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DRIPTROIT 71

Mclean White Road Commander

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8C57F311-0669-403E-BF34-826370AC1274.thumb.jpeg.2d928fd1caa8488e05750a2efa0b5652.jpegThis is built on an AMT Chevrolet Titan chassis. It is powered by a 903 Cummins. The caster of the cab is unknown, but was probably an amateur. The drive tires are my last Clint Freeman tires.

 

 


 

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Oh that's just beautiful. You are so good at getting the road dirt look just right. Love the diesel fuel overflow in the dirt on the tanks and the fresh grease job on the fifth wheel.

Those drive tires look like recaps. Nice touch! I wonder if McLean was into recaps. I know a lot of those big carriers gave up on recaps and just went over to all new tires. Not sure about McLean, though -- I never drove for them.

Congrats on a terrific model!

Johnny

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Wonderful all around, but the excellent weathering really sells it. Just the right amount, and so realistic. The drives are great too, and yeah they probably are actually retreads. It looks like Clint Freeman used the sidewalls from AMT, and added his own drive tread pattern. Art imitating life.

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On 3/30/2023 at 2:06 PM, Johnny M said:

Oh that's just beautiful. You are so good at getting the road dirt look just right. Love the diesel fuel overflow in the dirt on the tanks and the fresh grease job on the fifth wheel.

Those drive tires look like recaps. Nice touch! I wonder if McLean was into recaps. I know a lot of those big carriers gave up on recaps and just went over to all new tires. Not sure about McLean, though -- I never drove for them.

Congrats on a terrific model!

Johnny

Thanks Johnny!! There's probably a good chance that they ran recaps on the drives on a few trucks way back then. I know a lot of companies ran recaps on their trailers into the 90s. 

On 3/30/2023 at 9:10 PM, vincen47 said:

Wonderful all around, but the excellent weathering really sells it. Just the right amount, and so realistic. The drives are great too, and yeah they probably are actually retreads. It looks like Clint Freeman used the sidewalls from AMT, and added his own drive tread pattern. Art imitating life.

Thanks Victor! I've always thought the same thing about those tires. 

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On 4/3/2023 at 9:57 AM, Cornbinder said:

More like McDirty, am I right? No? No.  Okay... I'll show myself out, then...

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I think that you might be right Chuck.

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