Gary Chastain Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 Going thru all the kits I have and decided the next build will be a combination of a nearly completed frame I built a couple years ago, a T600 Kenworth kit for the, lights , cab and interior and miscellaneous parts, a twin steer kit from (I have no clue), wide front steering tires/rims. Will need to find/build a 60 in flat top sleeper. Truck will be built with a 20ft flat bed and possibly pulling a 20ft flat bed trailer. My builds always seem to be very fluid and change as I progress. A quick mockup. I went thru my kits to just find a kit to build right from the box, simple and easy. Sometimes I have no idea why I do what I do. Just no explanation. the inspiration 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdntrucking Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 KFS has a twin steer axle kit, believe its white metal. Nice project! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Chastain Posted January 20 Author Share Posted January 20 Getting some direction in this build. Gathered a ton of photos and measurements to build a logging truck like my neighbor’s truck. Got the 26ft truck bed and the 26ft trailer bed roughed out. Got some parts ordered from STSupply and a K100 to steal the correct suspension for the truck. Now I can get the frame length figured out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Eriksen Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 That will be some build Gary !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Eriksen Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 ............that's my tire and wheel budget for a year right there,,,lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Chastain Posted January 20 Author Share Posted January 20 9 minutes ago, Scott Eriksen said: That will be some build Gary !! Thanks, I wish I could find the cab like the red truck has. I bought one from a 3D printer guy and wow, what a mess and not even sure what scale it is. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Chastain Posted January 20 Author Share Posted January 20 29 minutes ago, Scott Eriksen said: That will be some build Gary !! This is the 3D printed cab I have. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Eriksen Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 3 hours ago, Gary Chastain said: This is the 3D printed cab I have. ...........something in between 1/24th ........and 1/35th! lol ......the boom on my Holmes is not quite 1/25th more 1/24th but was advertised as 1/25th on Shapeways Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Chastain Posted January 21 Author Share Posted January 21 Trailer coming together Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vincen47 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 On 1/20/2024 at 5:10 PM, Gary Chastain said: This is the 3D printed cab I have. Who’s the 3d printer guy (so I know who to stay away from)? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cifenet Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 Wow, I guess you don’t do anything that is easy, Gary! This one also looks like it will need some extensive fabrication work. Can’t wait to see how it will all turn out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Chastain Posted January 22 Author Share Posted January 22 10 hours ago, vincen47 said: Who’s the 3d printer guy (so I know who to stay away from)? It was an eBay purchase, I thought about building that cab as 1:24, but it still looks to big. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Chastain Posted January 22 Author Share Posted January 22 6 hours ago, cifenet said: Wow, I guess you don’t do anything that is easy, Gary! This one also looks like it will need some extensive fabrication work. Can’t wait to see how it will all turn out. Yeeeaaaaa……I really wanted to do a box build, something simple ……but here I go again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Chastain Posted January 22 Author Share Posted January 22 14 hours ago, vincen47 said: Who’s the 3d printer guy (so I know who to stay away from)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Chastain Posted February 7 Author Share Posted February 7 I have been searching for the late model cab for some time and Global Scale Model Trucks came out with a long hood and short hood, so I ordered both. I want to use the short hood version on my logging truck like my neighbor’s truck. Hopefully hear in a couple weeks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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