Casey429

A:1 B:6 C:23 D:12 E:3 Good luck to the contestants.

No hidden tricks with this one. I bought it just for the custom wheels included in the "Motor City Muscle" version. I had intended to part it out, but decided to build it. It is supposed to be a factory fresh car, no plates, sticker tires, and it has paper floormats. Color was a neat experement, it is light gray primer topped with clear to get Pastel Gray. Let me know what you think.

This was my first build of 2006. The kit itself is great, but this build fought me all the way. I originally sprayed it with Testors rattlecan enamel. I let it outgas about 2 or 3 weeks, then cleared it. I was instantly met with horrendus crazing and a ruined set of decals. I bought another kit for decals, stripped the body, and repeated the process. Except this time I let it go six weeks. Same thing again. This time I took the other kit body and painted it with good ole Duplicolor rattecans (GM Medium Orange, looks alot like Hugger Orange). I bought some Fred Cady decals, and those worked out beautifully. The third time's a charm, and I only let it cure a week. I took the leftovers I had and built a street machine. I named that one Street Burner before Revell had used that name. (Yes I know the hood is askew, It does fit, but not in this pic)

Here's spme quick mockup pics. These are the wheels and tires I'll be using, they're identical to the American Racing mags dad bought when he bought the truck, which I still have.

As if I don't already have too many irons in the fire, here's another. This will be a build of my real '77 F-250 that my dad bought new. I am modifying it into a standard longbed from the Camper Special. I'm going to try and make working leaf springs for it. I want it to be a factory fresh truck. I'm not going to perfect the inside of the bed, I'm going to install an tonneau cover to hide the butchery . These first pics show the cutting I did to the bed so far. I've also filled in the gas caps, and a gas door will be scribed in later. For right now, the bodywork looks good, but primer will tell. Here's a comparison the modified bedside, and the stock one on my dad's old builtup.

A classy, modern take on a classic...nice. It's not like some pro touring cars which are gaudy, overdone, and sometimes just ugly.

That's pretty sweet! Looks like a year of labor was well worth it.

That's a nice piece. The bird poo is a nice touch.

She's finished... The filler is a screw with the slot filled in. The manlid is a 1/25 Mack air cleaner lid. And here's the afforementioned pump unit.

Thanks for showing my trucks Tim! There were some really nice one;s this time around. For the next Update, I'll shoot you some pics of my C-800.

Besides having the DM800 to work on (which has slowed to a crawl), I decided to take on the model builders blasphemy- I did a diecast. I bought these three First Gear Macks for $33, a deal too good to pass up. They're used, I beteen the three, I can make two complete ones. This one was the first under the torch. It started put as a tractor missing its fifth wheel that was dressed in Irving Jensen Contractors livery. THe way these things go together, the fenders can be separated form the cab. I stripped the red part, which was badly chipped anyway, and repainted it Caterpillar yellow. I fabbed a tank from PVC, spray bars from brass, and rear fenders from sheetmetal. When the dust cleared, I had the beginnings of a one-off water truck. The spray bar and tank will be yellow, the fenders black. I also fabbed thepump using some 1/25 truck parts. More specifically, a Peterbilt sterring box and half a turbo. I'll grab some pics of that later Heres the before and a 50% complete after. I'll be jumping back on the DM in couple days, this is a quickie project. Thanks for taking a look everyone. P.S. Hey Tim, would this particular piece of diecast be worthy of submission to truckmodeler.com? I know you don't normally, but sometimes they sneak in.

I got the engine in late last night. It's been done since about week 2 of the build, but for some reason I've been putting off painting it until Saturday morning. I weathered the exhaust maniforlds and the exhaust side of the turbo with Rustall. Anyone that's ever painted a real truck engine knows that within the frst few minutes of operation, any paint on those parts is gone. I also got a head start on the interior. No, it's not real Mack paint, but it is real close. I closely matched some Model Master paint to the interior of a friend's 1:1 '73 RS700L.

Chassis gets the DONE stamp. I used the old three ring binder for flaps, with decals on the back two.

I'd like: 1973-1979 Ford Trucks 1999-up Ford Super Duty 2004-up F-150 2000-up Ford Ranger 1973-2005 Dodge Rams 1999-2005 GMC Sierra/Chevy Silverado 1999-2005 GMC Yukon/Chevy Tahoe 1987-2005 Peterbilt 379 2003-up Mack Granite

Snapper, to strip the chrome I use Westleys Bleche White. I'm not sure if you have that over there in the U.K., but it is an automotivw whitewall cleaner. It strips the chome fairly quickly, but ca take several days to strip the laquer undercoat. I had alot to do, so the time issue wasn't a big one.

Another long one. I'd rather do it slow and right than fast and, well you get the idea. I managed to get the rolling chassis 99% complet over the past 8 days. I only need to permanetly mount the fenders, fuel tanks, air tanks, fifth wheel and luberfiner. I also got some bodywork done, but am still waiting to get paint for the interior. I'm going to give the local Mack dealer a call to try and get the paint (fortunately, it's only a 20 minute ride). I decided to leave the axle covers and trunion bar covers chrome. After all, this will depict an ATHS show truck. These look much better painted than chrome. This is also the body color. The suspension works pretty well. This is one big Bulldog. P.S. Hey Snapper, go for the heavy hauler! The 500 V8 is a newer engine, but most heavy haulers are custom built anyway. The 500 is a related to the 325, so in the real world, not much maodification would be needed. Mack V8's are quite the engines. I thought of using a resin KTA Cummins I have in mine, but by the time I thought about it, I already had the chassis done and painted.

I never met a Huskie I didn't like (or Pete, KW, Mack, or any truck for that matter). I think it would have looked better with a chrome bumper, but that's just personal taste. Speaking of Brockways, I'll have to grab some pics of the 358, 359, 361 and 761's that a friend of mine's dad owns. At any rate, that's one nice rig.

That's one good looking Dog.

It's been a little over a week since I started, but I've still been plugging along. Life has kind of been getting in the way (school, family, etc.), so I've had limited time at the bench. In the meantime, I did manage to get some done. The chassis is done. The steering works great. Id rather have this than rolling wheels, plus the wheels will attach much more solid on this truck. The suspension works, too. I wrapped the fenders in aluminum tape. They still need polished with some Zephyr. A quick teaser... I'm going for the look of a restored truck, ready for an ATHS show.

What a monster! That's some nice work there. The weathering is spot on, and the 6x6 setup is really convincing. Now, I don't want to sound nit-picky but Detroit Diesels are supposed to be green. Just though I'd let you know in case you ever use another. But, I'm glad you got some inspiration from my Ford. After what I've seen so far, the finished product will be absolutely MASSIVE.

Tim, I think some of your build re define the term Michigan special. You are truly talented, and a Peterbilt nut to boot. Keep up the good work.

I'd love to have a '76-'77 Style grille. I can shorten the bed myself, but the grille is too much modification. I also like the idea of the Supercab/short bed.

I'm back with another one. This was part of my 16th birthday present from my parents. I want to build this ine as nice as I can, without going over the top. After all, mine are for me, not contest judges. This is the Model King reissue (now if we could only get the DM600, I'd be set!). Mostly, I'm going to clean up all the parts, fill all visible seams and lay down what I hope will be my best paint job yet. Eventually, it'll get paired with a dump trailer, and lettered for Estok Trucking, just like the rest of the fleet. This will also be a small tribute build to my dad. After all, if it weren't for the dozen or so builtups that survived of his, I wouldn't be building at all. So, I will keep his old DM800 mixer in the background for the duration of the build. Wow, there's alot of parts! Too bad most of that beautiful chrome will get stripped. This is dad's old DM800, I just wish more of it had survived. I may purchase another donor kit to restore this. So far, I've filled the seams on the rear ends. As I type this, I'm waiting for the BIN on the Camelback springs to dry. You can also see the partially completed frame in the background. Comments welcome, thanks for lookin'! And thanks for all the support by following my C800 build.

I managed to make it out to the Castle Shannon show. Didn't buy anything, but did see some nice eye candy on the show tables. Someone built a really nice Hemi Powered '32 3 window. I almost picked up a Revell Snap Peterbilt, but when I went back for it, it was gone. I was after a grille for a '77 Ford, and found everything but.(Would have been a great time to build a Chevy or Dodge). Oh well, theres always next year (or model show, whichever comes first).

That looks great. I like the aluminum tailgate, and the Theile logo is a nice touch. Speaking of which, I have thae same brand of dump bed on my '85 Ford F-250.