DRIPTROIT 71

The weathering looks great!!

I like it! Don’t forget the driveway bell.

Awesome looking build!! The weathering looks great! I like your water tank! I picked one up myself for a future project. Excellent work!!

I normally don’t start another project until the one I am working on is finished, but while I was waiting on another hood for the Dodge, I started this. It was inspired by an actual truck that sold on the internet. Although it was powered by an IH diesel engine, mine will be 6-71 powered. Here is the inspiration truck: Here is what I have so far:

Nice build Ken!!

I like it!!! Nice work!!

I saw this today and thought about this build.

I never would have believed that this truck was painted with a brush if you hadn’t said so. This thing looks great! Excellent work!

Your builds always look so realistic! This one looks amazing! Excellent work!

Beautiful build! Very clean! Excellent work!

Looking forward to seeing this one!

Closer to the finish line.

I actually buy semi kits and parts off of EBay pretty often. There are often re-releases listed as vintage probably and hopefully because the seller doesn’t know any better. I figure that these are honest mistakes. There are also listings that just show a box full of parts that say “what you see is what you get“ and the pictures seem to be strategically taken to hide what you get. I personally consider these to be scams. This may not be the case on this kit however. While the parts aren’t laid out clearly they can mostly be seen. This is probably just a mistake. But as the title of the thread reads, we as buyers need to beware and look at the photos carefully when buying. There are plenty of other scams such as re-sealing going on too, but too many to discuss here.

Good looking Mack! I like the colors!!

This one really looks good in the sunlight! Excellent work!

I have taken a picture of a plate from the web and pulled into a work file to get it the right size, printed it on regular white printer paper (highest resolution on printer), then covered each side with clear box tape to protect it, and glue on with white glue.

Looks Awesome Dan!! There is a lot going on here! Excellent work!

Thanks Jeff! I have a little more done. I worked on the hood and got it some better. I tried my wife’s hair dryer and hot water, followed by cold water on both. I get it almost perfect, then after about a half hour it gets back closer to its previous state. It is now a lot better than it was, but still not perfect.

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Thanks! My wife has been casually reminding me every year for the past 18 years that she wanted a new bathroom. I figured that I better not let it go to 19. ?

Thanks Dan. The cab came with a dash, door panels, seat, and floor pan. I’m pretty sure that Charles mastered all of it.

Thanks for all the comments guys!! I was able to start back on this one after finishing a bathroom remodeling job for my wife.? The interior is in. For some reason my hood warped after painting it. It doesn’t fit as good as it did before. Getting closer to done though.

A lot of work to put all of this together. Looks Awesome though!

Great looking Peterbilt!! Very nice work!

I’m like you Vince. I never noticed it before but now I can’t unsee it. I did find a few 1:1s. The first 2 are listed as 2012 models. If you Google search Maxxforce 15 Prostar a few come up, even a couple for sale.