mackinac359 Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 I modified the Italeri 378 hood and painted it last summer. My original plan was to build it factory-fresh, but then changed plans to build it as a fully dressed TMC tractor. I've made the light bars from flat plastic and covered them in Bare Metal Foil. This morning I installed the glass. Additional pics are in the TMC album or through my main site. Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowboysevens Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 looking great tim!! TMC will be proud of this one if ya show it to em. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckyr Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 You are off to another classic. The cab light bars are a feature that is common and I want to do on a subject I have been wanting to tackle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highway Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 Nice start Tim! Where are you getting the decals done, and is there a chance I could get some too? I had a friend who drove for them and I'd like to try to build his truck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackinac359 Posted June 4, 2011 Author Share Posted June 4, 2011 Doug Walker made the decals I will be using. Tim Nice start Tim! Where are you getting the decals done, and is there a chance I could get some too? I had a friend who drove for them and I'd like to try to build his truck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scalper Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 Great black paint. I like the light bars. One nice looking truck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewaskew Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 Looking real good Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scale trucker Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 awesome start timm .looking real fine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LOBBS Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 Amazing work as always. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 Wow!!!!!!!!, All that chrome on that black looks awesome!!!!!!! You should see the 379 with an ICT sleeper on a 300" wheelbase I got to drive and work on this past week at work! Could have easily been a show truck but the owner said he never shows it. It was all green as he pulled for Mayflower. All his "Peterbilt" emblems had been replaced with "Shark" in green. Looked cool! I have pics on my phone but I need to get the cable to hook it to my computer. Cummins had sent him to us so I could replace his transfer switch in his sleeper as the load side had burned up. That wasn't fun! They put the switch in a wall under the sofa/bed with only a small access hole to work on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greymack Posted June 7, 2011 Share Posted June 7, 2011 Hello I have a question for you where do you get your parts for you trucks? Someone from here sentme this site http://www.aitruckmodels.com/pages/kitsparts.html I curious to what you think of there kits? Also I was wondering if you knew of a site that sold light duty truck cabs something like C60 chevy truck for example? Oh by the way I'm a huge fan of your work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackinac359 Posted June 7, 2011 Author Share Posted June 7, 2011 George, I have bought many many parts from AITM, fine quality items. I also buy from P&P, Sourkraut, Kit Form Services, Plaskit, Illini, Spaulding Trading and Shipping and many others. Tim Hello I have a question for you where do you get your parts for you trucks? Someone from here sentme this site http://www.aitruckmodels.com/pages/kitsparts.html I curious to what you think of there kits? Also I was wondering if you knew of a site that sold light duty truck cabs something like C60 chevy truck for example? Oh by the way I'm a huge fan of your work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greymack Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 Hi Tim thanks for some of the website info a great help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpreadAxle Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 That really looks good, Tim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Semi Trailer Mechanic Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 WOW!!! LOOK AT THE PAINT ON THAT CAB!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janne Herajärvi Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 All that black and chrome looks great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackinac359 Posted June 12, 2011 Author Share Posted June 12, 2011 6/11/11 update. The cab is on the frame. I forgot that TMC had their own white mudflaps and removed the kit flaps and made my own with ink-jet decal paper printed logos. I made the headache rack out of Evergreen Plastic sheet stock. I have this black with red fenders hood that I use for mock-ups. The change in fender color sure changes the look and 'feel' of the model. Red Black Still to go - air cleaner light bars, CB antennas, hood install, bumper install, trailer hoses and decals. Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckyr Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 Great headache rack! You were just one step from hinging the doors. The chrome turned out nice. I plan to make one using Don Mills tread plate. I remember you saying that Plastrut tread plate is more "in scale". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackinac359 Posted June 12, 2011 Author Share Posted June 12, 2011 Thanks, I thought about hinging them.. but just don't have the nerve to do it. Plastruct has several scales - the O seems too big, the HO close. Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scale trucker Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 now where talkin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckyr Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 You can reconstruct an entire hood but you can't do a headache rack? Go for it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowboysevens Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 looking sharp tim !!! top notch for sure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truckman1981 Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 Tim, That is on of my favorite fleet trucks. You have hit it on the head looks GREAT!!! Now you you need a Benson spread axle alluminum flat for it!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackinac359 Posted June 13, 2011 Author Share Posted June 13, 2011 Finished! More pics are Here. Thanks to Doug Walker for the decal logos. Thanks for looking! Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pollock Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 That is one sweet truck! Nice paint Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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