dabelltoller

Thanks for the link. Everything i typed in to search returned nothing.

Years ago I was following a build in Here of a sweet custom 1/16 Peterbilt. Im pertty sure it was anyhow. I remember it was yellow and the builder was customizing everything. Anyone remember this and can link me to it. Id love to see it im sure is completed by now.

Hey it is the ones at the truck stops and yes it is plastic over metal!! Amazingly the worded it to make you think it was diecast. He's got a few trucks now, he see my 1/24 I built( I've posted pics on here of a Pete and custom grain hopper) and wants to play "farm" So I figured as I build this custom truck I'd like to build a collection of tjese truck stop trucks becouse of details , trailer options and lots of different loads Thanks for info! And yes this would be a gift from Santa Thsnks guys

So my young son is obsessed with my life size tractor trailer Clearly playing with a plastic one isn't going to work So I found some greatly detailed ones in 1/32 scale with die-cast body's and stronger molded plastic trailers I'd like to get one and paint it like my rig So questions I have are these ( I've built plenty of plastics) Painting metal do I strip old paint ? If do how ? I figure on trailer I can just spray it When painting metal is rattle cans ok ? He's 3 so he'll destroy it Any and all advice on this would so be great

Where does one find the RC parts I'm having no luck

so a truck stop i go to has a 1/16 scale r/c big rig with trailer id like to get it and place the 1/16 peterbilt model kit onto its frame its just i know the truck isnt true to scale as the model is so i wanna know what the size in inches the model kits tires are so i can compare it to the RC truck. i just want the total sercomphrance of the tire please but if you could give some body mesurments like hieght and leant that be great

hey guys im going to get back into modeling since my twins are 14 months and can some what be controlled lol ha anyhow here is a 2014 pete 389 with a 46 inch bunk Id like to make it looks as real as can be whats out there in 1/25 parts do I need ? im really wanting to do it in 1/16 but space and lack of updated parts scares me away thanks gary

hey I built a 2011 Wilson grain trailer about 2 years ago here is a link to the photos of it done and if you look down to left you"ll see 10 or so of it in progress http://s1204.photobucket.com/user/dabelltoller1/library/wilson%20trailer?sort=3&page=1 thanks gary

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the 50's look is quite big on the west coast

hey gang well now that my twins are 5 months and on a somewhat reutine im looking to make the 1/16 peterbilt into a custom with a grain hopper to boot similar to the one i built once before, that or i might make it into a day cab with a walanga bulk feed tanker. not sure so some questions 1. if i do do the tanker ill use a pvc pipe for the main body like i did on my tri-axle but as for the grain hopper something that size its going to be big and im sure heavy so im thinking structure integrety and stregth. sould i make the main sides out of wood? (it will have a inner body with plastic sheets on outside) what about using sheet metal for the hopper slides( the inside where the bulk grain is loaded? any advice on that be great 2. lights i wanna wire it to have working lights on truck and trailer and info on that what to use 3. anyone know where i can find 8 tires for the trailer ? i'd hate to get same kick just for tires. 4 any other advice would be great gary

hey everyone im really thinking of doing the 1/16 peterbilt reissue as a day cab feed tanker like i did before as a tri axle but as a truck and tractor. or as a truck with sleeper and a grain hopper like i did before also some questions i got are if its a scall 20 inch does that mean its based as a life size truck of total lenth from bumper to bumper 320 inches and so if i did that right a 40 foot grain hopper would come right around 29.5 inches ? so i'd have a total model about 3 and 3/4 feet long ? that sounds freaking too huge and are there alot of affter market parts for this size truck ? like tires and such or more modern dashes to make it more a late 80's or 90's truck

about what years does this kit cover ?

Once I vet my computer back maybe can't do much from iPhone truth is it's strip down as a parts bin now I'm going to at somePoint get another and do a day cab with a feed trailer like I did for tri axle feed truck. I think I just need time away from this hobby. Rather this truck!! So once I get my head strait I'll send some pics of a great truck because I'll know what to expect and what to adjust as I go !!!

You guys are right frustration was what happen the fact I spent time in this kit painted had a issue stripped repainted. And had a another issue come up heck I thought from the way it was molded the tabs on bottom of cab happen to be part of the model. Again could a better set of instructions made my issues less of it ??? I think so. Yea I agree it's a sweet looking model. But ok the hood hinge mount I test fitted 30 times till I got it too where I think it's right. But because I wasn't sure I'm not sure if was right in the end. And with trying to get things right with that I end up braking my cab air bags so the model is just a box of great parts I trier re glueing but due to the wieight of the kit it's not holding Im sorry this post turned into a war of sorts for a moment that wasnt my intention I'm going to in the end buy me another kit And do it again I just wish I didn't loose close to 70 bucks in the end trying to figure out what I couldn't be told. Also a issue I had was the list on painting that's the dumbest thing I've ever scene Great idea on using diffrent paint companies but the way it was grouped was a odd idea to me I think alot of my hatread and anger for this kit snow balled right from the start and I did stop several times only to be slapped again buy another issue Look I've mabe my feed truck and hopper trailer from scratch and it wasn't as bad as it was with the lonestar. So yeah I think on e it started to head south it all went south so those who offered some help and confidence thanks I'm hopping maybe just maybe möbius will be willing to work out a great price on a kit ( with two twins on the way it's my only hope) I wanna make a Great model of a new tractor and in the end and my option this is a great truck to start with enough said!!!!

I got it in front of me right now and your right its a nice kit but it's got some issues with fitting and ok I'll take Blane on paint but it just sucks to come this far and not have something nice looking back at me I'm just flustered I guess. I dug it back out of trash and I'm going to Finish because I never give up. I just look at it and see what it could if been I just don't wanna spend the same amount again for the fear of what could happen with the next one. But then again I'll have licked my wounds and will better off and and ready for the next one !!!! I

Yeah I still got it I'm. Going to save the wheels and some other items. For a walking floor trailer I wanna do. So if your. Looking for something inpaticuler let me know I hear ya tim. I know I could of done it too without following the shoddy instructions I think my issues with kit started as a simple hey this doesn't line up and this is hard to read And then as I went on they( being little issues) compounded with each other and became one big pile of hatread and frustration with the kit. I test fitted most items and everytime after I painted the kit and started to assemble once I glued grill do to it being curved it kept popping out ( a d no it wasn't a over glue issue ) it was a tension on the part issue The cab wouldnt stay put on it's mounts and for me it have to be mounted sidewYs to get it to come close to hiding the gap in hood and body They're is plenty more to write but I give up on it and just wanna move on and go b k to what I love most paccar products!!!!!!!!!

Well like I said Lester just watch it double no quaddrople check everything. The grill was off set and I couldn't cab to sit on the mounts correctly! Other then that I'm tired of complaining about this kit!!!

I test fit stuff but with the instruction your left winging it at times the grill stuck out about a 1/8 inch on each side there was no way in getting it to line uP. The gap between hood and body was insane I think the cab sat sloped back. As is the trucks air bags had been drained. I've really enjoy this hobby and I do test fit things but to find and or fix what they had wasn't going to be fixed by testing fitting !!!! To me I hope they enjoy the 60 bucks they got from me but I'll never buy a mobus item ever again and anyone who asks I'll tell them to just buy a die set of a lodestar it's going to look better !!! And is worth it I learned my lesson on this kit. Dont but from them!!!!

I agree and the first reply in email from mobius made me feel like a idiot like I dkdnt know how to build a model can't offer you a refund but if you got it from a hobby store I am sure they have a return policy. As it says in the instructions, we always recommend test fitting parts before painting or gluing that way mistakes can sometimes be prevented. If you need some replacement parts I can help with that but cannot send a whole kit. It would be exactly the same as the first one you got so it would not help you with the trouble you are experiencing with the fit of the kit. Thanks,( I'm sure I could but I left guys name out ) I mean nice he offered parts but it's like come on you got a unhappy customer here. I was looking forward to prostar and the reefer trailer but heck not now when it's got they're name behined it. I'm a strong believer in customer satisfaction and well they didn't come threw for me.

I worked with this model and to ms it's a waste of 60 bucks. I never had something that had such issues 1. Instruction Manuel is the worst. Your left scratching you head alot 2. Gaps gaps and more gaps I could park a truck in the gaps between hood and body 3. Instructions on painting parts is sooooo dumb and hard to follow so much time wasted 4. I find it to be of high quility but of poor exacution This is my personal option. I think it it needs some improvement to make it a better deal mine is now boxed back up and waiting in waste management to take it away. I had to paint it twice do to parts not fitting one was the grill. It stuck out about one mile. So on top of 60 bucks I lost 12 on alcohol to strip it plus another 15 or so on paint plus about 20 hours in time lost !!!!!! I've never had a Model make so angry and upset in it I wrote the company and they wouldn't offer a refund or send a new model. And to be honest I don't want another one... They sending me a few parts I couldn't save from first paint set up confusion. But no help with it going strait to dumpster All I can say is if you go after this model really think it over it's a great highly detailed kit but it will pull your hair out in great clumps Gary Ps forum sorry for my rant but I took a great lost in money and time on this kit and from other posts and scratch builds you'll know I love this hobby Just want people to know both sides of this kit

hey on the mobious lonestar if i was to make a day cab where would i go about cutting the frame to shorten it ? as for lengh of it im not sure myself but your typical daycab would be my guess. shorter for being a day cab but for tight turns and hard backs thanks for help

big means good ?

after looking at photos i see my cab has kicked forward so that is now fixed !!!!

http://s1204.photobu...0feed%20tanker/ hey everyone here is my bulk feed tanker its 90% done it needs some little details too it. so i wanted to show it off once again as really my only secound scratch build i learned alot from it and will use it for the next one. i printed the decals at home i applied them about 5 times and tried every way thats posted on here and couldnt get it too loose the outline of the hole cut out decal i sprayed the truck in a dull coat instead of a clear coat, becouse the real trucks after the first month dont have a shine to them. they never get waxed or cleaned right. and i wanted to get that in paint and even down to the hazed over look on the rims. this kit started out as a snapper 359. i streached the frame moved the fuel tank to under the door and added the steps myself. the orange box beside the steel color box with black fan is the blower, a p.t.o spins this to make air and blowes feed out the pipe in the rear of truck into the bins at farms, the box is to cool the hydrolic oil to truck. when feed isnt blown its unloaded via the over head auger system. as you can see i plummed every line for the oil lines to operate the booms. thats contained in the control box at the left rear by upright auger. the tank is a 3inch piece of pvc pipe the drop axle is made from scrach parts from another snap kit 359 . the big boxed half way back are called bag boxes(the 50 pound bags of feed get put here ). ok anything else you wanna know just ask, im sure there is more to tell once its 100% ill post final pics but like i said i wanted to show it