DRIPTROIT 71

Made some headway this week. Engine is done, hood almost ready to mount, bumper mounted, additions to interior.

Amazing work as always!

Very Nice!! You can't hide Talent!!! Great Work!!!!

Cool build!!!

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I'm sure that you'll do great. You are already off to a good start. I see that you are going to use Mack suspension, are you getting the drive axels as well?

The more that I see these large scale trucks, the more I want to build one. Looks Good! Welcome to the Forum.

Very Nice!!! I Like the cargo!!

To the best of my understanding Italeri simply took the Freightliner kit and adapted the Mack cab to fit. If you will notice the Italeri cab angles inward in front of the doors. The cab needs to be narrowed to correct this. The links that Jim posted give good info on this. I did have the original issues of those magazines myself, but thought that I was out of modeling for good, so I got rid of them. Oh well, live and learn.

It looks like your off to a good start.

I like this one! When I was a kid I thought that the Trans Am was the coolest car made. Nice build!

It was already looking good, but that stripe really makes this truck. Great Work!!!

I'm glad to see you fixing the cab. This is going to be an awesome build! Keep up the great work!

Very Nice Build!!!

The panels are #91539 Plastruct tile sheet, 1/8" square tiles cut diagonally and painted Cummins Beige. They cover the door panels, cab and sleeper walls, headliner, and sun visors. Thanks for the comments.... Brian

Very Nice Build!! I Like the color choice.

That is one awesome build!! Very realistic!!! Incredible Work!!!!

Perfect!!! tires and all!!! Great Work!!

I wish that I had some of my old builds. Glad you kept this one.

Looking Great!!! Very nice work!!!

This is actually my first try at hinging doors. I've been out of modeling for over 13 years, and just got the bug again last year. I had some old doll house piano hinges that I was going to try years ago. There are two of these type hinges on each door, with plastic rod cut to match the hinges between them to look like one continuous long hinge. I am not completely happy with the results, though they function well. Most of my models are learning experiences by trial and error. The Paystar that Sam is building has a good example of a first class hinge job, I will be trying that method the next time that I open doors. As most of you have noticed the sleeper is from the Ertl 4300 International, which already had opening doors on the left side. Thanks for the comments..Brian

Well the cab and sleeper are finally mounted for good, some pluming done on the engine, air cleaner added. I decided to add an air deflector, I really like the workhorse look. It's not perfect, but it's coming along.

A real live 1/16 Rubber Duck!!?? I can't wait to see this one for sure!!!

That sleeper looks like it can have all the comforts of home. Looking forward to seeing this one finished.

Looking Very Good!! I always liked the two doors!