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Post by mustang1989 on Apr 18, 2018 14:15:57 GMT -7
With the end of my "Demon II" build behind me and an empty bench in front of me, I've decided to put my next build on the work bench. This one is another "Blast from the Past". I built this kit as a kid and although it was a terrible build looking back, I had a lot of fun with it. After a tumble on the shelf shortly after I built it she was put out of her misery. The Pactra Star Blue paint had been brushed on and it was the ugly duckling of all of my builds even in that day. Flashing forward some 35 years later here I go to give this beauty another shot. As some of you know, I've been wanting to build a rig for some time now and this just seemed like the perfect one to build.
The Pactra paint line has ended so I'll be on the search for a close, if not perfect, match to the original Star Blue as possible. I also need to do a lot of research on White Freightliners as to get a lot of the details right and the paints as close as possible. Decals are shot so I'll be outsourcing those to get a fresh set. I've also managed to round up an upgraded set of wheels and tires for this bad boy so I turned to Moebius for those.
With that......................let's get started.
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Post by wisdonm on Apr 19, 2018 6:15:56 GMT -7
 Home made decals. ypur's should be easy. |
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Post by mustang1989 on Apr 22, 2018 2:17:33 GMT -7
Thanks wisdonm. That looks pretty dang good right there.
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Post by kpnuts on Apr 30, 2018 2:27:49 GMT -7
Looking forward to this one.
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Post by mustang1989 on Apr 30, 2018 17:25:06 GMT -7
Looking forward to this one. Thank you Ken. Glad your here in on it bud.  |
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Post by sharp on May 1, 2018 18:38:25 GMT -7
Hey Joe,I'm here to buddy. popcorn-and-drink-smiley-emoticon
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Post by mustang1989 on May 3, 2018 19:23:50 GMT -7
Hey Joe,I'm here to buddy.  Gotcha Gotcha!!! Thanks for lookin' in as well Mike. |
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Post by mustang1989 on May 7, 2018 18:57:21 GMT -7
I've been looking at this and a few other boo boo's that this kit has. The front tires are supposedly a problem area as they stick out from the wheel well too much. I'm either going to have to cut the front axle some or not install the front brakes. The cab is sectioned into a front half and a back half................presenting a nasty seam. The list goes on but I've started trying to remedy the problem by turning to my spare kit. I'll be doing a dry run on a total assembly of this truck without any paint just to see how to mitigate the problems that show up along the way.
Got the frame and suspension already assembled. The front axle is just lying on top of the leaf springs. I'll be working with this part to ensure the tires end up where they are supposed to. I'll look into that whole headlight ordeal when I get there. Dunno if I'll do anything with that or not yet. Depends on how nasty and in depth the surgery is going to be.
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