trucker

latest progress :

basic frame assembled and painted , rear fender mounts made and rear fenders painted.

here is the mockup

nice looking trucks !

looks great !      nice work !

very nice work ! have this on the to do list.    thanks for posting !

23 hours ago, b-lever said:

Awesome 

thanks !

nice work !   one of the few kits I haven't built, as you stated not easy to find even when they were new.

wow !    looks great !  can't wait to see more of this one .

welcome to the forum !

looks great casey !

6 hours ago, Casey said:

@Cornbinder I like it best behind the White. Just looks like it belongs there.

X2 !

thanks casey !

the paint scheme came from an old 1971 freightliner brochure I used to have.

wow ! very nice !

here's one of my older builds . it got a freshening up about a year ago.

nice !   two great songs, thanks for sharing !

looking good mike !

hello ! welcome to the forum rattler !

cool !  i'd be interested to see what you come up with !

would like to have a spare kit for the engine also.

my kit was waiting for me when I arrived home from work this evening.

after supper I opened it and found everything was in order, no parts missing.

i'm happy now   been thinking about it all day.

this highly anticipated kit is just hitting the shelves now.

on another site I found out there may be some missing parts.

one person bought four kits , out of four kits two of them are missing the cabs and have two hoods each.

so check them when you get them. will post more info if I find out anything.

mine should be arriving in a day or two.

more progress on the pete last night ,

I ended up swapping out the front steer axle/wheel and tire set up from a revell snap pete kit.

 had to narrow it about a 1/8 inch so it would clear the front fenders.

also used the rear tires from the snap kit mounted on some spare amt freightliner wheels.

the battery boxes , lower exhaust pipes , and exhaust pipe brackets were also pirated from the pete snap kit.

the front filler panels behind the front fenders along with the mounting brackets came from a revel of G 359 junker in the parts box.

couldn't resist doing a mockup , it's starting to get that mean look that i'm after.

no problem.

just have to be sure they don't hit the inside tires. 

here is how I mounted mine, hope this helps.

wow ! very nice !    looking forward to seeing more !

thanks for the kind words guys !

got some progress done , painted the cab, found a front engine mount, and got the radiator assembled.

here are some pics :

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thanks !

very nice ! thanks for posting !