mackinac359 Posted March 16, 2008 Posted March 16, 2008 This is one of those trucks that I wanted to build but just never was inspired enough to try. Last weekend I got 'the wild hair' to try a Peterbilt 320. Here's the rough cab made from Evergreen plastic sheet. Here are most of scratchbuilt and modified components. Here's the finished 320. More pics on my site www.timstrucks.com Thanks for looking! Tim
lonewolf Posted March 17, 2008 Posted March 17, 2008 Holy s**t, now you're scratch building whole cabs? Awesome work Tim!!
RodneyBad Posted March 17, 2008 Posted March 17, 2008 Is there a pic of a 1:1 in there too? It is hard to tell. My god, That is Awesome. Blown away with the scratch build cab alone. Awesome job. Love it.
studioman3 Posted March 17, 2008 Posted March 17, 2008 Tim, that is friggin amazing! There is something about it that just doesn't look quite right, just like looking at a real one. Its so hard to tell if your showing pics of your model, or if its a 1:1. Whats more amazing is the speed in which you kick these things out at. Are you gonna put a trash box on it? I would love to see that! Tim
mackinac359 Posted March 17, 2008 Author Posted March 17, 2008 Tony This the fifth scratchbuilt cab I've done. 1. KW Hustler COE 2. International Emeryville conventionals (then cast by Griffen) 3. Peterbilt 372 4. Peterbilt 362-110 (then cast by Griffen) then modified to the 90 and 63" versions 5. Peterbilt 320 Tim
Cornpatch Posted March 17, 2008 Posted March 17, 2008 Tim As always great work and a beautiful scratch built Petercar But I have to agree with Studioman3, that truck would look great done up in a roll-off and or a garbage truck, maybe in Waste Management colors. Jeff
455 Rocket Posted March 17, 2008 Posted March 17, 2008 I agree with everyone else. Your trucks always look fantastic. Did you have the cab copied for future use?
phoneguy Posted March 18, 2008 Posted March 18, 2008 Tim-- have you considered casting this one? I wouldn't mind seeing a few of these locoe's in kit form. Jerry
Wally Posted March 19, 2008 Posted March 19, 2008 That Pete looks great. Are there any books or articles about building cabs from scratch? Once I catch up on some other projects I want to makr a Mack Sanitation truck like this
Turbo590 Posted March 22, 2008 Posted March 22, 2008 Tim... Sorry I couldn't chime in earlier.... I absolutelty "LOVE" it. Constructing a more "vocational" truck is always up my alley. A garbage rear loader would look great...could also be a roll-off, someone mentioned a concrete pumper...a "lugger" unit..a vaccuum truck..so many possibilities.... Let us know what you decide.... Kurt McLucas
FIREMODELMAN Posted March 22, 2008 Posted March 22, 2008 You boggle my mind Tim, another EXCELLENT build.
Old Albion Posted March 29, 2008 Posted March 29, 2008 Tim, Superb!!! I like the scratch built cab, it gives me some ideas and a lot of encouragement seeing the trucks you build. Great Work!
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