DRIPTROIT 71

Thanks for the comments guys. I appreciate the encouragement. I shake a lot more than I used to, but I do enjoy building trucks. Tried a lot of new things on this rig that I've never done before. I've learned from several mistakes as well. I hope to finish this one soon. Thanks Sean, I like your Apollo 116 better. It inspired this one.

The color on the engine is awesome!!

Looks Great!!! I like the detail!!!

Very Nice!! I like the engine. Great Work!!

Very Nice!!! I like the detail!!!

Thanks for the advice. I think that I'll try that. On the stacks, I want to maintain the 70s look. I was going to make scale 4" or maybe 5" straight pipes. I made one out of plastic so far, but not satisfied with the finish. I was going to find some aluminum pipes and try that. Thanks for the comments guys.

Making a little headway. I took some pictures with better lighting today. A little more accomplished. Can't get Photobucket to load. I tried Chrome and Explorer both on Windows 7. Any suggestions? These photos were downloaded to the sight.

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!!