Jimbo8v92

Man that looks great! The inerior looks amazing aswell

Very cool man!

Lol yeah thats alot of nose for a tiny R-model cab.. thinking a mercury sleeper will help that big front end look a little smaller.

Little progress while the weather is crappy. I stretched the frame and started the cowl extension that im probably going to shave down a little bit. I used the front rails from from a tyrone malone super boss kit. Also might use the twin turbo v12 out of the kit for the mack . ?

Did a little sprayout of the orange and it is such a nice color. Now just gotta find where i put the cream color so i can put them together lol.

Very cool!

Very cool! Great combo.

Started to assemble the engine.very nice resin kit from gary. Only thing i did was scrub everything with hot water and simplegreen just to make sure there were no oild that would mess with the paint. Deciding if i want to paint it to match the cream or orange on the truck or paint it detroit alpine green. The trucks going to be kind of a work/show truck not stock. Any opinions?

Yeah seems there were alot of different variences of the 700 series lol prob more changes than most of us even realize. The (Western) 700's had a valueliner style hood with the dropped fenders and had a raised section of the hood running down the center like the valueliner 600 series which was considered a western option, but i dont think the 700's with that hood were called valueliners like the 600 series was. They were also to late in production to come with a v12 tho so the hood i have works perfect.

Nice man thankyou!! These pictures are a huge help. Is that your truck?

Yeah whatever pain that dm cab had on it was good lol didnt even rake the shine off lol. Will be stopping to shipping your wheels to you when i leave work. Going to fill the cut out in the hood

Thanks guys. Yeah i need to get the motor together and the cowl extended then it will rele start coming together.

Cabs glued and got the red all striped off with safey clean but had to use acetone and wet sand the rest off. Also shaved off the body line that was on the fender. Last pic shows how far i plan to extend the cowl.

If anyone is looking for custom paint this guy sells house of color basecoats in spray cans. You will have to apply a clear coat as this stuff is a automotive basecoat. I ordered the house of color tangelo pearl orange. One of nicest Colors ive used. If you search "spray can" under his items https://ebay.com/usr/stevensons1

Oh dang yeah thats a bummer for sure. I could see having to pay import tax on something large like a car or something, but model car parts is a joke lol...keep up the awsome work tho looks sweet

Looks great man! Really like the dump body...Moluminum might be a lil more than others, but jamie makes some amazing stuff. Ide he makes the best tires and resin wheels out there.

Ide say so. ? not sure what it was like before, but a bunch of really cool builds for sure

Took both cabs i got off brian and cut them up just need to make sure the interior will fit before i glue them together. Also ive read super clean is good for removing paint without harming the plastic so just want to make sure this is correct before i strip the cab parts. I think ive decided the look im going for....i like the look of the white r model with the small mercury sleeper and miter cut straight pipe stacks. And will be going with a orange and cream paint job kind of like the kw in The pic exept the body lines will separate the colors.

Beautiful work!! Love the colors and finnish is perfect what clear coat did u use?

Looks awsome jim! Will be building myin after i finnish the r model im building

Yeah i belive u are correct with the fenders. Unless that was only for the eastcoast r700s that had standard r grilles where the very early weast coast hoods were styled kind of like the valuliner in with the raised part in the center of the hood and the west coast grille Prob wrong, but Honestly i need a break from reading my brain hurts from trying to figure out all the tiny details haha..one thing ive noticed is non ofthem had the body line i circled so i will be removing that.

The hood and engine came in today from gary! Also got a r cab and dm600 cab courtesy of brian. So i will be assembling the engine soon and will be cutting up some cabs to make the correct short steel dash cab as a member on the mtb forum brought to my attention .

Yep all three wheels and the tires are from jamie.

Nice that flex pipe looks about as real as it can get

Yep there jamie's front springs. They look great, way better than the ones in the kit.