freightliner cab

[truckmech]

Hey guys

just started the freightliner cabover DD. Looking for some help with filling and sanding the lines between the cab sections.

Like what kind of filler and sand paper grit.

thanks

[Rick]

Hi, I've built two of these. If you tape a piece of sandpaper to something perfectly flat, and sand the mating surfaces on that paper perfectly flat, you can hold the pieces in place and apply liquid cement from inside. It fits a lot better. There is no gap and it looks like a panel seam, so there is no sanding. The back wall fits alot better if you add .010 strip plastic to both sides, then cement the rear wall in place. That also all but eliminates the problem of the interior tub being too tight.

Rick

[The Modeling Hermit]

It figures that I'd discover these great tips after I've already built mine. Thanks. I'll use them on future builds.

[cowboysevens]

Hi, I've built two of these. If you tape a piece of sandpaper to something perfectly flat, and sand the mating surfaces on that paper perfectly flat, you can hold the pieces in place and apply liquid cement from inside. It fits a lot better. There is no gap and it looks like a panel seam, so there is no sanding. The back wall fits alot better if you add .010 strip plastic to both sides, then cement the rear wall in place. That also all but eliminates the problem of the interior tub being too tight.

Rick

It figures that I'd discover these great tips after I've already built mine. Thanks. I'll use them on future builds.

hey rick that sounds like great advise, thanks alot!!

lol sometimes your the windshield and sometimes your the bug kodiak lol

dennis

[Rick]