Superpeterbilt

Outstanding build!

Very cool project.

Wow Dennis! Glad to see this dude moving along. You top yourself in the best way with every one of your builds. This one is following par. It looks great, and Im sure is no easy task.

Nice scratchbuilding. That is a great looking jeep. Is there going to be a scratchbuilt lowboy to go along? I like your work. If I can offer some constructive criticism, some better pics would be appreciated.

Excellent build of a great kit.I really like this one Pavel. Its my favorite color!

I never had to blow them at anyone, but they were still fun to have. When I was testing them out, the valve was next to the driver seat, and I was standing on the battery box, the blast from the horn had my my pants flapping like I was in a wind tunnel. I couldnt hear for a few minutes afterwards. I also knew a guy that had the bell from the train crossing(ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding) on his Peterbilt 378 along with a set of train horns, and he still had people pull out in front of him.

A few guys that I know that pulled the horns off the roof, but they pit them somewhere alse like under the cab. We had a set of train horns mounted underneath our sleeper just for that little extra kick. Ive also seen horns on the side of the cab above the door, and on the firewall.

Thanks a lot guys! Its always appreciated. I test fitted some DR decals on the Pete tonight. I also added a Farr air cleaner after being inspired by Dans photo. I also made up a sun visor and test fitted that also.

Nice work. Clean build.

Fine work Sergey.

Yes, I use this also. I dont use sharpies though, because they tend to leave a purple hue. In my local hardware store there are some black paint pens in the welding supply section. I highly recommend these. Just be careful not to flood the wick with too much paint and your golden.

Thanks Gator! Thanks Jeff. I was going to use the front wall from the Papa truck kit, but because of the height difference in the Pete cab and the KW aerodyne cab I couldnt think of a way to make it look good. I was going to angle it into the cab, or curve the cab up to the wall, but none of that looked good. Then this pic kept coming to mind... The drom box on this truck was the inspiration on how to get the look right. Thanks Dan. These are fun projects.

The truck is the Amt 1960 Chevy kit with mods to the grill and scratchbuilt fender flares and running boards. The trailer is the Italeri Jumbo/Topaz tanker. The tank was sectioned by removing about an inch out of the height, and the axles were moved further back. I dont remember if this kit was a tri-axle or spread axle but I may have modified that also.

Thanks Dan. I built some new sides to fill in the space between the cab and ramp body wall. I sketched a few ideas and settled on this look. I used half of the front wall of a cattle trailer to get the curve into the top. I angled it with the back of the cab so it will all fit together nicely. I also brought the top back further, covering the hauled vehicle more. Tell me what you think. On the little window Pete I dropped off one fuel tank and one battery box. I like the look of nothing under the sleeper better.

Thanks Dennis. I need to move the hinges higher on the frame, but Ill probably keep this set up. The 359 hinges are way too low for a coe, but this worked for a mock up visual. I did the same thing on the unilte 359. I cut the font of the hood off and stuck it inside the AMT grill. Its a quick way to get some hinges for sure. I need to get some parts ordered for the Autocar mixer now that the summer is over. Ive also been plugging away on the big Mack R800, just not anything worth showing. Its very close to completion, as is the Malbros KW. It would be great to wrap up a few before the new year.

Thanks Gino. Its an idea Ive been kicking around for awhile. Now that these kits are getting re-released Im anxious to see some other kit bashing ideas.

Today I returned from a family vacation in which I brought a few snap kits to play around with during nap time. Two projects I wanted to try with a snap kit were a Unilite 359 conversion, and a 352 conversion. I used a few California hauler kits as donors for resin cabs, so I had a few extra cab,hood,fenders,grill,etc. I wanted to see just how easily this cab and hood could be adapted, and it was pretty effortless. The 352 is a ramp truck hauler for the Hot Rod 359 Im working on. I had an extra 352 cab that had been cut down to a daycab. First, I cut the protruded part of the snap hood containing the hood hinges off and glued it in the 352 cab. I will cut out the section for the grill, but as of now I havent. Im using Italeri 10 hole alcoas all around. I had an old ramp body from a papa truck that fit nicely with only a little shortening of the sides. I didnt have to modify the frame length at all. Next up is the Unilite conversion. This truck went together so nicely, I cant wait to do a few more. I used the cab,hood,grill, and bumper from the AMT kit, the front fenders, chassis, tanks, and front wheels from the snap kit. I shortened the tail of the frame and re-angled it, added a mercury sleeper and 5 spoke rears from the diamond reo kit. I will add styrene strip to the bottom of the frame to make it full C channel. I love the way this one is coming together.

Very fine build. The added bolt detail really sets it off, as does the steerable front wheels. Nice work.

This build is epic......thats all I can say.

Very nice work sir.

Cool project. Funny thing thing is, thats pretty much exactly the plans for my tri-drive KW coe also.

Beautiful job. I would say this is the cleanest, best built version of this kit that Ive seen.

That hood looks great Gino!

Thanks Gator!

Thanks Gino! Thanks Jeff. I still have to play with the fenders some. I first tried using the kit fenders, but they didnt fit the tires well that close. I made these from pieces of the transformers in the lowboy kit. They fit better, but I cant get them mounted correctly. They look good from one angle, and not the other. Try, try again. Thanks Dan. I really like the look of the double wheels. My idea was the the box art truck slammed to the ground and chopped, but in an old school 32' Ford way. I want as much of the stock truck as possible except for the things that need to be modified. And dont worry, no flat black, this isnt a rat rod!