1947 GMC PD 3751 Silverside Greyhound Bus 1/35 Scale Model Kit Build How To Paint Glass Chrome Roden
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PD-3751 'Silversides' - an intercity bus created in the mid-1930s by Yellow Coach for one of the largest coach companies, Greyhound Lines. The bus was a real revolution in automobile construction; corrugated aluminum and plastic materials were widely used in its structure, and special attention was paid to maximum comfort for passengers because after the construction of a wide network of high-quality highways between all the cities of the country during the Great Depression, rail passenger traffic almost stopped due to its inability to compete with high-speed road transport. Mass production has been going on since 1939 at the Pontiac West Assembly plant in Pontiac, Michigan, where General Motors used to build pickups and trucks. With the entry of the United States into World War II, the mass transportation of recruits at assembly points, and by the military in all countries, presented a major challenge, and to solve this problem the US decided to use the Greyhound Lines buses. As early as 1942, they carried more than 130 million passengers, both military and civilian, more than just an impressive figure, as it accounted for almost half of the country's population. After the war, Silversides continued to conduct passenger traffic within the country, and some of them were resold to third countries, mainly in Latin America. This bus is one of the symbols of the United States, along with Ford cars and Boeing aircraft, and embodies the significant technological progress that made this country great in the first half of the twentieth century.
This GM bus revolutionized the industry, and set the template for all over-the road buses to come: forward control, rear transverse diesel engine, the famous fluted aluminum “Silversides” cladding, semi-monocoque construction, high floor and underfloor luggage compartments. But its wildest feature was not replicated: a four-on-the-tree shifter and its mechanical linkage back to the non-synchronized gear box; something had to be left to improve. Let’s check it out and delve into the history and workings of its legendary Detroit Diesel 6-71 engine, which first made its appearance here.
GM’s two-stroke Detroit Diesel (“DD”) engine is one of America’s engineering marvels of the twentieth century. Designed under the direction of Charles Kettering at the GM Advanced Labs, the two-stroke principle was used in part because of the desire to have a compact and light engine for use in GM’s coaches, which dominated the industry, or would very soon. Many of you already know its operating principles, but for the uninitiated, they’re worth repeating again.
The DD is different from the typical loop-scavenged two-stroke engine, which has no valves and relies strictly on ports (openings) in the cylinder for the intake and exhaust, as well as crankcase pressure to help keep the gases flowing (typically, but not always). The DD two-stroke “Uniflow” has port openings in the cylinders for the intake air, but has two or four exhaust valves in each cylinder’s head. In order to fill the cylinder with fresh air since there’s no intake stroke, a blower is essential for its operation. Here’s a short video showing the DD two stroke cycle.
The DD engine family was designed from scratch to be modular, to be built in many cylinder multiples. The “71” indicates the cubic inch displacement per cylinder; therefor this 6-71 has 426 CID. Two, three and four cylinder versions were offered from the beginning for powering everything from smaller trucks, gen-sets, pumps, tractors, marine use, and a host of other applications where its small size and durability put it to great advantage. Later, larger multiples were also built, including V8, V12, V16 and according to one source, even a V24. The smaller 53 family soon joined, and in more recent years, a 92 family largely replaced the 71 series. But the 71 family lasted into the 1990’s, and millions of these engines are still at work in all manner of vehicles, boats and equipment. The same basic two stroke diesel design was also scaled up and used in diesel locomotives, where GM enjoyed a near monopoly for decades. - ยานยนต์และพาหนะ
Wow wow wow! This is my favorite build I’ve ever seen! It is awesome and I’m sure it was difficult to build. It’s just amazing! Praying for the Ukraine 🇺🇦
I agree Tim
October 1947, in a story repeatedly retold, my mother took the one year old "me" on a Greyhound Bus from where we lived in a houseboat in Rock Island to Peoria, Illinois to "show off the baby" to kin folk. There is little for me to remember about the outside of the bus, I was napping, but you've "nailed" the interior colors. You even left a little paint smear to represent baby throw up in the very seat where I was. Nice build. Very nice. BTW all true...
I love seeing subjects like this, Busses, Taxi cabs, Tow Trucks, etc!
I agree! Much more interesting than a boring model of last years Toyota.
This brings back a lot of pleasant memories,
riding the greyhound bus on trips. Great job on this one.
You have pleasant memories from riding greyhound? Lol
The buses from the 40s and 50s are my favorites. Even the travel trailers from those years are the best!!!
I learned what a butt joint was today. Ha! Looks great. Rode a lot of Greyhounds when I was younger. Fond memories.
Love the art deco of the old buses. Another great build! Wish the US based companies would put a bus kit out.
Loved seeing the Testors square bottle. Those always bring back memories. They had the best absolute flat black ever. Great job!
Thanks man!
I wish they had more models from the 40's and 50's
I agree with you . I would like models of commercial vehicles like buses or big trucks but from the 30's to the 50's .
Hi,
I traveled on this very model from central Mexico to Nogales, Az. At some time during the tree day, three night trip, we had a blowout on an inner rear tire……we found ourselves in no man’s land; surrounded by high vegetation and mosquitoes making the place intolerable. The driver had no choice but to keep going to our next station……this was in December of 1954; busses had no radios. When I was picked up by my mother, on the way to Las Vegas, Nv, on one or our stops to gas up, she bought me a die cast model of the bus. The driver was quite friendly an allowed me to stand up front and chat with him….I was in heaven. With all that said, the one detail you missed was the black rubber walkway in the isle as well as the black entrance steps. I really enjoyed the video…..that bus will always hold many fond memories. Thanks for sharing it with us
I love the color you used on the Detroit. I have this kit because I used to drive a bus. I love that someone released a bus kit!
This kit is fabulous! And there are so many possibilities with it in terms of weathering etc. Wish there were more bus kits around. A lot of work but it looks great at the end; that's always the reward.
An incredible build. You have done an excellent job with this kit. I really appreciate having the opportunity to watch you build this. Thanks for sharing.
Absolutely great build my friend! Looks fantastic. What a beast to put together. You nailed it! PS Bless the Ukraine and their people...
April 3, 2022---Thanks for showing off the kit and your build of it....looks great as is, out of the box. Was shocked when I found this kit by accident on Ebay a few months ago. Thing is, as soon as I saw it, thought of it in a different way: as a older class A motorhome. Still into my 1/35 scale zombie/apocalypse diorama kick and awhile back, saw via Google a diorama of what looked like an old school bus used as a survival vehicle. Think it took me TWO YEARS to find that Aarii made this and other buses in 1/'32 scale. Got 2 in my stash. People will buy these school buses and make them into motorhomes and they're called skoolies. Modern buses are also being converted in motorhomes, more or less just like this kit. Another reason for me to learn cad so I can print an entire interior, though I already have free files on couches, chairs, etc. that I hope to use. Thanks for the video.
Oops....it's Aoshima, not Aari for the bus kits and checked Ebay...kit's going for $81, including shipping. A good kit, at a good/fair price considering the rare subject matter.
I'm a retired on in 1970. They still had some of these PD 3751 as extra busses, but we trained on them.The thing you weren't too sure what it was, on the left side, was the air conditioner. It had a small gas motor that turned the a/c compressor.
Thank you for your kind words.
You are so welcome!
Outstanding results, I know this was not an easy build and you knocked it out of the park!!
Back in the 70s I rode greyhound a lot on liberty when I was in the navy. Going from San Diego to L.A. those seats were fairly comfortable. Brings back memories.
This is cool looking kit, I remember the days seeing these on the road, not the 47 but later years was born in 58!!!! Love the idea of the display engine!
A great kit. Fantastic, lovely. Wishing for Peace in the Ukraine.
This is a very fine model kit that has lots of possibilities for "Homefront" WW2 and Korean War dioramas. Roden is to be commended for this, and other unusual offerings for the modeler to work with. Hopefully, innovative model manufacturers like Roden, Mini Art, Master Box, Mikro Mir, and other Ukrainian companies will continue to provide us with interesting subject matter. Stay Strong, Ukraine!
Finally a bus kit. I want to scratchbuild this bus in 1/25 but never got the time.
Stunning build Chris, really incredible!! OUTSTANDING presentation and advice 👏!!!
Hey Chris...thx for showing this kit! Definitely going to have to build this one!...I think i remember my mom telling me her and her girlfriends taking Greyhound to Washington DC on a vacation....in 1947! thx!
Great model. My heart and prayers goes out to Ukraine.
Wonderful build. Loved all hour and 20!
WOW! Love the design and looks of these older buses. I always thought that they looked similar to the old Airstream campers. I love it when people on you tube convert these buses into modern RVs. Awesome build Chris!
Tom S.
Cool build. I love the old vehicles.
Great tip on using the actual circle template. I have been cutting out circles of masking tape-very time consuming and not always the best results. Bus looks 1st class.
I can imagine the difficulty level. At least your not taking on a Miniart kit. I have no memory of any easy Roden kit & I have done a few. I believe they are competitive in detail. Love the era. I like it & want it. I get a vibe from it. Put Roswell as the destination. To late for the video but, you could replace it. If it were ship those seats would be deck guns. At least the ad was relevant about a cordless airbrush.
The companies named after a monster from Godzilla, its gotta be good... 😅
This looks like it would be a fun build. Great job!
Absolutely gorgeous build. Where I live in Pa there is a old Greyhound bus just like this one for sale no rot no broken glass And it runs. Some parked it by a old warehouse about 2 years ago and put a 4 sale sighn in it. Back in the 1940,s till the late 60,s my Grandfather drove a Old Mack Greyhound I believe a LJ but not sure I would have to dig out his pictures just recently we sold his Driver,s Cap and Coat.
Love this kit great build hopefully Ukraine will be fine thanks Chris for sharing
What a great kit to get you out of a rut... Turned out great!
Thanks!
Super detallado,felicidades,eres todo un artista
Love the longer videos. Seeing you do the assembly is very helpful to someone like myself. I pick up something every video.
Glad you like them!
Great kit and very impressive build
Another great build Chris. They are a nice 40s design and the motor looks good as a display piece. Always enjoy the show and have been inspired to build more myself, not as fast as you but I have more confidence in building for myself and am enjoying it as you say. Keep up the good work and I am interested to see what you build next. Thanks Stuart.
I painted a couple of these buses in 1/350 scale for a dockyard ship diorama portraying the early 1950's. I painted them just like this one. I don't think I knew that I was doing it the right way. I enjoyed this build and the subject.
Thanks!
Awesome awesome awesome! Love the engine. Colors right on the money!
It sucks living in Canada cuz I tried ordering this from Roundup after shipping and switch over to Canadian funds it's over $200 😢 amazing work. ❤
Excellent build! The engine looks fantastic as well.
Thank you very much!
Awesome build Chris. Love buses may have to get one. Thanks for sharing
FANTASTIC EXECUTION, YOU KILLED THIS BUILD BROTHER !!!! Thank you very much for sharing this build and tips. PLEASE KEEP EM COMING. Everyone keep yourselves and love ones safe and healthy and remember to SMILE it's a hobby and it's suppose to be FUN.
A kit on my "Wish List" ............. Very cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 👍👍👍
i like how each item has its own tree and not having parts spread out amongst multiple trees
I ordered this kit from Model Round-up right after I saw your preview earlier in February. I received it in less than two weeks and am looking forward to building it.
As I have mentioned in other comments - Roden is a very good model maker and I am a cheerleader for them ! Several of the other Ukrainian manufacturers are
also at the top of my list. Speaking of dioramas - I have found that the 1/35 scale kits work well (size wise) with many of the Warhammer 40000 kits if you are
looking to build a zombie / horror / sci fi type of display. Good luck everyone - let the creative process begin !
I ordered it the next day after his preview and received it in two days. Thanks for building this. It's a great model.
I'm not a bus aficionado, but from looks of this model my guess would be they didn't change a whole lot with this design into the 60s!
Right, my city was using GMC buses similar to this in the 90s. The design and the machines themselves lasted a long time.
Google gm pd4104\4106, pd4501, or gm new look for more info
Wow what a marathon build as usual you did an amazing job cheers 👍🇦🇺
This is great!!
wow fun build for sure.
FYI Duplicolor makes a detroit diesel green that is perfect for these engines.
That engine is a masterpiece good call leaving it out
Superbe travail
Absolutely beautiful Chris!!
Incredible congratulations a lot of work and a stupendous result.
Love your Bus 😊
That was awesome Chris! Loved the video mate, take care everyone ☺️👍
Interesting. I was looking at those actual buses online yesterday. I was looking for the COE trucks that GM built around that time which also included various buses, this model being one of them. I'll be on the lookout for this kit.
Looks great! A very interesting model. I want to build one too
Seats were chocolate brown, with tiny white polka dots and white head rests,, Interior panels, including driver's arch were generally butterscotch brown. Same with the ceiling panels. I actually rode in them, so I remember...Driver seat was black leather.
What's crazy is all the restored bus videos of this very make that are popping up now. I noticed a green trimmed one... now I gotta get this kit....
Great kit.
Really nice build Chris and thanks for the hints in regards to things like the mis-numbered instructions. I liked the finish.
I love that little pearl of wisdom at the very end of this video. Well said and very true.
Bravo Chris !! 👏🏼
And of course the bus came out amazing...as usual.
I love it!!!!!!!!
I've been waiting (im)patiently for this build. I guess I know what I'm doing for the next while. 😀
Me too.
That sir, was a absolutely awsome build, I do like the older American buses, it would be up there for extra detailing, and i could see somebody turning it into something like a modern 'tiny home', and all my best wishes to all of the Ukrainian people, best wishes to you also sir, best regards from Australia.
See the bus grease monkey channel on youtube scott crosby did what you said and him and his wife live in a pd 3751. His son also lives in one
Great job and nice looking model. I haven't built a model and years. If I had the time, area, and patience, although I know its a different model, I'd like to make a Six Flags bus.
Just needs passengers and lighting . Great Model .
So awesome Chris 👌 👏 😎 🙌 so enjoy your videos 📹 😀 please keep them coming 🙏 😊 and here to help get your videos 📹 😉 out to everyone to enjoy 😉 😀 sorry a little late on this one but so awesome buddy 😀 😊
Thanks!
build the Ghost of Kyiv Mig 29 Fulcrum👌
Turned out excellent Way bigger than I thought it would be looks real
Looks great! Thanks for your efforts!
This is cool . I love your videos. I can't wait to but this kit.
Nice one can’t wait for the semis!
Great work in a not so easy kit. Thanks for sharing.
Now I’m only commenting about this because it’s the latest video, but I’m building a mustang beater model kit and wanted to add winter weathering any advice, tips, and tricks, etc. and as always excellent build keep up the good work! I only ever Built a 1/25 scale semi truck but couldn’t Imagine building this.
See my reviews on the Sonoma and the Ford LT plow trucks (search the channel home page), both in snow schemes. Thanks!
31:38 Lol. Sounds like me trying to build a flatpack cupboard from IKEA! xD
Nice kit I love it. When I was going through an antique shop I happen to find an antique kit of a 1966 Cadillac hearse kit. It's from Jo-Han and there was three different versions of it the rare two was the stock hearse and the ambulance and the really common one was the surfing hearse kit. I bought it and I'm putting it together I would like to find the ambulance version and the surfing hearse version.
Great job on the bus Chris! Thanks for the advice on what's to come I just got mine in the mail yesterday!
Wow, you really are doing it old school with the paint can. I would have thought that you would have done everything with an airbrush.
My channel is all about fast, easy, completely stress free model making. No show builds here. No rivet counting. No aftermarket parts or whining about flash on a part, etc.
Just fun building AS IS from the box so that people can see what's in the kit and how it goes together.
That is so cool, man I want one
Excellent build, I really enjoyed wtahcing the whole video!
Thanks Gary!
Awesome job on the difficult kit.You made it look easy
Nice bus, maybe this will inspire others to make other bus kits. P.s. The machine inbetween the wheels with the grille is the aircon (iirc) and the reason the bulkhead behind the driver is so big is its the ducts for heat\ac fyi.
I love your passion .. Greedings from Amsterdam
Another outstanding build Chris
Ukraine was producing a lot of good kits. I have a few. Just hope they will be able to produce more in the future. My heart goes out to the Ukrainian people . Long live Ukraine.
Nice job Chris and v useful to see how you masked it all up. Sad footnote on this kit is the artist was killed in front of his Ukranian apartment block about 2 months ago in a missile attack so very poignant they include a separate artwork sheet...
I was thinking of the bus in the "I Love Lucy" episode when they were in California and Lucy and Ethel went on the Stars Home Tour. Not sure if same just came to mind.
Nicely done. I was wondering if you cut off the pins on both sides of the overhead rack assembly? They have large pins on both parts that do not line up with anything. Yours looks like it went together where the pieces lay together flat against one another. The only way I see to do that would be to cut off the 13 large pins on the upper rack and the 16 large pins on the bottom half.
hpiguys Workshop One amazing job you did Chris,I remember when I was 15 back in 1966 I rode on one of these Greyhound Buses And the Big Double Decker Greyhound Bus,As always you do awesome Work when you put together these model's I really enjoy watching your Reviews.And I can't wait until you get The Fast and Furious Dodge charger completed Wow What a cool Car..👍
I want one myself now
Always excited when a new video comes out. Your skills are top-notch!
Very Nice 👍
I bought a 707 Boeing from them. Nice kit! Support Ukraine.
Yes I know these Molotov-colours Chrome. The best real shining and lightly durable Chrome-finish ever ! I would have used on the sides instead of that silver to give that model this 'extra-kick' ... !? ( You can use them in the airbrush also with a overwhelming effect ! )
Totally awesome build.would love to get my hands on one. Thanks Chris.peace