Superpeterbilt

Impressive undertaking for 1/16. The detail is amazing, and paint is flawless. Great job.

Lookin good. Any idea what they hauled this on? Another KW ramp truck by any chance, or a lowboy maybe? And are you going to build a hauler for it?

Thats just the face of thebox tacked to the wall of my display area. I do have several of those kits, but no real plans yet.I would like to turn one into the F4090 Super Transtar.

Small update: got some sanding done on the dump body, added horns, added autocar tank steps, and added autocar battery box as tool box. Gettin closer

If you check out his other Studebaker build, it will answer your question. It will be badged as a Studebaker.

Some models are never truly finished. A lot of my models have been stripped and rebuilt multiple times over the years. As my skills got better, I grew dissatisfied with older builds. Sometimes the more you stare at it, other ideas pop up. My very first Pete 359 is on its fourth rebuild.

No sleeper, add a headache rack, a couple tool boxes, fire engine red paint, and a lowboy!!

My book shows it as an Apollo 92. The Amt kit is a C116. The kit can be easily modified into the short hood. Heres one Im working on.

I see it with a matching flatbed, or a matching post van.

Looks great Sean. Top notch build

Great job on the truck! Keep on buildin, its only gets better and mo' fun!

Yes, Its a mercury add-on sleeper. They came in the road boss, diamond reo, and white western star kits.

Allright!! I was waiting for this. Keep rollin Alan!

I thought it was a cool truck when I first saw the movie as a kid but........Autocar all the way

Heres my build of the same truck with pit fenders. The chassis was a built up road boss, the dump box is the modified trailer that came on a built up Mack DM800, modified to a rock style bed. It has a Peterbilt front bumper. Im going to finish it with some resin off-highway spoke wheels and tires.

The model number is A10264. Here are a few pics

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That truck looks great man! That probably the best one Ive seen. Im sorry to hear that resin is not your fancy. It really opens up a whole new world of building. As a builder that has been plenty frustrated with resin at times, I can tell you that the right glue makes all of the difference. Do you have an Autocar kit yet? If not, I have plenty of all of these parts, plus diamond reos. I can put a kit together for you at a decent price. Btw what part of Germany are you in? Going back to the mother land is on my bucket list.

Great job

The easiest way to build this truck would be using an Autocar A64B kit, a d a Diamond Reo kit.Using the hood top, sides, fenders, fender mounts, and radiator from the Autocar kit and transplant it to the diamond reo. You can build it all from the Autocar kit, but you would have to move the axle forward and modify the steering assembly. ( if you do it the other way, then you can build a heavy set back axle diamond reo after). Anyhoo, with some mods to the fenders( cut off the front flat section and move them forward) and some mods to the radiator( make it thinner and slightly narrower) it can be done. If you go to Tims Trucks site, Im pretty sure hes done this. Ive done it several times, but I dont have any pics to show you. When I use an Autocar as a resin donor, then I have the hood and fenders left, I buy a diamond reo and build a west coast Autocar. Ill send you some pics and info on this truck later today. Also, on the rubber duck do not waste your money on the Ertl kit. Its not even the right model Mack. Dave Natale at AITM has made a complete correct kit. Its resin tho....... But for the price those kits are going for, and its the wrong truck.

Alan, Idk if it will help but there was a White 3000 coe race truck called " the bad brahma bull" that also had an allison V12 mounted the same way. That truck had the motor sitting on the bare frame without all of the bodywork around it. You might be able to see how the driveline is set up. They did that because the engine rotation is opposite from norm. Most likely it was just a transfer case. Im sure I have a few if you want to go that route. Have you tried to contact the current owner for info?

Im sure I have s set of Mack spokes in my junk box. There from the DM800. Your welcome to them. I probably have the tanks also.

On Tim Alhborns site I saw that hes reworking the master for the hood that Griffen had cast. So maybe hes about to get it cast by someone else? Ive nabbed a bunch from Spaulding, and ebay over the years but I havent seen any in a while. When push comes to shove, theyre not difficult to make from a 359 hood and a lil elbow grease

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After all that time you havent missed a beat. Thats coming out to be a good looking Pete. I didnt mean that to rhyme. I knew it was going to look good from the detail of the tires when you first started on it.