Matchbox Peterbilt truck and trailer (284) DIBs Big Rig invitational

What we're dealing with here is a complete lack of respect for the law. Hi everybody and a warm welcome back back to  Maple Leaf Customs in Switzerland. I'm Andrew and on the bench today you can see a plethora  of tractor trailers that I've accumulated over the last four years since I got into the hobby and here are some trailers to go behind them. There's hardly a matched set in this whole bunch so I took two different pieces that do go together fairly well, although not originally. I'm going

to work with these today. This is a Matchbox Peterbuilt cab. You can see I'm missing some headlights on the front grill right there. Other than that it's not in bad shape. 1981. Okay on the back, also Matchbox, is what they call a low bed trailer. Now this one's done up in Ferrari livery, obviously. But look at  this I've got matching wheels, so that's the biggest bonus. And they fit together just fine, and once I'm finished with these they'll look like a set. It's my entry for the Diecast Inte

rnational Builders 18 Wheels A Rollin' Invitational. Let's see what I've got to work with. Nice solid casting from nearly 50 years ago. Got sufficient detail on there. Ah, the dreaded yellow glass. Oh well. And between the stacks there's a driver in an all chrome interior. How realistic! Original wheels. I think I'll probably keep those and make use of them. And an all chrome chassis underneath. Gas tanks. Front grill. Yup, got to do a little repair work. Alright that's the front end. Let's see

what the Ferrari package looks like. I've drilled out the rivets that hold this together. That's a metal base. There's hardly a mark on it. Okay, the retainer for the two back axles. Again matching set. And I hope nobody's counting. I got 10 wheels in my 18 Wheels A Rollin' casting. This is plastic. I'm glad the doors are included. They often go missing. And it's also in pretty good shape. I'm going to use this well-known movie tractor trailer as my inspiration today. We are  Eastbound and Do

wn with Jerry Reed the Snowman  from Smokey and the Bandit - a favourite movie from the '70s. Now, first things first. A personal note to the purists out there. If you're a real fan of the movie, you know it's a Kenworth, and this is a Peterbuilt, but it's got a sleeper on the back and to me a cab is a cab. The trailer is the wrong kind. I've got a low bed. You know, there's a lot of discrepancies here. In fact, I'll give you a dollar if you can find two things that are the same to the movie.

So, you don't have to tell me in the comments. Let's roll with it. A note to the realists, use what you've got and have fun with  it. That's what I'm trying to do today. And while we're at it, that's not a picture of the real Fred in my thumbnail. That's just a generic old Basset Hound. Smokey and the Bandit is a 1977 American action comedy film starring Burt Reynolds as good ole' boy Bo "Bandit" Darville, and Jerry Reid as  Cletus "Snowman" Snow, two bootleggers attempting to illegally transpor

t 400 cases of Coors beer from  Texarkana to Atlanta. While the Snowman drives the truck carrying the beer the Bandit drives point in  a 1977 Pontiac Trans Am, to distract the Smokeys and keep the attention off the Snowman. During their  run, they are comically pursued by Sheriff Buford T. Justice, played by Jackie Gleason. RIP to so many of the stars of the show. It's just a fantastic bunch of great memories. We won't even talk about  Smokey and the Bandit 2 or Part 3. They should be struck fro

m the record. You noticed that I  didn't paint strip the Ferrari trailer because it was plastic. So I just cleaned it up, primed  it in white, masked off the two sides where the large murals will go, and I give it a matte black top coat. Using tsunami force spray cans today. And about 20 minutes later I can carefully unmask  it. And you see that leaves the white background for the large custom murals. Pretty easy process. As usual, I want to give you a preview or two of what's coming up on my c

hannel, so that you won't miss anything. All you've got to do is hit the Subscribe button. It's absolutely free! That helps  me out a lot, to keep providing good content for you on a regular basis. I'm not monetized here at  Maple Leaf Customs, but if you'd like to support the channel you can use Paypal.me/MapleLeafCustoms.  Thank you. Here's the Snowman wreaking havoc on a no good motorcycle gang. And the Bandit running interference. Did you know that the director Hal Needham, was better known

in in the industry as a  stuntman, and this was his directorial debut. Needum's actually the one who drove the Trans Am in the  jump over the dismantled Mulberry Bridge. Here's where you place your bets onto whether or not  I can lay this giant mural down in one piece or not. Success! I just found these on Google Images, scaled them to size, and I was quite pleased that it went so well. How about the other side? Looks like I'm two for two today. No problemo. The decals on the cab were actually m

uch more challenging than this part was. There were no murals on the back doors in the film, but I thought they look pretty good so I mocked up a couple of desert pics to go here. Little bit of freestyling. And the trailer is pretty well finished. Ticketyboo. Today's Community Shoutout goes to an online buddy of mine, Mark Anthony's Customs. I'd like to introduce you to his work. You can follow the link in the description to find his YouTube channel. Tell him that you came by from Maple Leaf Cus

toms.  Thank you. Much has been written about how Pontiac supplied four 1977 Trans Ans and two Pontiac LeMans four-door sedans for the movie. The Trans Ams were actually '76 model cars with 1977 front ends. And they all got trashed in the filming. But did you know that Snowman's truck was a Kenworth W900A  short frame, equipped with a 38 inch sleeper? The murals were 48 feet long and manufactured by Hobbs  Trailers in Texas with a non-operational Thermal King refrigeration unit. This is obvious

because  there's no fuel tank on the underside of the trailer to power the unit. Kind of like my own!  I just used a control key from an old keyboard. Nothing gets thrown out. Now to focus on the cab.  There were so many Google images that I could download because it's such a popular film. I laid  down Ghost White decals first because of the black body on the cab, and when those are cured up and clear coated then I can put on the top coat gold layer. The trick here was to work with all of the ri

vets, and to keep the pin stripes distinct and clear. You can see my headlight repair. And how many experts know what this red badge is at the top of the grill? I just converted a Peterbuilt into a Kenworth! I hope you're okay with that. Those details are looking very good, I think. Now for  some minutia, including the amber lights on top of the cab. And Jerry Reed gets a full makeover over  here too, with a yellow shirt and a pair of brown pants. Time to put it all back together. The yellow  g

lass pops in. The interior - the driver, the seats and the exhaust stacks go in one piece. No Fred  in there though. Three axles matching the trailer fit there. I didn't touch them up at all. And the chassis, where only the front grill got worked on. All snug as a bug in a rug. And I can lock it down. This was great fun because of my memories of the film. I'm sure so many of you can share that experience. Just about finished and I thought,  hey I should put some air brakes on here so I twist th

e finest piece of wire that I've got  around a little paint stick and stretch it out and look at that. Pretty authentic. Let's have a closer look. Even though I started out with a Peterbuilt cab and a low bed trailer, neither of which is true to the film, I used what I had, and I think that you would recognize this as the  Snowman's big rig from Smokey and the Bandit. I did my best to focus on on the most recognizable of the details, including the graphics up front, and of course the very recogn

izable mural on the back. Did you ever notice it's a bandit holding up a stage coach? You're welcome! Back doors are functional. A couple of rhinestones for tail lights and Maple Leaf custom license plates. There's the non-functional refrigeration unit. It all clicks together and there's freedom of movement for full turning, which is important. Remember I had to start with mismatched pieces, although both Matchbox pieces from 1981. And here's the Snowman's big rig. I'm pleased with how this o

ne turned out. 10 wheels instead of 18. Oh well. I hope I didn't DQ myself because of that. I think it turned out really nicely and I hope you enjoyed  watching this, with good memories of a great film. I still laugh whenever I rewatch it. Thanks to the Diecast International Builders for hosting this event. Be sure to catch all the other builds. Come on back soon and often. It's coffee time!