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  1. dan that lookin good here is a test shot of my dodge [ but now i remove the paint , it was not smooth , so new paintjob] lookin forward to yours i want paint him white and that green stripes [ fogarthy van lines ] with that van behind him jacobus
  2. have found info for the wheelbase so now i have put the size on the frame here a picture how its must come and found a nice color whats look like the old green of that time [ just for the color , picture is not sharp ] tonight make verything on the chassis and also found info how the exhaust wil go just a pipe thats go to the back of the chassis and before the last crosmember pointin to the ground if the temp go a little bit up i put the 3 mack,s in the primer , now its everytime round zero , and where i paint its to cold the color i wil use is yellow whit black accents jacobus
  3. i have a hood from him for a white roadboss and its very good like if its from amt , nice and crispy clear , also frame rail,s it,s a good product only for me its very difficult to order right from him so i have to orderd by other,s on some www shop,s , but it,s very nice and good product,s i wish that we have here in europe ore holland more of these seller,s and shop,s hade jacobus
  4. jim , lookin how it go ,s on this , its lookin some different as the normal build,s of this model like the idee , wil follow this one jacobus
  5. so nice this build great , and the paintjob turn out very good jacobus
  6. JT , first happy birthday [ you almost go to the ....... , its not old , just a ... feeling ] and a nice build , great work on this ORANGE style truck lookin good and that for a .... how long ....L.O.L. jacobus
  7. warren , great build , lookin so good like this old autocar,s have 1 reserved to make a mixer , this is a good reference [ just a future project , nr??!! ] have also look at readymix and the model of aitm but this is so nice jacobus
  8. dan i was thinkin on yellow with a white roof and red fuelank,s and a red stripe have seen so many color,s combo,s that i make a final choice when i am go for the paint first the other 2 mack,s ore all 3 in the primer now i make a good suspension for this one jacobus
  9. because i am want makin a serie of mack truck,s i start also with a mack valueliner in aussie style a donor kit from italeri [ the superliner ] and a resin hood from auslowe with a also different sleepercab the donorkit have made some cutouts for the aircleaners and here you see the brackets installed and a global picture how it must come so i think that the parts together wil make a nice aussie mack now lookin for the v8 engine [ somewhere in a box ] and i think that ore a mack bogie , a newway airride ore just the kit suspension to use , i don,t know yet future build in one of these day,s wil be also a mack [ cl700 , a f-type , a g-type and the dm steel nose and some dm ,s jacobus
  10. dennis , nice choice , lookin already good if you want see this model for reference go to page 19 and you see how a friend of my build this one he has also make a subframe and steeraxle for this model just for help jacobus
  11. pat , thats a lot of great work , i wil look close to this , i learn a lot to go on for my old r-type model outstanding !! follow this one jacobus
  12. so , are you bin chased or just in a hurry? nice progress and yes leo , have stil a couple of kits in a stash , nice size jacobus
  13. thank,s brian , seen a lot of those old adds , its help,s alway,s and i think i keep these wheels for this old mack have a look and its look,s good and have the right size jacobus
  14. mark , it stil be a very good project and now i know for sure , : I HAVE THAT POSTER : , i wil look for it [ its a memory from long ago ] one of these day,s i wil hang al those old posters on the wall from my hobbyroom follow this one jacobus
  15. that a very nice project , and yes , i know what you mean with the price of that transkit [ i have one in my stash ] on fotki if you go to jabbeke , year 2010 you see a model of this one with the color from the poster [ dessert ] western star you can take a look how he is done follow this one
  16. brian , lookin good , the hole thing come,s very nice together color , and i like it as the daycab great work jacobus
  17. Gator , i found a brochure and there stood a wheelbase from 146 inch and 164 inch , mack diesel , 6 cil-138 hp/ 2400 rpm so i am a little bit closer to some answers and found 1 picture of a model A with tandem axles [ truck and trailer ] the other i found was a dump ore mixer style chassis and when i found something i like this more and more jacobus
  18. brian , i found a little note and that say,s [ mack 613 ] and in a book he was on a brochure with the same engine as the B61 in that year [ 1959-1960 ] so i must lookin very close on that ad its also said 16 forward and 4 reverse gears , but i am stil reading the smal ads like the MACK A-type very hard to find some good info , but stil like it jacobus
  19. this are the 3 i finishd in 2016 the ford CL9000 peterbilt 351 kenworth with old style grill and now go on with the [ to much ] projects that are stil waiting and i hope finishd this year jacobus
  20. so together with the other mack make the chassis and rear,s here a picture how its must be , i using not these wheels , only for the picture and now lookin for the batteryboxes and also find the engine [ same pile of boxes , but witch one ??? jacobus
  21. wel , i made a chassis [ must lookin for a right wb before i cut it ] and put some color on the seats [ and interior ] here a picture how it wil come,s now make the spring,s for the front axle and lookin for a engine [ somewhere in a pile of boxes ] jacobus
  22. great choice , like these brockway,s planning of build one my self , but now i can see how you do it follow your,s build jacobus
  23. wel , finaly you go on whit this on JT lookin how he come,s together follow this one jacobus
  24. ben , wil see this nice one , love those r-type,s cool lookin duck jacobus
  25. like this one good choice , can look how this one go,s [ than i can build mine ] jacobus
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