Joris

Darn it, title should read "Peterbilt 352", you know, with a t at the end of Peterbilt...

I started on an old AMT/Matchbox kit, the Peterbilt 352 with the Budweiser decals. The decals are over 30 years old I guess, I'm not using them. I'll think of a color scheme as I go.
Also I stretched the frame a little. So far not sure if I use the kit's Detroit Diesel 8V71, or if I put in a different engine. The through-the-cab breather system is also not certain yet. For fuel tanks I'm switching to Italeri items. 

Nice! Where did you get that headache rack?

Thanks! I had a great time building this one; the headache rack took me a little to figure out, but I'm pretty pleased with the result myself.

A great source for inspiration is the site truckpaper.com. Some years back I found this Peterbilt 378 listed there. I started out building along these lines, although mine became a Peterbilt 379-119. Scratchbuilt headache rack, battery box, daycab panel and rear fenders. Tanks from a Revell of Germany Peterbilt 359, robbed some other parts from other kits here and there. The frame used came from a kit I bought on Ebay, already partly assembled and warped as, well, you know. Tried to correct it, but it still shows. The cab panels are still the original from the kit, but I put in a '05 and up dash from P&P Vintage kits, thus making it an '05 model.
Made outside pics of this truck here recently.

For my Pete 388 I did the exhaust tips only; styrene piping, filler and BMF. More like a wing and a prayer, but it worked...

Cool build, looks great! I like the colors on all over.

Italeri is widely available here, just as Revell of Germany. AMT is hard to find here, I got my AMTs online. The Moebius kits are available here though, if they are not rebadged into RoG kits. The SnapTites (Revell USA) I haven't seen in stores here yet; got them online too.

Thanks!

The Italeri Peterbilt kits I think are the most versatile kits around; you can build them into any type or any application of Pete.

Thanks!

Just another Peterbilt in my early building years. Not really an idea, just building it. The striping I did myself. For the rest, nothing fancy; I do think there's this 70-ies look about it. A "Catercummins" under the hood...

The AMT 359 and dumper trailer. I adapted the tractor a little, Revell of Germany fenders on it. I built a tool cabinet to go on the frame and beacons on the roof. for the rest pretty much box-stock.

Nice clean build!

Sweet work truck, turned out great!

Two trucks I built some years back, right after each other. A Revell of Germany Peterbilt 359, pretty much box stock except for the engine, I spooned in the CAT 3406 from a SnapTite kit. The Kenworth W-900A is built box stock. 
On the Pete I painted the "Seminole" livery myself, pulled a little trick by extending the paint job over the radiator crown, making the hood look longer. With the company decals and the custom license plates, the trucks look related although they're pretty different.

As you can se on the engine pics, Italeri kits ain't free of Ill-fitting parts...

This Italeri Pete I built with a twist; single stack on a rack behind the cab, fairings between the cab and sleeper, spotter mirrors on the fenders. 2-Hole wheels from KFS, just something slightly different. The standard Detroit 60 Series under the hood.

The first "Swiss built" truck, a Peterbilt 377 from Italeri with some minor alterations. 
The first kit I built after moving over here, just to see if I still could...

Hi all, just a some words to introduce myself here. 
Born in The Netherlands, but emigrated to Switzerland. I started building trucks in '04 or '05 or so, having a job then that gave me lots of free time because of the irregular hours. Although the job changed (as well as the country I live in, the girlfriend and the amount of time off), the truck building stayed. It's for me a nice way to relax and be creative. I don't build every moment I have time, but I try to keep on tinkering.
My main interest is in Peterbilt trucks, although other American brands I like as well. Eurotrucks I don't care that much for, but sometimes I build one. Over the years I developed a preference for building the kits not box-stock. I mostly prefer to alter kits and do my own ideas. Also a reason why I prefer American trucks, I have the feeling that they're easier and nicer with some custom parts.
Any questions about me, feel free to ask!

Thanks! Was great fun building this one.

Sweet build! Looks pretty real to me.

Thanks, I'm pretty happy with how it turned out myself. The Cummins logo came on the decal sheet, if I'm not mistaken.

Thanks! The headache rack is the panels from the kit, deepened with some styrene strips. BMF all over.

Yeah, the black frame is more "in style" I think too. Thanks!

Thanks man! 
I tried to make my daycab panel as realistic looking as possible; didn't want a headache rack on it, and I always say I have OCD-Light...