Freightliner FLC

[Jürgen M.]

Hi everyone,

I finished this build today and thought it would be appropriate to post it here now!

This was always theee conventional of all American trucks to me. From the beginning of my truck affinity starting about 1980 I always loved this truck and it was more than overdue in my collection!

My vision began with this picture:

A 1975 FLC.

I designed it as a long distance truck....

...and it evolved to a kind of service truck for break downs including attributes of model years from 1975 to about '85.

Enjoy!

The doors were a bit of a challenge since I made a big mistake in the assembly sequence. I wasn't able to install the doors after I had inserted the interior. I just didn't want to tear everything apart again.

So, I glued the passenger door in place and left the driver's door open.

In my WIP thread I posted a statistic on how many parts of this build are self designed and printed and how many are box parts or scratch built.

I'd like to update that now since it has changed quite remarkably:

Total no. of parts: 412

Designed and printed: 293

Box parts and scratch: 119

Decals are also self made.

Thanks to everyone following and supporting with wonderful remarks.

[Biggu]

VERY cool , J M !!!!  I think the best one so far. An amazing parts count. Like the distributor, way more parts that one would think. This FLC turned out spectacularly. Excellent job. This one is a beauty. !!!

Edited yesterday at 01:52 AM by Biggu

[Jürgen M.]

Thanks very much Pal! I'm glad I finally built it. It was missing in my collection for so long!

[Jim B]

Great looking Freightliner.  Very well done.

[Jürgen M.]

On 10/6/2025 at 8:16 PM, Jürgen M. said:

Hi everyone,

I finished this build today and thought it would be appropriate to post it here now!

This was always theee conventional of all American trucks to me. From the beginning of my truck affinity starting about 1980 I always loved this truck and it was more than overdue in my collection!

My vision began with this picture:

A 1975 FLC.

I designed it as a long distance truck....

...and it evolved to a kind of service truck for break downs including attributes of model years from 1975 to about '85.

Enjoy!

The doors were a bit of a challenge since I made a big mistake in the assembly sequence. I wasn't able to install the doors after I had inserted the interior. I just didn't want to tear everything apart again.

So, I glued the passenger door in place and left the driver's door open.

In my WIP thread I posted a statistic on how many parts of this build are self designed and printed and how many are box parts or scratch built.

I'd like to update that now since it has changed quite remarkably:

Total no. of parts: 412

Designed and printed: 293

Box parts and scratch: 119

Decals are also self made.

Thanks to everyone following and supporting with wonderful remarks.

To complete the statistics:

It took me 3 weeks to complete the basic design. Further parts were designed and printed along the way as needed.

Then printing, paintjob and assembly took another 4 weeks.