Tyrone Malone's Hideout truck

[bitner1970]

I got this kit off Ebay last year factory sealed for 50.00. It was molded in a very brittle cream colored styrene. I have never like these AMT Aerodynes, Some thing always is warped out of alignment or breaks off easy, like on this one with the front cab mounts. The same thing happened on my Papa Truck. I had a real fight trying to get the bed together. It was really warped. I managed to break one side in half in the process due to brittleness of the plastic. I added a Peterbilt bumper to match the prototype, and also new chrome wheels from an International dump truck. The kit parts for these are totally wrong. I also added CB and radio antennas, spotlights, trailer hitch, and fish eye mirrors. All of these were added per reference picks in my Tyrone Malone books.

The truck was painted Tamiya French blue for the frame and undercarriage, and flat black for the body. I then painted Tamiya clear blue over the black to give it a glossy blue tint. I also did this to the Bandag Bandit on the rear deck. I managed to use the kit decals, but added P.U.C. stickers to the drivers wing window and AMT logos. This is the last of the four AMT Tyrone Malone trucks I had to build for my collection. This one I worked on off and on for over 6 months because I got so frustrated with the brittleness of the plastic and the fit problems mentioned about. I may do the Boss truck of America and Mama truck in the near future. I have a spare Super Boss in the closet for parts just in case.

[fish]

Wow, very, very nice job on it bitner ! It turned out great despite the problems you had. It would take me a month just to get all of those decals on !

I can't believe you snagged it off of ebay for $50.00. It seems like every one that I put in my 'watch' list, sells for $75-$100+.

Is the visor chrome plated in this kit or did you BMF it or get it plated ?

[78KW]

Nice

[tufftin]

Another Bitner Classic.
Mike

[muleskinner]

Well kid you did it again. Thats a nice addition to the collection. When you told me about it on the phone, I figured I would get a look at it on the net. I know how those brittle kits can be, but you did a fantastic job on this one. Keep up the good work.

Muleskinner
(Dad)

[animal]

Does anyone know haow we could get a kit like this one??

[bitner1970]

Hi Animal,

Unfortunately I think E-bay is your best bet. They have been out of production for years.

Cheers:

Bill

[enyawnow]

Great builds along with your PaPa truck.Would you tell me how you did the white lettering on the tires ?Thanks

[bitner1970]

Hi Enyawnow:

The lettering is raised on the tires so I used a very small paintbrush to paint it while. Tedious but easier than I thought it would be.

Cheers:

Bill

[convoy1977]

This truck is awesome, to bad it is out of production

[Modelsbyroni]

sweet. really nice build.

[Deleted]

Thumbs up.

[captainron14]

Great job

Captainron

[Southgate]

Very nice, Bill. I have one of those waiting to be built. (Papa Truck) I didn't know about the problems. I'm still debating as to how I'm going to build it, but it won't be a Papa truck as such. Probably a recovery truck to go with my wrecker fleet. I do like the tires in this kit though. I wish AMT used them in other kits as well.

You amaze me with your building times! It take me up to a couple years it seems to get a rig from beginning to end. More if it's a challenge. Dan

[rodfather]

Man thats looks good nice job,Doug