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I was organizing kits the other day, a fancy way of saying I was kitbashing parts and laying out some future projects when the idea for a Wisconsin style milk tanker struck me.

I had just received a resin Peterbilt 378/357 SBFA hood from Spauldings and an eBay Revell of Germany 377 kit.

I had an old IMC Milk Tank truck body kit and decided the 377 kit and the Milk Truck body would be a perfect match.

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The cab requires slicing the rear fender sections off the cab side panels and replacing them with plastic. The cab rear wall is made from a left over AMT Peterbilt 359 sleeper back wall with a window cut in.

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I scratchbuilt the bumper and made the battery box cover from Plaskit diamond tread material.

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Here's the painted cab

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Here is the cab after wet sanding and polishing.

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Color is Torreador Red from Duplicolor

Since the truck will be from Wisconsin, I felt the driver needed something to read while waiting for the cows..

a copy of the Wisconsin State Journal and some Peterbilt magazines.

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More photos are on my site www.timstrucks.com

Thanks for looking!

Tim

Posted

An interesting Project Tim and I hope to watch it as it progresses along.

I never thought to uses the wall of a sleeper for a back panel of a truck, I will take note of that tip.

Cheers

John

Posted

John,

Thanks. I got the idea sifting through a box of unused Peterbilt sleepers.. why waste all this plastic when I can use it for daycab panels.

Tim

I never thought to uses the wall of a sleeper for a back panel of a truck, I will take note of that tip.

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