Mack Titan

This looks like some project man !!

Whoa!! That is a lot of parts. I'll be watching this one, the real rig looks great.

I've seen brass rails to replace the plastic rails somewhere but they would need the holes drilled and trimmed to suit. I think it was ctm or aitm that do them.

So this is the chassis with the brass angle in. I had to grind out all the detail along the lower inside edge of the chassis to get the brass back into the corner. Fortunately this meant the cross members could still line up on the upper marks and I didn't have to file down the cross members to keep the width of the chassis correct.


I've left the chassis at full length to allow for the battery boxes and twin fuel tanks on each side. Each brass insert is 12 inches long.

The transkit comes with the white metal front end to help take the weight of resin bonnet, cab, sleeper, engine and battery boxes. Bit of a bugger to get together nicely - sloppy fit and a delicate touch is required to mushroom over the pins that go through the tie rod ends to allow the steering to move. I've also swapped the steering over to RHD but aren't sure where to mount the power steering pump and reservoir - eventually the picture I need will turn up!

I've just used the kit back end as the trans kit makes no suggestions to strengthening in any way so hopefully the brass will do. I don't think that it is correct for the Mack in question but I'm not too worried as it will be hidden by the guards and deck plates etc.

Man these truck builds of yours are off the charts Dean!!

Your detail on these big rigs is amazing mate. Popcorn%20and%20drink%20emoticon_zpsnbkzs8ys Popcorn%20and%20drink%20emoticon_zpsnbkzs8ys Popcorn%20and%20drink%20emoticon_zpsnbkzs8ys

Thanks for the interest guys. Progress on this has been so slow you need to line it up with a fence post to see it move. Mainly due to things being stupidly busy and a lack of clear intructions. No instructions doesn't pose a problem when it's your idea but trying to work someone else's ideas is harder especially when the process if different to usual. I like to have my cab and sleeper mounts sorted so they can be done in the chassis colour but this build has them attached to the floors first.


So here is the sleeper cab floor. 7 pieces in total and pretty cleanly cast.

This is the cab floor. Apparently the 1:1 version has no centre mount under the join between cab and sleeper but the locating position is cast into the floor ( spend too long looking for a centre mount before I realised it didn't have 1). I just used bullclips to join the 2 together to get the floors in.

So before i can locate the cab the bonnet mount needs to go on the front of the chassis.

It looked alright like this so I had a quick mock up by mounting the bonnet so I could line the cab up to it but the weight of the bonnet broke the mounting plate off the chassis when I tilted it forward. To over come this I pinned it to the chassis. Everything lined up as it should until I stood it on its wheels and it looked like it was trying to lie down!

It seems there is an issue in the white metal casting as all the tabs line up with each other but this is the result. At least the plate seems secure now because I couldn't get the sod off the straighten it! The bracket on the bonnet however damn near fell off so I blocked up the low side by 0.5mm - unfortunately pretty much how they do the real ones.

Looks rubbish like this but the mount is hidden by the bullbar and the body mouldings/ creases ( what is the word??) all line up now.

This is it mocked up with the broken bonnet mount.

Now that this is done, I can assemble the battery boxes that go behind each front wheel. The mudguard behind each front wheel is also mounted to these boxes so I'll have to temporarily attach them so I can position the boxes in the right spot to line up with the bonnet. Boxes are chassis colour, guards are body colour or black. Once these are done, the rear guards are set up and the fuel tanks go into the remaining space - hopefully!

Kickin arse and taking names. Looks like you’re winning the war with this one.

Thanks for the encouragement guys. It gets frustrating at times seeing all the progress being made here when mine feels like it's going backwards but hopefully bits will fall into place now.

So, I have done a little more to this but it continues to be a 'long way round' kind of build.


This is Auslowes V8 Mack engine. Needed a fair bit of cleaning up and comes with a sheet of pictures but no instructiions. Is different to the one that I think comes in the Dm800 Mack kit.

Made up some access step to allow you to get up and connect the air hoses etc. Little different from the original but hopefully adds a little bit if detail and interest.

There won't be too much underside detail on this build but I did use a pin to represent the diff breather. This can be a source of staining/dirt if your're weathering the truck.

Resin tank brackets are on complete with stiffening bars between the bottom of the brackets. 1 bracket sits a bit lower than the rest so hopefully some gentle heat will massage it back into line.

Nicely done mate, the steps look neat and the pin tip will be handy

WON'T BE TOO MUCH UNDERSIDE DETAIL!!! He says.... you have more underside detail than anything i have ever built !!!!

That looks amazing already mate, and those little stairs... WOW !!!

This is going to turn out great. Very nice additions to this build. Bring it Dean. Bring it. Popcorn%20and%20drink%20emoticon_zpsnbkzs8ys

That is a sweet color on that engine mate.