1959scudetto Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 (edited) This is the original release from 1983, built in 1984 straight out of the box - nothing added (This is my only 1/24 truck, all others are 1/25 scale). Though the box says "Freightliner by Mercedes Benz", my decal sheet had only stripes and license plates, but NO Freightliner logos - so I had to take a silver pen for the front and hood sides and a black ink pen for the mudflaps! The door decal is from ERTL. And here, hooked to one of my trailers: Edited October 1, 2021 by 1959scudetto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the goon Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 Very nice. Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim B Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 Freightliner came out nice. Well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mopar - D Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 Nice looking Frightliner and cattle trailer Helmut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yh70 Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 looks good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kilrathy10 Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 Beautiful truck, Bro... This baby looks real nice... I love these Freightliners... The paint scheme is beautiful... Too awesome, Man... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grodudulle77 Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 Awesome look !! 👍😀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisR Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 Looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trick my mixer Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 That frieghtshaker came out looking good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr mopar Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 This is one of my Favorite truck models and with these stripes (The Henderson paint scheme) ......Nice work . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug 1061 Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 Nicely preserved for a 37 yr. old build. Nice job on both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1959scudetto Posted October 4, 2021 Author Share Posted October 4, 2021 On 10/1/2021 at 9:46 PM, the goon said: Very nice. Mark Thanks, Mark! On 10/1/2021 at 11:01 PM, Jim B said: Freightliner came out nice. Well done. Thanks, James ! On 10/2/2021 at 1:45 AM, Mopar - D said: Nice looking Frightliner and cattle trailer Helmut. Thank you, Dan! On 10/2/2021 at 4:40 AM, yh70 said: looks good Thanks, Dave ! On 10/2/2021 at 6:24 AM, kilrathy10 said: Beautiful truck, Bro... This baby looks real nice... I love these Freightliners... The paint scheme is beautiful... Too awesome, Man... Thank you, JT - but it is not even your favorite color ! On 10/2/2021 at 6:59 AM, grodudulle77 said: Awesome look !! 👍😀 Merci, Philippe ! On 10/2/2021 at 11:27 AM, ChrisR said: Looks great! Thank you, Chris ! On 10/2/2021 at 7:44 PM, trick my mixer said: That frieghtshaker came out looking good. Thanks, Lucas ! On 10/2/2021 at 9:10 PM, Mr mopar said: This is one of my Favorite truck models and with these stripes (The Henderson paint scheme) ......Nice work . Thank you, D. - the stripes were included in the kit. On 10/3/2021 at 4:14 AM, Doug 1061 said: Nicely preserved for a 37 yr. old build. Nice job on both. Thanks Doug - the pictures are from 2005 (when I got my first digicam) - so truck and trailer were 21 years old back then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PappyD340 Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 Very nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRIPTROIT 71 Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 I really like this one!! I like the paint scheme!! You did all of the Freightliner logos free hand? Wow!! Looks great! Excellent work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vincen47 Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 A good-looking model of a good-looking truck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1959scudetto Posted October 12, 2021 Author Share Posted October 12, 2021 On 10/8/2021 at 1:15 PM, PappyD340 said: Very nice! Thanks, Larry ! On 10/8/2021 at 9:09 PM, DRIPTROIT 71 said: I really like this one!! I like the paint scheme!! You did all of the Freightliner logos free hand? Wow!! Looks great! Excellent work! Thank you Brian - yes, they are made free-hand, which worked quite well for the logos on the hood but not so for the mudflaps. I still don't know why the logos were not printed on the decals sheet (license issues seem impossible, as the name of the truck was prominently printed on all sides of the box). The 3-color stripes are from the original decal sheet - I remember that I swapped the original hard-plastic, 2-part tires with real rubber ones from a later Italeri truck kit. On 10/10/2021 at 1:53 AM, vincen47 said: A good-looking model of a good-looking truck. Thank you Vincent ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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