Brian Dutz

Nice progress. Moving along very nicely. 

Your are correct. The air breather has only a single hose and I believe the movie truck had a duel hose. I think there is an issue with the cab as well, not sure though.  I will definitely do my research before I build. 

Agreed. I have several resin cabs and the full Rubber Duck Mack kit as well.  The RD Mack parts look great and the assembly Should be fairly easy. I really look forward to diving into these soon. 

10 hours ago, Chariots of Fire said:

Good job, Brian.  How was your experience working with the resin?  Looks like it took the paint really well.

Thank you. This kit wasn’t bad at all. I had continually talked myself out of starting the kit many times for fear of the unknown. AITM has some great castings and everything went together well. I soaked the parts overnight in a a bath of Dawn dishwashing soap and used a gray automotive primer as a base. The Krylon red and yellow paints adhered perfectly. 

12 hours ago, goingsouth58 said:

looks great very nice build

 

 

Thank you. 

9 hours ago, DRIPTROIT 71 said:

You did a Great job with this one Brian! The resin cabs can be quite challenging! This one looks Great!!

Thanks Brian. 

Great work,I really enjoy watching your builds. 

Thank you. Evidently so, lol. 

Hello Jeff, thanks for the compliments. This build was my first full resin kit build. I have been holding off on building it because I was a little worried about how difficult it would be. The build was very straight forward and easy. I just needed to make sure the rear axle alignment was correct. The glass was the most difficult part of the build. 41Chevy gave a great tip on installing the glass and I feel that will work great on my next build. The glass is included with the kit and comes with templates for the basic shape, you just have to do a little extra trim to fit.  As far as kit quality, Dave’s resin kits are awesome and well worth the price. 

This build is in the books.  My first full resin truck build went well. The trailer is from Lindberg and the truck is from AITM. 

12 hours ago, goingsouth58 said:

the best lookin builds I thank I have ever see

I so agree. 

17 hours ago, 41CHEVY said:

You're right,  now days just seat warmers,  no pride, no real skills and no desire to learn any of it.

I was just called back to do a quarry haul because the new automatics can't get out of the pits. Seems they done have a deep reduction like the sticks.  Lucky my Marmon wasn't tagged with antique plates yet.

If you're close to southern Maine you can take a drive in my '58 B773 not  cramped because of the LJ series cab. Still quad box with a Brownie so it is 3 sticks, but up graded power to a tip turbine 315h.p. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You make a good point. It’s hard to recruit good drivers nowadays. I could see things change towards the end of my driving time. The quality and caliber are just not there any longer. There are some really great drivers out there, don’t get me wrong but not like there used to be. 

12 hours ago, 41CHEVY said:

Quad box with 2 hand shifting, air assist steering, hot in summer, cold in winter and for someone who is 6' 2" 210 lbs not a lot of room. But I still love them.

The two hand shifting must have been crazy. I learned how to drive a truck in the service. It was a Ford C600 pulling a flatbed. Many, many moons ago. 

Thanks for coming to the front of the class. Glad to have you. 

Thank you.  These style Mack’s look awesome. That would have been a great truck to learn in. 

Here is the latest update. The truck is finished. I received my new tires and rims from AITM for the trailer and should have 5his project complete this weekend. 

On 6/7/2020 at 11:12 PM, DRIPTROIT 71 said:

Looks great Brian!!

Than you sir. 

Thanks for joining. We look forward to seeing your builds. 

Thank you. I would like to get my hands on one to compare. 

I agree. That would be sweet. 

Thanks Paul. Also, thanks for the glass tip. I didn’t even think of that but it makes perfect sense. That will definitely help in the future. I have several more resin builds coming up in the near future. Thanks again.

Good morning. Hopefully you have found the answer to your question by now but if not, the AMT Freightliner kits have a single axle option that may serve your purpose.

Here are a few pics of a current project. The AITM B61 is a beautiful kit. Working on the glass now. It’s been the hardest part of the build. Still have to touch up the stripes on the tanker. My honey-do list is growing now that it’s warm out so my time at the bench has been limited. 

Great looking set up Brian. 

Nice looking build Ken

Thank you. The kit had the molded on zimmerit. That was my first set of Fruil tracks and I will definitely use them again. I have a UHU. In my stash. Hope to see pics if you have time.