Aussie Bicentennial Superliner

[-DJVG-]

Hey guys this is a model ive taken a break from as i was getting sick of masking and painting the stripes and just not enjoying it, so i bought an AMT white freightliner kit to freshen me up. But back to this, its a model of an Australian Bicentennial Mack superliner, there was only 16 ever made, there unique with their custom sleepers and paintwork, and each one is named after a famous Australian with an engraved brass plate on the hood with the chosen famous aussie and whoever the truck was built for on it, but you can look more into that yourself if u find it interesting.
Anyways ive started with the Italeri superliner kit and modified it with mack camelback rear suspension, 6 spoke spiders, supersingle steers, right hand drive dash, aussie sunvisor, aussie air intakes, mack E9 v8 engine, mack gearbox, and bicentennial bunk all of which are resin parts from Auslowe. I am now into the finishing stages finally, but as i said earlier i felt like a break. But also cant wait to see it finished. So thanks for looking, Cheers Dan.


Early days


E9 V8








Start on painting bunk




Getting there.........

[Bri]

Wow! Great masking job and execution on that Mack. This is going to be one great looking truck when it's done. Keep us posted!

[Deleted]

Impressive paint work. I like it. What famous Aussie will this one be named for?

[mudbogginjeepfreek]

awsome job on paint looks great.

[scummy]

Mate , don't stop now , the hard parts done . Here's a photo of the real thing , cheer's.

[signature600]

Now that is a great job so far, you don't see many of these built,
Shame they never built the 20 that they had initial orders for, but it is great that the 16 are still around now, if you are into classic Aussie trucks, what is your next, a Gold nugget?

[kwt904wolfman]

1988 bicentennial cos i"ve heard there was only limit of the mack superliner were builted in australia back then.

geoff

[mofosamo]

Looking forward to see it finished.

[scummy]

Jan 4, 2011 12:46:28 GMT -5 @jimb said:

Impressive paint work. I like it. What famous Aussie will this one be named for?

There's one already been built and it's name is Captian Bligh .

[-DJVG-]

Thanks for the nice comments fellas, im probly gunna do mine as Ned Kelly, @singnature600 yea a gold nugget would b cool, eventually, have u built one? and thanks for setting the benchmark there scummy, that one was built by a bloke called ernie, prety sure he scratch built the sleeper box and other parts himself, very impressive model

[signature600]

Dan,
I am building Ianelli's SAR gold nugget at the moment, (between other projects) from a W model 1/16th kit, there is a link somewhere here on it, I have over 200 detail pic of a gold nugget that was owned by Elite transport (no.9) including drawings that I have done, and a ever growing library on the SAR, an Iconic Aussie truck

[-DJVG-]

SARs were always my favourite truck when i was a little kid, and i still have a soft spot for them, ive always intended to build one and i will, 1/16 would be pretty damn impressive, are the 1/16 kits hard to come buy? I had a look at your progress on the 1/16th SAR, Very Impressive!!!! whats your plan, to mould and copy and sell the hood eventually? because that would be awsome, if i can get a 1/16th kit, and as for your info and pics on SARs i might have to ask u to give me a copy one day mate, thanks for sharing,

Dan

[scummy]

Jan 8, 2011 15:13:37 GMT -5 signature600 said:

Dan,
I am building Ianelli's SAR gold nugget at the moment, (between other projects) from a W model 1/16th kit, there is a link somewhere here on it, I have over 200 detail pic of a gold nugget that was owned by Elite transport (no.9) including drawings that I have done, and a ever growing library on the SAR, an Iconic Aussie truck

G,day mate, would that be ianelli's red one or blue one ?

[signature600]

Jan 9, 2011 6:09:54 GMT -5 scummy said:

Jan 8, 2011 15:13:37 GMT -5 signature600 said:

Dan,
I am building Ianelli's SAR gold nugget at the moment, (between other projects) from a W model 1/16th kit, there is a link somewhere here on it, I have over 200 detail pic of a gold nugget that was owned by Elite transport (no.9) including drawings that I have done, and a ever growing library on the SAR, an Iconic Aussie truck

G,day mate, would that be ianelli's red one or blue one ?

Mark,
You would have been overtaken by a few Ianelli's trucks in your overnighter days wouldn't you?
I haven't seen a red one, only the blue,
pete389.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=shop&action=display&thread=2997&page=1
I started doing Klos's rebuild of it, that is now owned by cornfoote's, but nothing like the original

Jan 9, 2011 3:56:31 GMT -5 -DJVG- said:

SARs were always my favourite truck when i was a little kid, and i still have a soft spot for them, ive always intended to build one and i will, 1/16 would be pretty damn impressive, are the 1/16 kits hard to come buy? I had a look at your progress on the 1/16th SAR, Very Impressive!!!! whats your plan, to mould and copy and sell the hood eventually? because that would be awsome, if i can get a 1/16th kit, and as for your info and pics on SARs i might have to ask u to give me a copy one day mate, thanks for sharing,

Dan

Dan,
I am going to cut up another bonnet, technically this one isn't correct, so am going to redo it, I have a few 1/16th kits, so parts really ain't a problem, don't know yet if I will cast it, to make the mould is expensive, I am casting a short hood W model at the moment,(aussie spec, 8 inches shorter than the States) for another project
The 1/16th kits can get expensive, but they are still around, don't buy the metal glow kit, the plastic has a habit of cracking, and the red kit is cheaper than the blue kit, (aerodyne)
If you need some SAR info let me know, can help you out there

[blackf40]

Great looking build, and what a beast as your subject!