International F-2674 dump truck (New Tires )

[mopar]

I’m on a roll here I build a Mack COE and then a regular Mack Cab dump truck and now I finished my International COE so I’m going to build a reg  International cab dump truck. This one will be the fifth one for my Super Bee Trucking fleet. I’m switching out the Heil dump body with the Autocar Montone dump body. When I was checking out the Autocar Montone dump body I found out that the piece that goes over the cab was not it’s full size so I will be fixing that part. This kit is molded in brown to. I’ve started spraying primer on everything today. 

[dge467]

Cool build, but you were suppose to wait till I finished my Mack first! LOL!!!

[mopar]

Sorry dge467 but right now if I was not building I would be going crazy. Today’s progress I sprayed the cab yellow and started on the frame and engine. I removed 35 scale inches from the frame and painted the engine and some of the wheels. I also fixed the deformed part.

[dge467]

Looking good! Was it warped or just not molded correctly?

[mopar]

It was just not fully molded

[tubbs]

nice. good start. man, i bet the parts bin for big rigs takes up a lot of space on the shelves.

[mopar]

Thanks Al yea in between parts boxes and kits to build it takes up half of my closet.

[mopar]

Today I worked on the frame and wheels. I’m using a little bit wider float tires on the front of this build. I’ve ordered some rear drive tires from Moluminum Model Truck Parts. I’m waiting on the yellow to dry so I can tape off for the black front and fenders.

[mopar]

Made some progress on the dump body and realized that I had shorten the frame 1” to much so I added it back in. 🤣

[mopar]

Added the black to the front and fenders plus added some PE to the front grill.

[dge467]

Looks great!

[mopar]

Thanks! I worked on the fuel tanks and the hydraulic fluid tank plus the side rails on the dump body. I also modified the stack so it fits under the dump body. 

[mopar]

More work on getting the stack to fit.

[mopar]

Finished the dump body today I still need to work on the interior and the front part of the truck. Thanks for everyone’s comments so far.

[dge467]

Dump body looks great! I had to file out the dump body for the exhaust stack too on the Autocar.