Plaskit Peterbilt 377 SFFA hood

[mackinac359]

Daniel at Plaskit has a new hood for the Italeri Peterbilt 377 A/E kit. The hood is to convert the

set-back front axle 377 into an axle-forward version.

377 was available in axle back and axle forward configurations.

The Plaskit casting is super-smooth, almost like kit plastic. The conversion kit includes the hood and bumper. The headlamp buckets are molded in and can be chrome foiled or the rim/trim painted black as the early 377's had black headlamp surrounds.

The builder will have to modify the side of the kit cabs, removing the molded on fender section, then filling in the missing triangle shaped area with plastic. The chassis fairings will need to extended at the front to fill the space where the fenders were located.

The front springs will need to be modified to move the axle into the forward position. Note: 377 SFFA used a different axle spacing than the 378/379 did. 377 SFFA had a deeper set-back than 378.

I'll be building one soon and I will post photos of necessary modifications.

Tim

[Guest old man]

you say it is a plaskit where do you buy it

thank's old man

[mountaindewd]

you say it is a plaskit where do you buy it

thank's old man

Joe,

Daniel does not have a web site yet(planned), but you can reach him by email, plaskit_resin@yahoo.ca or he has an Ebay store you can contact him through, http://myworld.ebay.com/plaskitresin/. I believe he is a member here as well.

[SpreadAxle]

Excellent! He does make some very nicely cast hoods, and this looks like it's no exception. Les, thanks for posting the email address for him.

[Paul B]

Cool! Daniel makes high quality products. Looking forward to seeing a built sample or five.

[Kostas Parchas]

Hello Tim,

Thanks you for sharing this with us.

This is another ''must buy it'' part!!!

Kostas.

[Pete1980]

Not to steal the post but If I use the 377 SBFA front suspension on my 378 SBFA will this be the correct position for the suspension?