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Those who have been following my Peterbilt 352 pre-Unilite conversion topic in the WIP section know that I was sidetracked by another build- this one. I've been playing around with 3-d printing, and it's opened up all kinds of new possibilities. One of which is the chance to add newer trucks to my "fleet." This is a new 2024 Peterbilt 579, just like the hundreds you'll see on the freeway on your next road trip. The cab is one that I downloaded from the Cults site, designed by Hora80. As you can see, it's reasonably accurate. I had to deepen the seams between body panels, but other than that it was a matter of printing it and building a chassis. A few months ago I bought a ton of parts that a collector had accumulated, almost all from Revell kits; mostly their Kenworth and Peterbilt wreckers. I don't have any complete kits left, but there are a ton of various chassis and chrome parts to play with. So, for this one, the chassis is mostly a leftover Peterbilt chassis, improvised and augmented by Kenworth parts where necessary. I scratchbuilt the rear crossmember to resemble the rear of an actual 579. A special shout-out and thanks to Jurgen, who designed the front wheels and sent me the files to print them. Overall, it was a fun learning experience- the cab might be a touch to small for 1/25, but close enough and don't want to re-do it after all that work! A Pete is born! The chassis of many colors And now, the finished truck: