Building scale plastic models: Model trucks: AMT Peterbilt California Hauler comparison. PART ONE

Showing the differences of the first and second issue AMT Peterbilt 359 kits.

[@brianlewis6926]

Wish they would use that green glass in everything and those mini box

[@MrBigrigdaddy]

My Dad and I built that when it first came out. All I have left is the cab,hood and a couple of green cab lights.

[@goratgo1970]

Almost same here, slight bit later as I bugged my Dad to build my first kit and chose the T-500 brown color boxing when I saw it at Sears. We finished it in Testors dk. blue - long gone.

[@deborahchesser7375]

@@goratgo1970 that’s where I used to get my truck models, they had em all, I miss the 70’s says the old guy lol

[@deborahchesser7375]

Thanks for the comparison brother, I had the original kit, my very 1st model, what memories

[@russvoight1167]

I saved my fifty cents allowance for weeks, until I saved the $5.00 plus shipping in 1969. Mailed the money to my cousin in Edina, MN who picked it up at the hobby shop and mailed it to me. But I recall the 40' Fruehauf van trailer kit I bought later had the coupon for the bunk kit. Cost a dollar

[@IamGalvatron]

I just started building this kit and one thing that really took me by surprise with it. No steer axle brakes. I’m not sure if thats a real life thing but I’ve not seen or driven a real truck with no front brakes and doubt one exists.

[@lotso69]

That’s how the real trucks were, back in the 70’s.

[@luisvarela9096]

Only tandem tractors were able to have brake less front axles, 2 axle tractors had to have front brakes

[@THROTTLEPOWER]

👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@PlasticImaginationWorkshop]

Thanks for the video. I recently built the AMT White-Freightliner on my channel but I am considering building one of these soon. Also, I just subbed to your channel so I will be checking out more of your video's and part 2 of this series. Have a great day. -David

[@lotso69]

Hi David! Thanks for subscribing!

[@frankstrohmyer9106]

Copy on the tires. Great looking sidewall, wish they had deeper tread. Like you stated.

[@pete3790249]

I have a transtar cabover . It was built truck but the window is yellow. I swore up and down it was painted like that.so I soaked it and soaked it and it never changed . I assume it was molded in that color.

[@lotso69]

Sometimes the clear plastic will yellow over time. I’m not sure of any way to fix it?

[@wayneburnett5942]

that was the 1st model i ever built (359 mine was brown on the box) in 75

[@wallyfronzaglio372]

Those wheels and tires are too small on a lot of the amt kits they need to be the size to simulate 10 . 22 inch tires and wheels I might take ones from the Freightliner kit and try them

[@russvoight1167]

They were scaled to 10:00x20

[@wallyfronzaglio372]

@@russvoight1167 they are too small on most of their kits