AMT Peterbilt 359 - Finished

[Brinx]

Sean, The colors look great! I also like the Elmer's trick....Going to give that one a try myself.

[REDNECK7109]

I am definitely going to try to Elmer's glue trick. Does it eat paint at all?

[Old Buckaroo]

Thanks guys for looking in.

Bobby - I have never had any issues with using Elmer's glue . For years I had used it to glue canopy's on aircraft - some of those builds have been around for 20 years and no harm to the paint. I also have used it as a cheater for small gaps (again on canopy's)

I had missed and did not want to go back and use putty. Mind you these were small gaps that would show after paint. It does shrink some when filling gaps but add some more and clean up any excess with a damp Q-tip.

But it does work really well for masking off small parts.

Edited May 3, 2014 by Old Buckaroo

[REDNECK7109]

That is an awesome tip!! Thanks alot dude

[Old Buckaroo]

Sean, The colors look great!

Mike I borrowed the colors from this pic I found online

[purepmd]

Sharp. All your builds end up having great eye appeal.

[Petetrucker07]

Thats a cool little tip about the elmers glue, im gonna get some soon, cant believe ive never thought of it

[Old Buckaroo]

Mark - thanks for looking in and commenting.Following your build has distracted me some and gave me ideas for that next truck

Clayton - I call Elmers the poor mans liquid mask..

Still plugging away at this - I have roughly 7 hrs a day of quiet modeling time. I get about 30 minutes at the bench and spend the rest of my time looking at Tim's awesome sight What turns out to be a quick look at a reference turns into where did the day go.

Here is my latest progress.

Thanks for looking in.

[bigred63]

What a great looking model! Can't wait to see the finished model.

[kilrathy10]

Looking really good, Man.....Very nice work....The dash is superb....

[Petetrucker07]

Great classic styling, lookin good

[Tesla]

This is looking real nice...like JT said the dash is superb!

[Old Buckaroo]

Glad you guys like the dash. Maybe I still have some of that mojo from painting all those aircraft IP's for years on end

Starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel. Got the hood mounted and figuring the modifications to make the cab line up nice.

Thanks for looking in

[slusher]

Great looking truck,and excellent work so far..

[gotnitro?]

Ditto!!

[tbill]

Sean, looking fantastic! that dash is stellar!!

[Old Buckaroo]

Thank you Carl, Jeff & Tom

I did find out too late that AMT positioned the tractor and maxi brake knobs wrong.

Oh well noted for the next build !

[Mackvision]

Funny you should mention that Sean! the Road Boss has no provisions for brake knobs,i am fashioning some from square stock (tractor) hex stock (trailer) and round,as I believe a truck of it's vintage would also be equipped with a tractor protection brake. As all have mentioned,very nice work on your dash! I am experimenting with some woodgraining techiques for some future projects,just lack the time to spend any serious time at my bench!......................Mark

[Petetrucker07]

Trucks comin along great. Beautiful detail, keep it goin

[Superpeterbilt]

After all that time you havent missed a beat. Thats coming out to be a good looking Pete. I didnt mean that to rhyme. I knew it was going to look good from the detail of the tires when you first started on it.

[Old Buckaroo]

Thanks Terry

Beings this is my first Pete I have ever built , my instruction sheet is nothing but notes on what Not to do and how to do my next one.

I painted the fuel tanks with Alclad, BMF for the straps and cap, stripped the chrome steps and painted them body color.

Getting down to the last of the parts.

Thanks for looking in.

[Force]

Looks nice Sean.

[Tesla]

Real sharp looking build

[2many]

great job on semi looking like the real deal . thanks for showing . clay

[tbill]

wow, that is pretty [ya, I said pretty ]