vincen47 Posted January 12, 2019 Posted January 12, 2019 Here is a Revell Peterbilt 359, I built as a 1982 Peterbilt 359-119 Farm Truck, still hard at work today. Backstory: The Ol’ Pete spent the first 10 years of its career as a long-haul owner-operator truck, but took up its second life as the primary truck on Hartic Farms’ roster in the early 90’s. Today, she’s been long relegated to secondary duties. However, she is mostly original, very reliable, and still the favorite of the original farmer’s son, who has dreams of resorting her to her former glory. She was the first truck he learned to drive as a kid, and that’s probably the reason she’s still around, now that he has taken over the family business. The engine is a Cat 3406A, non-Aftercooled, 350hp. - originally factory painted white, but re-painted Cat Yellow when it was rebuilt 25 years ago. You can see a bit of the original paint showing as the yellow has chipped and worn off. A remanufactured compressor was put on it a few years ago. The tires are a variety of Moebius, Moluminum, and Double Take Replicas Bridgestone and Michelin steer and drive tires – replaced only as needed to save some cash. They ride on Moebius steer rims, and Double Take Replicas 5- hole Drives & Hubs. When she needed her exhaust replaced, the son put on a set of straight pipes, hoping to boost the power a little, but it also looks and sounds cool. The truck recently got new Earl Miller air and electrical line susie coils, though she still needs a pogo stick or something better to hold them. The back wall of the sleeper was repaired, after a farm mishap many years ago, with steel diamond plate. The original grille was also fixed after a run-in with a piece of farm equipment using Plano Model Products oval photo etch sheet, after the original Revell grille was cut-out and removed. The headlights are from AMT. It sports a Double Take Replicas visor, and ModelTruckin’ stripes, along with miscellaneous kit and homemade decals. It’s still quite dirty from the fall harvest, where she pulled extra-duty subbing for the farms’ much newer primary truck that was in the shop - yet again. I hope you enjoy. Questions, comments, and critiques are welcome.
DRIPTROIT 71 Posted January 12, 2019 Posted January 12, 2019 I really like what you've come up with!! This is one of the best snap builds that I've seen! The back of your sleeper reminds me of the old Joe Mustang H Model Mack. He diamond plated the back of his cab in place of a headache rack from what I understand. Great work!!
Force Posted January 13, 2019 Posted January 13, 2019 (edited) Nice build and great backstory. Edited January 13, 2019 by Force
trick my mixer Posted January 13, 2019 Posted January 13, 2019 Looks really good. Looks well used and worked. Nice job on the bare metal foil...Overall ..Great!!!
TECHMAN Posted January 13, 2019 Posted January 13, 2019 One of the best jobs I've seen done with a snap-kit!!!! Looks VERY realistic!!!! DJ
vincen47 Posted January 13, 2019 Author Posted January 13, 2019 Thanks everyone for the kind words. It was an enjoyable build.
vincen47 Posted January 13, 2019 Author Posted January 13, 2019 19 hours ago, DRIPTROIT 71 said: I really like what you've come up with!! This is one of the best snap builds that I've seen! The back of your sleeper reminds me of the old Joe Mustang H Model Mack. He diamond plated the back of his cab in place of a headache rack from what I understand. Great work!! Yeah, it’s kind of a headache rack, figured that’s something someone would do. I wanted to cover up those tab slots in the sleeper wall. Thanks!
mailman Posted January 14, 2019 Posted January 14, 2019 (edited) top shelf all the way...the mismatched tires are just outrageous .....the deck plate detail is sick...where did you get the milk crate ? great job all around Edited January 14, 2019 by mailman
DrKerry Posted January 14, 2019 Posted January 14, 2019 Great build!!! Love the detail and the back story!!! Like the mis matched tires too!! Great stuff!!
vincen47 Posted January 14, 2019 Author Posted January 14, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, mailman said: top shelf all the way...the mismatched tires are just outrageous .....the deck plate detail is sick...where did you get the milk crate ? great job all around Thanks! The milk crate is a 3D printed item from eBay, a guy sells them along with other diorama items. Search for 1/24 milk crate. I made the bungee straps using Ben Wicker’s tip of using bicycle inner tube, cut into tiny strips and s-hooks from wire. They actually function by holding the milk crate and Susie coils down on the photo etched deck plate from Czech Truck Models. Edited January 14, 2019 by vincen47
1930fordpickup Posted January 14, 2019 Posted January 14, 2019 This looks great cary, the only thing missing is the Monroe County Fair stickers. Yes the tires on the farms trucks are always miss matched around us.
drinkone2 Posted January 14, 2019 Posted January 14, 2019 Excellent work! I like the mismatched tires, and you did a great job on the weathering and all of the added details.
TarheelRick Posted January 14, 2019 Posted January 14, 2019 Stunning build. Lots of detail and weathering to keep my eyes busy. Being a veteran I really like the bumper sticker. Great job.
vincen47 Posted January 14, 2019 Author Posted January 14, 2019 14 hours ago, 1930fordpickup said: This looks great cary, the only thing missing is the Monroe County Fair stickers. Yes the tires on the farms trucks are always miss matched around us. True, a Monroe County Fair sticker would be awesome. Good idea!
vincen47 Posted January 14, 2019 Author Posted January 14, 2019 11 hours ago, TarheelRick said: Stunning build. Lots of detail and weathering to keep my eyes busy. Being a veteran I really like the bumper sticker. Great job. Thanks! And thank you for your service.
tbill Posted January 17, 2019 Posted January 17, 2019 Holy cow, I love this build ! The milk crate is just over the top, lol. Great job, and as others have mentioned, the mis matched tires and weathering really sell it.
thejunkman Posted January 22, 2019 Posted January 22, 2019 I love these more "used" type projects replicating a real piece of equipment that you know and love. I have done that in the past with some of my builds.
1959scudetto Posted February 7, 2019 Posted February 7, 2019 old - but strong - and very realistic looking!
slusher Posted February 11, 2019 Posted February 11, 2019 Great build and really awesome weathering!!!!!???
vincen47 Posted February 12, 2019 Author Posted February 12, 2019 Thanks everyone for your comments, they are very thoughtful. I appreciate it!
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