Two Revell Pete 359's

[Wagoneer81]

OK. I've been lurking a couple of days, made one or two posts, now it's time to introduce myself. First off, let me say that there is a lot of talent on this board. I've been modeling for 30 of my 36 years, I am back into 1/25 scale after years of building warships and armor. Two years ago I began suffering from the effects of a chronic muscle disease. One of these effects is reduced dexterity. No more 1/700 scale ships, 1/350th is a challenge most days... 1/25th scale, I can do!!! It's kind of a mixed blessing as I've found more enjoyment in 1/25 autos and trucks than I've found in other genre's in quite a long time. I hadn't built anything in almost six months and one day I pulled a couple of old 1/25 car kits out of the closet where they'd been lurking for years and in a flurry of paint, plastic and putty dust, built six kits in about three weeks. I have returned! Then I discovered the Revell 359 and W900 at a LHS and started my heavy commercial kick. These are the first two; one finished, one a work in progress. I finished an OOB W900 two weeks ago but took it back to the hobbyshop to show it off and didn't get any pictures of it before Brandon decided it was going on display. It's my best looking truck build yet. I'll get pics when I can.

Anywhoo, This first one was the direct result of a challenge given to me by my nephew who is also a modeller. It was also my first big-rig build in almost 20 years... It's a box stock 359 with Testor's One-Shot Laquer and custom decals by me. It's amazing the things you can do with an old copy of Printshop 11 and a $30.00 Inkjet printer!

I know, the airtank's missing. I noticed it when I previewed the post. I'll have to find it and mount it...

The rolling chassis on the trailer is part of the Revell T900 Australia rig. It's another WIP and I needed somewhere out of the way to store it while I worked on other things...

This is another 359 that I stretched to accommodate a 108" Condo Conversion. I scratchbuilt the rear fenders and am in the process of finishing the interior. This one will end up under a matching 53' spreadaxle dropdeck van. I'll kitbash/scratchbuild that using an older NASCAR hauler as a starting point.

These pictures really mess with the colors. What appears to be orange in the pictures is actually suppossed to be classic red. It's the camera...

Along with the T900, I am also working on the reissued Chevy Titan 90. I also have a Revell K100 Aerodyne I'll be building when I'm done with those. For trailers, I'm currently working on a Wilson livestock trailer for the Titan 90 I have an AMT Tanker and Tri-axle gravel trailer. I'm thinking about a daycab for the tanker and either a Bulldog or Autocar for the Gravel trailer...

As for trailers, here's my first two:

Basic 40' Freuhauf Reissue. I'll be doing a couple more of these...

And a modified AMT Lowboy. I'll be doing more of these as well. I've decided I really enjoy modeling flatbeds and lowboys because you get to model their cargo as well. I've plans to build railroad related loads, a 1/24 scale M4A3 Sherman tank, a D8h, antique trucks...the list goes on and on and on and on............. As I build more, I'll post 'em!

[Scalper]

looking forward to seeing the end result on your rigs there.

[studioman3]

Welcome aboard, your kits look good, sounds like you have a lot on your plate.

Good luck, and keep us posted

Tim

[highway]

I'm impressed by your work, and real nice jobs on the strectched sleeper and lowboy. My current project is also a stretched sleeper on an Italeri Ford LTL 9000, but mine is stretched a little bigger. I stretched it to 180 scale inches, and the wheelbase is almost 350 scale inches. This is what mine looks like so far:

Keep up the good work and I'll be watching for more pics soon!

[Wagoneer81]

Thank you, very much! I've found your build, that driver doesn't plan on getting home often, eh??? Well, the thing about livestock is to get them to market as quickly as possible so that would be a great truck for a two-man team. Good fuel capacity= fewer fuel stops and onboard water so's not to have to track down a supply when you do stop... I think that's about 1/2 of the square footage of my house... that is most definitely a Western truck. I drove a lot of east coast and I'll tell ya, things got tight with a 230" wheelbase... I'll be watching that one as well. I'll post a question or two for you on your thread so I don't Hijack my own thread...

Edited March 23, 2010 by Wagoneer81

[highway]

Thank you, very much! I've found your build, that driver doesn't plan on getting home often, eh??? Well, the thing about livestock is to get them to market as quickly as possible so that would be a great truck for a two-man team. Good fuel capacity= fewer fuel stops and onboard water so's not to have to track down a supply when you do stop... I think that's about 1/2 of the square footage of my house... that is most definitely a Western truck. I drove a lot of east coast and I'll tell ya, things got tight with a 230" wheelbase... I'll be watching that one as well. I'll post a question or two for you on your thread so I don't Hijack my own thread...

Ok, I had no intention of you hijacking your thread, just thought you might like it in case you hadn't seen my thread!

[Wagoneer81]

NO, no, no, you're fine, that's not what I meant. You didn't hijack me, I appreciate your posting your build here, it got me over to look at your thread. I just was going to continue that discussion there so that I didn't hijack it here. No worries!!!

[highway]

NO, no, no, you're fine, that's not what I meant. You didn't hijack me, I appreciate your posting your build here, it got me over to look at your thread. I just was going to continue that discussion there so that I didn't hijack it here. No worries!!!

I'll see you there!

[Wagoneer81]

I'm going to add this here instead of starting another thread.

Revell's W900. Box stock with custom company decals:

And before anybody points it out... I noticed as I was posting this pic that the door handle got ingnored... I forgot to paint it... I'll remember next time!

This kit was such a pleasure to build, I'll be doing more of these, many more...

[highway]

Hey, wagoneer, looks nice. The KW looks just like I remember when the kit was first released when I was a kid! Did you use the kit tires on it or steal some out of something else? I have the Pete they released a year or two ago and the tires in it were JUNK! None of mine from it would fit right, but the ones on your KW look like they fit fine.

[Jim B]

Nice job on the KW. I like your company decals & your interior. Very clean.

[SpreadAxle]

That's some nice work. Judging from the models in the background, there wasn't a modeling subject you haven't tried.

[Wagoneer81]

Thanks All!

Highway, I used the kit supplies wheel/tire assemblies. The front wheels went together fine, I had a small issue with the rears... The tires were a bit warped but I scraped the plating off of the rim mounting ledges and used thin CA and a lot of patience to get them to seat properly. I think this is a roll of the dice as to whether these kits tires will be warped. The tires on the Revell 359 above, I had no problems with. they went together beautifully. I left the fronts shiny and shot the rears with Testors Dullcoat to make them resemble aluminum wheels... and to hide some CA that got on the tire sidewalls...

I make my decals with PrintShop 11 and an Inkjet printer.

Flatbed, I've tried a little bit if everything where modeling is concerned. My biggest interests are heavy commercial in 1/24-1/25 scale and steel warships. in 1/350 and larger. I dabble a little in sci-fi as well.

[mackinac359]

Nicely done.

Tim

[highway]

I think this is a roll of the dice as to whether these kits tires will be warped. The tires on the Revell 359 above, I had no problems with. they went together beautifully.

It's definitely is a roll of the dice with those tires, and with my Pete 359, my roll came up "craps"! Mine were so badly warped I don't even think CA would have helped them, I stole a set of wheels and tires out of Italeri's 377 A/E. It dresses the 359 up nicely with the nice Pete emblem cutouts in the wheels, too!

[Kostas Parchas]

Good looking trucks you heve there!!

Kostas.

[Wagoneer81]

Just want to add a little info here; The paint is Dupli-Color, car-truck-SUV Met. Blue laquer out of a rattlecan over their grey sandable primer. After I applied the decals, I overcoated with Testors "Wet-Shine" One-Shot Laquer. Really, I didn't notice the orange peel until I took the pictures... I know, I'll just turn down my camera resolution next time...