Old Buckaroo

My Wife and I have been married 23 years, and in that time we have Never had tv. We both have hobbies, kids grew up eating dinner at the table not in the living room watching tv. Sometimes when we travel and stay in a Hotel we will turn it on switch through half the channels and think "what a waste of time" We both grew up without it and never acquired the desire to have noise on in the background.

Got the second color on today. Updated pic with black decal border applied. Used the kit decals by cutting into 1mm wide strips. Thanks for looking in

Add one more for loving the paint job Interior looks fantastic also !

I like the artwork versions. Going way back to the Aurora monsters up through WWII Aircraft & Ships shown in Battle scenes. Cars and trucks artwork has more creativeness for the imagination then a pic of a real one for me.

Pretty impressive, and your ahead of the game as you finished it. As said the paint looks nice. You can make this build "Pop" a little more by painting the door latches with a chrome silver or aluminum paint. Use tape to mask around them if you dont trust the steadiness of your hand (mine gets me every time ) Maybe add a touch of amber to the clearance lights up on the roof . You can slide a piece of masking tape under the are to be painted to keep from accidentally painting the roof. Nice to see another truck builder

Scratch built ? I would of sworn it was a high dollar resin. That filter looks good, real good. Made me smile thinking about the p/m techs that would come find me and ask what they were suppose to do with that one. Can ask what paint you used for your engine - perfect match. The decals just makes the icing for the cake.

I think Aurora had a "wildlife series" but what you did is way cool.

Bravo , that is magazine cover worthy. Very nice work, the paint fade , the rust on the heat shield is beyond exclamations. I never could master this type of work .

Nice start on and great idea. Are you going to scratch build the ramp bed ? You tell it is going to be a fast one - it has the "Remove before flight" tabs on the windshield area.

I think the movie is "Hell on Wheels" Nice to see pics of his cars again

Super looking Brauhn Trucking KW, Alan and a great topic. Dave your RD looks great , you need to get your camera back I am a few months away from having anything to contribute but have plans for "Love Machine / Pig Pen Mack" and a "RD" Mack also to be built. Need to finish up the two builds I have going on now.

10-4 on that one, I dont look at them either

That is incredible, your brother is a Master Modeler. I am always blown away to see builds of this quality, as said earlier WOW !

That pin striping is way cool , and nice looking wood grain also. Man your steering wheel and dash reminds me of this little creature

Most Excellent work ! What thickness of styrene did you use for the sides ? I am concerned though about the lack of Orange on your builds. What do you plan on hauling on the deck ?

Howdy Dennis, I like the idea and the work you have done so far. Here is a pic of one I saw this summer. To me it has that old time "Bonneville Salt Flats" look to it.

Oh Yeah, Builds like this are the best ! I am super excited to see this one transform. If I had a parts box of semi's I would be building right along beside you .

I dont mind the snow - but it sure irks me when we get a nice fresh 6 - 8 " then followed by rain. What a mess , Snow in the Winter, Rain in the Spring - what is so difficult about that..

A few minor details that will most likely never be seen once assembled - I reworked the dash to resemble the '68. Also I ended up with several of these kits by trading, one will eventually be a day cab - so I robbed the sleeper privacy panels and made a headliner to tidy up the top and help hide the strip of styrene I used on the seam. Yes it fits inside of the cab glass. And the back of the cab got some reshaping also. Thanks for looking in and commenting

While on the subject of Tyrone - wasn't there a "Smoky Bear Corvette " kit released one time ?

I disagree , That thing is Fugly...

This is what I consider a rat rod pic from local Craigslist

Nice work, and you make it look so easy. Where do you get the plans for projects like this ? I use to drive a truck with a lowboy that could haul 80 tons or more, it was a little beefier. That mama jama measured 102' from front bumper to rear deck. It was a lot of fun to drive but a rough ride .

Thanks for looking in and commenting. I am starting to run out of parts on this build. Seems like to me every pipe and tube that connects to this engine had to be modified. I must of really done something somewhere to cause that - but not sure. Oh well, it keeps things interesting. I did have to make a spreader bar for the stacks bracket to keep them in alignment. Still need to paint it. I painted the frame with semi gloss black then mixed up some thin RLM 66 (German Luftwaffe dark gray color) and sprayed over the frame to where it has an oxidized look. Cant get it to show in pics though , but looks really convincing to the eye. Need to finish up the interior and prep the cab for paint.

I did a similar swap replacing a Detroit V series with a Cummins 6 in a KW coe. I had to move the front mount lower, trim it so the alternator cleared (made the other side match so one side was not wide and the other thin). And I had to locate the rear mounts farther back . Cut 2 mm off fan shaft to move it closer to engine for radiator clearance. Basically build your engine first before you glue in the front crossmenber/ engine mount . Lots of test fitting and bendable soda straws are your best friend for air and exhaust piping.