Question on which hood this is

[Nova-ss]

hi all,

I have this resin hood.I know its ih hood.but does anyone know for which truck cab and who made it.thanks for any and all info...Chris 

[anarximis]

i was going to say it looks like a short hood for a paystar 4300

[Jim B]

Isn't a 4300 with a short hood  a 4200?

[ranma]

i was going to say it looks like a short hood for a paystar 4300

Sorry the Paystar is of the 5000 series. The 4200, 4270,4300 are all Transtar series. I don't know who made the resin hood, But you can use the 4300 kit to make the (4200) 4270, As they share the same cab, The paystars cab is simular but the fire wall is diffrent than the transtars firewall.

[Nova-ss]

Hi all,

thank you for the help,thanks Rick for more detailed info.thats cool. so a 4200 series truck.so I would need a 4300 model and make it a 4200 out of it.is the difference between the 4200 and 4300 is hood length?..seems like maybe a frame a weight  difference too..but I don't know. ....Chris 

[ranma]

 While frame weight might be diffrent, Keep in Mind that when Ertl made the 4070 a and the F-4270 kit they shared the frame. Thus the first issue of the Transtar II had the 4070 A frame/suspenision . The 4300 got the same frame/suspension from the second Transtar II, So using the 4300 kit would just be a frame update. One has to remember that International Harvester trucks (Transtar  F Series ) ranged from 4200 up to 4370. You could also update the resin hood to the headlight design of the 4300 kit. Just by cutting the light area's out. When Ertl changed the 4270 into the 4300 they added the extra length to the hood and cut the headlight area for the new haedlights. The Extra length of the hood seem is visable on the Original 4300 release, Just check the underneath part of the hood. Also Keep in mind some of those trucks were special Ordered trucks and things were added or deleated depending on what the customer wanted.