James Maynard

Possibly one of a kind truck here. This is not a resin cab, it's scratch built for Evergreen I think. I know very little about the cab. I got it from Trucker Al. The majority of the rest of the truck is just a standard GMC Astro 95.

Nice Mack. Are the rims and tires resin too?

So some of you might remember me asking about cutting a Titan 90 down to a daycab a few months back. Well I did and finally got the little truck finished. The cab is as says. The frame is from the 75th anniversary Freightliner kit the engine is from the AMT International 4070 kit. The wheels are from my parts box. The cab does tilt but it always knocks the front bumper off when it does. This was my first ever attempt at shortening a cab. I made the mirrors from paper clips and scrap plastic.

Ok guys thank you this will help hopefully. I think I'll try the evergreen method. I was at a complete stand still on this one. My 57P went on it's frame pretty good I only had to cut two pieces of evergreen to rest the back of the sleeper on but this cabover just didn't look like it would fit at all.

Huh? That's my question posted twice.

Has anyone here built a Marmon 110 cabover? Please tell me how to mount the cab to the frame. The donor frame is a AMT Freightliner cabover frame. I don't plan on making the cab tilt I just need to now what is the best mounts.

Here's another pic of my Marmon 57P as she sits now. Among some of my other trucks.

Thank you. The color is actually darker than the pic shows. You can see the actual color in the WIP I posted about this truck a while back.

Yep working on it now.

This one was tough. What's even tougher is taking pics of it. It's heavy and hard to pick up. But it's finally finished.

Yes he does have one just like this he named her Betty I think. I watched the first video of him trying to start that truck. I have his KW Aerodyne Marla I'm building too. I heard him tell Hank Hamilton that was his favorite truck. Anyway thanks. I'll post more pics when I get more progress.

Just got this one yesterday and just got her painted. She's going on a AMT KW 925 frame.

More progress. I got my hood and got everything painted. Fitting it to the frame and seeing how it's going to look with mirrors and chrome on it.

Yes right behind the doors. This is perfect. Thanks so much.

As the title say I'm asking if anyone here has ever cut an AMT GMC Astro 95 cab making it a day cab. I'm looking to try it and put the cab on the Freightliner single axle frame. I have 2 cabs to work with I just need to know exactly where to cut it how much to remove and what is the best thing to cut it with.

Looks great. I love these kits. I like how you shortened the frame. I put one of these on a Peterbilt Pacemaker frame to get a shorter frame.

Looks great. I agree about the Italari 5th wheels they don't match our American trucks. The AMT 5th wheel looks so much better.

So quick update here. I got the cab stripped of paint, and the window post fixed. Got the chassis painted the front axle issue fixed, and the wheels I'm going to us on. Interior is done too. Next update will be after I get the Duel Peterbilt hood. Not building the Duel truck by the way.

Looks really good I like the color. I might use that color on my Marmon 57P when I get it.

You're welcome. You mean two of my 4070s? I have 2 that are red, one white one with blue stripe, one black one, one two tone green one, and one purple with white stripe.

I've used the 5 spoke wheels on all 6 of my 4070s. I either paint them body color or steel. I think my two kits from the actual 1970's the 5 spoke wheels are chrome.

Good evening everyone, I hope you had a great weekend. Anyway I got this old buildup in the mail yesterday and planning on restoring it soon. It is the original kit from 1972 molded in gray with green glass. The second cab is the later reissue I think. So is the sleeper. I'm going to get the Dual 361 truck hood from Keystone Aluminum Miniature Models and put on here making it a 1959 Peterbilt. Probably gonna paint it yellow. Changing the wheels too. Anyway here's the truck as she sits at the moment.

Looks good.

Got 4 of these and 2 of the 4070B Transtar IIs. I'm actually doing a rustomod one now. These kits are really great and easy to build and lots of fun. Customizable too. I look forward to seeing yours done. Nice choice of colors.

Where did you get this kit from?