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Nice start. Tim

Finished! More pics are on This Page. Thanks for looking! Tim

Tim I stripped the black paint off the bumper before painting the yellow so I didn't have to spray a dozen coats to bury the black. The cab guard is from AITM. The silver around the doors is Bare Metal Foil. After applying and cutting it, I coat it with Testors Dullcote to give the shiny BMF an unpolished aluminum look. I had tried painting the door jambs a long time ago and that ended in a mess. Tim

I started these two around the 6th or 7th and have been slowly plugging away at them. They are based on two units for Arrow Transportation out of Canada. I started with two Italeri Peterbilt 377 kits, a resin 386 hood from AITM and a resin 378 SBFA hood from Spauldings. The rear walls were made from Evergreen plastic with the larger rear window. The 386 will be a 2008 and the 378 will be a 2004. Originally the 386 was to have a black bumper as my inspiration photo showed a black bumper. After seeing all the other 386's that Hank Suderman had photographed - they all had yellow bumpers, I decided yellow would look better. Here's the 386 frame on the tires. The kit frame had 2 inches removed from the wheelbase. The removed section was used on the 378. Here's the 378 chassis after adding the length and bolt detail. Here's the 386 almost done. Still to be added is deck plating, a photo stick, trailer hoses, back of cab handles and the Arrow logos. Here's the 378 with the cab resting on the frame. Thanks for looking. Tim

Is that the stock kit frame ? Tim

Awesome ! Tim

I agree, you're off to a really good start. Tim

To muddy up the engine waters more.. each of the trucks used for filming had different engines. To make it worse, the engine sound heard on the show was that of the Marmon COE that was pulling the truck for in-cab shots. Tim

Eddie Welcome back to trucks ! If you can find the right matching paint White, Lime and Ivy Bronze http://timstrucks.web.aplus.net/movinon.htm Tim

Lots of work, but the results are very nice. Tim

It almost looks like moisture trapped. Was it humid when you painted? Tim

Broch Nice looking GMC. Tim

Broch Looks very good! As Robert said, Daycab conversions differ on almost every truck. I've seen them with solid backwalls like you have, or the opening filled with a piece of clear Plexiglas. Unless you're going for a factory-built daycab, you're right on track. Tim

Matt I like where you are going with this ! Tim

Scott Your T600 is coming along nicely. I like the added detail to the chassis. Tim

Broch Welcome to the forum! You have a great start on the grain trailer. Tim

Cool! Great scratchbuilding. Tim

Wow! This looks impressive! Post more! Tim

Scott The 2 hole rears look good. Tim

Tony This the fifth scratchbuilt cab I've done. 1. KW Hustler COE 2. International Emeryville conventionals (then cast by Griffen) 3. Peterbilt 372 4. Peterbilt 362-110 (then cast by Griffen) then modified to the 90 and 63" versions 5. Peterbilt 320 Tim

This is one of those trucks that I wanted to build but just never was inspired enough to try. Last weekend I got 'the wild hair' to try a Peterbilt 320. Here's the rough cab made from Evergreen plastic sheet. Here are most of scratchbuilt and modified components. Here's the finished 320. More pics on my site www.timstrucks.com Thanks for looking! Tim

I guess I should have clarified. I used the dash in one model, but due to the amount of late model PB's I build, I got lazy and decided not to rework all of these dashes. The dash is on my Bruce Dewey 379-119 (white, red frame, black/red stripes). I'll see if I can find the dash pic. Tim

You're off to a nice start. I made one new dash and after that decided to live with the old-style dash and just paint it to look like the newer dash ('05-08 dash top matches the interior color). Because you are using the red sleeper, blue cab and cream color resin, I'd like to suggest that after you apply a coat of primer, buy a can of ZinzerBIN primer sealer and apply a coat of the sealer to the parts. The a coat of primer, then your color. Otherwise that darned red plastic will bleed through creating some "interesting" color shade differences between the cab/hood/sleeper. Tim

Looks good. "slime lime." LOL! Tim

Looking good! Tim A.