williamchevelleman1972 Posted March 18, 2013 Posted March 18, 2013 (edited) ">http:// Edited March 18, 2013 by williamchevelleman1972
72 Charger Posted March 18, 2013 Posted March 18, 2013 WOW now thats cooooool william That must of taken a lot of cutting to do that hood n grill I love it
Ace-Garageguy Posted March 18, 2013 Posted March 18, 2013 Great looking model of what I think is one of the best looking classic trucks. Fine fine fine.
williamchevelleman1972 Posted March 18, 2013 Author Posted March 18, 2013 WOW now thats cooooool william That must of taken a lot of cutting to do that hood n grill I love it i only have close to 2 hours in cutting the hood and the grill. it turned out not to be as hard as what i thought it would have been. thanks for the compliments!!!!
kilrathy10 Posted March 19, 2013 Posted March 19, 2013 Oh, that's nice, nice, nice....I'm likin' this one....Very much so...Great work on the mods....
Mr mopar Posted March 20, 2013 Posted March 20, 2013 WoW that is really COOL............ when you are done working on it can you mail it to me! J/K
marcay Posted March 21, 2013 Posted March 21, 2013 big job I 'm very astonish why do they do this small nose?
williamchevelleman1972 Posted March 21, 2013 Author Posted March 21, 2013 big job I 'm very astonish why do they do this small nose? thanks for the compliments!!!!!! And thierry im not to sure why they made a needle nose.
freightshaker Posted March 22, 2013 Posted March 22, 2013 Impressive, I'm starting to see this 1/16 kits are just as limitless in possibilities as the 1/25 th snaps. Great job man and the colors just pop!
Jim B Posted March 22, 2013 Posted March 22, 2013 I believe the Needlenose (351/281 with the butterfly hood & the 358/288 with the tilt hood like this model) predate the wide hood 359 which was introduced to have a larger radiator to cool the higher horsepower engines that were becoming available.
55pete351 Posted March 24, 2013 Posted March 24, 2013 An amazing build!! Great job on a classic!! The 358 is a favorite along with the 351/288. A question on the kit.. have they discontinued it already?? I planned on getting two for builds but when I checked Hobbylinc and Tower Hobbies there is no listing not even saying out of stock??? I remember a few posts here where it seemed difficult to obtain this kit.
williamchevelleman1972 Posted March 24, 2013 Author Posted March 24, 2013 Ebay still sells the 1/16 peterbilt kit. several of them. so you can still buy them if you want.
BigBad Posted March 24, 2013 Posted March 24, 2013 (edited) Very nice backdating of that 359 Mr. Chevelleman. I like the way you closed up the back of the cab with checker plate,nice custom bumper in the back, i like the extended exhaust pipes too. Good looking custom you built there. I just noticed the 2 air filters... Nice touch, once connected they're going to be even better.Now the question: How did you hinge the cab doors?At that size, Monogram should have thought of opening cab doors along with a poseable front axle and add what, 5 bucks to the original kit price? Edited March 24, 2013 by BigBad
williamchevelleman1972 Posted March 24, 2013 Author Posted March 24, 2013 thank you BigBad for the complements. for the hinge i used small diameter tubing and a paper clip to make the hinge.
Kenny B Posted March 24, 2013 Posted March 24, 2013 thank you BigBad for the complements. for the hinge i used small diameter tubing and a paper clip to make the hinge. William, Very nice work on the Pete. Are you going to plumb the engine? If you need some good links for the 3408 let me know. Also I used doll house hinges on mine works fine looks real. Keep up the nice work. Kenny B.
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