3d White Freightliner cab sorely needed

[leafsprings]

Much needed, a high quality resin 3d older generation WF cab with the rounded fenders and lower headlights, athearn did a beautiful job for the railroad crowd. We need this enlarged to 1/25 scale and it would be perfect.  Somebody step up to the plate and hit a home run! These will sell with all the AMT WF kits out there for donor chassis.  I'm tired of dealing with the poorly molded fenders on the WF SD and the multistep fiasco on the WF DD. Can't be the only one who loves both WF chassis and hates both cabs. Anyone with me? Please chime in with your thoughts and hopefully get the ball rolling on this one too! Photos as seen is '74 movie "Hijack" used this cab. Lower cabs can be identified by a filler plate instead of a lower grill.

Edited March 4, 2023 by leafsprings

[Oldmopars]

I will look into it. Right now we are still working on getting the W1000 Ford cab to print in a way we are happy with. Once we get past this little hurtle, many more cab options will be possible.  

[Mr mopar]

If any cab that should be  done it should be a series 71 Freightliner coe like this one .

[vincen47]

On 3/3/2023 at 4:45 AM, Mr mopar said:

If any cab that should be  done it should be a series 71 Freightliner coe like this one .

X2! Offering an alternative (correctly designed) 71 series cab option with the wider cab, grille, etc. in itself it would be an improvement over the Series 61 cab we have now - with the headlights at the incorrect height (How did AMT screw that one up??) and the multi-piece cab. Could do the later model grille and square headlights, too.

Edited March 4, 2023 by vincen47

[leafsprings]

IMO, White Freightliner cabovers are the most confusing cabs ever. From a distance they all look the same, close up every one looks different. Found this, but even in the separate series, fender  design and step options vary a great deal.

[Muncie]

7 hours ago, leafsprings said:

IMO, White Freightliner cabovers are the most confusing cabs ever. From a distance they all look the same, close up every one looks different. Found this, but even in the separate series, fender  design and step options vary a great deal.

For sure, there is a lot of commonality between the different Freightliner COE cab models.  Freightliner was more of a custom truck builder during these years and their market share was on the low side.  Production volume was pretty low.  This page is probably from about 1975 before Freightliner dropped White from the nameplates.  The 21 Series is probably somewhere shortly after Freightliner stopped building non-tilt COEs about 1958.   

Freightliner's changes were more evolutionary than following a model year schedule.  And they maximized existing tooling instead of making changes that would require a total production line make over.  Even the FLC conventional cab that appeared about 1975  is more of a variation to the COE than a unique model.

Edited March 4, 2023 by Muncie

[leafsprings]

A  newer high 61 cab with older WF triangle emblem circa '71-'72 with foot strap steps. AMT missed this by a year. Note top of headlight almost level with top of fender, unlike earlier cabs.

Edited March 23, 2023 by leafsprings

[Muncie]

lots of custom options add to the variety.  The older triangular emblem was used all the way up to the change from White Freightliner to Freightliner - 1975ish in U.S. 1978ish in Canada.  it was the standard emblem on COE's.  The rectangular grille  emblem was standard with frontal engine air intake and the triangle emblem was standard with other air intake systems (stationary stack(s) back of cab, breaking air, etc).  Or, you could order the frontal air emblem/grille as an option with the other air intakes, until Freightliner made it standard on all COE's  - and then no more triangles.

Based on the options in the AMT dual drive kit, things like the early design fabricated under door & ladder steps, the initial on the sleeper curtain, and dual exhaust... I believe it was a Freightliner show truck with some pre-production parts to give the customers and dealers something to look at.  Such a truck would not have the wedge brakes like the AMT kit, but that was a carryover from the CF single drive.

 

 

[Texas_3D_Customs]

On 2/27/2023 at 10:16 AM, Oldmopars said:

I will look into it. Right now we are still working on getting the W1000 Ford cab to print in a way we are happy with. Once we get past this little hurtle, many more cab options will be possible.  

I think we got that taken care of now ?

[leafsprings]

Single headlight version would be awesome too! Again, an either or situation, anything we can get.

Edited May 28, 2023 by leafsprings