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Exclusive RC 12-19-2013 01:46 PM

Heres My New Project...Cat CT660
 
It is no secret that I am a Die Hard Pete fan.They are the Holy Grail to the Trucking world (just my opinion :), The Cat Engine was undoubtedly One of the best.... Now Paccar has replaced them, and as a Homage to the Cat Engines and Cat Line I have decided to do one of their trucks with a Little "Exclusive" Flair.... It has been on my mind forever and for those of you who know me on a personal level, know that ive been sketching and planning this for a long time, I am cool with the Guys over at Foley Caterpillar and they are allowing me to go there and spend the day with them going over details and taking pics and Measurements for accuracy... The president also requested a Non RC version to put on his desk :) I will be scratch building this and implementing some 3d Printed Parts as well with the help of a designer friend of mine... who knows maybe I might even make these a complete print and offer it to you guys as a kit..... only time will tell, and trust me the DETAILS will show!...

Operation Cat CT660 "Catrina"

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Daveroo 12-20-2013 01:51 PM

Re: Heres My New Project...Cat CT660
 
those are cool...ive never seen one of them...make the kit...it will get used...

cabs 12-20-2013 07:59 PM

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I see foley running around with a red one, Anselmi has a nice yellow 4 axle the guys doing the 22 project. We have 4 new extended cab t800 coming next week, maybe one day I will attempt that

RCP57 12-20-2013 09:00 PM

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What's with the yellow one? I have never seen one with rounded fenders like that. Lighter duty truck? Should be an easy build for you! Can't wait to see it.

Reg

flatdeck 12-20-2013 09:05 PM

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Reg.. That is the city tractor...


Wayne

Supermario 12-20-2013 09:14 PM

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Originally Posted by RCP57 (Post 100095)
What's with the yellow one? I have never seen one with rounded fenders like that. Lighter duty truck? Should be an easy build for you! Can't wait to see it.

Reg

If I recall correctly, the yellow one is the first cat truck offered in Australia and was way before we saw the trucks that are on northamerican soil.

Exclusive RC 12-20-2013 09:30 PM

Re: Heres My New Project...Cat CT660
 
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Originally Posted by Supermario (Post 100098)
If I recall correctly, the yellow one is the first cat truck offered in Australia and was way before we saw the trucks that are on northamerican soil.

Yea I think you are right, btw thank you very much for the boxes I got them today! They will look super sweet on my flatbed!

Espeefan 12-21-2013 12:56 PM

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The yellow one.....rebadged Navistar/International? Should be an interesting build to watch!

TRUCKMAKER 12-21-2013 06:53 PM

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I believe the yellow one is a Navistar Prostar with a Cat grille and badging.

Supermario 12-21-2013 09:32 PM

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I remember seeing pictures of that truck back in 2010 on my work email. We all said it looked like a navistar at the time. Then we now have the truck you see today.

If you ask me , all they did is take the navistar sweeping lines and squared them up a bit???:rolleyes: and yet it creates a different look ?

To be honest my latest dump truck build is supposed to be a low budget spare parts build but I have already thought about how cool it would be to have a CT660 in our S&M trucking fleet :D:rolleyes::) ....


Mario

Exclusive RC 12-22-2013 01:38 AM

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I Believe one of every brand truck would be a great addition to my fleet... And one day it will happen but it's hard when I'm one guy working on multiple projects and making sure I take care of my customers. The wheels are always spinning in my mind to make things bigger and better but my hands can only work so fast lol... ALL of my builds are complete (in my mind) now it's time to make them a reality!

Exclusive RC 04-20-2014 02:10 AM

Re: Heres My New Project...Cat CT660
 
It's been a while but I got some new inspiration between talking to Mario and taking a trip down to Foley Caterpillar and getting a bunch of pics and help from the guys out there the build is alive and will be unveiled at the June show in jersey.... At least that's the game plan lol...


So I started with an aeromax because I thought it would be the closest..... Yea right I was in for a rude awakening.... Ordered a ton of body parts and glass and interior to not be able to use any of it as I was only able to use the top part of the hood, and grill (which was later removed anyway..) then I realized it was right under my nose all along with the cab as it was very similar to a king hauler with obvious modifations so i butchered one up and scratch built the rest, this is the Frankenstein I got going on so far....


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Def a headache to mold fender and make an exact mirror of each other, but with some cursing I got it done...

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On to the grill

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And the **** bumper lol

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Tons more to do but he's def taking shape!

speedy8305 04-20-2014 02:34 AM

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hey great work just a lil something i noticed the hood molds look like they should come in thicker but I think your doing great

Grainfarmer 04-20-2014 04:23 AM

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:eek: Whow...great job! Looks good...

regards
Frank

nenard 04-20-2014 05:47 AM

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Awesome fab work. Really starting to look like the CAT.

flatdeck 04-20-2014 08:13 AM

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Nice work Brian..

Wayne

fhhhstix 04-20-2014 09:17 AM

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Good job it is looking good, and it is farther than I have gotten with mine in the last two years.

Exclusive RC 04-20-2014 11:54 AM

Re: Heres My New Project...Cat CT660
 
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Originally Posted by speedy8305 (Post 108963)
hey great work just a lil something i noticed the hood molds look like they should come in thicker but I think your doing great

Thank you, and pay molds I think your referring to the grill area?.... If so it does look a bit narrow in that angle but when it's all finished an painted it will be on the money...

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Originally Posted by Grainfarmer (Post 108969)
:eek: Whow...great job! Looks good...

regards
Frank

Thanks Frank
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Originally Posted by nenard (Post 108970)
Awesome fab work. Really starting to look like the CAT.


Thank you good sir!
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Originally Posted by flatdeck (Post 108972)
Nice work Brian..

Wayne

Thanks Wayne

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Originally Posted by fhhhstix (Post 108973)
Good job it is looking good, and it is farther than I have gotten with mine in the last two years.

Thanks Travis, I got bout 20 hours into it so far.... Whenever I get something stuck in my head I can't stop until it's done..... I forgot who it was that I was talking too, that mentioned you may be doing one a well... Hope I've given you some inspiration an ideas to get yours back on track....:)

Supermario 04-20-2014 12:02 PM

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Looking spot on Brian! Can't wait to see more. Keep up the great work:bounce:

Exclusive RC 04-20-2014 12:09 PM

Re: Heres My New Project...Cat CT660
 
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Originally Posted by Supermario (Post 108983)
Looking spot on Brian! Can't wait to see more. Keep up the great work:bounce:

Thank you brother! I def will, this one will be in a nice photo shoot withi your boxes and a few other goodies I got for it :D


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