Peterbilt 362( Great Pumpkin painted)

[20dakota04]

Just for curiosity sake. Haven't delt with a COE in years. Should the end of the cylinder not go between the two tabs? Therefore making it stronger? Just wondering. Awesome build though.

They do I just don't have the spacers made up for the frame yet.It's just easier outside for mock up.

[ARTEMIS1759]

They do I just don't have the spacers made up for the frame yet.It's just easier outside for mock up.

Oh OK. I kind of figured it was just to see how it worked. Keep up the good work.

[Guest Johnny]

Cool build you have going there! Gotta love those cabover Petes!

[Ben]

That's some great under cab detail!!!! Too bad you can't copy it into resin as that cab will be available again soon.

[20dakota04]

That's some great under cab detail!!!! Too bad you can't copy it into resin as that cab will be available again soon.

Yeah I would like to get one of those new cabs this one is in rough shape.

[Semi Trailer Mechanic]

VERY COOL!!!

[Mr mopar]

Nice work............. Can't wait to get one of the new cab's!

[Pete1980]

Does anybody know who will be producing these cabs?

[highway]

Does anybody know who will be producing these cabs?

Porky posted this thread last weekend:

http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=33138

[Pete1980]

Cool but Porkys is 25th and the one Dakota is building is 24th, thats the one Im lookin for.

[Porky]

Cool but Porkys is 25th and the one Dakota is building is 24th, thats the one Im lookin for.

Hey Dave

Unless I am way out in left field,,,my cab and this cab are for the most part the same cab and both are 1/25th scale. The cab I am casting now is one of the cabs in this post reworked by the man who made the master for it,,,he made it back in 2003 I think, this is prolly one that Bobby Griffen cast a few years back. The diff in the cab I am casting and this cab is the doors were cut out and 377 kit doors grafted in, the baggage doors, sleeper vents, cab steps rewoked and the leading edge of the roof was reworked and sloped off more like the 1:1 trucks. But I would think they are the same scale, mine is 110mm front to back, thats 110 inch in scale and I would bet the cab here is the same,,,

[mackinac359]

Same cab, same dimensions.

Same scale.

Just straighter, tweaked..

Tim

[20dakota04]

Hey Dave

Unless I am way out in left field,,,my cab and this cab are for the most part the same cab and both are 1/25th scale. The cab I am casting now is one of the cabs in this post reworked by the man who made the master for it,,,he made it back in 2003 I think, this is prolly one that Bobby Griffen cast a few years back. The diff in the cab I am casting and this cab is the doors were cut out and 377 kit doors grafted in, the baggage doors, sleeper vents, cab steps rewoked and the leading edge of the roof was reworked and sloped off more like the 1:1 trucks. But I would think they are the same scale, mine is 110mm front to back, thats 110 inch in scale and I would bet the cab here is the same,,,

I would like to buy one of your cabs is it available yet?

[20dakota04]

Swapped out the old cab with the new one I got from Porky's. The cab detail is alot better.

Porky's

old cab

Porky's

old cab

[20dakota04]

I can't decide which way to hang the mud flaps, but I'm leaning toward the ones on the fenders

[txdieseldog]

I can't decide which way to hang the mud flaps, but I'm leaning toward the ones on the fenders

If it were mine, I would put the mud flaps on those nice fenders, take off the long light arms, and put a drop down stubby "bumper" that will have the lights in it but will sit between the fenders to show them off. Just a thought.

Barry

[clayton]

fenders, and make a plate under the frame fore the lights. make it as wide of the frame ,cut the lower corners at a 45. then out line it with the marker lights. Lets say 2 or 3 down each side one on each corner(45) 2 or 3 alone the bottom. Then brake/turn lights on the inside of them( upper and lower and tag in the center.I don't have one too show.hope you get the idea. Wish I did last week when I was working on the snap KW.

Edited October 17, 2010 by clayton

[Guest Johnny]

Hang the flaps off the fenders!

There is a truck here locally running fenders like yours and he has mounted the light bars to the bottom edge of the fenders!

[highway]

Hang the flaps off the fenders!

There is a truck here locally running fenders like yours and he has mounted the light bars to the bottom edge of the fenders!

I agree with Johnny, add the light bats to the fenders and then hang the flaps.

[b_lever1]

very nice cann't wait to be done harvest so i can spend about 3 months at the bench just leave the toybox for coffee and food, wife . very cool wife lets me spend as long as i want inthere

[20dakota04]

Ok how does this look? I made some brackets to hang them off of the fender mounts.

[highway]

Ok how does this look? I made some brackets to hang them off of the fender mounts.

Wonderful! Beautiful! Perfect! If I had three thumbs, they'd all be up!

[Guest Johnny]

That is how the truck I was telling you about had them ! Looks Great!

Now the beautiful fenders are not hid from view from the rear! Also in a real world application this makes the light bars and flaps less suceptable to damage while under a trailer!

Edited October 19, 2010 by Johnny

[txdieseldog]

That rocks! Looks great. Probably better than what I had in mind with a middle bumper with lights in it.

Barry

[20dakota04]

Finally got the cab painted and the frame will be a light gray metallic.