Pawel

Where I live we've got lots of 'em. Like this one: Johnny is misbehavin' in school so the teacher says: "Tomorrow I'd like to talk to your mother about your bad behaviour". "My momma is dead" says Johnny. "Oh my god, how did this happen?" says the teacher. "Accident. Ran over by a steam roller". "Well, I'm so sorry. Then I need to talk to your dad". "He's dead too" says Johnny. "Also ran over by a steam roller". "That's terrible, my poor boy. I'm concerned by your future" says the teacher. "So how about your grandma or grandpa?" "All dead", says Johnny. "So what are you going to do now, Johnny?" asks the teacher. "I'm gonna keep on driving the steam roller" replies Johnny.

Howdy!

Sometimes there's a little sieve in the fuel tank, that prevents bigger impurities of entering a fuel line. If this sieve rusts, gets clogged or something like that, funny things happen. My friend has his truck start, run two kilometers and quit. So he called for help, after some time the help arrived, they tried to start the truck, and it started, went anothe rtwo kilometers and died again. When left to sit, the fuel was sifting through the sieve and filled the fuel line. But then when the motor created a serious fuel demand, air was being sucked in through the gaskets and blocked the pump. A quick remedy would be to blow compressed air into the tank, hopefully blowing the clog out. Hard to say if it's exactly what is troubling you, but I hope it helps - good luck with it and have a nice day

Paweł

Nice machine! Can this be some other model with a Superliner cab put on? Thanks for sharing, have a nice day

Paweł

Fred,

congratulations on your new truck. I sure would like to see some photos of the innards of your truck, as I'm building a model of a similar machine and photos like that are hard to find. Good luck with your machine, have a nice weekend

Paweł

I'd be interested in a manual also - for a Superliner I. Barry, our host on these forums wrote me you can't get it at a dealership anymore... Anybody? Thanks in advance, have a nice day

Paweł

Legorigs,

Thanks a lot for your kind words. The link you sent is very interesting, especially for someone building a Superliner II. It was also very interesting for me to see how many differences are there between a Superliner I and Superliner II. Currently I'm working on the roof, but also on rechroming some of the parts. Tedious job and not much to show. Maybe I'll have something to show you later. Thaks again, have a nice day

Paweł

Paul, thanks for sharing! I haven't seen that arrangement before. Also very interesting info. Thanks again and have a nice day

Paweł

GreenGiant2 - thanks a lot for the info, very interesting. I like the looks of your Brockway a lot, I wish you good luck on the road in your machine, have a nice day

Paweł

Thanks again for the info!

Bob - technology is movin' on!

Mark - great photos, thanks for sharing!

Neil - thanks for the info. I've got a Cummins on my model, so I guess I'll depict a luberfiner too, mounted under the hood though.

Thanks again, have a nice day

Paweł

Bob - a nice rim you got there! About the chrome - you can rechrome your parts using a paint called "Alclad 2". It is sprayed over really smooth gloss black base and after that the parts look pretty chrome! I'll demonstrate that on my model soon, as I got a few details to chrome too.

Doug - great photos, thanks a lot! Now I'm good to go. First thing to fix, and I'm working on it right now, is the roof vent, which Italeri put too far back. I'm about to put it in its correcxt position, and then I'll mount the diverters, lights and horns. I'm working slowly, so it will take some time, but when I'm done, I'll post the photos. Thanks again for the photos, they are a great help, and have a nice day

Paweł

Mark, Bob - thanks for the answer. I heard the name "luberfiner" many times, but was unable to verify the meaning - internet doesn't say too much about it, but now I know more! Can it be some trucks had a luberfiner mounted under the hood? What could be the reason to put it outside? Thanks again, have a nice day

Paweł

Ain't that a pity when it happens :-)) Not to worry, I got a nice photo I needed. But of course you can't get too much of a good thing - if anybody has photos of Superliner I innards please post them here! Thanks in advance, have a nice day

Paweł

Hello!

That Brock is now a fine looking truck, it has a great potential! I have a question though (probably a lame one, but here it comes):

What is that silver cylinder mounted forward of the driver's door? From what I've seen on the photos, they were very popular in the seventies, and then they disappeared completely. So what is it and why don't we see them anymore? Thanks in advance for the answer, have a nice day

Paweł

jaysm35a2 - thanks a lot for the photos you posted - just can't get enough of them here. The truck I'm trying to depict is supposed to be pimped up a little, but not that extreme - although I wouldn't rule out someone making a model of the very truck you posted the photos of, someday.

Please remember - photos of the innards of a Superliner I are most welcome here all of the time.

About the roof - after reading the recent posts about the roof I checked it up again, and discovered Italeri moved the roof vent back some and so worked around the "bobbed" center roof light. I think I'm going to cut my roof up again (just a little bit) and try to add this interesting detail. Any photos showing this arrangement (roof vent and the "bobbed" bullet light) will be a great help for me. Thanks in advance for your great help, have a nice day

Paweł

Bob - that's a pity, I'd just love to see the pics of your model. Please try again!

In the moment I'm almost done smoothing the sleeper, it will probably get a coat of primer next week. I'm also preparing parts to rechrome them. That bobbed center light is bugging me... Does anybody have a photo? Notice how rarely this detail is seen, most of the time the trucks are photographed from ground level and the top of the cab roof is invisible. In the model kit all five lights are the same, of course. So please help, thanks a lot in advance and have a nice day

Paweł

Pity, it was a nice bridge... I'm glad I wasn't travelling on top of it - imagine a large steely claw ripping through the asphalt right in front of you... Creepy! Have a nice day

Paweł

The idea is fine, but that was a sports car, where you want maximum power no matter the cost. In case where you want maximum efficiency - most bang for the buck - I say let's drop it and save the extra weight. Have a nice day

Paweł

Thanks a lot, I've been wondering about it for some time, now it's answered! Have a nice day

Paweł

Nice one!

Do those codes also apply to the RW series? If not, I'd be grateful for a similar list for the RW series. Specifically, what would be the designation of a Cummins NTC350 engined Superliner? Thanks in advance, have a nice day

Paweł

LAZR GUIRA,

that's a very clean machine you got there! I'm in process of building a scale model of a Superliner I, so this thread is valuable reference for me. Black headlight frames look very interesting! That steering arrangement is pretty unusual and it took me a lot of head scratching to figure out. I was assisted by one particularily helpful forum member (thanks again!), and I got the steering axle done, but I still need the shaft made - just in scale. Here's a link to my model build thread:

Superliner Scale Model

Could you post some pictures of your truck (from under the hood) there? Thanks in advance for your help, have a nice weekend

Paweł

I wouldn't recommend cooling the fuel - while true, that it's more dense, when cold, when it is warm, it flows better, the injectors vaporize it better and so it mixes better with air and gets burned more effectively. So you actually get what you want - you inject less fuel while getting more power out of every drop of it. Hope it helps, have a nice day

Paweł

Howdy!

I've got an old commie method my pops told me years ago - at the international fair in Poznań, Poland, they would mix black shoe polish and brake fluid and put that on the tires. I heard it looked beautiful. I'm not so sure though, how this method (and many others described here, for that matter) influence the tire life. While it's surely good to put some kind of pigment on the tire, so that sun rays are blocked out and don't harm the rubber, the solvents that carry that pigment might not be so healthy for them. Should anybody want to try my pops' old method, a word of warning - brake fluid is a pretty strong paint remover, so don't let it contact any painted objects. Hope that helps, have a nice day

Paweł

Hello!

Thanks a lot for your fast answer! So am I correct to assume they should be U-shaped, looking from the front, and see-through (open at the rear)? Thanks again, have a nice day

Paweł

Hello!

I have a question that is probably pretty obvious for anyone who closely inspected an US truck - but I haven't, so here it comes: Many US trucks have a group of three bullet-lights on the roof. Between them you often see two snorkel-like objects. What are those? Thanks in advance for your help, have a nice day

Paweł

Hello!

I've got some progress on my model to report - I put the sleeper together and now I'm working on the filler coat to smooth it before priming it:

I'm also working on the frame, I installed cab mounts and the frame stiffener on the frame:

The battery boxes, their covers and the air tanks slung underneath are also on their way

And finally I dechromed the details that will go on the cab roof with brake fluid. I'll rechrome them later, after filling the imperfections:

That's where I have a question: What are those two snorkel-like things mounted between the three central bullet-lights on the cab roof? I like to know what I'm modelling, but I don't have an idea what they might be. Also please remember, if you see something you think is inaccurate im my work-in-progress pictures, I'd be grateful for pointing it out. Thanks for reading, and thanks in advance for your help, have a nice day

Paweł