AMT White COE single screw finished

[reserve]

I've now got two going at once with the theory that while one's drying I can work on the other

003 by Mark Hartig, on Flickr

002 by Mark Hartig, on Flickr

Am doing the twin screw chassis with the day cab. AMT does not give you this option but it should be easy enough to accomplish with a bit of fudging. Molding and fit are not too great but I've come to expect this from the letter kits

Regards,
Mark

[joelsmith]

"Letter Kits"! Now that's a great description.

[Leon]

Two rigs at the same time Wow!!!!! Nice start,i'll be following both.

[reserve]

Joel, Leon, thank you

So after due consideration I decided to get another one of these and do the single screw version first by way of finding whatever mousetraps lay in wait for the unwary. Guess I've got three going at once now. Frame ready for primer with driveline and tires dry fit

002 by Mark Hartig, on Flickr

003 by Mark Hartig, on Flickr

004 by Mark Hartig, on Flickr

I was not over fussy with the air lines in back as they will be just about completely hidden by the 5th wheel plate. The question is why I bothered with them at all and I can't answer that. This was one of my better ideas as I have now learned a couple things that will make the twin screw go better

Regards,
Mark

[Leon]

Off to a good start Mark! Break line look good.

[wbill76]

Nothing wrong with some OJT for the 2nd go-round!

[mustang1989]

You're a better man than me trying to work on two builds at one time. Looking forward to more of this one.

[reserve]

Thanks gents

Primer on

001 by Mark Hartig, on Flickr

I'm gonna try my best to model this with the cab tilted but between lack of reference on what's under a tilted cab and the engine which is a Cummins NHC 250 with some kind of oddball air cleaner box on top of it it's not looking promising at this point. Who knows I may just fake it; I do know what a NTC 350/400 looks like and it can't be all that much different

Regards,
Mark

[Leon]

Primer looks good Mark!

[TRM]

Look at that...right to primer!! Looking good Mark!

[reserve]

Kind words gents I thank you

Gonna try to replicate a Consolidated Freight day cab as I like their graphics, hence the frame color

002 by Mark Hartig, on Flickr

Found a real one of these so reference shots can be taken. There sure ain't anything on the web I can tell you that after a probable total of 8-10 hours I'll never get back

Regards,
Mark

[mustang1989]

Aug 7, 2017 14:05:05 GMT -5 reserve said:

Found a real one of these so reference shots can be taken. There sure ain't anything on the web I can tell you that after a probable total of 8-10 hours I'll never get back

Regards,
Mark

Man do I know about that! You go looking for a specific subject to build in the 1:1 world and suddenly................there aint none! You're doing a bang up job on this one Mark.

[eastrock]

I admire your perseverance with 2 rigs at the same time...

[wbill76]

Glad you found what you needed Mark! At least now you know what's NOT out there on the web...

[deafpanzer]

Looking real good especially the wirings!

[reserve]

Thank you gents

Picture taking went well, the only fly in the ointment being the truck had an NTC 250-300 block mounted. Still, good reference since there are not many of these left even in the scrapyards as well as some great reference for an upcoming project. If anyone's gonna build one of these say so and my reference can be yours as well.

Blah blah enough

It's close now
003 by Mark Hartig, on Flickr

Since I was dumb enough to trust in the engineering of the letter kits this will not be a tilted cab. That being said I think I know how to correct the problem on the twin screw. The decals were about as workable as gorilla tape and took a full day and a half a bottle of Micro Sol to get them where they are now. I'd have worked them further but they began to tear and I was concerned they'd dissolve completely.

I am considering a thin black oil wash on the cab but have not decided one way or another; this could be done by tomorrow evening if all floats well

Regards,
Mark

[Leon]

WOW....That looks great Mark!

[mrversatile]

Nice job! Maybe a thin black wash for the panel lines, but a gray may be better for the details...not so stark with the white.

[mustang1989]

That is a nice job so far Mark!! Yeah Gil's got it right with the really light wash on the white. It's easy to get carried away there.

[reserve]

Thanks guys

Decided not to blackwash the cab and do some light dusting and call it good

Done

001 by Mark Hartig, on Flickr
002 by Mark Hartig, on Flickr
003 by Mark Hartig, on Flickr
005 by Mark Hartig, on Flickr
007 by Mark Hartig, on Flickr
008 by Mark Hartig, on Flickr

Defeated the letter kits this time

Regards,
Mark

[Leon]

Bravo Mark! That's a real beauty.

[Tojo72]

Very nice

[k1w1]

Looking good. Nice work.

[reserve]

Thank you gents

Regards,
Mark

[jpc1968]

Super job

[mrversatile]

I really like the way you dirtied this up. Very convincing

[Prop Duster]

Puff, puff, puff --wheeew just got here( I was out back and didn't hear the message alarm for this post). WOW! is about all I got. You made that look really great-Congratulations

[reserve]

Thank you kindly gents

Regards,
Mark

[wbill76]

Pretty slick work there Mark, nice!

[deafpanzer]

SWEET! I swear my buddy drove this 20-25 years ago when he started driving trucks for this company.