DM800 finished

[brian falcone]

Finally wrapped this one up. Built box stock . I removed 10mm from front axle and tie rod to bring the front wheels back into reality. Painted the same colors as my autocar dump to match the trucks that haul out of the pit near my dads house when I was a kid in rhode island.  I also rebuilt the front nose hinge as the stock one was badly warped. Used the mudflaps snd mounts on the back of the chassis and omitted the fenders .I didnt enjoy building this one.... Cab and nose did not line up without serious trimming of the hood and removal of slots under cab.  I felt instructions were poor and lots of parts just didnt fit well. This will be getting a dump trailer to pull at some point. Working on a custom cable shovel next as amt most likely will never make the link belt speeder excavator.

Edited November 21, 2021 by brian falcone
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[Jim B]

Nice Mack.

[DRIPTROIT 71]

Looks great!

[PappyD340]

Great looking Mack!

[ChrisR]

Very nice!

[yh70]

looks great

[the goon]

Very nice.

Mark

[1959scudetto]

Very impressive, Brian ! Looks much better than mine with those ugly fenders:  I will omit them when reworking mine. Though more than 35 years ago, I remember fitting issues with the butterfly hood/fender combination, shortening the front axle is also a thing that I will do in the future.

[Gramps46]

Very well done indeed.  Thanks for sharing it with us.

[happy grumpy]

Great looking Mack. Plain old school tough truck. I like it.

[gotnitro?]

Looks great ? 

[Bronzekeg]

I like the way this turned out

[rekcirb13]

Brian, you did a great job with a very difficult model. I've built several, so I know what you had to deal with.

Bob

[scott c]

nice build

 

[Oldmopars]

Looks good, I have this one on the bench right now, the issues with this kit are many. You did a great job.