Project 051 -- Peterbilt 359 Conventional Tractor

Bozzer
I'm in on this. Seen a few fellow modellers do wonders, with this kit.

Chris Greathouse
and I'll show you how to f*ck it up wonderfully 😛 All aboard the train with no tracks.... get in, sit down, grab on (to your drink or course) Take a ride through Chris' crazy car lot 🙂

Bob Hall
Paramedics will be standing by ! LOL !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Chris Greathouse
Hahahaha...

#2 Quick trip to the Purple Punch Pond for dechroming and a peek at the decals.

Chris Greathouse
But yes Boz... I plan to do my best 🙂

Tom ...
Kick'n the tires on this one...

Bozzer
A buddy of mine has had some great results with Alclad Chrome, sprayed over gloss black. I've not tried it myself yet, but I've seen pictures and it looks better than the actual kit chrome, by comparison. I still want to see it after a coat of clear though. Just throwing that out there, if you wanna give it a try Chris?

Chris Greathouse
Thanks Bozz for temping a plastic addict with new things 😛 I bought the chrome and Glossy black primer... While I was there, I threw in the Boss and Papa even though I'm a sad broke gent... it's ok to use a credit card now and then right 🙂 Now we wait.... I'll get everything but the chrome in the meanwhile.

Tom ...
Alclad is the best. Remember to follow the directions on the bottles and do multiple very thin coats of the chrome, and ventilate! I got their Aqua Gloss too for the clear coat but I'm sure Future or some other clear would be fine too.

Chris Greathouse
Well, I'm banking on Future as I already have it and I didn't put it in my purchase, BUT if Future sucks then I'll go get the Aqua Gloss.... Do you have pieces painted with Alclad chrome? pics?

Tom ...
Yup, my MG TC: Revell MG TC 1945 - WIP | Album by tom... (1:24) (Pics 24 to 27)

Chris Greathouse
Wow....pretty... I just bought vallejo gloss black, but haven't had any issues using acrylic under lacquer. Again we will find out and fix it if there's issues.

Christian W
I used this truck too to test some skilss (wheathering, alclad, dirty engine..). Because it's a easy snap kit, I'd like to do what Special with it.

Chaz Gordon
Breaker 1-9, looks like we got a 10-59 to watch a guy build a chicken truck, Come back.

Martin Oostrom
On this website there is some information about painttypes, and which could/should (not) be used on top of another: swannysmodels.com/Alclad.html

Chris Greathouse
Thank you and you made me nervous 😛 , so I bought the Alclad base. Even though I haven't had issues in the past with acrylic and lacquer, it's best to just avoid the possibility all together.

Danny Meer
that's a cool truck to build, taking a seat and strapping myself in 😄

Bill Newcomer
I have one of these to do someday. Following.

Chris Greathouse
It's the cheapest truck kit I've bought too. Only $20 from Hobby Lobby after their 40% discount coupon. Also, so far there hasn't been too much moulding to sand or any wacky issues to deal with. So that's good.

Chris Greathouse
#3 Fun Fact -- This is only 30 minutes away from where I live. Also there is a Kenworth manufacturing plant 30 min away too..

I always get giddy when cool companies are based in my home state. Too bad the Kenworth plant doesn't do tours, That would be cool. Also a game I play American trucking sim, recently added Washington routes and cities, and the Kenworth plant was put in as a landmark... kind of neat.

Danny Meer
that's a cool fun fact, I play ETS2 and ATS aswell 🙂 tried it with my VR set but not working great

Bozzer
I visited the Mack museum in Allentown, Pa. Mate, I was like a fat kid in a sweet shop! I didn't want to leave. I had a guided tour and best thing was, it was totally free! You should check it out sometime.

Nathan Dempsey
Nice subject. It's cool to build something local. 🙂

Hobby Lobby had paint brushes 50% off today. Wooo!

Chris Greathouse
@Nathan So did you get the handle end or brush end? lolol

Nathan Dempsey
I bought 2 so I got one complete brush 😄

Bob Hall
So were you buddy's with Gary Ridgway ? LOL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Chris Greathouse
Wow, way to take it to the dark side Mr. Trooper 😛 😛 such a prolific killer 😛 Green River is about 45 min SW.

Bob Hall
45 Minutes you say huh ? Where were you on the night of ................................... LOL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bob Hall
I had Just recalled he had worked at the Kenworth plant for years and had left there the day he was arrested.

Chris Greathouse
I was still a wee lad playing with my Nintendo 64 and trading Pokemon cards by the end of his rampage, I remember reading about it in either middle school, or high school current history book some 10 years later.

Chris Greathouse
My bad, I dropped for a few days, thing are getting back in session 😄 Also Super Boss and Papa Truck are on the road! It says 11/26 or so, give or take Thanksgiving hiccups 🙂

It also has the Alclad base and chrome in the box too.

Chaz Gordon
I have an Alclad distributor just down the road from me, they are also the UK iwata distributor. My working hours & location, is all that stands between me and financial ruin.....

Danny Meer
Yesterday I used the Alclad chrome on some parts and really works amazing. If done right it's even better then the original chrome 🙂

Chris Greathouse
@Chaz Well aren't you a lucky duck 😛

Question. What are handleable dry times with this stuff.

Alclad really does seem like good stuff from what I've seen. I just tend to shy away from products with special instruction because it's something else to fret about in the process to a complete car. But you guys like to poke the bear here on Scalemates 😛 It's been the biggest positive influence in my life 😄

Danny Meer
Lol Chris, you won't regret it 🙂 but it's nasty stuff so when using it have good ventilation and wear a mask😉

Paul Juliano
Chris I'd definitely test the Future over the Alclad before committing. You don't *have* to top coat Alclad and every time I have, I watched the shine go out of it like a light turning off. I haven't tried their Aquagloss yet though. If I were you I'd leave it uncoated.

Martin Oostrom
It dries pretty quick, that doesn't mean it's cured! Give it at least an overnighter, but preferably 24 hours (or more).

Bozzer
To be honest, I used Alclad 2, recommended by a friend. He advised me to wear cotton gloves when handling the model, both on base coat and top coat, because it loves fingerprints. He was right too. Once it's clear coated, everything is fine though.

Chris Greathouse
Mask on ready to go... Let's rock this joint! (thanks for tips) Youtube Video

Nathan Dempsey
Whenever I think of the Mask I always think of the Cuban Pete scene. Nice tribute to Ricky Ricardo.

Chris Greathouse
#4, everything is snipped, clipped and ready for primer.

Nathan Dempsey
Things are happening now!

Tom ...
Man, that's a lot of surfaces... my Model T has way less parts. I'm definitely feeling wimpy.

Chris Greathouse
Don't feel wimpy 😛 And fyi, this is a lot of surfaces 😛 [img1]

Chaz Gordon
haha. for more parts, try the original Revell tooling, you even need to build the Chassis from individual rails.

Chris Greathouse
My White Freightliner was like that... it was tricky to align the cross beams and and rails, but it lets you play with more colors and ideas on the individual pieces.... MTV TRUCK FOR THE WIN! Project 030 -- White Freightliner (MTV Truck) | Album by chrisagreat (1:25)

Bozzer
Italeri trucks are good builds. Kinda like an upmarket AMT kit. My Revell Pete 359 was also a great kit, but it had tons of parts. It was the other kit to yours Chris. I still like the challenge of AMT though.

Chris Greathouse
I think that Italeri trucks are just the bees-knees, you calling it an upmarket AMT makes me think differently.

Class exercise -

Take what you think are the top 5-8 auto kit brands and list them 1 - *, 1st is best, last is worst.
I've always been curious as to the different qualities. Bonus, why did you list them as x in the list.

Bill Newcomer
Would this list be based on quality or preferred/available subject matter. It changes my priorites.

Chris Greathouse
Mould quilty /put together ease /piece of junk brand -- What ever makes the mark

like if I look at an AMT box, I know it's most likely a crappy kit with probable horrid flashing, and head aches.

If I look at Italeri, I smile because it's my favorite brand because trucks, and I know it's going to be straight forward. 🙂

Danny Meer
I know the feeling 😛 working on the '84 Revell KW K100 VIT atm and everything is crooked as hell...
The cabine floor is completly warped and alot of parts would need so much putty to make it perfect that i'm not even gonna try to lol. would need a 5 gallon bucket of putty 😄

Munkyslut
This is looking fantastic!
There's half price Italeri Peterbuilt & Freightliner 1/24 in our local hobby store right now, I think I'm swayed😉

Martin Oostrom
Which shop is that? I'll have to try to stay away! 😄

Danny Meer
Lol Martin, have the same problem with the facebook page of Janno Bokxem 😄 It's hard to stay a collector and not become a hoarder 😛 Sometimes he has some really nice trucks (like the limited edition € 300,- Scania R730 8x4 heavy haulage tractor) probably will buy that 1 when holiday pay comes in may 🙂
Scania R730 8x4 Heavy Haulage Tractor (Italeri 3900MT, 1:24)

Martin Oostrom
That one is SUPER rare! I want one!

Danny Meer
I think Janno has a couple of them 😛 And I don't want 1...I need 1 😄 but still € 300,- is alot for a kit lol

Chris Greathouse
That's complete and total beast mode. On my wishlist too!

Danny Meer
whahaha 😄

Chaz Gordon
My cunning plan is to replicate the Revell heavy hauler axle mod with a couple of the Kits I have, I have a resin moulding kit, and plan to make extended chassis rails (hence the Revell original kits) and moulds for extra Resin Wheels, Axles & suspension, plus I want to try to make silicone Tyres, then I can do triple and quadruple rear drive versions.

I think I will also grab one of these Monogram Tool kits, as I have a couple of full sprues of spare chrome parts like the long mudgards that I can dress it up with.

Chris Greathouse
@Danny maybe if you close your eyes when you hand over your credit card, it won't hurt as much 😛

Danny Meer
😄 that's the reason I don't have a creditcard...to protect myself from my itchy buy-fingers 😛
Only buying stuff when I can pay for it😉

Chris Greathouse
I was smart.
I got the Amazon.com card with 5% back.
Then I was dumb.
and used it 😄

Chris Greathouse
#5 The bamboo forest is starting to take shape. I'm starting off with the black pieces because I can get through them quickly and they can go to the parts bin, leaving more room on the tv tray for working/painted parts.

Chris Greathouse
LOL all I can think of is the Super Boss and Papa that I bought even though I can't afford them until next month....

Chris Greathouse
@BOB THAT IS SOO FREAKING ADORABLE AND TRUE!

Chris Greathouse
How do you do your 1500-12000 sanding without destroying the textures and panel line on the piece? Obvious answer would be avoid those areas, but then don't get sanded. Overthinking?

Bozzer
Buying these truck kits, is actually more addictive, than building them! I have my own wish list, but then a deal on a truck i haven't got, comes up and boom, it's mine! Thankfully, I only do American trucks, but there's still a lot out there, that I haven't got. On that note, Walmart have some kits in, for you USA guys. 30 bucks a pop, including the AMT construction dozer. Just a heads up😉

Danny Meer
My stash is trucks and trailers only and just started this year. Already more kits then I can build in a few yrs and still counting 😛

Bill Newcomer
ooooo..... purple.

Paul Juliano
That is a nice purple!

Martin Oostrom
Minion purple!

Nathan Dempsey
That is a rather soothing purple Chris. Seeing this one built is getting me pumped for the Aussie Truck group build in February.

Chris Greathouse
Danny!!!! I Just looked through your stash, can you build the Schlingmann Unimog RW1 (Revell 07531, 1:24) next?? I've been drooling over that kit. Looks so badass.

Chris Greathouse
I'm glad that the purple came out dark... I bought a royal purple once and it might have well been called sky purple. But all is good....

Excited today! Papa Truck, Super Boss, and my Alclad base and chrome are "out for delivery" 😄 The only suckie thing is UPS doesn't get here until around 6pm-7pm most times 🙁

Chaz Gordon
is that the Vallejo Royal Purple? it almost looks like a metallic base in the photo.

Chris Greathouse
Yeah it's Vallejo Game Color 72.018 Royal Purple.... The spray booth lights kind of mess with the color a bit.

Danny Meer
@Chris LOL have to look if I can, just started the Mercedes Super Actros 😛 Was working on the Revell K100 VIT "australia" and what a mess that is...cabine has a bad roof and cabinfloor is all crooked. And the chrome parts...what a crap messy job they done on that..so stopped with that 1. chassis is all done tho.
Will place some pictures as project of it tomorrow
I will put the Unimog as next 1 in line or maybe as in between build 😄

And cool your trucks and Alclad are on their way to you 🙂

Chris Greathouse
I think I finally understand sanding to a shine, even though it scares me to run through the paint. Now I just need to concentrate on the first part... several thin layers of color so you can sand without worry... I'm a bit fat fingered with the brush 😛 This truck won't have a shine probably, but I'll try... from here out I "should" get better with it.

Danny Meer
You do wet sanding with water? or dry?

Chris Greathouse
(I have 1500-12000 wet/dry fabric sandpaper) I sanded 12000 wet, better sliding around the piece... Sanding after the paint is intimidating... I always run though... I just did one of these truck fenders, super lightly, and I didn't run through. I could see a mild shine. On the next vehicle I'll lay down plenty of paint so I can sand to a shine. But seeing a basic taste of it help me alot.

Danny Meer
Yeah can be pretty scary, It need a few good layers and let paint dry atleast 2-3 days and then lightly wet sanding. for me it's also still a learning curve 🙂

Danny Meer
I think corners are the most difficult 😛

Paul Juliano
If you want to sand it with something finer than 12000, you can just hold it up in the air and waive it around.

Chris Greathouse
Ha!

Danny Meer
lol Paul

Chris Greathouse
Where's my box!!! lol

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Tom ...
BTW, thanks a bunch Chris for pointing out the Unimog... what you trying to do? Put me in the poor house! Sheesh

Bob Hall
Chris, I got this if your interested ?
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Chris Greathouse
@Tom All the UNIMOG trucks are cool, there's also a desert rallye and snow plow version that look badass too. SCM Search: Unimog

@Bob, That one is on my wishlist. Give me a quote with shipping and I can pay you on the 3rd, next paycheck.

Chris Greathouse
@Tom modellversium.de/gal..l-rallye-revell.html

Donald Dickson II
Purple. Im in. 😄

Chaz Gordon
Tom, Think you might need to Blame James C for that, he started it I think with his Kenworth W900 build, (that one cost me a few Quid too) then Chris goes and decides to start this Pete, next thing you know, someone's talking Unimogs. I'm still not talking to Bob Hall now that I've a got a huge Mustang box that doesn't fit anywhere.

Chris Greathouse
@Chaz lolololol

Chris Greathouse
#7 Painted the Alcad base for the chrome. The directions say to let dry overnight. Is that really the recommended, or can I get away with waiting 6 hours or something. I don't really know the properties of lacquer other than it sprays like silky heaven.

Tom ...
I would think 6 hours is fine. Of course I would imagine it depends on humidity and temperature. Maybe experiment with waiting 1 hour for some pieces and 6 hours for others and even 12 hours for a few more and see if you notice a difference.

Bob Hall
You want lacquer to cure, here is the secret ! Take a space heater in the bathroom or the smallest room in the house, crank it up on high, (dries up any humidity) get it hot at you can in the room for about 4-6 hours. Then remove and let sit at room temp for a few minutes (I sit mine in front of a fan to cool it) after that your good to go. That is Exactly the process used on the latest Shelby in blue.

Chris Greathouse
I'll just wait until tomorrow to be sure. I'll start looking at the Papa Truck and Super Boss instructions in the meantime.

Bob Hall
That method also applies to the clear coat stage to at the end.

Peter Hardy
I leave it for a couple of days Chris. Where the base is on a bit thick it can take a wee bit longer to cure. Unless you are very controlled with the airbrush. If you look at Bob's work you can see he's a dab hand with an airbrush! I leave a margin of error that is pretty wide because I don't have Bob's skill level. Put t aside and get on with other details while it cures.

Chris Greathouse
Just looked in the Papa and Boss boxes.... oh boy oh boy oh boy and a lot of pieces 🙂 Tires are perfect with pre printed Tyrone Malone name in white and no mid seems, and the decals are crazy! They make me smile (and twitch) And the plastic looks good from what I can see (looking through the bag). I Don't think I can wait, I'll order any paints I need, and get started on Papa Truck after the Peterbilt 359 🙂

Bob Hall
That is a tried and true method ! Paint your body first thing and while you snipping sanding and priming and hooking up your BBQ sticks, it's drying and will be all ready for you when your done with the small bits and assembly.

Danny Meer
@Chris So you are actually saying that those 2 trucks need to be in my stash 😛
seen the both on internet, but my wallet says no for now 😄

yesterday opened the Scania:Scania R730 V8 "Imperial" (Italeri 3883, 1:24)
And 2 pages are dedicated on all the decals that need to be placed lol, it's a very nice detailed truck.

And when I painted something, most times I wait for a minimum of 1 whole day to let it cure.
My house is always at a temprature of 22,5 Celcius and around 50% humidity 🙂

Chris Greathouse
Oh man, that Imperial is SEEEEEEEEXXXY. I Love Italeri showroom trucks, so sharp and crisp. I almost bought that one, but I went with the Project 034 -- Scania R620 - Blue Shark | Album by chrisagreat (1:24) instead. #19 shows all the decals and chrome stickers.

And yes, Papa Truck and Super Boss need to be in your collection 😄 Thankfully they were only $35 each, instead of the $65 I paid for my showroom truck.

Danny Meer
Your R620 looks great aswell, paid € 35,- ($ 38,50) for the Imperial and has such amazing decalset.
nice buy for both Papa and Super Boss at that price 😄
Will ask the FB dude if he has them 😛

Chris Greathouse
#8 Holy sweet mother of God! Alclad chrome is BOSS 😄

Martin Oostrom
It is, isn't it 😄

Chris Greathouse
I wasn't happy I went through 20mg (I feel I used too much, I always have a heavy trigger finger) for these parts, but I'm sure to have several chrome bottles on deck... worth it!!!

Any clue why the lacquer was leaving the rear of the cup (green dot in pic) when I was moving the needle in and out. created a bloody mess. I've never adjusted or moved anything on my brush without any problems. Lacquer is aloooot thinner. Am I supposed to be tweaking the needle seal for each type of paint?

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Munkyslut
I'd get a cheap 10 bucks single action airbrush just for that lacquer, make things much simpler to clean up after.
You don't really need double action for that, same as clear coats.
The seals cope with most anything on short term usage.

Chris Greathouse
But what about my airbrush. Should I be messing with the needle seal for different paints? How to stop the leaking? I am looking for greater general airbrush knowledge, what to do in this situation. I will probably get a secondary brush when I'm switching paints on a usual basis. But now it's just once in a while.

Danny Meer
I think the lacquer is very nasty stuff for your O-rings if you don't have teflon in your airbrush.
Like Munkyslut says maybe get a cheap single action for it.
Normally O-rings need to replaced more often if you use enamels then when using acrylics

Danny Meer
Btw how many layers did you do on your rims?

Chris Greathouse
Are you supposed to loosen/tighten the metal needle seal for different types of paint.

Danny Meer
for the laquer you need to use less psi then paint

Danny Meer
on compressor I mean 😄

Danny Meer
Alclad chrome at 10 to 15 psi

Chris Greathouse
heh.. layers... I'm horrible on that... I always just spray with less pressure and just go until it looks like a solid color, taking a minute or two break until the sheen dries, and watch for paint runs etc... then when it goes on the dry block, that's usually it until build time... It comes down to a paint job that you can scuff up pretty easy when sanding. 🙁

It's going to be my biggest downfall in getting a good sheen... I don't do layers *YIKES* I know you need to do several good layers so you can do a good sheen after.

Chris Greathouse
I set the psi to 15 per what the bottle said... maybe I'll try 10 psi when I work on Papa.

Danny Meer
lol first layer should be really thin and let it cure 8-12 hours then second layer 😄

Danny Meer
second layer you can do little thicker 🙂 and can you set how far trigger goes? maybe set it to go max halfway instead of full to the back

Danny Meer
My Monogram 1:16 truck did the cabine in 2 days 7 layers with spray can, It's a waiting game that can be very hard 😄

Martin Oostrom
There is friction between the needle and the seal. This will cause the seal to wear. The relatively thick acrylic won't slip through, but the thinner lacquer can. Slightly tighten the screw which holds the seal in place. It is fine when you feel slight resistance, but still can move the needle without it getting stuck.

Alclad works best in thin layers. I also need to acquire that skill 🙁 The airbrush should be drinking less that way as well. Nonetheless, great result for a first attempt 👍

Chris Greathouse
Thanks Martin for the seal info! When I get ready for the chrome on Papa I'll get in there and fiddle with the screw, tighten 'er down a pinch 😄

I almost get bored of running through a batch of colors/pieces, especially the bigger batches, spray them down, turn around... and you want HOW many layers.... nope this is fine... lol horry for horrible habits lol

Spanjaard
that chrome is looking good.

Chris Greathouse
Thanks, I'm happy with it 😄

Danny Meer
The chrome work looks great and alot better then the stock chrome in most of my kits 🙂 that's why I wanted to know how many layers you used

Chris Greathouse
Yeah I'm a horrible layer laying guy, I just lightly (using air to flash dry if I get a bit much) continuously spray until it looks full bodied.

from Alclad: Apply 2-3 light coats. When completely dry finish with 2-3 coats of ALCLAD CLEAR BASE.
You don't need to wait a day between layers, just a few minutes... Overnight is for curing

Chris Greathouse
Just ordered the extra paints I need for Papa Truck and Super Boss... 8-10 days thou 🙁 But I've got this 359 to finish.

Chris Greathouse
Clear coated everything, waiting a few hours(or tomorrow) to dry, then decals and more clear. Then building 🙂

Bozzer
Curious to know what white you are gonna use for the Super Boss Chris? On a high note, my Mack Cruiseliner just arrived. All I need now, is to get myself an Italeri Australian truck, for the group build 🙂

Chris Greathouse
I will be using Vallejo Gloss White for Papa and Boss.

Papa and Boss has almost identical color schemes, except a few colors, so I planned the schemes together. There are alot of colors and alot of colors I didn't have. It was a bit tough to keep track of what I have and the colors to order. I made a quick Excel to jot down what I needed to order for what letter of the scheme. And that's what this is. [img1]

The colors without brand info are all Vallejo (mostly Model Color) including the Gloss White, metals, and transparent colors (and whatever else).

Danny Meer
Nice job on colorscheme. I want to get rid of all the old Revell enamels, but not sure what brand to go for..
Some old Revell Enamels that came with the big stash aren't even available anymore, like the #71 Dark grey 14ml. not showing on the color chart, so don't know what the replacement is for that color lol

Chris Greathouse
@All, I decaled everything and sprayed on a couple of layers of future. I'm going to try a little wet polishing in the morning, then build.

@Danny, Got a picture(s) of the cans wrap around label? Is there date/manuf stamp on the bottom at all? I can try and dig through old internet stuff to see if I can find a trail to a new/changed reference number/name.

AND

I'm bored 😄

Danny Meer
@Chris Made an album with the old enamels that came with the collection, some of them are as old as I am lol... I think that Humbrol #5 is closest to that old 14ml can #71 but not sure.

Chaz Gordon
@Danny According to this, you are correct:
models2u.co.uk/PaintChart-HtoR.PDF

Danny Meer
Thx Chaz! did found some color charts but didn't see this 1, will download it to my computer 😄

Chris Greathouse
#9 Pieces!

Danny Meer
Damn you are a fast builder 🙂 lookin great 🙂

Chris Greathouse
I think part of it is that I do batch painting. I can spray down a color batch that has 30-40 pieces in it all at once, then touch up any secondary colors on needed pieces and bam a third of the kit is ready for building and set aside. Move on to next color batch, repeat, then finish with your clear coat batch.

Danny Meer
what needle do you use in your airbrush? I have a 0.2, 0.3 and a 0.5mm for mine

Chris Greathouse
I use a $20 ghetto blaster air brush with .3 needle. It came with .2 and .5 as well. For me the .3 has the Goldilocks effect of not too much, or too little, but just right. I never change the needle unless I ding it up, but Amazon has 5 needle/nozzle sets for .3 for only $10.

Bob Hall
Like that Blue, all looking good so far, another beauty for the shelf !

Chris Greathouse
Check your eyes old man 😛 It's royal purple 😛 Thanks for the kudos ...Yup all is looking good and going smoothly.

Bozzer
Great to see her on her feet mate. The winning post is in sight now.

Tom ...
Chrome looks great!

Chris Greathouse
@Tom Thanks, I'm now in love with the stuff 😄
Thanks Bozz!

#11 Beefcake rolling through.... 😄 Done! I'll get pictures either today or tomorrow.

********** ATTENTION Papa truck has been put on hold because I'm waiting on paints....

BUUUUUT My hands can never stay idle so I'm going to do the Honda Today (Tamiya 24057, 1:24) in the mean time. Cool little car and when you get all done, they give you a little hobby motor with instructions on how to hook it up to the drive to give you forward movement. [img1]

Bob Hall
Nice Blue Truck.

Chris Greathouse
ha 😛

Bill Newcomer
Congratz on another completed build. Looks great.

Danny Meer
Nice job on the truck Chris! and that car is funny 😄 yesterday have seen a kit that used air for rc driving lol [img1]

Christian W
Turned out well, the truck!

With the Honda you are probably done within hour 😄 There are so less parts. But: like it too. It sits in my shelf since decades *lol*

Paul Juliano
Great work as always Chris. Love the chrome!

Munkyslut
Danny, I have that Eldon Corvette!
It's about 1/14 scale but it wasn't a kit, it came boxed.& ready to go.
You're right tho, it uses polythene plastic bellies & tiny air ones to operate the steering.

Nathan Dempsey
Nice finish on the truck Chris. The color looks great with that big decal.

Danny Meer
@Munky on that page it says 1:12 scale for € 65,- and it's from 1968 very cool

Chris Greathouse
What are these tyres you speak of? 😛 Both the Kenny and Peterbilt have good treads on their tIres, I don't remember the wheel assembly process for the Kenny but the Peterbilt when together great. Had to widen the poorly made post holes in the rubber for the hubcaps and spacers to slide through. but nothing showing when you look at the assembled tIres.

Chris Greathouse
They are fairly flimsy and the same on both trucks since are revell kits I believe. but with the hubcap, tire, spacer, tire, inner wheel piece. They feel pretty rock solid.

Chris Greathouse
I'm going to upload pics in a minute. I tried something different with the lighting this time. I didn't use the overhead LED ring, instead I used 2 small forward facing spotlights sitting on mini floor stands... I think it looks good.

Can you visit any my previous projects and tell me what you think about the difference with the LED ring?
Project 048 -- Hatsune Miku BMW Z4 GT3 Super GT | Album by chrisagreat (1:24)
Project 045 -- '80 Subaru Sambar High Roof 4WD | Album by chrisagreat (1:24)

Danny Meer
The truck looks awesome Chris, love it! but the grill without teeths like on the box or is that no decal?

Chris Greathouse
No decal my friend, I was bummed too.

Munkyslut
Ahh that's come out great Chris!
You pissed it! LOL!

Chris Greathouse
and it hurt so bad 😛

Donald Dickson II
Very nice! Great result sir!

Chris Greathouse
Thanks Don!

Bart Teunis
Nice build Chris

Chris Greathouse
I changed my mind, I'm not building the Honda Today ... I'm taking off the time it takes the paints to get here for Papa (8 days or so). There are a couple K-dramas I want to watch and catch up on. It's really hard to build and watch subtitles at the same time.

Tom ...
The front lights give nice specular highlighting but you could do with more diffuse soft lighting to fill in the shadows better, and/or post process to soften the shadows.... but that's another hobby rabbit hole to go down... Nevertheless, the photos, as are, are really good! Another awesome truck, mate! 🙂

Chris Greathouse
I'm not pimping out my photo booth (although I have some ideas) 😛 Like you said, that's another rabbit hole to go down. Although I think I'm going to stop using the top LED ring, or find a cheap voltage dimmer switch for it and splice it in.

Greg Baker
Wow. What a great result!

Bob Hall
I dub thee "The Purple Peter People Eater" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Chris Greathouse
Thanks guys!

Neuling
Top build. Very beautiful truck!

Danny Meer
@Chris, here is a little YT vid of the Tamiye truck with the sound and light test. the lights of the pole trailer are connected via GT Power Bluetooth connection truck has lights and sound from the MFC-03 and GT power lightkit (wich is also the bluetooth unit to trailer 🙂
Youtube Video

Thomas K.
nice truck! 👍

Chris Greathouse
Wow man! Great timing with the lights and sound, very impressive!

Danny Meer
thx 🙂

Chris Greathouse
Grrrrr!! 2 business days and my order of Papa paints still ain't shipped... It's a perfectly acceptable processing time (2-3 days).... I'm just impatient AF lol... maybe tomorrow, then ~6 days shipping. I'm 10 times worse than Scott Pilgrim lol

Bart Teunis
wahahahaha i know the feeling

Bob Hall
They just came out with a new model W-900

revell.de/en/product../kenworth-w-900.html

Chris Greathouse
That one looks cool!

Chris Greathouse
Started the Project 052 -- Honda Today, Motorized. | Album by chrisagreat (1:24)... Found out Papa paints won't be here for 8 days.

Brandon H
Would look better with a teal engine haha 😛 Nice work though!

Chris Greathouse
Thanks!

The top of the engine says CAT, so wouldn't that be a yellow? Even though I ignored that too and chose a musty-tan anyways. 😄

Zach Wilson
You're gettin really good at this stuff chris

Chris Greathouse
Thanks Zach, means alot!

Konrad -
Hey Chris congrats to this awesome looking Truck!! 👍 👍 👍!
Like this stuff a lot.

Chris Greathouse
Thank you!! 😄