DRIPTROIT 71

I shaved all of the air ride stuff off of the frame in my T800 dump. It was a real pain and took some repair. What about using the front section of the Revel frame and the rear section of the AMT?

Thanks for the comments guys! This cab was a lot rougher than I thought. It was covered with little resin balls that looked like welding slag. I assume from air bubble holes in the mold. These sanded off pretty easily. However it was full of pin holes, I mean full. It was pretty wavy as well. It is a fleet truck though. I know that it could have been gotten smoother, but I was tired of sanding. ? So here it is with a little paint. I still have to make the interior and intake for it.

Great looking build! I really like those flat top double bunks! Nice work!!

Looks great! The weather is very nice! I like the seat!

Those modifications made such a huge improvement on this build. I’m glad to see the ride height with the blocks removed. It looks great! Excellent work!

Thanks guys! Yes this one is going to be a basic fleet truck belonging to Mclean Trucking. No Warren, the new release is the Road Commander II. This is the old Road Commander based off of the old 7400 cab. I think these were originally cast in fiberglass by Jamar. The previous one that I built was fiberglass. This one appears to be a copy of a fiberglass release (not sure by who) and it was pretty rough. The good news is that it sands much easier than fiberglass, so it seems to be cleaning up pretty quickly. I do have the new Road Commander II cab and it is very nice. Thanks to everyone who has commented so far!!

This is on a Chevy Titan chassis. It has a Cummins 903 out of the Ertl 4200. It will have weed burner exhaust. Drive tires are Clint Freeman.

Gary Wallace offered styrene frame rails that I believe were cut with a CNC machine. There were a few sizes available to match kit frames. I think that they were about 16” long. I still have some but would have to dig them out. They were slick (no detail) and worked great. If I understand correctly, resin tends to sag over time. I think that is why Dave added metal to his axles. I would be curious as to whether 3d resin would sag on a long frame rail. I know that there is a supplier offering 3d frame extension kits, but I don’t know how well they hold up. But to answer your question, I think slick, straight rails that someone could add their own detail to would be the way to go.

Looks great!! I like the modified breather!

Cool looking rig!

I like the paint job!

I’m very impressed!! It looks amazing!!

You are the Master at these trucks! Excellent work!

Thanks Steve! Thanks Gary!

Thanks Alan! Thanks Chris!! Thanks Ken!! Thanks Victor!! Thanks Tommy! Thanks Jim!! Thanks Scott!! Thanks Mark!! Thanks Philippe!! Thanks Mario!! Thanks Dale! I like to be different. Thanks Brian!

Looks great!

Excellent work! I like the paint job! Looks awesome!

My first thought was; what is that? But, it looks cool! I like it!

Excellent job! This thing looks awesome! You have inspired me to start mine, hopefully soon. I can only hope that my body work will turn out as nice as yours.

This began with the latest issue of the “Hideout Truck” (extremely terrible quality, bad chrome, everything warped). The cab was from A.I.T.M., the wheels are from Moluminum, winch is from Don Mills. There is a separate thread on the race truck.

Nice looking Peterbilt Ken!

I like it! Nice job!!

Getting close to the finish line.

Cool project!

Looks great! I like it!