Mack DM800 Semi Tractor Cab

Not really what i expected,first i do not like those amt kit and this one was poor in many ways on the rack lot of scaling the chrome rack the numbers was really not readeable(i have a special lense to upclose parts and i had a bad time reading the numbers).the decals touchy.in all i had a little fun building it and that's it.

Where to start ...... Fitment. Doesn't. Fit. Double-check each part - probably half the locator pins - including cab to frame - had to disappear, then be fitted by eye. Watch the parts - many have the same part numbers, but are left- and right-handed. (The rear suspension springs, for example, are two pieces on each side and is stamped with 1 and 2 on the inside - be sure they match!) I invented more curse words trying to get the engine and drive shaft to mate up, because the engine sits a touch too far back. The whole rear suspension pivots like the rear one, IF you can get the engine in EXACTLY the right spot - I wound up having to glue the pivot to keep the drive shaft in place. The cab-to-fenders fit doesn't. Major gaps. The front grill is a fraction too wide for the fenders to tip without scraping the paint off the grill. Decals are brittle - I was going to use the white stripes on the gray paint, but they fell apart before I could finish. The company logo had to be pieced together. Instructions are sketchy - radiator hose placement, for example, is guesswork. It helps to know your way around the inner workings of a truck.. The good - windows were a dream to install! The cab had almost no mold lines. Flashing was minimal. LOTS of BRIGHT chrome parts - including the drive shafts and the fifth wheel!! (GRRR!! Unless the truck is to be a show truck and will NEVER carry a trailer, we truckers DO NOT chrome it!) The mirror brackets are thin - for realism, this is great; they look GOOD. But the black plastic is BRITTLE - use care when cleaning them up. Watch the small bits - Carpet Monster ate a door handle that I had to then fabricate. Overall, if - IF - you can get things to line up, it comes out to be a neat truck.

Excellent kit i enjoy all the kits i have purchased.