Vladislav

If pushing doesn't work, try pulling. Hope the guy will be able to build WHAT HE WANT on HIS property.

I expected more likes to the initial image. Since many of our members better like naked (Winfall) photos.

...And all those are 1:25 not 1:24. In 24th scale the most used option is Italery Mack Superliner (sold as a no-brand vehicle). It has many wrong parts but is a popular model anyway. As of reference pics the best way is to attend this web site for a long time and on a constant basis. R-model Mack had many different options on axles, rear suspension, engine, transmission, hood and even the cab. So you wouldn't build a good model using just a couple of ocassion pics. Look over the wiki section of the forum to find a list of different R-models. Look over the types of engines installed and years of production. Than figure out to which particular model your initial kit is most close. After that start looking through old threads for images. Than having a basic understanding try putting a request thread with more particular questions. For example I have 1988 R688ST. But my front end has taper leaf front springs (3 leaves at each side). AMT R-model has multy-leaf front springs. And say RS chassis would have almost different setup. I even don't know do RS600 and RS700 differ

From what I see at the picture the right truck's bumper is off DM or Granite. Sitting in my chair I would go to evil bay and put "Mack bumper" in the search field. Plenty of offers show up and many have model description. Some of them used to be wroong as we all know. But I'd go that way to start basic reference.

Wow! And I was just going to sleep... Now I need a set of such tracks!!! Ok, I will try to remove a set from a dozer tomorrow.... Or they are too narrow... And plenty of snow all over to work outside... Nevermind.

Congrats on the build done! Seems like almost in time before the white stuff layed down over. Non is the time to fill up. I would advice to no hurry during that.

Cool pics Tom, nice to see, thanks. Before opening this thread I thought I was the only member on here who had snow all around. And now I see I'm not alone. Good or bad but I'm home. The trucks in Keystone Museum got some movements since I visited it this past June. Looks like a good sign for old pieces of history. And those Winfall pics are awesome!

Seeing the 1st pictudes I was going to type Wow! But scrowling lower I got to WOW!! with no doubt. Nice clean job. The way it should be done on my mind. Wish speedy recovery to your account. The result is going to pay back the efforts, and looks it's getting its way quite fast.

Ohhhhell...

Ok, got it. Ok, got it. Just figuring out along a style of Russian slang I expected some meaning of a kind of a crack in some painful area.

Tom, glad to see you and Zina were doing fine. On that last picture she looks quite excited. Wonder it was due to some (good) beer or another matter Oh, and that's not my business, for sure

I see nobody wasted time on the Thanksgiving day. Keystone is a really great place to look at the trucks and tractors. Unfortunately when I was there this past June our fellow member who worked there was off providing other museum's deals. So I had no ocassion enjoying his tour guidance but he offered his service if I ever show up once again.

Paul mate, sorry for my honest interest, which spot did you mean of having a crack??

I think the same part used on later series RD square nose hood is quite close of its shape. Might be a bit longer. Worth checking out somebody's RD on that matter. The later part is more probably avalible through Mack.

I would buy a piece of U-channel or a square steel pipe and fabrikate a temporary part until some ruined R-model hood shows up. Sometimes they do. Of the places I'd check out on such stuff Sparr Mack in FL and Global Truck Traders in VT float up in my mind. Both could be found on the net.

The "drivers side hood" setup should be on both hood attachment spots.

What I have seen on the pics of the RS that setup is similar to Eastern R with airride cab. I have it on my R688. Two rollers have different attachments indeed. I suppose the rollers themself are similar nor brackets. The hood plates are of a steel channel kind, have no rubber pad since the roller suppose to roll on them, not bump. The padded hood plates are seem like off a solid cab mount truck.

That's army NR. NO's were 6x6. The cab is aftermarket, that's true.

Wow! I like the way that cab is doing. Too hope it will be doing better soon

Made a bit of sightseing today

What said above. Some years back Watts Mack was offering nice looking white and black knobs with Mack logo of the style you can see on Mack original key hangers. Once I tried to order a couple of Barry reported that those were no longer avalible and the supplier was already off the business.

It wouldn't indeed.

I might be wrong but I suppose the longer ones are for an R-model and the shorter ones do a B. When I purchased such lock set for my R they were quite long. But I don't have them handy to measure sorry.

Looks really nice. As new or even better. Did you custom order those decals? Would be cool if you ask the folks for more reproductions since I was going to draw them myself and order the prints. I sure would be eager to cover up the expenses.

There were two kinds of that grille. The ones you could see on later R-RD-RB were flat stampings bolted onto the chassis mounted air cooler as mentioned above. When you open the hood the grill rests on the radiator assembly. The F-model grill was another story. It was stamped together with its framing and was attached to the cab front panel. Same style was used on Eastern R700 serie. Can't tell the reason but it goes out together with the hood when you open it. The vertical bars you see on earlier R's is a shutters assembly.