types were used. Hey Alain because of which reason do you think that this tires are not right for the truck? I decided to use them because they fit on 20 inch rims and they are bigger then the one from AMT. The tires from AMT look too small to me. I started with the paint. First coat is revels rust brown and then blue for the frame and hood. And orange for the cab and the rims. After some days of drying I will start with the work fo a used look for this truck with rust, oil and dirt. So long Arnd

Hallo that is true. Italeir has only one Frame type for US trucks. The frightline has some aspecial parts to make the front axel beeing a set back axel. I am not 100 % sure but I think only the Frightliner kit has this parts. So it dependes on what you are going to build if the other kits are good enought for you. so Long Arnd

The self made parts. I hope to get some more time this week and start painting the frame. So long Arnd

Hallo all I had some time and worked again on the Mack. The brake system is ready and plumbed. The air tanks, the valves, air dryer and brake chambers are on the right place. The air brake valves were reworked and cast in resin. Like this it is easier to use them on different trucks. The electrical wires are on the right place. I worked out the hydraulic system with the tank and switch unit for the fifth wheel cylinder. On the right side the battery boxes are placed instead of the fuel tank. The front shock absorber, the rear lights, the brackets for the rear mud flaps and many many more little details were added.

Hey Terry Real nice work on this truck. It looks grate and has a special apparence. By the way did you build this up out of your mind or did you use any refference pics for it? Why i am asking i thought about something simillar for a long time but never really find some usefull information on it. So long Arnd

Hallo nice trucks. both look really grate. That with three axels is somethign special. The truck looks verry brute and powerfull. I dont know were you will go with it but I think it will look grate old tired dirty still doing ist hard work every day. so Long Arnd

Hallo Terry Here an impression of my one By the way does your book give any information on the different BBCs of this trucks and about the different engines which were used? So long Arnd

Hallo guys I picked up an older project that I never finished like I want to. It is based on the AMT Diamond Reo kit.I tried to find information with the help of the internet, what is the right type for the truck is but I am not sure. So I hope that you guys can give me some help on that problem. It will be a tandem axel, day cab truck, with a short nose and 90inch BBC. Now the questions: When came the hood in use, which is in the AMT kit? What about the different front grills like in the picture optional or depending on year it was build? What about the model with single round heat lights optional? So long Arnd

Grate work on that littel one. Did you rework the fenders by your self or is that a resin cab?