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In the era that the RD was produced the interior of all the R cabbed Mack's I have seen are a combination of dark gray and medium gray. The plastic is medium and the vinyl along with the seats are dark, floor covering is black rubber.

I have found that most kit parts (especially fuel tanks) need so much finish work in the form of sanding and filing. That by the time I am satisfied, little more than some scuffing with Scotch Brite or fine steel wool is all that is needed. I follow up with etching primer from Duplicolor (available at NAPA stores) and some wet sanding with 600 grit paper, then on to finish paint or Alclad.

Really nice build of a truck that was the engineering equivalent of Frankenstein's monster. I like it! Period perfect.

Excellent work as usual Kurt! Perfect!! Phoneguy hit it on the head, that headache rack/locker needs a pass under some silicone rubber. We just might know a guy or two who can pull it off The hood and grill wouldn't hurt either. Thanks for the plug Jim.

Anyone interested in going to Macungie Pa. on 6/14/08 for an antique truck show and tour of the Mack plant e mail me, bcr1@hvc.rr.com for contact info. meeting points or other questions (one of the best shows on the east coast) We are planning a meet and greet. You will have a blast and most likely be overwhelmed!

Looks like it worked out well! Nice conversion.

COOL!!!!

I will sell/ship anywhere, Anyone interested in a group buy at considerable savings e mail me! bcr1@hvc.rr.com SourKrauts Model Trucks.com

The new International is the Lonestar http://www.internationaltrucks.com/portal/...0002101010aRCRD For the 4300-4400 or older 4700-4900 check out www.sourkrautsmodeltrucks.com

Nice work! I hope you will be opening both doors! Too nice to hide!

You're welcome Tim. If anyone would like to have their work posted in my gallery, register on the site and I will send you a spec. sheet. Send the sheet back with your pictures and I will post them along with the info. from the sheet.

Subject matter!!!! If you need or want something different, like the correct day cab panel for that 377 AE Pete!! Check out Visit My Website I have quite a few items listed and more on the way. One note. The shipping function has been acting up, so if you are interested in any thing drop me an e-mail and I will take care of it until the problem is repaired.

I thought I posted this already? Oh well, here goes again! 1994 Marmon SB57L, 3306 Cat. 8LL trans, #40,000 Eaton rears on Hendrickson RTE and 11.00R-24.5 on spokes. #16,000 Eaton front axle with #16,000 multi leafs riding on 385/65R22.5 4500 gallon fuel oil tank. Works every day in the winter.

I forgot, real Marmon? I see one every morning when I walk into the shop at work! Pictures when Photobucket comes back up!

My cab required a lot of priming and block sanding. so much so that I removed the upper doors on the sleeper compartment and fabricated new gutters for the lower doors along with a lot of work with a panel scriber. I also removed the molded in headlights to back date it and fitted K.F.S. slam locks in place of the molded in door handles. The dash and interior tub are included along with the bumper and a second grill (older peaked style) I used sheet acetate for the glass and the interior was finished using the KW parts. Stacks and wipers are also K.F.S. items and the grab handles are made from .040" 4040 aluminum tig welding filler wire. Dividers between the vent and side windows needed to be fabricated as well. If the cab is to tilt (mine does) some creative engineering will need to be done. As for a rating, I would give it a good solid 7. If you have never worked with resin conversions before one may rate it lower, but a conversion rating 9 or 10 will cost considerably more. I would recommend building this conversion due to the rareness of the subject and being able to use a fairly inexpensive and easy to find donor. Like all the other conversions Dave (AITM) has re-released, he has greatly improved. Maybe the 110" Marmon co will be out soon.

The cab is a Frank Gortsema (now AITM). Dave does not have it available yet. I used a Kenworth Aerodyne for the frame and engine and changed the rear suspension to a Neway air ride, because the kit suspension is a Kenworth proprietary item. As for being lucky if you own a full size Marmon? Marmon went out of business in 1997, the cabs are aluminum and not much on the chassis except front springs and hangers are Marmon specific. They were quality-low volume custom order trucks, so I guess if you could find a clean one! Lucky works.

Here's mine.

And now the answer to the original question! Cummins beige (tan).

Yes! All Detroit's 2-53,3-53,4-53,6v-53,4-71,6-71,6v-71,8v-71,12v-71 and 16v-71 including turbocharged versions (think I got them all) should be Alpine green. I am not sure about the 6-110. All 92 series should be silver. Not your common rattle can silver, this too is a special color (kind of bluish-gray shade of silver). Not series 60 blue either, that is closer to Oldsmobile blue used in the 60's and 70's. But not quite! Duplicolor Alpine green engine paint dead on as far as I can tell, they also have most other engine colors except Caterpillar yellow (Peoria Puke). Cat's lawyers are vicious and will be all over you like ugly on an ape, they will go after you for things as little as an oil filter decal!

Alpine green was the only factory color for all two stroke Detroit Diesel engines except the series 92 engines, they were silver.! That is why the 92 series engines are known as "silver 92's". As posted before some manufacturers may have requested other colors, Peterbilt in particular would have been white in the 70's and early 80's. Not sure of the years Peterbilt did this.

I will have the Granite when it is finished (probably late winter). e-mail or p.m. me to get on the list (no deposit required), as I am not in control of production or casting.

Check out Autocar Trucks 1950-1987 Photo Archive, by Robert Gabrick on Iconografix. ISBN#1-58388-072-0, I think it is out of publication. You might be able to find one used. The Construcktor, not Autocar Constucktor was built with a White/Volvo cab. Introduced in 1982, the cab has not been offered in 1/24-1/25 scale to my knowledge.

Very nice work! I have never done a restoration, always feared more broken parts than I was willing to deal with and getting a total pile of junk in a box.

To stretch a frame I like to use a second set of rails, move the cross member for the rear suspension to the length you require on the first frame. Than cut the rail on a 45 deg. angle at the center of the cross member, do the same for the extensions and join them using liquid cement. The cross member will reinforce the joint. I also clamp the rails to an aluminum fixture to keep them straight. Any cross member of sufficient size can be used if you can't make the frame long enough using the rear suspension for your seam. As for stacks, K&S aluminum tubing works great and can be polished using Never Dull wadding. Plastruct has some great plastic tubing and elbows etc. for the rest of the exhaust system ( their site is a pain in the A$$, get a catalog! ). Check with a local welding shop for some 4040 aluminum TIG filler rod, 1/16" makes great grab handles and mirror brackets. Welcome to the world of model trucks, enjoy!

Nice work! Like the K.F.S. stacks! On the one I just finished, I used a resin Neway air ride rear suspension and a resin Marmon cab. Your frame is past the point where I deviated from the kit, so I can't make any comments on the kit from this point out. But other than the B.J. and the Bear kit, I think this kit wasn't re-issued? So the parts shouldn't suffer from poor fit caused by worn out molds. Fuel tanks were a lot of work though! Here is a picture of my frame. Glad to have you aboard, keep up the excellent work!