rronning84 Posted June 3, 2010 Posted June 3, 2010 From the day I got this truck I have not been able to decide what to do with it. I bought it specifically to build a log truck but at the time my skills were not very good. Some of you may remember that original thread. Then I decided it would go good as a strait truck for a lowboy or something. Well here it is today. I still have a lot of stuff planned for it but this is where it sits now. I got the trailer from Hiway. The wheels and tires on the trailer are Italeri. Put a stinger on the end from an Italeri parts truck chassis. I really need to figure out a way to put tail lights on the truck still plus I want to add some full wrap fenders on the drop axle's. Didnt occur to me till later that this truck looks nearly identical to one that a friend of my dad drives with the exception of the lift axle.
highway Posted June 3, 2010 Posted June 3, 2010 That looks good, Ryan. Those aren't the kit logs detailed, are they? If they are the real things, I need to visit that tree!! That's one thing holding mine up is finding a branch that looks like a scale log, most I've found here so far has smooth bark on the limbs small enough to be scale logs.
highway Posted June 3, 2010 Posted June 3, 2010 Oh, and an idea for the taillights, what about the Grote style taillights in the Italeri kits? If I remember, the Petes don't have them, but every other Italeri does, you could swap the Super 40s in the Pete onto something else.
rronning84 Posted June 3, 2010 Author Posted June 3, 2010 THanks yall. THe logs are Cypress. I have tons of them, enough to make a mill scean.
mackattack Posted June 4, 2010 Posted June 4, 2010 Truck looks great! Hey what ever happened to that other peterbilt you were workin on this winter? Did you finish it yet?
rronning84 Posted June 4, 2010 Author Posted June 4, 2010 I got very lucky with the scale that the logs came out to. I wanted something that reflects what a nice load would look like these days because loads like that dont come around to often these days. I have not finished the other truck yet. This is how it still sits. I have put so much time, money and work in to building this one that I can bring myself to paint the cab myself. My standards are much higher then my skills so until then I figure out what to do about the paint job this is how it will stay.
Pete1980 Posted June 4, 2010 Posted June 4, 2010 (edited) Ryan your skills dont seem to be lacking to me.You should continue the other build.Are all of these builds 24th or 25th?Nice job on the blue one leave it and add more detail. Edited June 4, 2010 by Pete1980
mackattack Posted June 4, 2010 Posted June 4, 2010 Ya I agree with the guy above. Its looking really good so far! The way I look at it if I mess up or somethin theres always a way to strip it down and start over.
highway Posted June 4, 2010 Posted June 4, 2010 Me three! I'd say make the two matching sister trucks.
rronning84 Posted June 12, 2010 Author Posted June 12, 2010 Besides the obvious I think the Blue truck is still missing something. Any idea?
Jim B Posted June 12, 2010 Posted June 12, 2010 (edited) Well, I guess you could put some chains & turnbuckles on the rack. Maybe dome dirt? Edited June 12, 2010 by Jim B
highway Posted June 12, 2010 Posted June 12, 2010 Well, I guess you could put some chains & turnbuckles on the rack. Maybe dome dirt? I agree with Jim, and also think some chains on the trailer as well, and something to block the sleeper hole in the back wall.
rronning84 Posted June 13, 2010 Author Posted June 13, 2010 In the NW where I am from it is ver common for people to buy trucks, cut the sleeper off and then have a piece of glass cut to fit the original hole.
highway Posted June 13, 2010 Posted June 13, 2010 In the NW where I am from it is ver common for people to buy trucks, cut the sleeper off and then have a piece of glass cut to fit the original hole. Sorry, I didn't even relize you had anything in there.
rronning84 Posted September 30, 2010 Author Posted September 30, 2010 I was looking at this thread and was thinking about how much I miss building. I left in such a hurry that I still have three trucks (including the red one above) sitting unfinished in the closet until I return someday. Builders detox or withdrawal or something.
mountaindewd Posted October 3, 2010 Posted October 3, 2010 Besides the obvious I think the Blue truck is still missing something. Any idea? Pete badges on the sides of the hood?
TUFF TIN Posted October 3, 2010 Posted October 3, 2010 (edited) You nailed it! Also the big back window would be correct if the truck was new with a sleeper and the owner turned to hauling logs. Tail lights.............. drill holes in the back of the stinger and mount them behind them or build a small box on the side of the frame and double stack two round lights. Just a thought. Now............... how much would it take to get a small box of those logs sent to Arizona. Mike Edited October 3, 2010 by TUFF TIN
rronning84 Posted October 4, 2010 Author Posted October 4, 2010 If I were home I would just send ya some for shipping but being as I am deployed it is a lil hard.
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