DRIPTROIT 71

Thanks!!

I like where you're going with this one!!

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Thanks Guys!!

Thanks! I had reference photos of some of the other trucks that the company had, mostly 83 Freightliners, along with reference photos that I took of a real 7400. I spent a lot of time with my dad at work back then. The company had 3 7400s, but we never took any pictures back then. We probably thought that they were too ugly to waste the film on.😀

Sharp looking Rig!!

I like this project!!

That's what 'm saying!

Lee, you make me want to build a B-Model. Another great looking one here!

Looks good! Any updates??

I thought that I had commented on this one. Looks Awesome Lee!!

Looks great! I would like to build one of those one day, but I wouldn't have anywhere to put it when I was finished.😀 Great work!

Nice scratch building!

I like it!! Nice old work horse!! Great work!!

Nice looking Peterbilt!

Thanks guys!

I like the colors! Nice work!

Thanks guys!!

Looks Great!! Nice added detail to the engine! Sun visors are a nice addition too. I believe you also made new mirror brackets. Great work!

Welcome!

Welcome!

Thanks!! I didn't change the length of the kit bed. It is real close to 15' in 1/25 scale or 180mm.

Very nice looking and clean build!

Thanks!

Sorry to take so long getting back to you. I've been out of town for a week for my wife and I's 20th anniversary. The first thing that I did was widen the bed close to 4 scale inches. This was to make it look right to me with the larger tires. I then lowered the sides. These beds always looked like coal beds to me and way too tall. I then took the backside of a hobby knife and cut a groove in the lower outside brace. This is for my aluminum sheeting to slide into. I sheeted both sides with thin dented aluminum. i sheet all of the inside with aluminum too. I cut the upper board off of the kit side boards. I shortened the rear tailgate frame. I made new outside posts from stryrene. I made a new cab guard with a scratch built roll tarp. The tailgate is framed in styrene and sheeted with aluminum. I made a new cylinder from the kit base and aluminum tubing. The mudflaps are rubber, made from an inner tube so that they will flex when the bed is up.