peterbuilt 379 scratch build
 

so this has been kicking around in my head for a long time i figure its time i started putting something down on cardboard so heres the project

a 1/8th scale peterbuilt 379 semi truck
so why a 379 well cause there vary simple and i should be able to make one easy enuff

i looked up all the specks i could find on the internet and started to transfer those mesurments to cardboard my numbers just dident add up so i started refiguring and i think ive got it close



im doing all the mock up with cardboard and when im happy with the dementions ill teansfer them to some .060 styrene plastic



this is a big project and ive never done anything like this before so its gona be a long drawn out project while i learn how to do this



so herez what im shooting for

https://thumbs2.imgbox.com/0e/26/Te4swzHZ_t.gif https://thumbs2.imgbox.com/89/4d/lhIpe6Mm_t.gif

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and heres the first atempt but it looks way off so i had to make some adjustments

https://thumbs2.imgbox.com/41/47/IaZQ0nPc_t.jpg https://thumbs2.imgbox.com/98/79/8sxoxtgE_t.jpg https://thumbs2.imgbox.com/45/f0/FAQZXErd_t.jpg

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heres were im at now

https://thumbs2.imgbox.com/16/c5/fVVtE5h7_t.jpg https://thumbs2.imgbox.com/78/e3/GKkUSA1l_t.jpg

Re: peterbuilt 379 scratch build
 

Nice, some sweet CAD (Cardboard Aided Design) work right there!

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thank you sir lol



i figured out the wheel combo im going with im gona use the wheels from my old juggernaught there 2.6 glue ons i found the ssd dragons in 2.6 and although the patter is different i think the combo will work ok together

the jugg wheels are wide enuff to mount 2 tires on it so it looks like a duelly wheel and beeing so deep it only adds to the look



https://thumbs2.imgbox.com/1f/c6/IhcxuToW_t.jpg https://thumbs2.imgbox.com/4f/7b/Q49M44HX_t.jpg https://thumbs2.imgbox.com/9f/8c/6HrqFjDD_t.jpg https://thumbs2.imgbox.com/dc/bd/Beinexji_t.jpg

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the tires are only temperary for mock up cause there the right size im gina have to order 3 sets of tires but i found some china cheapos that have a vary close pattern to a 1:1 semi tire and there as close to the right size as ill get but i would like bigger ones if i could find 10 axial bfg krawlers in r40 compound i would go with those but thats probably not going to happen lol

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chassis https://thumbs2.imgbox.com/0c/b5/gKmFSXyI_t.jpg https://thumbs2.imgbox.com/da/4f/br2M9ySv_t.jpg https://thumbs2.imgbox.com/ba/6a/NmMBSqAc_t.jpg

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LOL... Nice work"thumbsup"