Superpeterbilt

It looks like hes right, the snap unit is almost as wide as the trailer. I dont know much about reefers. Did the units just get bigger as time went on?

Very nice work, and cool looking rig.

Grind out the backs of the resin wheels and use the square holed wheel backs from the kit. Or, drill the axles and put pins in them.

That cab was used on a bunch of FWD trucks also. There must have been a glitch at the Dodge factory and they made a couple thousand more cabs than they meant to.

Opening the doors could actually be the solution to your problem. You would want to make a flat floor for the cab instead of using the one piece tub. There would be gaps if you tried to use the tub with opened doors. If you make a flat floor for the cab, that will force the cab to hold its shape.

You have my attention Mike. I could kick myself for selling my Bill Drennen hood. At least I know I can get one from KJ now. Good luck with your build.

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Nice work

Excellent work Jacobus.

Nice progress Rob. Thats a great start.

Excellent work Angel! It looks great, and I dont generally condone snap kits. It really looks great.

Still keepin up the good work Brian. Be careful, that Ford looks taller than the Bighorn behind it!

Nice work. This is a cool build.

Superb!

Super cool build. Very vintage. The paint still looks great. Nice work

What about short,stacked, and heavy?

Sweet!

Its the NTC 350

The resin that Dave uses cuts like butter. Thats stuff is great to work with. Im not surprised that it went easy. The resin my cab was cast in is harder and a little more brittle.

I think nowadays WestCoast is lowriding Peterbilts with lo pro tires.

East coast was typically short wheelbase trucks,set back axle, spoke wheeled, Autocar,Brockway, Mack,White, style of trucks. West coast is long stretched, alum or steel disc wheels, Peterbilt, KW, Freightliner, style of truck. The styles were dictated by highway laws, weight restrictions, wheelbase lengths, bridge law, etc.

I used a scribe tool to cut the doors out. I will end up making new doors from styrene, because these arent in the best of shape(not from cutting them out,just the way they were cast). Cutting them out from resin is a little less "consistent" than styrene. What I mean by that is some parts of the resin are thicker than others. Also there might be internal air bubbles in the resin that might make your cutting tool go astray. Other than that, its no different.

That looks great Angel.

I dont have much to show at the moment, just a lot of sanding parts, etc. What I can show you, is that I decided to give ol GuitarSam a run for his money. Im opening the doors! Im also going to open up a few other panels. This cab is not the best quality, and most of this trim will be redone. Most of the panel lines arent straight, so they will be re-scribed. I decided that this truck had a tilt conversion done to the cab in the late 70's. Thats also when it was stretched. I want to able to tilt the cab, so thats the story.

Nice work Sean.