Popular Post Whiskymack Posted July 22, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 22, 2022 My most recently completed model project. 7 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/70155-fire-down-below-mack-dm800-and-east-dump-trailer/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted July 22, 2022 Share Posted July 22, 2022 Wow great job thanks for sharing I have the tractor model I haven’t done anything with it for years just barely started it about one of years ago and it’s still sitting in a box looks like you have more ambition… bob 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/70155-fire-down-below-mack-dm800-and-east-dump-trailer/#findComment-503861 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted July 22, 2022 Share Posted July 22, 2022 Did you modify the curb so the doors open???? or is that the way it came my doors do not open Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/70155-fire-down-below-mack-dm800-and-east-dump-trailer/#findComment-503862 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Whiskymack Posted July 22, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 22, 2022 Yes, I cut the doors out and made hinges so they open. The cab is from the AMT R 685 kit with the firewall from the DM grafted onto it because I needed the later +3 cab whereas the ERTL DMs have the old metal dash cab. 3 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/70155-fire-down-below-mack-dm800-and-east-dump-trailer/#findComment-503865 Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubleclutchinweasel Posted July 22, 2022 Share Posted July 22, 2022 Nicely done! 1 Quote "Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines." Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/70155-fire-down-below-mack-dm800-and-east-dump-trailer/#findComment-503869 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freightrain Posted July 22, 2022 Share Posted July 22, 2022 Fantastic work! I love that chase seen. I do have to laugh how slow that old chebby pickup is if that DM could keep up. LOL. Quote Larry 1959 B61 Liv'n Large...................... Charter member of the "MACK PACK" Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/70155-fire-down-below-mack-dm800-and-east-dump-trailer/#findComment-503880 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark T Posted July 22, 2022 Share Posted July 22, 2022 Very nice 😍 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/70155-fire-down-below-mack-dm800-and-east-dump-trailer/#findComment-503903 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mechohaulic Posted July 23, 2022 Share Posted July 23, 2022 trucks looking real good. the B81/DM800 chassis are the best. I have a DM800 with stretched chassis waiting for completion; redoing mounts to take a cummins twin turbo. also two 800's built back in the '70's waiting for repair. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/70155-fire-down-below-mack-dm800-and-east-dump-trailer/#findComment-503927 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff M Posted July 23, 2022 Share Posted July 23, 2022 Beautiful model, very well done. I've done a couple over the past few years but none as nice as that one, particularly with the mods you've made to it. Nice job!! Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/70155-fire-down-below-mack-dm800-and-east-dump-trailer/#findComment-503950 Share on other sites More sharing options...
609albert Posted July 23, 2022 Share Posted July 23, 2022 very neat, I studied the photo closely then read the buy line and was set-back to see that it was in fact a model, it does look very real Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/70155-fire-down-below-mack-dm800-and-east-dump-trailer/#findComment-503962 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted July 23, 2022 Share Posted July 23, 2022 Oooooooooooo my god that’s amazing….. I would have thought you had a different kit,,, you are a master hats off partner… bob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/70155-fire-down-below-mack-dm800-and-east-dump-trailer/#findComment-503972 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Rubber Duck 006 Posted July 23, 2022 Share Posted July 23, 2022 Awesome work on the model!!! I see alot of those when the wife and I go back home to see her family in Ikes fork West Virginia. Those DM800's can actually move down the road. Last year up in Michigan I saw one that had a bunk on the back and a 500 hp E9 stuffed under the hood. I wish I had gotten pictures of it cause it was sweet looking for sure. Love that model. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/70155-fire-down-below-mack-dm800-and-east-dump-trailer/#findComment-503985 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiskymack Posted July 24, 2022 Author Share Posted July 24, 2022 Thank you for all the encouraging comments. I put an 8V92 detroit in the model but I think this was probably just studio dub. You can see that the truck that went off the cliff had a 6 cylinder Mack motor but then I'm pretty sure they used two near identical trucks for the chase sequence so I suppose the other might have had a detroit though unlikely. The Mack DM of this era brochure does not list detroit amongst the engine options and a google search for Mack DM873 brings up nothing. I'll call it modellers license! 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/70155-fire-down-below-mack-dm800-and-east-dump-trailer/#findComment-504047 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattb73lt Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 That's really neat. You have a lot of skill and you have a great amount of detail you've put into it. Amazing!! Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/70155-fire-down-below-mack-dm800-and-east-dump-trailer/#findComment-504309 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 I forgot all about that movie I did see it a long time I go also I built one while I was only 15 I almost forgot all about that back then I had a little bit more ambition and not so much to do Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/70155-fire-down-below-mack-dm800-and-east-dump-trailer/#findComment-504500 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 And yes I have also been a big fan of that that model since I was a young.kid we had alotta them in my area…. Bob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/70155-fire-down-below-mack-dm800-and-east-dump-trailer/#findComment-504502 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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