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Oh no! More glue! That’s always my solution!

Thanks, Jeff!

Moebius sells their wheels and tires that they use in their International Lone Star/ Pro Star kits as a separate set, it costs about $20 or so.

Great Freightliner! Love the colors. Well done!

Is this the 1/32 version? It looks more accurately like a T600-A than the original 1/25 AMT kit.

Nicely done!

Very impressive! It’s hard to believe that these are all so small! Great job on all of them!

Thanks! Thanks! So true! Most of our cherished historical trucks were just as ordinary in their day.

Thanks, that’s why was going for!

Thanks! It’s all paint- the headlights are designed to be printed with clear resin; the lamps are detailed on the back to show through. Since that can’t work with regular resin, I layered paint: first Molotow chrome, then a thin layer of white, adding lighter areas towards the front and middle. When that dried, I covered the whole thing with clear fingernail polish and let that dry. I then went back with the chrome and painted small arcs to simulate where the lamps would be visible. All based on poring over photos of the real thing to get close. It looks better in the photos than real life, but it looks okay from a distance.

Thanks! Well, at least it’s different!

Thanks, Victor, I knew you would understand! Thanks, Gary! Thanks, Jim!

There are so many cool big rig builds on this forum and on the WIP forum- each truck is unique, cool and looks awesome. They'd be real head-turners if they were real. This one, not so much. It's a first generation Freightliner Cascadia, ca. 2011, typical of millions that were sold by Daimler from 2008-2018, many of which are still on the road to this day. You see them every day if you're on or near an American highway. Probably the most commonplace and typical American truck today. Boring? You bet. Ho-hum (yawn)... So, of course, me being me, I had to build a model of one. There are no commercial versions of this truck in 1/24 or 1/25 scale, of course, since nobody would buy one. This is a 3D print, designed by Hora80 and downloaded from the Cults 3D website. I printed it myself, but it fought me all the way- I had a nasty resin leak inside my printer, leading to multiple failed prints, a ruined FEP, and eventually a dead LCD screen- I'm waiting for a replacement to come from Hong Kong. Somehow, through all of that, I eked out enough prints to build this model. The cab is actually from two separate prints; each failed on one side, but luckily they were opposite sides and I was able to cut them apart and attach the good parts together. It still has battle scars, though, as you can see by looking closely. This is strictly a curbside model, no engine, and the wheels don't turn. Well, most of them, anyway. The chassis is another partsbox special, mostly Peterbilt but with a lot of Kenworth parts as well. The interior is a temporary one, until I can put my printer back together and print up a better one. So, it's kind of a Frankenstein's monster of a model. But it's close enough to what an older Cascadia looks like that I'm satisfied with it.

Very nice White, I like it! Great job!

I say, go for it! You'll probably do a better job than I did!

I agree 200%!

Thanks, all! Yeah, this goes back to when I was a truck-crazy kid growing up in Northern California in the 60's. Peterbilts were my favorites, and COEs were my favorite Petes. There was just something about them that screamed, TRUCK! They were all machine, but still attractive. I always wished I could own one, but I never did, except in 1/25 scale. Thinking back on it now, that's probably just as well. I did a similar backdate on a White Freightliner a while back, and that turned out well. A couple of shots were in my "Ragtop Trailer" thread on this forum a few months ago. Beyond that, maybe a Kenworth COE? Hmm...

Well, you’re putting a lot more work into yours than I did to mine, and the results already show it. Keep it up! Thus will be awesome!

Those stripes look fantastic! Well done! I also rolled down the driver side window on mine, makes it easier to see the interior.

My thanks to Jürgen who designed them!

Yeah, that’s a little detail. I thought I would add. It wasn’t super-common at the time, but quite a few trucks had them. I suspect it would be a OOS violation today!

Thanks! I’m lucky to live in a photogenic part of the world!

This build is a modification of the Coca-Cola version of AMT's Peterbilt Pacemaker 352 COE; I backdated it to a mid-sixties Unilite 352. Some of you guys have been following my build thread in the WIP section, and now it's done! My thanks to everyone who rode along with me on this ride, your advice and encouragement made this build what it is. My thanks also to Tim Ahlborn, who generously shared advice on how to approach this build, along with photos of his prototype cab and notes on the differences between the pre-1970 Unllite 352 and the post-1970 Pacemaker, which is the basis of the AMT kit. Tim, as you all know, is not only a master modeler, but the authority on all things Peterbilt. The depth of his knowledge is matched only by his generosity in sharing it, and for that I am very grateful. My gratitude also to Jurgen, who generously shared his design skills to create period-correct details that I could then print in 3D. Details like that make all the difference in the world! Modifications to the kit are many- 3D printed headlight surrounds and front louver, new lower side skirts, changed luggage doors, added a cutout for the exhaust stack, moved the air intake stack, etc. etc. I added shutters from a 359 kit to the radiator, cut out the grille surround, and added a vinyl screen to show the radiator shutters, as was typical of its day. The interior was changed to accommodate a flat dashboard with 3D printed tach-o-graphs; the wheels are 3D printed as well. The engine is the kit Detroit 318, painted white per Peterbilt spec at the time, and with the exhaust re-routed to accommodate the single stack. The rest of the chassis is box-stock; it came with the Peterbilt "stabiil-aire" rear suspension that first came out in 1965, making this a post '65 and pre '70 model; I arbitrarily decided that it is a '66. I built it as a typical California truck of its time, perhaps owned by an owner-operator or a small fleet that takes good care of their equipment. Typical of west coast trucks of the day are the 5-hole Alcoa aluminum wheels on the steer axle, and 5-hole Budd steel wheels on the drive axles. With that 8V-71 and the 10-speed Roadranger, she's ready to haul!

Awesome truck! It's hard for me to wrap my head around the idea that this is 1/32! Well done! Good luck with the move... that's always stressful. But at least you'll have more space for models in the new place!

Much to my relief, the cab tilited forward just fine, but it was getting hung up on something going back. In my experience, that's nearly always caused by the shift tower, and this was no exception- the shifter was off center (it seems impossible to get that right) so out it went. Problem solved. Today was forecast to be a bright sunny day all day, but snow is predicted for tomorrow, so I decided I really wanted to wrap all the loose ends and get this in front of my camera. So, it was a frantic morning of attaching cab accessories and detail painting. But I got it done! Words cannot express how much I appreciated the advice and encouragement everyone gave me over the course of this journey. Everybody contributed, but special shout-outs to Jeff, Jurgen, Steve, Tommy, Sean and Gary for their help. This one very much felt like an international group build, with contributions from Canada, England and Germany as well as the U.S. All of you guys have skills and experience that pushed me beyond my comfort zone and helped me build a model that, while far from perfect, is much better than it would have been if I had been left to my own devices. Thank you all. Here are a couple of photos; I'll post more in "Under Glass."