DRIPTROIT 71 Posted March 30, 2023 This 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. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Johnny M Posted March 30, 2023 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vincen47 Posted March 31, 2023 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. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DRIPTROIT 71 Posted April 3, 2023 (edited) 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. Edited April 3, 2023 by DRIPTROIT 71 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chuck Most Posted April 3, 2023 More like McDirty, am I right? No? No. Okay... I'll show myself out, then... 🤣 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DRIPTROIT 71 Posted April 6, 2023 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... 🤣 I think that you might be right Chuck. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jpage Posted May 4, 2023 Very nicely done and a unique model! Love that weathering! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DRIPTROIT 71 Posted May 11, 2023 On 5/4/2023 at 5:57 PM, jpage said: Very nicely done and a unique model! Love that weathering! Thanks!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brian Dutz Posted July 3, 2023 Love these older cabovers! Great looking build. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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