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X's 2 I can see where this thread will be a long one, and very informative! be Well Gator

Dayum Terry, You are certainly not wasting any time on this one ! Which is cool . I like what you have going on here. The whole thing is looking pretty good. Be Well Gator

Greetings , Well I have finally found my " roun to it !" And gotten a temporary workbench set up. And I decided to start on a fresh kit. My choice ,the Revell Snap Peterbilt . Which I am converting to a tridem. Now this is not going to be a replica of any particular truck. And I am going to use quite a bit of modelers license. The first thing I did was to cut the chassis to add the extra drive axle. The donor truck will become a short wheel base single drive. With the chassis stretched. I decided to cut the sleeper off and make this one a daycab. I did in a rather crude way. Reminiscent of the old 70's era van that were converted to a pick up truck. Where the unwanted body area was removed and the hole was filled with plywood. I did not use plywood. But you get the idea. Also I removed that ugly tab that holds the battery box in place. I filled it in with plastic , and the whole thing will be stripped and painted , then the steps will be chromed ? Not exactly sure what I want to de here, For a headache rack chain locker .I got one from the Revell Peterbuilt glue kit. I filled in the back. And once the chrome is removed.It will be sprayed with a chrom paint. In order to make posting this easier for me. Once I got my Photobucket straightened around. I posted this in another Forum. Then copied and pasted it here! So at least now I can post photos. Comments and criticism welcome Be Well Gator Read more: http://rustycab.proboards.com/thread/9988/revell-snap-pete-converted-drive#ixzz3nXkFfOoy

Thanks Dennis. I'll check it out in the am. Got some more done on the parts.Filled in the back of the Revell headche rack. Cut the sleeper off. And some other odds and ends be Well Gator

Exactly! I will eventually get it figured out..........................................about the time they change things again????? As for the model, i have my music tuned in and I am making progress, working on bits and pieces. I filled the slot hole on the battery boxes, I might still use the kit ones. Or I will go to the parts bin. Haven't decided on what tanks I will use yet. I may use the older AMT Peterbilt tanks. Well back to the bench Be Well Gator

John, Glad to hear you are on the mend and back at the hobby bench. But don't rush getting to active. I know it can be hard to deal with. Back in 2000 I was out with a back injury for 5 months. The only thing that kept me going was this hobby. So hang in there. Be Well Gator

Well those flames are hot!!! Be Well Gator

lol Thanks JT. I got my point and shoot camera back yesterday. So I will take some pics this weekend. The my other problem is sorting out the Photo bucket thing and then posting the pics here. Why do they keep fixing things that ain't broke??? Be Well Gator

Very impressive kit bashing and scratchbuilding ! result = one very cool truck!! Be Well Gator

Cool lout of the box thinking and models. Be Well Gator

Cool fun builds. Nice job on them. Be Well Gator

Well done classic truck ! Love the color combo. Be Well Gator

Cool build! Well done. Be Well Gator

Very cool ! Some real craftmanship and creativity here> I like em. be Well Gator

Cool project idea. And a great start on the body mods. Good looking body work. For my scratch building I use Tenax 7R or something similar. I also use plastic to fill gaps and such , as much as possible. I also make a body filler out of plastic. By taking some sprue from the kit and putting it in a bottle with some Tenax . The result is a liquid plastic. And you can control the thickness (flow) by the amount of solvent used. Be Well Gator

Cool classic pick em up! Are you going to keep the stance low? Be Well Gator

X's 2 The whole truck looks great, and the sleeper is really cool. Good job thus far. Be Well Gator

Terry, you have this one looking really good thus far ! I was going to ask where you got the mixer drive. But then read that you turned at the shop. It looks great. Be Well Gator

Jarda, I can see where this is going to be one very interesting build thread. Your motor looks really good. Be Well Gator

I got mine last month, It looks like one heck of a nice model. Be Well Gator

Well i have finally got a temporary workbench set up. And have a couple of projects I am working on. This one will be the Revell snap Peterbuilt converted to a tridem. Going to change out the fuel tanks, battery boxes, And I may put some straight stacks on her. Also thinking about some long diamond plate rear fenders, possibly run up ramps. and a different taillight board and mud flaps. Wheels and tires from Italeri DAF Cattleman kit. Pictures coming soon as my camera just went South in a big way, and the few pics I had are lost in cyberspace. be Well Gator

Kurt, Some really good looking stuff you have there. O am thinking I may just have to buy some of those drive tires and front floats with the wheels. Be Well Gator

A couple of very cool and unique builds here !! Be Well Gator

Robert, Have a safe trip, the model will still be on the bench when you return. Be Well Gator

What do you want to do to it? Or with it? Be Well Gator