Man building these as a kid was tough, spider web glue everywhere and the paint jobs? Oh boy. Still love them at 53

I did this kit back in 87 when I was 12, back then they had 2 versions, this one and Convey The Rubber Ducky...........brings back memories

Very clean Mack DM600 Rich! I built one in a light blue with black chassis! I had the same issues. I also built 2 Mack DM800's!

Oh my gosh I started building this kit back in May of this year. I got so fed up with it , I put it back in the box and haven’t tackled it since. My hats off to you for finishing it. It looks great

as a old Mack driver....mostly dumps....I will admire you truck from the video....I will remember the hours in R models, U models and DMs......I will stick with 1-87th scale railroad kitbashing…..LOL....driving a 2 stick Mack was a pain in it self, don't need the pain on this kit....hahahahaha

It looks great, i've been building truck models for 45 years, I don't know how many mack models i've done in past. well done !

Beautiful!

Looks great in orange Richard. Thank you for the video. Love these Mack R models.

That "offset cab" was unique to Mack and appeared on the DM800 and DM600 models. I believe it gave the driver better visibility in construction areas, where these trucks ruled for decades. Under the hood ... I can't recall if these were fiberglass hoods or if the were aluminum or steel. Painting the underside a dark, soft grey (Model Master Euro Grey) would not be inappropriate, nor would the addition of insulation. Great job - your patience brought you success.😉

Awesome job I have that same kit

For as much trouble as it gave you, it still looks really good. That is just a testament to your abilities and patience sir. Mine would've went back in the box when the side stack didn't fit and the frame was tweaked. Lol! Thank you for sharing. Keep em coming.

I still have that kit in the box you did a great job on this

I've got this same model in my stash. I'm going to keep your tips in mind.

Hey she turned out real nice! I understand everything your talking bro, I build it and went through the same thing. I'm about to build the D.M. 800 so wish me luck with all that chrome can be a nightmare. Thanks for video helped a lot.

They should give us the kits and then pay us to build them!!! But they would probably go bankrupt obviously they're not spending good money for quality modeling engineers. But all that being said I still enjoy building all kits they all present their own challenges but by people like you sharing your frustrations and telling us about the problems with these kids is a heads up so all your hard work and effort is very well appreciated keep up the good work the orange Mac looks awesome !!! You have proved that you can make chicken salad out of chickenshit haha have a good day great job

Man o man, been working on this bad boy for a couple weeks. Talk about a total PITA!

Canadian viewer. I just finished this kit. Yup, there are a few hiccups. I look at when this kit was originally designed and patterns made. It was before CAD, it was when dies were not cut by lasers, etc. I grew up with kits like this in the 70's and 80's....you learned to problem solve and try and fix things as well as you could. Once complete though, I think it does a good job of representing the original. My advice is to take your time, test fit, test fit and test fit.

just built mack dm600 yes it has issues truck turned out nice

I so had wanted this kit!

You are a master modeler.

it looks gorgeous.

Great looking paint always makes up for ill fitting parts, nicely done even if it was a pain

This kit looks like the one made by Ertl that I built about forty years ago. I also built their Mack DM-800 Constructor and the International Transtar. They were some pretty decent kits. They were also some of the trucks I drove. At one time, I wanted to build a collection of every truck I drove, but never got around to doing it. It would have taken a lifetime, because it was the real ones that paid the bills, and left me little time for much else!

Thanks for a great video! I've had no issues with this kit until the fitting of the cab on the chassis. I too looked at installing the hood first, cause as you say, that's the key component to make sure the cab sits right. I too had to add some extra sprue to the pipe connecting the turbo exhaust port at the engine to the muffler canister. Also, last minute I noticed there was nothing in the instructions to putty up the two cab roof holes if you don't want to install the AC unit on top. So, I ended up installing the AC unit. Looks not bad. I liked the fact that the Bulldog and MACK emblems were provided. OH, one last thing.....Drive shafts and the fifth wheel molded in chrome??? I don't drive truck in real life but the fifth wheel gets a lot of grease and gets scraped by the trailer underside. So, other than a show truck, who installs a chrome fifth wheel? Your video was really helpful Richard. THANKS AGAIN!!

I drove a DM-600 Mack for many years, the underside of the hood on everyone of the trucks I drove poorly painted in body color, like an after thought. On a couple of the trucks they had a spray on insulation, looked like a bed liner. Hope that helps. The DM model Mack was also known as a J model, because the cab was offset to one side, they were narrower than you would think, 2 grown men could just barely fit..lol

Hello, I built two of these kits when they first came out in the early 70's from MPC, when I was a kid. I did not have any problems with fit at all. The kits went together beautifully. I am happy to see this kit is molded in white and black like the first runs a long time ago. If I build this kit now that I am a better builder. I will have a lot of fun with it. It will come out so much better than it did years ago. Even then it came out good. I do a lot of detail painting to enhance all the detail. The kit looks well done and should go together fine. I think that you as you said, you do not usually build trucks. I have built so many that I lost count. LOL. I mostly built trucks because you can build ten of the same kit and use different bodies on the back and have ten completely different trucks. I never have trouble building any kits. Must be because of all the years of doing it. The reissue of the Dodge 700 cabover gas engine truck with opening doors went together great. In Vids I looked at They glued the doors shut because they could not get them to work right. I got mint to work fine. I test fit everything and make adjustments where needed to get the fit just right. I enjoy the working features. I make all mine with doors opening, steerable front end, and rear tandems working. I paint them with multi-color paint jobs. I guess I could start using my You Tube channel and make some Vids. What I find the most fun is reworking the kits to add working features. Of course being an Engineering buff I enjoy figuring out how to do it. I really like your final job. It looks great. I'm sorry you had some problems with fit. The Orange you used is a good choice, with the black chassie. Nice job. From what I saw on your vid is the commitment to finish it and the relief. at the end, LOL. I would like to see you build the AMT or MPC Mack DM 800 kit. They never fixed the front end. It is to wide. But this one you just did is a lot easier. You think you pulled your hair out on this one. LOL. The challenge I enjoy. Got to have refined skills to build some not all. but some. The AMT truck kits are easy to build. Of course some are harder than others. Keep up the great vids. I look forward to more.

I did it and it fit perfectly no problems

Good looking puppy dog. I'll have to get one, to add to my stash.

For all the difficulties you had it looks very nice, you did a great job. I've got one of these so at least I know what's in store lol

Hi Richard nice job on the Mack truck looked at this kit in model shop the other day over $100 AUD and thought maybe new tooling kit but knowing AMT MPC and Revell USA havent done new tooling for decades i think I'll pass on this challenge keep up goodthe good work cheers

looks great

l just bought this model... Oh my

Great job with a beast of a kit. AMT big rigs are major challenges..... :(

I bought this kit 3 years ago. It is still NOT FINISHED. Have been building kits for 50 years or so I have only encountered a few kits that were just stubborn. This Mack Tractor was one of the biggest PIA’s I have ever built. If you did not know the meaning of “ KIT BASHING” this MPC kit give you a great example! As in your video, I encountered the same fit issues that you ran into. It really surprised me of the super crappy fit of about 80% of this kit. The ONLY fit that actually fit and looked good is the hood to body, and yes the only way to preserve that fit is to put it on the hinges first. All in all MPC has offered a decent variety of kits since the late 50’s. But I have noticed over the years that MPC kits are just a notch lower in quality and fit than the average kit. I had a very good friend that worked for MPC in Mount Clemens Michigan in the early to mid eighty’s. I would go to the factory on Gratiot Ave and actually pick kits off the assembly line before they were even shrink wrapped , which was a pretty cool experience. I grew up just a mile or so from the AMT factory in Roseville/ East Detroit. I would see many of the custom cars sitting outside of the building that AMT had reviewed for actual model production. The factory/ design building is still there after all these years ! Anyhow, very nice build from such a PIA kit, and yes my frame was tweeked in the rear also. What kind of paint do you use for your body colors? Looking forward to seeing more of your builds. Keep up the great work. Thanks, J.P.

All in all not to bad to put together I've had worse. Looks good brother

Awesome thanks

Richard that “thing” on the passenger side you were fighting with is the air filter housing!!! And the thing with the good being wider than the cab the Mack DM is like a cab and a half!!! I have driven Mack DMs and they personally to me are just “Junk” lol I have driven Peterbilts and Kenworths Sterlings and (I have been a Concrete mixer driver for 25 years) and personally the best truck I have driven is an Advance Front Discharge mixer truck!!! But brother you did good!!! Wink for a piece of junk you made it look good!!! You made a silk purse out of a sows ear brother!!! I presently drive an 82 Freightliner dump truck!!! My boss is looking at a 2000 Mack dump truck and I am hoping it’s a Granite and not a DM!!!

Love it

I’m working on the 1/25 trumpeter American La France pumper. I love putting these models together. It’s my therapy 😂

This kit I have it I've built back in the late 70s I know it can be a pain in the butt but keep in mind there are carry over parts from there DM800 kit that's why you have some parts left over and the bumper that you used is from the DM 800 as well on the chrome tree that's why your hood doesn't open all the way I've seen a build on RIGHT ON REPLICAS of this kit and Dug also said the same thing With regard Dennis

I have that kit in my stash not ready for that much aggravation maybe someday

Awesome

The frame of mine turned out great, no warping at all. It's an awesome truck!

Does anyone know what version of this model has the centered cab? I've only seen it once for sale but only remember it being a dm 600 series

Macks were usually on construction jobs, gravel-hauling, that sort of load. "Mack-tough" was the slogan. . Not likely to have it with a car trailer, a.k.a. a parking lot.

I have one of those old kits still in the box it looks like it will stay that way

That end music sounds familiar from another model video. Looks good

hey you.i made trucks too,yeah youre right.the parts are a nightmare.but when you are finish i love it.but dont when i work on it,,i have an italeri freghtliner its a really good truck.i have a revell pieterbill.that was finish.now i become a italeri MAN german truck.i hope its better then the american truck.but by the parts are damage ore not right produced they give me the parts for free.that is really good.

The thing on the Sid of the Mack nest to the cab is a air Breather

Round2 seems to be mixing it up a little, I think. That Mack made a couple of appearances in an AMT box but I think it started life as an Ertl kit. Ertl was a part of AMT at one time and Round2 likely owns the molds and the licenses. In my opinion, Ertl kits were superior to AMT kits

Have you built the Mack R685ST Semi Tractor (AMT 1039)..is it any better?

the rear fenders were for the mixer version of the kit

that is the off set style cab hood

What's the diffrence between that and u model

One thing to remember on the real mack the parts didn't always fit the company had a lot of adapta kits lol.

That part you were sanding to fit on a mack is called an air filter. Just saying.

lm almost done building this kit what a nightmare how did you make your wheels roll mine are fixed....

I wonder if this is the exact same kit amt released...its on the shelves at hobby lobby now...i noticed that kit not selling too.....same ones been on that same shelf fer nearly 6 months now....ill now assume i know why ther not selling....a shame.i was abt to buy one of em....mabye i still will at least now knowing what needs addressed but man its pretty hard to work around a twisted or warped frame....throws everything off

What is the music at the end, I would love to know.

The hood is off set on the real truck in order to give the driver more leg room

Any idea why no model companies have done any of the older iconic trucks like the Mack B seies?

If you want a REAL nice truck kit, get a Monogram Kenworth W-900 in 1/16th scale, the red one. It is expensive but ohhh! sooo nice!. More then 250parts but, in 1/16 scale!.

Hose for trailer brakes maybe

Im finnishing up the amt freightliner cab over re release kit and man!!! Talk abt a pain in the ass.....ther wernt any numbers for any parts!!! The instructions wer extreamly vague at best....the way the wheels assembled was terrible...tire fit terrible...you need to fit up the driveline to be sure where the engine sits at exactly cause theres zero locaters....it was a tripp to put together but i got it

Nice build,but Roadway trucks weren’t red.

I heard this kit was a nightmare to build.

Sounds like it was alot of work lol

The round cylinder is the air filter

Nice build of a crappy kit, if you don’t get the frame square, it’s all down hill from there. I built two of them over the years and they both turned out crappy!

The bonnets to short to sit down properley

If the kit is no good , I turn it into a junkyard vehicle.

Dude, it’s an MPC model from the 60s not a Tamiya from 2020. Too critical.

So half way through, noticed a pattern, you whyn a lot, sorry,... I think before I started doing something , I didn’t know about ,I would research a little about it.. me I drove a truck like this, and I built a semi truck 30 yrs ago real life and plastic,, it hard to put anything together you have no idea about, ie; the air cleaner is not the exhaust. Sounds like you over your head with big rigs. I would think this is a 4 or 5 level kit, whit h required you to know a little about the kit.... myself I hope I can get this kit and put a dump body on it.... keep on working on it, next one will be better... get a book or find one of a thousand videos on here. Sorry about the bitch, but thats what I got from the video

I have build thousands of these kit and Never had any trouble with this kit fitting right.. you just don’t know how to build..