James Maynard

So no the AMT Western Star cab will not work with the Resin Hayes hood. But on the bright side the Hayes cab is not cracked. It was just a bad crack in the paint. I've been sanding on the hood and the cab and well here they are now.

I got one better. I bought the Revell Peterbilt 359 kit from Walmart a few years ago. I got home opened it and it had a bunch of junk in it. No sign of the Peterbilt. Upon further inspection you could tell someone had cut the very bottom of the shrink wrap to get the box open took the truck out then put the junk in there and taped the shrink wrap back to look like it had never been opened if you didn't really pay attention. I got my money back on it. But the point is you never know what you're getting.

Thanks guys for helping me with the resin cab question. Now I have a new question. I have a Wilson Livestock Trailer I'm about to start building. I built one a few years ago and had this same problem. It was never resolved. Ok so what is the best way to get the middle door on the back to fuction/raise up and down? It's just a bunch of flat pieces that go in two tracks.

It's not in there yet, I don't even have it yet should be here tomorrow. Thanks for the warning though.

Thanks for the heads up. Don't worry it's not in there yet. I don't even have it yet, should be here tomorrow. I'm glad I checked here first before I made a bad mistake though.

It's going in the purple pond. It'll probably have to be sanded too. The hood is all I'll be using. That cab doesn't fit.

That cab is shot it's not the one I'll be using. I'm using this one.

This is the hood and cab.

I'm getting a Hayes hood soon. I was just wondering what cab to use with it. It's damaged and not complete. The cab is with it but not really usable. I heard it will work with the AMT Western Star cab which is my plan. Also there is no grill. What would make a good grill?

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.