Mack Superliner

[Jim B]

I'm sitting here in my home office looking out the window at a very nice 1988 (I asked the driver) Mack Superliner dumper; and this got me to thinking: what would I need to do to have a Superliner in my collection? (Whoa, that Peterbilt 379 heavy-haul just drove by again).

Now, I know that Italleri has a Superliner kit, but to make it accurate it needs quite a bit of work, and it's 1/24. AITM makes a Superliner cab kit (1/25?), but what frame to use? Would the Mack R-Series kit be the best? Is the engine in that kit correct for a Superliner? How about the suspension?

This probably won't happen for a while, but it's an interesting mental exercise.

[mackinac359]

Back in '02 or '03 Evan Hermel wrote a TruckStop column in SAE about reworking the Italeri "USA Truck" into a Superliner.

Anyone have that issue handy?

Tim

I'm sitting here in my home office looking out the window at a very nice 1988 (I asked the driver) Mack Superliner dumper; and this got me to thinking: what would I need to do to have a Superliner in my collection? (Whoa, that Peterbilt 379 heavy-haul just drove by again).

Now, I know that Italleri has a Superliner kit, but to make it accurate it needs quite a bit of work, and it's 1/24. AITM makes a Superliner cab kit (1/25?), but what frame to use? Would the Mack R-Series kit be the best? Is the engine in that kit correct for a Superliner? How about the suspension?

This probably won't happen for a while, but it's an interesting mental exercise.

[Jim B]

Do you mean these:

http://public.fotki.com/modeltrucks25thsca...01_01__januari/

http://public.fotki.com/modeltrucks25thsca...1_02__februari/

http://public.fotki.com/modeltrucks25thsca...2001_03__march/

http://public.fotki.com/modeltrucks25thsca...2001_04__april/

http://public.fotki.com/modeltrucks25thsca..._2001_06__june/

I've seen these. You think this might be easier, ormore accurate, that converting the R-series? Isn't the Superliner a RW6XX or RW7XX?