Cornbinder

I just added three new photos to the original post, showing the Fleetstar's new consort.  

Mmmmm... Dodge-y.

You can see this come together in the workbench section... it took way longer than it should have. Short version is that it's the AITM cab conversion perched atop an AMT GMC Astro 95 chassis. 

Yesterday I did a little work on updating this. I added the slots in the bumper, and the bumper bolts, and I finally got around to adding a wet tank. Still needs some grease caps on the front hubs.

Did a few updates yesterday, after the model was damaged a few months ago. I added some bumper bolts, and cut in come fog lights. I also added a spot light and did quite a bit of re-foiling... I still need to do some more touch up there, like on the driver's side headlight bezel. I also added some thin vertical bars to the grille, eventually I might make up the diamonds to go down the center of the grille. 

I haven't forgotten about this- it's just been on the back burner for a while. I think I finally found a way to make the mirrors. I've been shuffling around in my spares seeing if there were any suitable kit-based mirrors to use- but nothing I had were close enough. So I bent up some solid wire and made a bracket from plastic strip. Still not an exact match but they'll work for me.  She'll also be needing a good dusting and touch ups, but hopefully this one will be wrapped up soon. 

Shaping up nicely!

Nice! I'm not much of a Mack guy but I've considered getting one of these. 

Lovely!

Lovely  

Well, that's one way to get fresh air into the cab.  

1 hour ago, 41CHEVY said:

All my trucks were sweep out and washed every day after the job. The driver who didn't keep them clean  would not work for me after the second warning.   Paul

Too bad there aren't more operators out there like you. Lots of them seem like they're never washed. 

First day on the job... that must be why she's so clean.

I love it. There used to be a monochrome Aeromax kicking around in my area, but it was yellow. Only brightwork on it was the wheels. 

The Lincoln Town Car of the Louisville Line  

Shaping up very nicely!

That came out wonderfully.  

I like it already  

Very nice! I'm planning to build one of these to haul a GATR rig. 

Wonderfully done!

Just an idea I've had for a while. When the Single Drive kit came back out, I nabbed it for a cab to use on the Dual Drive chassis. Of course, Round 2 released the 75th Anniversary kit that could be built either/or from one box a few months later. Oh, well. This one will be a bit of a hodge-podge, stone soup kind of project. The kit and chassis came from two kits, and I did get the 2-in-1 kit and I might use the 75th Anniversary Freightliner logos on this. The wheels and tires are from an Italeri Freightliner, and I might end up going with a Detroit V8 for power. Here's where she stands so far- other than fitting the Italeri wheels to the AMT axles and lowering the ride height just a touch, so far it's just basic "build it the way AMT instructs". That'll change in a bit.

Here's how she looks as of this evening...

5 hours ago, Casey said:

Awesome!  Are you going to put all those license plates on it like the picture?

Nope, just a Michigan plate.

1 hour ago, 41CHEVY said:

If you have a part with the V and Crown on it, make an aluminum foil pressing of it and cast it in 5 minute Epoxy.

That's what I plan to do, but I'll still need to make that crown somehow. There is one I could use on the Diamond Reo emblem but it's barely there as far as how well-defined it is. I do have an idea or two in mind though.

Progress from last night. The windshield gaskets and divider, wing vent posts, and rear window gasket were added, along with fuel tank straps and steps.

And earlier tonight I built and painted the chassis and began to weather it. 

I've got a few sets of the Plastruct letters- it's more the emblem I'm worried about. That dainty little V-crown thing.