White Road Boss

[Gary Chastain]

This is a really old kit that I have had for many years. Bottom right hand corner says I gave 25 bucks for the kit. I started this build several years ago and it ended up back in the box, not sure why other than….squirrel. I promised myself that this winter I would finish up three started kits, so this is number one. The instructions have turned very yellow and crunchy. I may take photos of the instructions in case they self destruct. The plastic seems to have yellowed as well or maybe it was molded in this color. Like to build this as a road truck with maybe a couple custom goodies, I have these custom wheels so they are going on, changing the sleeper. See how carried away I get. 

[Biggu]

Sweet ,,,, heavy haul? Custom show truck? Custom work truck? 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

[Gary Chastain]

9 minutes ago, Biggu said:

Sweet ,,,, heavy haul? Custom show truck? Custom work truck? 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

Just a nice road truck with some simple updates

[Gary Chastain]

Well that’s interesting, did not know this. Is this an AMT thing or was this real life of manufactures sharing truck bodies? First cab is from the Autocar, second cab from White Road Boss, third cab from Diamond REO, all exactly the same cab. 

[Jürgen M.]

21 hours ago, Gary Chastain said:

This is a really old kit that I have had for many years. Bottom right hand corner says I gave 25 bucks for the kit. I started this build several years ago and it ended up back in the box, not sure why other than….squirrel. I promised myself that this winter I would finish up three started kits, so this is number one. The instructions have turned very yellow and crunchy. I may take photos of the instructions in case they self destruct. The plastic seems to have yellowed as well or maybe it was molded in this color. Like to build this as a road truck with maybe a couple custom goodies, I have these custom wheels so they are going on, changing the sleeper. See how carried away I get. 

You can download the instructions here:

https://www.round2corp.com/amtmki/

I'll keep following. Very interesting build!

[Gary Chastain]

21 minutes ago, Jürgen M. said:

You can download the instructions here:

https://www.round2corp.com/amtmki/

I'll keep following. Very interesting build!

Thanks Jurgen

[Jürgen M.]

Anytime! 🙃

[BK9300]

2 hours ago, Gary Chastain said:

Is this an AMT thing or was this real life of manufactures sharing truck bodies? 
 

Found this while searching online; brought me back to the forum -

https://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/168980-diamond-reo-white-western-star-and-autocar-same-truck/

 

[Gary Chastain]

51 minutes ago, BK9300 said:

Found this while searching online; brought me back to the forum -

https://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/168980-diamond-reo-white-western-star-and-autocar-same-truck/

 

Well that answers alot of questions , thanks Brian. And that manufacturing process still lives today, amazing. 

[Gary Chastain]

Well I have never gone to this extreme just to align rear axles. This poor old kit needs lotsa love to assemble it, or age has taken its toll on the parts.  Now I now why it got stuck back in the box. 

[Gary Chastain]

Oh my, this kit has no brakes……anywhere on the rear axles. Non of the air brakes I have will fit. I have a full set of air disk brakes, not sure if anyone has ever upgraded a truck to disk brakes. What the heck…..why not. Kinda changes the scope of the truck but that’s ok, see where this goes or I get to add another bad idea to my growing box of bad ideas. 

[Biggu]

I think it had Wedge brakes. Which the Western Star & Reo have.  They are the small brake chambers that are on the backing plates. There is two on each backing plate according to the instructions. The Ford Louisville cement truck I used to drive had only one pot back in the day. Not the greatest set up for a heavy mixer. “S” cam brakes are much more efficient. 

[Gary Chastain]

30 minutes ago, Biggu said:

I think it had Wedge brakes. Which the Western Star & Reo have.  They are the small brake chambers that are on the backing plates. There is two on each backing plate according to the instructions. The Ford Louisville cement truck I used to drive had only one pot back in the day. Not the greatest set up for a heavy mixer. “S” cam brakes are much more efficient. 

This what you are talking about? I seen parking brake chambers, first thought was then where are the air brakes. We can see where my knowledge stops 

[BK9300]

2 hours ago, Gary Chastain said:

Oh my, this kit has no brakes…… I have a full set of air disk brakes, not sure if anyone has ever upgraded a truck to disk brakes. What the heck…..why not. Kinda changes the scope of the truck but that’s ok, see where this goes or I get to add another bad idea to my growing box of bad ideas. 
 

Gary, if you check out @vincen47 's, Peterbilt 379 RV, on page 1, he added disc brakes to his truck.

[Gary Chastain]

1 hour ago, BK9300 said:

Gary, if you check out @vincen47 's, Peterbilt 379 RV, on page 1, he added disc brakes to his truck.

That is actually kinda cool, I had forgot he did that. Jeff suggested that the wedge brakes were not that good. Maybe an opportunity here, more research. 

[Biggu]

4 hours ago, Gary Chastain said:

This what you are talking about? I seen parking brake chambers, first thought was then where are the air brakes. We can see where my knowledge stops 

Yes # 10 & 11 is what I was referring to. Not really very well detailed nor sized to scale but yes those are the bits.