Semi Trailer Mechanic Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 What's goin' on... Well here it is. This is the snap-tite Revell 1:25 359 Peterbilt I built FAR from stock out of the box. Nicknamed the blue collar truck because this truck belongs to a trucking company that isn't making it's driver a whole hell of a lot of money. It leaves the yard at 3am getting it's first load and returns at 5pm six days a week three seasons out of the year. Exterior Mods... The cab was painted Tamiya Brilliant Blue and the chassis Tamiya semi gloss black. The sleeper was cut off the cab and a rear panel was made out of .060 Evergreen styrene making this a day cab. The hood and cab was measured/marked/drilled using an .021 drill bit and TitchyTrainGroup rivets .030 were used. The headlights are aftermarket resin you'd find on (1:1) 357 and 379 Peterbilts. The rims and tires are from AMT truck kits (parts box to be exact). The chassis has been moderatly plumbed using .015 and .020 Evergreen round stock used to replicate the air system plumbing . I replaced the air bags Revell had w/ those found in AMT's 359 Peterbilt kit along w/ the Luberfiner. The battery box/storeage boxes and fuel tanks had the chrome stripped off using Castrol Super Clean painted w/ Tamiya Bare Metal. Interior Mods... The interior tub obviously was cut down to fit a day cab. Plastruct Tiles was used to create the remining upholstery including the headliner. An interior light,and an overhead console w/ mirrored visors were scratchbuilt. Detail Master's interior junk kit came in handy. From that I used several CD's, a couple pine tree style air fresheners,Uvex style safety sun glasses, and keys. Yes,keys that are in the dashes ingintion (that was a real SOB to get those in there!!!) For reading material (yeah right reading) I reudced the covers of a Playboy and an older issue of Hot Rod Magazine to scale printed/cut out. Also I found a picture of a drivers log book online and reduced that to scale and printed/ cut out. Power Train Mods... The engine is a mechanical 3406. I used my old 3406B Caterpiller service manual to update and detail the engine. I used various thickness' of Evergreen Scale round stock to plumb the engine and Bare Metal Foil to make hose clamps on the intake boots from the air cleaner to the turbo. Chalk was used to weather it as well. I was going to detail and plumb the air system used on the transmission but Revell didn't do a very good job on that so I just painted it and added scale bolts. I added what's called a wet line (AKA hydraulic system) A PTO,pump, and the hydraulic oil reservoir were scratchbuilt. I used rubber tubing for the hydraulic plumbing and Detail Master compression fittings. If interested here's a link to the set of photos from beginning to end of this project here. http://www.flickr.com/photos/9495602@N02/s...57608400008760/ Thanks for looking!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raul_Perez Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 Very nicely done, Scott!! And, I like your choice of magazines!! Later, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clay Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 I agree, nicely done, far from a snap tite kit too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonewolf Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 Great job as usual Scot. The rivet detail is top notch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corvette.Jeff Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 hi, awesome build. i was thinking of doing this kit but in a different direction. i was wondering if the cab is seperate from the frame on this model? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graintruck Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 hey great looking job, love it! so i was wondering the rivits you did, where do i find them tichy train things ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imatt88 Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 Very nice!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avgwarhawk Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 Love the Catapillar yellow engine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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