Mack Superliner

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I'm sitting here in my home office looking out the window at a very nice 1988 (I asked the driver) Mack Superliner dumper; and this got me to thinking: what would I need to do to have a Superliner in my collection? (Whoa, that Peterbilt 379 heavy-haul just drove by again).

Now, I know that Italleri has a Superliner kit, but to make it accurate it needs quite a bit of work, and it's 1/24. AITM makes a Superliner cab kit (1/25?), but what frame to use? Would the Mack R-Series kit be the best? Is the engine in that kit correct for a Superliner? How about the suspension?

This probably won't happen for a while, but it's an interesting mental exercise.

[plastictrucker]

Yeah they are nice trucks.
Here's a link answering your questions. starting in january.
public.fotki.com/modeltrucks25thscale/model_magazine_articles/scale_auto_enthousiast/sae_2000-2004/
KEVIN

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I found them, too. They're good articles. I guess it would be better to convert the Cruiseliner kit into an early RW-600 Superliner, than the R-series. Or, get the Italleri kit, chop away, and hope for the best!

[plastictrucker]

Also, the cummins would be correct.
If I'm not mistaken the reason for the big hood was so they could put a larger rad to cool down the high horsepower engines

[78KW]

public.fotki.com/modeltrucks25thscale/truck_brochures/mack/

Scroll near the bottom of this page. There are Mack Superliner brochures from the late 70s(AITM) when the Superliner was introduced, to the 1989(Italeri) brochure. I hope they help.

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Thanks, Ray. I appreciate it.

I was on the road today driving on I-81 between Syracuse, NY, & Pittston, PA; and every flad bed I passed I thought of you. I don't know why. Just did. You weren't out East were you, by chance?

[shuvlhd69]

that road to Syracuse is long & boring...... done it many times.

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And now it's all torn up in PA. Penn DOT is reparing just about every bridge in the state. I-81, I-80, and the Penn Turnpike are a mess.

[shuvlhd69]

Jun 8, 2009 20:54:42 GMT -5 @jimb said:

And now it's all torn up in PA. Penn DOT is reparing just about every bridge in the state. I-81, I-80, and the Penn Turnpike are a mess.

TIS' THE SEASON.............

[78KW]

My travels haven't taken me that way in quite awhile. I'm in Nebraska tonight.

[midnytpanther]

Hi there could not help over hairin all this about model mack trucks and all.. i was lookin around on the net one day and saw this guys..we do of a mack cruiseliner. .and he made it in to a mack ultraliner..i did hav it as book mark but lost it this is a photo of the model truck he did i really liked it. .it had it 4rm start to the end of how he did it..but lost dat book mark but have a photo ov the model truck he did..if u no were i could find the link to it that would be great thanks...i have been looking for wat i had put the last time wen i saw it but cant find it on the net..i cant remember if i put kenworth w900 truck photos on mi mate Google. .or something else cant remember. .but if u no someone who nos were i can get da link or were i can find it that would be great. .