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A mirror image. Tim

Various parts that I've been working on for future projects Peterbilt 359 SBFA - Griffen hood slightly modified. Peterbilt 384 116" BBC hood Peterbilt 385-120 hood This could also be a '97-00 377-120 '08 Peterbilt 365 115" BBC hood AMT Pete Wrecker body - correct name South Union Body Works "Bakersfield Boom" Pete airshield for a low roof sleeper. These are in-between-builds projects - something to work on, yet not building anything specific. Thanks for looking! Tim

Cool! Tim

This will be big! Tim

All it needs is a tree growing through it and some vines covering it. Tim

Nice woodwork! Tim

Superb detail! Tim

Here's the real trucks - photo linked from www.hankstruckpictures.com Tim

Now that is the sort of thing that 1). Ruins your day, and 2). Happens to me. UG. Tim

Back in April I built two yellow and black Peterbilts, a 378 tri-drive and a 386 daycab - both wearing Arrow Transportion logos. After numerous suggestions to build the chip trailers, I thought I'd give it a go. I can't find where I posted the in-progress pics of the trailers, but today I put the decals on them (thanks to Doug W for making them for me). Once the decals dried I took advantage of the sky conditions and snapped a LOT of photos. So many that I made a page just for the Arrow trailers ARROW Transportation pics The trailers are made out of sheet plastic. The plastic used to be menu specials from Wendy's Resturant. I had to reinforce the plastic with brass strips throughout. The suspension for the lead trailer is from an AMT Lowboy, the 2nd trailer suspension is from a Fruehauf. Thanks for looking! Tim

Tim The Italeri Peterbilts come with the grille open, just the bars. The kit includes a square of vinyl screen to be painted silver. I substituted the screen for the Plano mesh. The wipers are the kit wipers. Tim

With the Italeri reissue of the Peterbilt 378 due this summer, I've been anxious to build one (or two). I built one box-stock and then dragged out one that I had started back in '06 (body mods, painted then put back in the box until recently). My inspiration was a 2006 379-119 awaiting crossing the International Bridge at Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. 1st Progress pic 2nd Progress pic 3rd progress pic The sleeper sides and backwall were scratch built, LH battery box is resin from AITM. Metal Mesh - great stuff! How the metal mesh looks finished. Right hand rear-view Hood Open - Red color is to simulate a Cummins. More pics on on the Recent Builds page on my site at www.TimsTrucks.com Thanks for looking! Tim

The idea was for better visibility. Tim

The hood was available in resin - in might still be. Tim

Nice! The color is fooling the digital camera. Tim

Kurt Simply amazing. In full-sun outdoor pics it would be hard pressed to tell from a real truck. Tim

Rick Nice 352 ! Very typical of the breed. Nice weathering. Tim

Old cabover? Like a 50's 350 COE? I did one of these several years ago. Green with dark green wheels and frame, livestock body. Tim

Tim The red ovals didn't debut until 1950-51. Before that the nameplate was a rectangle with script, and the first Peterbilts had raw script. Tim

Randy Continuing with the frame issue... The straight frame rails became standard with the model 359 in the early 70s. The 351 and others had the fishbelly until then too. Straight aluminum rails were available in the 1960s. Tim

Thanks. The frame is 100% INCORRECT for that age Peterbilt. Back then Peterbilt used a "fishbelly" frame rail, narrow at the front, tapering to wide at the middle, then narrow at the rear suspension. Air ride wasn't available back then either. Mine is a "restored updated" unit. The correct suspension would be something like a Page and Page spring or a simple leaf spring set-up. Single drive with a tag axle would be common too. (remember the Peterbilt in the movie Duel.. it looked like a tandem drive Pete 351.. it really was a 281 (single drive) with a tag axle. Tim

Around 7-8 years ago Warren Willis formed a resin casting business called Silver State Specialties. Warren started to produce some way-cool 1940's and 1950's Peterbilt conventionals. Warren sent me a couple of blemish casts, that is, casts with flaws that weren't good enough to sell. I've had one of these blems sitting in a box just waiting to be repaired and built into something. I spent a lot of time repairing the warp and twists in the fender/hood section, along with filling in voids in the cab (note: SilverState casts that were sold to the public were free of these faults). I used an AMT Peterbilt 359 as the donor kit - the model will be a 1946 344 in fully restored/updated form. Inspired by a 1948 Peterbilt 344 owned by Teresi Trucking of Lodi, California. Teresi's 344 is featured in the book Peterbilt: The Class of the Industry by Henry Rasmussen. Pages 55-60 feature a nice spread on the truck. The casting I have is the older version of the 344 hood with the screen/vents on the side of the hood so I decided to make an older unit. Similar tricks, just slightly different. Ken Goudy will be making the door signs for me. Thanks for looking! Tim

Nice color choice! The contrast is nice. Tim

The trailer turned out really nice ! Tim

Cool Dodge ! Tim