Peterbilt 359 Monogram 1/16

[1959scudetto]

I built this Pete in the winter of 1985/86. As I didn't like the orange stripe decals, I made my own paint scheme (similar to original Peterbilt pictures from my trucking books back then) with a lot of masking, spray-painting with 4 different dupli-color rattle-cans and drawing the black parting lines by hand.

Decals came from various sources, lettering has been made with rub-on-letters on transparent decal sheet, doors have been opened, the cab got some detailing inside (coke cans, cigarettes, chewing gums and magazines) and out: bug deflector, winter-front,mudflaps, radiator mascot, wire antennas, chains and connector cables.

A good friend of mine made a battery-powered (hidden in the sleeper) lighting system (head and fog lights, 5 roof markers, cab dome light and 4 rear red lights).

When moving, the truck crashed to the ground and therefore cries for a restoration - several small parts went off, the front axle, the mud flaps and some other things broke - oh well!

Here is it as it looked like in 1986 (bad pic qualitiy):

[mikemopar70]

Very nice truck

I love these large scale!

[Kenny B]

Very nice job.

Ken.

Edited June 6, 2015 by Kenny B

[Ken Gilkeson]

well executed ;-))

[Jim B]

Looked great in 1986. Very well done.

[gatorincebu]

Helmut,

That is sad that your model got messed up. But knowing your skills. I am sure that you will rebuild it or restore it to top condition!

Be Well

Gator

[flat-top]

Very nice 359, awesome paint job.

[slusher]

Super nice looking Pete..

[Superpeterbilt]

Great job on the paint, and the whole build. The stripes look spot on.

[anarximis]

nice looking build

[1959scudetto]

Thanks, guys, for the kind words!

[DRIPTROIT 71]

Very Nice Peterbilt!!!

[kilrathy10]

That is a great job.....Looks pretty awesome.....Sorry about your unfortunate mishap, but I'm sure you'll just make it BETTER.....Like Gator said.....You'll have no problem with your skill level.....No problem at all.....

[Ben]

Wow, very nice!

[Plastheniker]

Looks very nice and clean.

I agree that a modern digital camera would supply better pictures, but taking ino account that you used an obsolete (from today's point of view) camera in those days your pictures are really good.

[jekylljr]

Nice!!