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thanks guys! I've been really busy again and havent got alot of model time but I have striped all the factory chrome and I'm going to try clading it soon. I also got the Cummins installed and most of the hoses and intakes modified to work. this seems like the slowest part doing all the small details but its paying off. I'll try to post some pic today of the progress

yeah I'm still modifying the driveshaft so it wouldnt be a barber shop pole as soon as you turned the cummins loose. I'll have some more pictures soon

I'll jump in on this one with these two entrys if there is still room on the lot. RG 359 pete with a box trailer and a COE Kenworth with a race hauler

would that be the same color for the 460 cummins?

thanks guys! so i'm almost done fabing in the 460 Cummins, but now I need to paint it. All the pictures I'm coming up with show the whole engine black except the valve cover being red, Is this right?

Oh even better! of coarse I think my wife would like to see more unstarted kits started so she can see them on the shelfs and not in the boxes. Probably going to break out a couple of RG 359's and see where I get from there

Cool thanks, kinda wish I knew about this one before I started the last couple of trucks but I'll see what I can round up. DOT legal and gotta start from a new kit.....this could be fun!

So is it too late to jump in on this one?

very clean. I like it

I already have the air brakes and hazmat on my class B, do I still have to use an air brake rig? I work for the railroad and we are required the B at minimum but if I get my A I can bid to material handling trucks which would get me out of the heat of welding(since I've already been down with heat this year) and into the seat of a job I've always wanted, driving them trucks!

I've heard that if you already have a class B that you can take your class A using a pickup and a gooseneck trailer if you dont have a 18 wheeler just sitting around. Any truth to that? I'd like to up grade my class B

Okay finally got some model time in this week and got some pictures for ya all. did the interior with lots of leather color for that texas feel. painted the fenders and made the mounts for them now just waiting to get the wheels on so I can finish

Nice job! now how about some plans for building that hopper

highway, thanks for the ideas. I still really like that Ford, alot of work in that sleeper

Okay I've been away from this build for a couple of weeks tring to get stuff done around the house but now its model time . Eric sent me some really cool fenders and now I'm needing to mount them. I got the FR2 fenders( they look like camel humps)like the ones I've been seeing alot lately on custom trucks around here. I'm looking for creative ways to mount them on my truck; does anyone have any cool ideas they'd like to share? I want them as smooth as possible but solid because I have a little girl who likes to look with her fingers Any ideas would be awesome!

wow you both have alot of Italeri Peterbilts. rough figuring 79 kits at the average of $75 a kit(thats what I've been paying if I can even get them; i've had just one 378 on backorder for 8 months at my hobby shop) that comes out to just over $5600.00. I just gotta know, how do you afford that? and how do you convence your wifes to let you? I need some pointers

okay good to know I'll go cut it down now before I alclad it, thanks for the heads up

That is one sweet truck! Nice paint

Thank! Yeah planning a 53 ft super hopper that i'm going to scratch build after i finish the truck so I can get the stance right

Okay here it is, finaly painted. I used Model Master Sublime Green and Boyds clear on it. I did 3 coats of the green and let it dry for a hour in the sun then came back with 3 coats of the clear over the whole truck. the pictures arent really doing it any justice but it looks great.Hope you all like it

thanks guys! I'm hoping to shoot the final coats of paint and clear it this weekend. I didnt think I'd like the color but it is definately growning on me

Okay I shot a quick coat of paint on the truck to see how it is going to look then sanded more because I found a few spots I wasnt completely happy with but here are some quick pictures I also lenghtened my driveshaft using some scrape aluminum tubing I had laying around

okay so after getting the bright idea of modifying the detroit with a different oilpan and twin turbo to make it unique( may it rest in pieces) I am game for a new engine. So i decided to start a side project out of my parts box last night..... Okay back to the first project, I used epoxy to assemble the hood kit so I'm really scared to remove the fenders without damaging the hood. Eric, I'm interested in the cummins so I'll email you with my wishlist tonight. I'm going to try another 379 after this one so I will try the hot rod fenders on it so I dont screw-up the first hood. thanks for all the great support cowboysevens and highway, I like to trade but I think I did more damage than can be reversed on the motor but thanks for offering to trade. I'm going to look thru my parts kits and see if I might have more and I'll get with ya thanks everyone for the good words

so for the 386 are you using a 377 or 378 kit for the cab?

I never thought to look in that kit, someone told me that the Italeri Ford 9000 wrecker has a cummins in it too? I tried to lift it but with the total of 5/16" taken out of the truck it hits the hood. Probably could take the pan off and turn it around like the Cat motors but then I still have a 60 series Detroit in a custom truck