guitarsam326 Posted May 17, 2014 Posted May 17, 2014 so I bought an autocar hood conversion from AITM (awesome piece by the way) and it was advertised as a 1969 hood conversion. I have found only 1 image on the good ol interweb, but no real info on the model or anything. I would just like to know a model number and maybe years of production. any info would be appreciated, thanks in advance for the help guys!
Old Buckaroo Posted May 18, 2014 Posted May 18, 2014 Hey Sam , will you be using the AMT setback axle Autocar for this hood conversion ? The pic of the logging truck is super sharp.
Superpeterbilt Posted May 18, 2014 Posted May 18, 2014 I, personally would use a diamond reo or a white west star. The axle and cab should already be in the correct spot. This truck wasnt super heavy duty, so the running gear would be almost spot on.
guitarsam326 Posted May 19, 2014 Author Posted May 19, 2014 Hey Sam , will you be using the AMT setback axle Autocar for this hood conversion ? The pic of the logging truck is super sharp. no, like terry said, I will be using the diamond reo, I think. my first plan was a white road boss, but I changed my mind, aitm says you can use either the road boss, reo or western star, but I do know that the cabs sit slightly different from the reo to the road boss.
guitarsam326 Posted May 19, 2014 Author Posted May 19, 2014 Also have this pic love this pic terry, I really like the air cleaner, i'll probably make one like it for mine. thanks again for the help
Superpeterbilt Posted May 20, 2014 Posted May 20, 2014 (edited) No problem!Autocars are my specialty. And Im sure you know, but you would have to move the cab on a road boss. The hood is longer than the D Reo or the West star. Post some pics when you get started! Good luck! Edited May 20, 2014 by Superpeterbilt
guitarsam326 Posted May 21, 2014 Author Posted May 21, 2014 No problem!Autocars are my specialty. And Im sure you know, but you would have to move the cab on a road boss. The hood is longer than the D Reo or the West star. Post some pics when you get started! Good luck! yeah, i'm actually putting the reo hood on the road boss, don't ask why cuz I don't even know, but its a challenge so i'll try it. what material do you use to make mud flaps, I've considered an inner tube, but I haven't tried it yet. also, do you have any recommendations od steel mesh, like you would use on a deck plate or grill maybe
Superpeterbilt Posted May 22, 2014 Posted May 22, 2014 (edited) I buy most of my supplies from Walthers. Its a model railroading website that has a ton of scratchbuilding supplies. I buy evergreen, plastruct, etc. I bought two different kinds of mesh from them recentley. One is perfect for grills, the other is perfect for catwalks, headache racks. They carry a lot of tool also. I know some others on the forum can probably recommend vendors that sell photo etched grill screen. As for muflaps, I usually use the ones in the kit but in the past Ive made them from thin sheets of rubber gasket material from the hardware store. The rubber was red, so I sprayed it black. They were a tad thicker than I wanted but still looked good.Here is one of the mesh. Edited May 22, 2014 by Superpeterbilt
guitarsam326 Posted May 22, 2014 Author Posted May 22, 2014 I buy most of my supplies from Walthers. Its a model railroading website that has a ton of scratchbuilding supplies. I buy evergreen, plastruct, etc. I bought two different kinds of mesh from them recentley. One is perfect for grills, the other is perfect for catwalks, headache racks. They carry a lot of tool also. I know some others on the forum can probably recommend vendors that sell photo etched grill screen. As for muflaps, I usually use the ones in the kit but in the past Ive made them from thin sheets of rubber gasket material from the hardware store. The rubber was red, so I sprayed it black. They were a tad thicker than I wanted but still looked good.Here is one of the mesh. yeah the mesh is exactly what I was looking for. I didn't even think of walthers, I've bought model train stuff before but that's been years ago. what do you mean by tool? love ur autocar winch truck by the way, I love all the old autocars.
Superpeterbilt Posted May 22, 2014 Posted May 22, 2014 That was a typo. I meant tools such as scribes, fine saws etc. Thanks on the truck, but its a Brockway 361 that Im resin casting.Im keeping it under wraps until the cabs are ready. So far its the most detailed truck Ive ever built.
guitarsam326 Posted May 22, 2014 Author Posted May 22, 2014 That was a typo. I meant tools such as scribes, fine saws etc. Thanks on the truck, but its a Brockway 361 that Im resin casting.Im keeping it under wraps until the cabs are ready. So far its the most detailed truck Ive ever built. sorry, I was talking about the red autocar on another topic you have, great work so far on the Brockway as well. im dabbling in some casting as well, what silicone are you using, and how do you keep air out of the resin?
Old Buckaroo Posted May 23, 2014 Posted May 23, 2014 A Walthers catalog is the reference bible for scratch building supplies.
Mackvision Posted May 28, 2014 Posted May 28, 2014 Brockway 361? where? how? when? Lol! One I've wanted to build forever,always thought it would be an easy conversion for the resin casters,as it uses the same cab as most of AMT's re-issues.............................Mark
Superpeterbilt Posted May 28, 2014 Posted May 28, 2014 Brockway 361? where? how? when? Lol! One I've wanted to build forever,always thought it would be an easy conversion for the resin casters,as it uses the same cab as most of AMT's re-issues.............................Mark Pm sent
Kpifer2 Posted February 22, 2015 Posted February 22, 2015 (edited) If I was to use the 50's autocar hood conversion on the diamond reo kit or any of the autocar cab models what would be my options for fenders? Has anyone done this and if so what did you use? I'm looking to eventually build this truck Edited February 22, 2015 by Kpifer2
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