Turbo590 Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 2-18-08 Guy's....Just finished the Mack 300 engine.... OK, I know it's not the big bad "CAT" but this will be alright. This is the 300 engine that is going into the Mack DM600 Triaxle mixer that I am currently working on. Not alot of detail, due to most of it being hidden under the cab "off-set". Decals are all custom made by me, a "little" weathering rust on the manifolds..and the kicker is...ALCLAD pale gold used (airbrush) along with some stainless steel. Now back to the main build. I'll keep everyone posted. Hope you like..and yes, there is an oil dipstick.....Sorry for the blurness..eyesight is going.... Kurt McLucas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackinac359 Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 Kurt Woof ! Nice. Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airhorn Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 A beautiful piece of work. Really like the detail. If I had the imagination and were so talented... Win Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
studioman3 Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 Wow, she's a beauty, love the decals. Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiremonkey Posted February 20, 2008 Share Posted February 20, 2008 WOW that thing looks great, almost a shame to hide it with a hood and frame rails Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Albion Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 kurt, Just been looking at the engine. The detailing is quite exceptional. The weathering on the exhaust is very good. I always wondered about the drum at the rear of the Mack Transmissions. Is this a break of some sort? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broch Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 Nice work on this engine Love the small stickers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbo590 Posted March 30, 2008 Author Share Posted March 30, 2008 (edited) Dave..... The drum on the rear..I honestly do not know..my guess would be some sort of a "counter-balance".... When I obtained the 300 engine from the Cruiseliner kit...I also incorporated several parts from the orginal DM600 kit as well...thus the tranny..the starter ,and the alternator...can't forget the fan neither.... The decals definately make the piece...come alive. I do all may decals myself...computer generated. The engine will be dropped into a DM600 Triaxle mixer..which has an earlier post...the project is about 85% complete..still waiting on aftermarket parts to complete..slowly but surely..it is coming along.... Here is a link to my FOTKI album..on this build...Mack Triaxle mixer.... http://public.fotki.com/turbo590/ Thank you for all the great comments...and I promise to post more pictures..as it progresses.... Kurt McLucas Edited March 30, 2008 by Turbo590 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey429 Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 The drum on the back of the trans is a type of emergeny brake. I think it was Mack's idea of an engine brake before they went to the Dynatard and Jake Brake setups. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvanH Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 [We like! Evan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Albion Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 Kurt, On the engine it has the Air Intake on top as part of the engine itself, but in one of the photo's it shows an external air intake. Is this some how plummed into the intake on top of the engine? Or is there a different purpose to each intake? I keep coming back to this thread, the gold the weathering and the decals really look convincing. Hope things are going according to plan. I will certainly look forward to the photo's of the DM finished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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