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hi guys hey kurt i found the ol' girl... this is a custom triaxle pete 359 ertl/amt kit that i am building... well at least started on what 2 or so years ago?

i had started to add a extra section of frame from a old partially built up and painted midnight express kit (had no decals) and then i went and started to modify the body to put dual air breathers on it (as you all know it was a single breather) by adding the extra breather whatever its called! (non trucker building model trucks :lol: )to the cab and then cutting the hood for the extra breather which i still need to clean up just a tad! and i traded off the kit engine for a 3406 cat... yeah a CAT guys... that i had started to assemble and mock into place... and then the worst thing happend!... had to pack everything up and move!... and then it was stuck in storage for a while... then well as i was going through everything to see what was there and what wasn't i spotted it and said oh heck yeah i know what i was doing with that and then well heres the pics after i finally broke her open and started to look to see what kind of damage and what not had happened so ill let the pics do the talking here sorta...!

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heres the decals!

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heres the wheels

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heres where i modified the hood

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... the cab

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...frame( it fell back apart!)

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comments and crticism welcomed! B)

Posted

Sounds like a good plan.

If you put a flat piece on the inside of that frame it will hold.

This is one I extended longer than Revell did for there tri-axle.

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It holds up good on my current build

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Are you working on it again or will it be a while?

I would like to follow it as it go's together.

Posted

i hope and hint the word hope to be working on it soon!

i want to try to get the frame back together and ill see where i go from there.

but eventually this thread will end up being a wip! :)

  • 7 months later...
Posted

ok got the frame straightened out pretty much just got some filling work to do and ill add a pic up in the next couple days when i get my camaro pics up so i only take the pic when i take every other ones and go from there!

anyone know of a good filler putty or something that wont make the plastic melt?

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