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Got a bit of painting done. Filler primer: Base coat: Looks a bit Green but it's Revell no. 12 (yellow gloss). And the bumper came out quite nice: Some parts, like the hood, still need lots of attention!

A bit of progress: Front mud flaps, quarter fenders, pogo stick are in place. Tail lights, licence bracket, rear mud flaps (the flaps are from the Ertl Mack DM800, brackets self made). Don't know what those things behind the fifth wheel are called, I call them slide rails. Also self made!

Looks very nice! Great job!

They both look fabulous Ron! Nice color schemes and very neat work on both!

That is one fantastic build! The rust and weathering look so real! You sure you're not working on a real trailer?

It's got the typical amt twisted frame! Still it's one my highlights!

Nice Mack! Nice rig! Love it!

Awesome Ron! Can't take my eyes off it! 👍

Hi Folks, in my "under glass" thread about the saved Mack Cruiserliner I also presented my new show case. I believe it was Gilles who wished to see the Pete cabover standing in there and I had promised to post it! Sorry it took so long but here it is! Hope you enjoy it!

Wheels are on. The quarter fenders aren't glued yet. They have to be worked on before I permanently put them in place! There's a gap in the frame where they'll be installed. Cab mocked up. Filler primer and first layer of base coat will hopefully be applied this weekend!

Thank you Ron. You're absolutely right! It's almost impossible to sand away those lines without ruining details! I'll put a layer of filler primer on, then base coat and a clear coat. What's left to see then I don't care. I'm sure it'll still come out ok!

I primered the cab and other parts. The sleeper looks pretty smooth. Couldn't reduce the print lines on the cab and the hood any more though. The stuff is just too hard! An additional coat of filler primer might help but I won't be able to get them away totally. The decals will cover up a bit too. Maybe I'll have to knock down the cab too on the next projects. It did work for the sleeper!

Engine installed, exhaust connected, Radiator connected, steering box connected to steering. Works! VID_20250305_144616.mp4

Hey Ron, sorry about your printer! Hope you get your screen fixed soon. Working with PLA certainly has its advantages but the surface quality of resin prints is just far better. I've been thinking a lot about purchasing a resin printer but definetly one with water soluble resin. Just don't want the smell of the solvents and I've been told they're as good as the solvent based resins! Haven't decided yet though. Thanks for your comment on my skills. Glad its visible for others that there's been improvement in my work. I think one of the most effective measures was taking the sleeper apart for printing. That way you don't get print lines. Other parts are sometimes hard to position in the slicer when there are more visible sides. I just try to chose the side that will be less visible. I hope to find more ways to improve the parts quality. Sometimes it just takes a while till you get the right idea!

Thanks very much Guys! I really appreciate it! I'm really glad you like what I'm doing! That shows me, I'm doing something right! For me that's one of the primary reasons to be here, sharing the happiness about building models, especially trucks and getting the same feeling when looking at all your builds that make me happy cause you guys have the same attitude! Thanks again and keep going. I honestly enjoy watching your builds and reading your comments, not only on mine! 👍

Thanks Jeff! By the way, the plate on the chassis is just a guarantee that the hood will fit (hopefully) gapless to the cab! Looks a bit like a Revell level 3 kit but it won't be visible later!

I finally got to painting the chassis: The rims are also painted. Mocked up to see how it looks! I'm satisfied! Next will be primering the cab and sleeper! I puttied the cab between sleeper and roof so I have to sand a bit more before putting the primer on. The quarter fenders will probably be chromed as well as the fuel tanks and the grille. If you're wondering why the hubs of the first drive axle are sticking further out than the others, simple explanation: I used the wheels that I had originally printed for the Marmon. For that the hubs were too long so I had changed them and printed them again. Then the wheels turned out to be too big for the Marmon so I used the smaller Amt round 1 tires with smaller rims leaving the larger rims in the box for further projects. Like this one! So I used the four doubles with the shorter hubs and two with the longer ones. I thought why not? Some trucks have different rims on each axle so why not have different hubs? Now I've talked enough. Thanks for listening! 😊

Looking great Gary! I think that long shifter will fit this truck perfectly!

I think it looks great and to tell the truth in reality you'll surely find a lot of such things as lamps not showing where they're supposed to. Makes it more "alive"! But I understand that these things can bother a perfectionists eye! I'm the same in these things!

Beautiful finish Gary! Nice paint job! 👍

The V8 is just about ready to be installed! First I have to paint the chassis though!

Got the cab and sleeper ready for primer! I used a so called "raft" from printing which I cut to size to mask the window gaps. That way I don't need so much tape! Then I used double sided tape to hold the cab and sleeper rooves so they don't get blown off by the air gun!

Hi Gary, thanks very much! I'm very glad you like it!

Keep going Gary! All the best wishes! The truck looks great! I love that chrome finish on the grille and head lights! Looks a bit like stainless steel! Awesome!

Thank you Steve! If there was a broader offer of kits concerning variety of models I probably would never have started to design and print. It does make me kind of sad on the one hand that not everyone has the possibility to make any model he or she likes but on the other hand, when I see what you guys make of the existing models plus fabulous scratch building skills I think the small range of kits does support the builders fantasy.