bandit1

hey you know thats a detroit series 60 right? i know you must have painted per instructions huh? well i hate to tell you this but the instructions are wrong! pm me for more info! but i say that paint combonation looks very familier to me from somewhere??? ............mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!

here you go heres where im at "currently"! yeah i know the wheel fell off! ill fix that!

hey i just found this but it doesnt seem to be tolate for me i will get pics soon to see if the model i am going to build will be allowed! its one of the (newest) issue of the snap pete thats painted similar to clays but i dont have the decals on interior needs painted and assembled paint work needs another coat and some small errors fixed chrome work needs done error on back portion of frame needs fixed trailer needs built ( its going to be the rvg car hauler trailer 6 cars) roscoes car (need to get) daisys plymouth (need to get)... yes there will be a general lee on it (amt) a what if general lee will be on it daisys jeep and i may pick up another roscoes patrol car to make it enos's patrol car to put on it so as it sounds i need to get acouple more kits plus i gotta lot of work ahead of me yet! again pics will be coming soon! to see what you think!

hey guys just a question about p & p resin. where and how to you go about ordering from him i see the day cab panel for the 377/8 kits and i want to order that and plus one of these pusher axles (at a later date) for a heavy dump project (inspired by kurt)! so again how and where do you go to order from P & P resins ?

i hope and hint the word hope to be working on it soon! i want to try to get the frame back together and ill see where i go from there. but eventually this thread will end up being a wip!

hi guys hey kurt i found the ol' girl... this is a custom triaxle pete 359 ertl/amt kit that i am building... well at least started on what 2 or so years ago? i had started to add a extra section of frame from a old partially built up and painted midnight express kit (had no decals) and then i went and started to modify the body to put dual air breathers on it (as you all know it was a single breather) by adding the extra breather whatever its called! (non trucker building model trucks )to the cab and then cutting the hood for the extra breather which i still need to clean up just a tad! and i traded off the kit engine for a 3406 cat... yeah a CAT guys... that i had started to assemble and mock into place... and then the worst thing happend!... had to pack everything up and move!... and then it was stuck in storage for a while... then well as i was going through everything to see what was there and what wasn't i spotted it and said oh heck yeah i know what i was doing with that and then well heres the pics after i finally broke her open and started to look to see what kind of damage and what not had happened so ill let the pics do the talking here sorta...! heres the decals! heres the wheels heres where i modified the hood ... the cab ...frame( it fell back apart!) comments and crticism welcomed!

truckerflicks.com huh? ill check that one out!

i bet the instructors was all hot headed after that! and all the students had there jaws on the ground huh!

ive been thinking of doing that but i need to look at it closer if i do that just to make sure i dont screw up or something!

so how would you go about doing that without destroying the detail of the oil pan bolts?

huh? never seen a 3406 with the oil pan switched around like your talking and yes its the sump part that will get the damage!

im definatly interested maybe he might be able to give some of us modelers a tip or two??? and i wouldnt mind getting my hands on one of those reefers???

man i guess im a modeling machine! i worked on it some more. here is where i modified the drive shaft that goes in b/w the two rear drive axles. it just looked to "plasticie!" heres the photos- heres the front shocks on! rear shocks- (probably is not the best pic!) heres the completed frame! just prior to paint... i think i gotta stop by the paint store first before i get any paint work done! dang it! by the way i need some help i looked at the possible engine swap for the 3406 but it looks like i wont beable to use it cause in a 1:1 the axle would come up and slam in to the oil pan on the very first bump and cause all kinds of engine issues! so is there another cat motor that would work minus the 3408?

gmscustoms huh ill check that out!

hi guys i gotta small but HHHHUUUUGGGGGEEEE!!!! update all at the same time here. the front steering rod thingy! (im having mind farts like you wouldnt believe today!) rivoted on and get this it didnt envolve any "heat"! heres the sprue i used out of the parts bag (yeh not a box!) when i just couldnt believe what i just had done! i yelled out"D@MN IM GOOD!" i think i disturbed the slumber of the house cat here!

thats definatly different! everyones doing earnhardt sr/jr and or jeff gordon!

3 forever!

hey guys updates i fixed the axle! and did a little more work starting to install the cat 3406 just to see what kinda work will be needed and it looks like not a whole lot of mods to the mounts! maybe someone can get me a pic of how the mounts look for a 3406 in a 377 ae if thats possible so it would be more accurate! but i dont know i still may stick with the series 60!

hey bandit1 here from the truckstop i thought i would just ask you about the pumper body that came with this truck you bought off ebay now did the deal go through since i hadnt heard anything for a while or what?

actually fellows there is a product called "wesleys bleech wite" < i think thats how its spelled! its used to keep the white wall tires white! you can find it in any automotive parts stores just go in and ask for (pronounced) wesleys bleach white!~ heres a plus it wont harm the plastic anyway shape or form! and something even better if you go get "pantyhose"... yes i said it "pantyhose" you can use that as a filter and just reuse the stuff over and over and even over!

its not a fleet as far as it goes right now but hey you know how plans change on the fly huh? im actually building this as a nice o/o i will be the driver! im going to be using the kit decals (the red one with the flags! catch you later i gotta meeting to be at right now!~

hi everyone i wanted to post this here for you all "fellers" to see its the 377 ae kit... the red one with the flags on it!... i posted this over at the truckstop a while ago but again i wanted you guys to see it! heres where i started with the frame!- heres the front axle minus the tie rod im still working on making it poseible! and heres the rear axles the first one i screwed up on and im in the middle of fixing so once i get that fixed ill give you guys updates on the progress- heres the airbags that i detailed with a "special item"!- what do you'll think should i stick with the series 60 or do a swap for a cat 3406? even though the instructions say paint the 60 in yellow! duh! its detroit not cat italeri! comments and suggestions welcomed!

hey great work so far i need to get on my dump project! question for you kurt- whats the best places (cheap & reliable) where you find all this evergreen at? also do you ever buy any of evil-bay??? i found my next project (inspired by this build!) i think i gotta parts wanted in the wanted section but i need parts from the 378 kit(mainly put dual breathers on the 377 kit and the spare drive wheels for my lift axle!) and i am going to pick up a 377 a/e kit (red one with the flags) and build a custom dumper my self now seeing that my 359 triaxle is going to have the alfab smoothside i will try to find the perfect dump body for the 377! again great work! cheers - bandit1!~

hey kurt this is looking awsome man! i finally found one i can keep track of here im still working on that 359 i just need to pull it out of storage! -Bandit1!~