Revell historic series Pete 359

Andria H · July 4

So another day, another kit bargain. A 1/25 scale Revell Historic Series '80 Peterbilt 359 Conventional, being made into a custom "old iron" tribute intended to evoke old needle nose trucks, with a parts bin day cab that will be backdated to not have the paddle-style door handles (it is a Kenworth, but I thought it flowed with the rest of the rig, and it is "within the family"), and a cutdown interior that will be a retro-styled simple affair.

Single large round Dietz headlamps replace the stock items, grille will be body color with custom made slat or screen inner section, and base color inside/out will be Glidden brick red with Glidden matte black as second color.

Found at Michaels today and it rang up for a touch under $20 as many Facebookers hinted at. Plus, it was the only land vehicle kit available, so it was a Pete or nothing.

First look at it in paint and mocked up.

This interior used hand painted upholstery/mats/dash/etc, a custom steering wheel/column/shifter (not shown) and had material taken out to make a sleeper cab Pete interior work in the denuded Bandag Bandit KW cab that I made look more like an old Pete needlenose crossed with a Diamond T or an IHC westcoaster.

Andria H · July 4

Grille is opened up and fitted with a mesh screen instead of the stock bars, engine is detailed, Denman flotation tires are fitted up front with Bandag radials on the back axles, stock wheels are dechromed and adapted to use better designed tires than the sandwich-style Revell items, paint is Glidden brick red and matte black, with brown upholstery and black rubber floormats and a Monogram '40 Ford truck long whip style shift lever inside, and there is still a fair bit to do on the build including decals, aging the tires/griming up the underside and tow hitch, and a number of small bits like air & diesel tanks and air intake system.

Will be getting photos of the finished build at a city park in force perspective style, in downtown Eugene tomorrow when it's all done.