Gary Chastain

Bought this Alfa Centauri cab long hood White Road Boss kit today and may use it on this truck, just not happy with the crappy hood fit on this Road Boss.

Wow, you flying on this build, looks really cool

It’s definitely got the right stance and attitude, fun to watch you build.

Glad to hear there is a recovery plan Tom and I agree, most of us are not speed builders, we always build our best model until we start our next build as our skills evolve. I enjoy sitting in my hobby room and making stuff and dreaming up new projects and hanging out with you guys. Glad you are back and moving forward, be watching.

Great progress

Thanks Steve, and the bench, I get frustrated when I can’t find stuff or when I lose parts, so I keep my bench somewhat organized, although I have been spending some time/researching on ways to better organize my spare parts. I did manage to get a a Tamiya paint rack from a closing hobby shop, all my spray cans, extra glue all fit in the rack now.

Wasn’t sure where to post this, and wanted the guys here to know. Ron (Biggu) is in the hospital with chest pains, I know he has communicated with a couple of you guys but I been chatting with him tonight, other than the great hospital food, he seems in good spirits. Cause and treatment not identified at this time.

What height was your outer frame? I was thinking .500 frame height.

Now…this is a cool project to build, watching.

After a lot of digging, found a picture (s) of how the rear suspension and crossmembers are mounted/constructed. This frame in the picture is a double wall frame, don’t think I will attempt that.

I’ll take two please, curious about new Mack model truck pricing and if they will mold the Mack in the US.

Yes sir, knew you had that and I may pick your brain as I build one. Need to finish that build one of these days.

OMG, Tom, that is some tuff stuff to deal with, praying for ya, that bench is good therapy, be watching your builds.

My vision for this build is not an oil field rig as most C500 serve but as an extra heavy duty, heavy haul truck pulling a 3axle lowboy with a 3 axle Jeep with a 2 axle stinger. I have wanted to scratch build this trailer for some time but wanted the perfect truck connected to it. So this is where I am going. I actually have blueprints for this trailer/jeep and stinger. Now waiting on parts from Canada, not sure how long that will take, so back to the KW 925 to finish up.

Thanks Scott and Brian, went with your inputs for the most part 🤪, ordered.

Need some help, way out of my knowledge zone on this build. I am thinking about a winch for behind the sleeper with a cabinet style headache rack and I think there is a winch under the front bumper on this truck . I can rebuild 8,000 or 10,000 lb winches on my Jeeps. Know nothing about these really big winches. Looking at 3D Concepts site but no idea what winch for the back behind sleeper or under the front bumper. Need some help.

That’s way more detailed, that would be really nice to have, wish I knew how to print or owned a printer. Thanks for that.

Thanks Jon, we will see where this goes

Thank you

Not familiar with him, do you have any contact info?

It does and helps tell a story about your build, adds interest

Do I foresee a build in your future?, Twin steer? Monster wrecker?

Share the same thought Ron, but I have been thinking about this. The hood, I am gonna try to cut the grill out ( where the screen is) add back the five bars and put a real grill screen in , remove the headlights, use a set of T600 headlights, but yes too thick. Cab, I am going to see what it takes to put an interior tub inside the cab. The sleeper is hollow, no floor, again steal some stuff from the T600 kit for sleep interior. We will see where this goes.

I really want to duplicate the inspiration truck, so today I purchased the C500 from Global with the small sleeper, I’ll save the other cabs for a rainy day or a replacement for an oops. I did notice some updated changes to the one I purchased, a plus. also going with the Eaton Fuller 18 speed transmission.

I have heard about the variable post strike, and it’s no issue, we can send em some day.