Old Buckaroo

Those would be boiler rivets. I sanded mine smooth and will do any future kit of the same.

Starting to add some "cab candy" . I spent the morning scouring my bench looking for the door handles I robbed from a Revell '69 Nova kit, cant find them anywhere. It is always something Thanks for looking

I remember seeing those - I think X-acto called it a "Master shipbuilder set" or something similar. Nice find , let me know if you ever want to part with it.

Most guys that narrowed theirs removed 3/16" out of the center. The steps seem to be troublesome also , stripping them of the chrome and thinning them seemed to be the cure.

Angelo , Those stripes look fantastic with that color. Dont stress out about that seam, very few of these kits are ever seen without it.

I have the Freightliner FLC kit for the donor. They suggest the FLD but you cant find that one as easily or gently priced . (frame is the same anyway)

Big grin going on today

My thoughts exactly. Back in '69 the truck aftermarket would of been pretty scarce. Fancy wheels were slim to none and most likely very pricey.

Kevin, I like that Freightliner kit , As said the tub is tight - take a sanding block to the sides and back and all will be good. The front axle is to wide, I cant remember at the moment on how much to shorten it . I left the front brake drums off of mine and it was ok. Read back on about 5 - 6 of these WIP's and learn the quirks. One other thing AMT instructions show the cab release handles upside down. Cab handles points down not up !

Most excellent truck models. Thank you for sharing them.

Friday was a good mail day, got some much needed supplies and my resin wheels and tires from Dave at AITM. Thanks for looking

I would rather give credit to someone who doesn't delete their complete thread after a week. Rule of the internet - without pics it didn't happen !

Awesome Dennis, This trio is going to be a one of a kind display. What are you going to have there about 3 lbs of resin tires and wheels ? Better build that shelf stout so it does not sag !

I just want to build a truck to where I dont have to build a custom exhaust. Terry - I have never had either of those kits.

Sam - there is nothing wrong with working on more then one truck at a time . I am looking forward to it as I have a kit or two I would like to build and maybe a surprise thrown in .

I say get one of Frontier Resin's GMC Cannon ball cabs and "do something special" !

I have a folder with some of the Reo Olinger pics in it that I saved off google. I never knew who built it until now. That is one tough looking work truck , actually they all are. Nice collection !

Thanks guys for looking in and commenting. Ken - my son always had legos, I started using them for leveling tail feathers on aircraft 10 years ago. Still making forward progress, little things here and there. I have given up on p/e slam locks for the headache rack, so I will fake them with some thin styrene.

Well that is embarrassing , sorry Sergey for loading the wrong picture. I have a file of these trucks for reference and I grabbed the wrong one . Your build is still my favorite as it progressed as there was so many great tips to learn by .

I have not dealt directly with this outfit , but use to order quite a bit of stuff from same country and Russian Federation. I never started looking for it until about at least a month and half from time of ordering.

Thank you Terry, I plan on building several more . There are several things I would do different that I missed on this one. Gorden , thank you - , as said this was my first semi for many years. My headlights came from a "Bank Pen" as I had no plastic tubing on hand. I razor sawed the end of the pen off, chucked the tubing in my cordless drill and shaped the bevel with a flat needle file. Sawed it off and repeat. Cut a styrene disk for a backing the same size and mounted them .

Fantastic looking Astro. Good to see this one getting another chance. Really like the back window setup !

Thanks Lucas, this was the first truck I had built and completed after 30 year break from trucks. The color is WWII Russian Interior green, It looked good enough to pass for a fleet color. I remember the old Safeway trucks and would love to build a few if I could source some of those "S" decals.

What a great thread ! My favorite from my collection a Freightliner I back dated to 1968 And my favorite built by another modeler Sergey's "Love Machine aka Pig Pen" Mack

It does make for a hard choice to send your money off when you cant even get a reply to a question , or several over a six month period.