DRIPTROIT 71

Looks Awesome!!

Thanks everyone!! I think I've gotten the paint to dry and even some dullcoat. I also worked on the other cab too. I soaked all the soft craters with super glue and let it dry. I use Tamiya putty to do body work. It turned out better than I expected, although it developed a hairline crack in the body work on the nose after the paint dried. The yellow cab is the green cab pictured before that was full of craters.

Well I just learned something too. Is a set of standard pups consider an A Train then or just doubles? We don't see anything like this in North Carolina. I still remember when doubles weren't allowed at all here. Very nice build by the way!

Thanks for clearing that up, And here I thought it was for a Bush Hog. I have a few more pictures of this truck if anyone needs anything specific, let me know.

Thanks!!

Thanks! Thanks! Thanks for the kind words! I do wish my work was always terrific though. Thanks! It's a 318 that had a turbo added later in life. Maybe it just hasn't had a good bath since then.

Nice Build!!

Looks Great!

Call him or email him. He told me that someone else handles the website for him and that he may have an item in stock even though it shows out of stock.

Thanks for all the comments! This is its newest form. The body is still rough, but shiny. It is closer to being dry than it ever has been after sitting in the sun all day with enamel paint. I set it in the sun for 4 hours with the lacquer paint that was two days old but it was still sticky. I hate to buy a new cab. I really liked the idea of a junkyard build. We'll see what happens. Here is the other cab. Every spot that you see was a bubble.

I may have to do that I was trying to save a couple of dollars. I'm going to give this paint a couple of days and see what happens.

Thanks guys! I'm having some real trouble with this cab. I knew that it looked rough, but I never expected it to react with the paint. Lacquer that normal dries in minutes doesn't dry in days on two ares of this cab. I repainted with enamel today thinking maybe that a paint that wasn't as hot may not react the same with the resin. I have it sitting in the sun now and everything is dry to the touch except for my problem areas. The other cab had really bad curing problems causing large bubble all over the place. When you cut open the bubbles it is slightly soft underneath. I'm thinking maybe there was a curing problem with this cab as well. I'm sure something wasn't mixed well as it was very swirly. I'll give it more time to see if it dries. I may have to call Dave and get a new one. I'm really wanting to do this project now!

I picked up a pair of resin cabs off of Ebay a while back that were just terrible. They're the same cab that Dave sells, but they were cast in a strange colored resin. This was the best of the two and it is pretty bad. The resin was very swirly like it wasn't mixed well. It seemed good and solid unlike the other cab, but seems to be reacting with the paint in one spot and not allowing the paint to dry well. The cab was full of deformations as well. So here's the plan (if I can get paint to completely dry in one spot), This is going to be a fertilizer spreader truck used on a farm, maybe even built by the farmer himself. A little banged up from a life of hard work. The front tires will be 48" and the rears 66". This will be a curbside, but I will cut down an 8v-71 to replicate at least the bottom side of a 6v-53. I plan to build this out of mostly junk parts considering that's what the cab is. I have a salvaged IH 4200 frame that it will sit on. The bed will be scratch built. Here's my reference: Notice these truck are two wheel drive.

Thanks! Thanks Tom! I got the cab from Spaulding Trading and Shipping. I think it was made by Jaymar. The cab is fiberglass. I added the aerodyne roof. Back Yard Shed made the same cab but in resin. I don't know where it originated.

I'm not sure Pat. It is a P.T.O. of some type.

Flickr started charging for accounts with over 1000 pictures so I had to delete some. I'll re-post them here.

Thanks guys!! Let me say first of all that there is still some warpage. I've never had a lot of luck with hot water, but have had decent success with heat. However this one was terrible. I decided the best thing to do was to make this one curbside. I took and glued bracing on the inside and clamped it until it was dry. I used styrene rectangle stock for the bracing. It took several sections to be strong enough to hold it. Once the body started coming together I glued a section at a time to get it as square as possible. I glued the doors shut too after straightening them the best I could by hand, the body sides held the rest. It is by far not perfect. Warren I think he let the air filter go too long. Thanks again everyone!!

Thanks Jim!! Thanks Ben! Thanks Kerry!! Thanks Sam!

I bought this kit at a good price as a sealed kit, but it had been resealed. I knew the box looked odd in that it was bulging. To make long story short, the parts had been just crammed in the box and everything was VERY warped. The floor, the sides, the doors, and the top were all warped badly. I've never seen anything like it. Here's the finished product. It turned out okay.

Thanks!!

Thanks for the kind words! The old M.T.F.A. casting required a ton of grinding on the inside. The A.I.T.M. castings were a definite improvement. The Brockway grill isn't perfect, but it makes a pretty nice model. Thanks again. Thanks so much! Thanks Pat!!

Very creative build! Your body creation looks awesome. I like the color! Top notch work!! Not to take away from your excellent build, those are 3406 or 3406A engines, the 3406E looks quite a bit different and wasn't available until 1993.