Gary Chastain

Thanks for following along

Lookin good

Thanks Hakan for your input. Most of the trucks I drove, the hood shook so bad, it would crack, there was rub marks on the cab, after a few years they didn’t line up very well, even the hinges would get bent. The best part about a custom built truck is those items can be adjusted and/or fixed.

Nice progress

Progress today: Wheels are built, now strip of chrome (in the purple pond) and reassemble. Exhaust built up, may use taller pipes, decide later. Started assembly of engine but need to strip chrome on a bunch of pieces, had to find another transmission as the one in the kit as badly warped.

Thank you

Thanks Carl for taking time to look.

Oh agree, not sure I like the fact that Paccar is reducing their lineup. Most drivers prefer the tradional truck as opposed to the swoops designs of today. Just my take on things. I spent the last 30 years teaching plastics and did a lot of work with companies who supply Paccar.

Hey Scott, rain and cold for the next several days, so upstairs to the model room. Think I am just going with the Cummins and a larger turbo for this build. Trying to stay with the mild custom idea. But I think I will pick up a twin turbo 903 for a more wild custom build some day. Be fun to do some crazy plumbing on that kinda motor.

Thanks Steve, still sorting out the chassis and wheels. And it’s cold and raining for the next several days.

I managed to find enough parts to build a steerable front axle. But a problem came up, the 3D printed wheel offset was too much, switch to a different offset wheels and it works. Those are the largest floats I have, I do have a set of floats a little narrower and shorter.

This set came from eBay, but I made sure that they were not 3D printed as the sidewall finish on 3D is not as good. This guy was from Wisconsin but quite making them, wish I would have purchased more of them. I like the resin/rubber cast wheels best for sidewall definition. Paul at ST Supply in Canada has some really good ones and so does Sourkraut in the US.

The float rims I have are 3d printed and I had no hubs/brake drums for them. Dug thru my parts stash and came up with drums and bearing caps. Had to open the wheel centers a tiny bit but everything lines up well. Hoping these wheels paint up nice, there is printing marks on them.

Thanks, I will build one up, but if if doesn’t work, I’ll add the bumper to my box of bad ideas 🤪

Putting some time in defining this build. The gap from the front fender to the bumper needs addressed. Think I will try to add a panel to the bumper that closes that gap but allows the hood to rotate forward. Second: I don’t like how the bumper just terminates in front of the tires. Maybe add bumper ends, add a transition radius, then add a radius that matches the wheel opening. I want to follow the theme of a mild custom build. I may also recess blue marker lights across the bottom of the bumper and recess the license plate as well. On another note: I ordered PE dash kit, interior kit, some lighting stuff and a grill kit.

I wish I had your knowledge and skills , you can pretty much build anything you want and it looks so cool, well done.

Oh I like this, but got a question. Will there be a man hole or door for tank entry? man that is cool.

Getting the direction of this build mocked up.

Truck build is evolving, giving the build some muscle. Found some floats and made up some front hubs, may change the axle out for something more heavy duty, added flares to give it a more muscle look. Spent a lot of time searching for taller/wider rear tires and rims with the correct spacing to not allow tires to touch. Rear tires are almost the same height as the fronts, very close. Motor: I do have one more larger turbo that could be added to the Cummins 6 or I did find a twin turbo 903 Cummins…hhhmmmmm. I did drive a truck with a 903 Cummins, just a thundering motor.

There sure is, you could build a truck model totally from aftermarket resin cast or 3D printing. Check out Global Scale model trucks as well.

Thanks Tommy

Dats purdy and shiny, well done on your paint.

https://www.auslowe.com.au/shop/category/dolly-kits/347 these can be purchased direct from Auslowe in Australia or from Paul at ST Supply in Canada or from SpurKraut in the US. Kinda depends on who has inventory., just order the correct scale.

Thank you Ken.

Thanks Jeff