Looking for Marmon P-57

[Mr mopar]

Anyone got one of these there not going to built, I would be interested in one.

[freightshaker]

Hey they sell the conversion kits at www.aitruckmodels.com they sell the cab and hood set up and then the highrise sleeper as well. hope this helps

[Mr mopar]

Hey they sell the conversion kits at www.aitruckmodels.com they sell the cab and hood set up and then the highrise sleeper as well. hope this helps

Thanks Freightshaker .

[Jim B]

Is it available yet? I thought Dave was still working on the molds.

[freightshaker]

O im not sure I thought it was available because it was in their catalog. So I figured it was. You could be right Jim it might not be. Mopar your best bet might be to check in with them and see.

[Mr mopar]

Not ready ,but soon it will be out.

[Mr mopar]

I'm now on Dave's list for one of these awesome trucks.

[freightshaker]

Yea they were a cool ride. I know theyre boxy looking but the Marmon 110" cabover was a neat truck too.

[chuckyr]

http://modeltrucks.pcfox.net/Marmon/marmon.html

[Jim B]

I'm now on Dave's list for one of these awesome trucks.

Looks like I need to get on the list. Wonder what would be a good doner kit.

[Mr mopar]

Looks like I need to get on the list. Wonder what would be a good doner kit.

Thats a good question Jim , maybe the italeri freightliner could work?

[Jim B]

Not sure, but I doubt it. The Italeri Freightliner is 1/24, & I'm pretty sure the AITM Marmon 57P cab is 1/25. Maybe the AMT International 4300 or Paystar kits.

Here's a little incentive: Marmon Trucks

[cowboysevens]

heres a marmon hood kit

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250667991292&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

im purdy sure this guy offers the 110" cabover also

dennis

[freightshaker]

See thats the CHDT hood which was an early marmon. Im not sure what a donor kit would be for that, it says peterbilt 359 for a donor but if you look up one of these trucks they had a typical marmon design real boxy looking conventional cab almost looks like an international cab.

[chuckyr]

[clayton]

http://modeltrucks.pcfox.net/Marmon/marmon.html

Did Frank ever get back in too casting? Last time I talked/email'ed him I order one the last few kit's he had at the time about 5 years ago.

[chuckyr]

Did Frank ever get back in too casting? Last time I talked/email'ed him I order one the last few kit's he had at the time about 5 years ago.

Gortsema sold out to RNK. RNK sold out to AITM. AITM has a back log of unreleased resins. From MT&FA to Illini. He is remasterig most and casting them in a modern resin. He is a one person operation.

[Jim B]

I thought Illini was casting his own stuff, but Dave just hosting the gallery.

[Mr mopar]

I hope Dave's castings of the Marmon p-57 turn out better then the old ones Frank did, They were to thick!

[ap40rocktruck]

I hope Dave's castings of the Marmon p-57 turn out better then the old ones Frank did, They were to thick!

The patterns for the P-57 conventional are nearing completion. When i (RNK) bought out Frank Gortsema, the pattern he was using had a thick hood & a smoothed out KW cab......So i started over. Then life got in the way & RNK was closed, I sold it to Dave at AITM. Now i am just making patterns for AITM. So the P-57 patterns are all new, from scratch. Separate hood & cab, cut outs for dual air cleaners. Boththe early pointed grille & bumper as well as the later flat grille & bumper.

As for a donor kit, just about any conventional kit or scratch chassis will work, although the 1/24 scale Italeri chassis suits it the best.

I do have several more cab kits that were originally going to be in the RNK line, that will be done & added to the AITM line.

As for Dave casting ILLINI kits, Not at all, he does host the Illini (IRC) line thru a link on his web site.

AP40rocktruck

[Ben]

That's great news Rick! I have been wanting those Marmon's and have been waiting for them to be corrected.