steven

Hi everyone I am currently building the revell peterbilt 359 .While looking for a airfoil for the top of the sleeper in one of my many parts boxes I found a airfoil left over from either my amt peterbilt wrecker or from my amt peterbilt midnight express . Is this a accurate airfoil ? I havent seen many other 359 s using this foil ?

With a sleeper that small I hope the driver was really short.

L heard the people at Mack were not at all happy when amt released the kit.

You are right about the Ford LN8000 being out dated It first came out around 37 years ago I havent seen any new ramp trucks kits out but I havent really seen any current real race teams using them either except for maybe hauling a display car. My sugestion would be to go to galaxie limited s web page and check out their enclosed car trailers. The biggest one is I think is a 38 scale feet long fifth wheel. You can have a field day stocking/ detailing it. Add a one ton pickup to it and you will be set. If you are detemined to go with a ramp truck just find a one ton truck chassis and scratchbuild a ramp for it out of evergreen plastic.

Hi my name is Steve and I am currently building a amt cabover kenworth aerodyne kit number 6652 and I have a few questions first. What color is the transmission suppose to be? And. What year of truck is this? Last question which might sound dumb but.What color is the radiator suppose to be?Semi gloss black or match the Frame color witch in this case will be yellow frame. Any help will be appreciated thanks.

After seeing a new rootbeer color lonestar close up Thursday at a local international dealer it would have to top my list.

Hi I have two questions on the International 4300.First what was the available frame lenghts back then? Secondly how is the best way to get the measurments for the tall eagle sleeper ? Thanks Steve.

Look like a fairly easy project. I remember at one time someone I cant remember who had the forklift /loader available it might of been kit form services or scale equipment ltd. maybe someone out there can help here ? What I learned when scratchbuilding a curtainside with plastic is to reinforce the roof lengthwise with some brsss or metal found at your hobby shop so your roof dont get the sags. Hope this helps Steven

Yes it is addiction /sickness After years of buying kits and storing them in 3 location around my house I decided one day to put them all in part of a walk in closet next to my hobbyroom I wound up filling the closet. God I realized I have 196 model kits to build lol. I will need to add more shelves in my hobby room to I have a feeling.Is there a cure ?

Hi everyone I am currently working on the Revell Peterbilt snap together 359 and I have a few questions. First I really dont like the look of the sleeper steps are these accurate for this vintage Peterbilt ? I am so tempted to remove them. The second Question According to Paul a old Unique trucker , I unload his newspaper roll truck once a month Paul says The Peterbilt engines those years were actually more grayish than white. What is a good color match for what I will call Peterbilt engine white ? Thanks in advance.

Hi everyone One of the modeling goals I made this year to improve my dashboard detailing.Right now I just brush paint the gauges/vents they never seem to come out looking really good. What advice do you guys have at detailing them ? Oh I am currently building a stock amt ertl Peterbilt 359 .

In 1973 the trailer you have was released with a single axle ford c600 as the tournament of thrills set.Its the same truck as the stake truck except the stakebed has a longer frame. If I remember right the stake truck kit also came with the short single axle frame included. If you arent interested in either the Ford or Dodge there might be something out in resin. Hope this helps Steven G.

Hey I was looking at the Italeri webpage and found a" Dumper trailer kit # 3845" listed . Has anyone built this trailer yet ? I am wondering if anyone has tried to americanize one yet .

Your trucks look great. They look just like the ones in Seattle s last resort fire department museum at old station 1.There is alot of cool old trucks there.

Hi my name is Steven. After looking at Hanks lunch at the overpass for my next project idea I was wondering How long are B train trailers ? The first trailers look to be around 35 feet. I am thinking of using 2 of the reissued amt flatbeds for this project. Any info would be much apreciated.

Hi this is Steven It looks like a chevy C - 40 . It was a 1 1/2 ton truck. All of the ones I have seen have been from the 1967 to 1972 model years. I havent seen any model kits of this truck in resin or plastic. If you want to do some research and model body work you might be able to make one from 2 chevy pickup kits.

Hi everyone. Has anyone out there built a Heller truck kit ? Are these kits anygood ?

Hi does anyone make a 1/25 or 1/24 scale peterbilt 387 ? I would even consider a diecast.

Hi this is Steven. G. Besides the dumptruck ertl also put out the same truck without the dump box its ertl kit # 8026 international S series F - 2674 . It might be cheaper than the dumptruck kit. Its ertl kit # 8029 . My book also lists a kit # 8028 interrnational F - 2575 conv. s series but I have never seen that kit. Hope this info helps .

Thanks everyone for the information. Today I traded a buddy of mine the peterbilt from one of my can do wrecker kits " for his kenworth T - 600 from his revell truck racing transporter kit. He also had a ERTl T - 600 in his parts / rebuild box he bought on ebay .I got the cab / hood and sleeper from that kit. I like the rounded ertl version of the hood compared to the square shaped hood on the Revell kit. I am wondering If I can mate the ertl cab, hood , sleeper to the Revell frame and still be somewhat accurate ?

HI everyone. I want to build a kenworth T 600 for my next project but I have a question. I was comparing the bodies of the revell and the ertl kits and noticed alot of diffrences Witch one is more accurate ?

I know of a company that make real good looking ones for 1 / 24 scale trucks but it is in England They advertise in truck model world magazine. Its called dsc showcases telephone number 01473 - 403842 . Their address is 42 radcliffe drive ipswich ip2 england

Hi everyone. I am building the Revell Peterbilt 359 kit and I have A few questions . The sleeper steps look kinda odd out of scale "thick" Did some of The real trucks have steps similar to these ? Are the ones in the ertl 359 kit accurate ? I looked in some of my referance books and some of the trucks of that vintage had no step . You would think it would make it kinda hard to enter the sleeper from the outside . hmm Any help would be appreciated Steve

Sorry about the double posting my puters freaking out. I found some referance material on the old dodge hope the following will help. http://public.fotki.com/modeltrucks25thsca...rochures/dodge/ and http://www.sweptline.com/hist/bigtrucks.html