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With the kingpin that far back you could almost think it was a trailer from over here...the 362 Pete gave it away tho'.

I have two of the HRM transkits and they are very nice and of high quality, they are for the Mk I only and woun't fit the Mk II. I spoke with Harold over the phone when I ordered my first transkit several years ago and he told me that he was planning to do a transkit for the Mk II someday but I haven't seen any yet, one thing he was struggling with then was the 180º headers for the FE and how to do them. I have also bought a HRM transkit for the Fujimi Porsche 917K and it's as good as the others. No Scott, I haven't seen any model or model kit of the Mk III, they didn't make many real cars either...only 7.

A peculiar thing was that I got an email from Strada the same day just after I wrote in this thread saying my order is now shipped...I did have two orders there but the email did not give any indication of if it was both or just one, and in that case wich one. So we'll see what's coming.

The ZL-1 427 has pretty much the same outside appearance as the cast iron version, the block, heads and intake manifold was raw aluminum tho' and most of the other stuff was black including the air cleaner, timing cover and oil pan, the valve covers were chrome and the exhaust manifolds were cast iron.

I've read about this truck in our trucking magazine "Trailer" and that's why I know a few things about it...and Finland is one of our neighbouring countries. I don't think he used a Lonestar grille as I believe they are somewhat hard go get hold of over here, he just made the grille to look similar to one. The European truck manufacturers doesn't make conventional trucks anymore as our length regulations don't favour them, over here it's the total length including cab/hood, so only COE's are made over here. One fun thing is that Volvo has the main cab factory here in my home town and they stamp out some of the sheet metal for the North American VN and VH trucks as some things are the same as for our FH trucks over here, these things are packed up in boxes and sent over to the New River Valley Plant in Dublin Virginia for assembly.

Well the wheels in the 1:12 Camaro kit are SS Rally wheels and most of the COPO Camaro's I have seen had plain steel wheels with 4 narrow slots at the edge with a standard cap instead of the 5 oval holes rally's with rally cap...but...I know the rally wheel was avaliable for any Camaro and I'm sure some of the Baldwin Motion and Yenko Camaro's had Rally wheels with the Rally cap and they were also ordered through the Central Office Production Order system. And it's your model and you do as you please.

The picture was to illustrate the particular wheel I was looking for and I'm not sure how I will do my model yet...it might be like that but it could also be something completely different.

Very nice indeed. Yes you can get a Cat 3406 from the Revell snap Kenworth W900 and Peterbilt 359, but they are not aftercooled as your engine is.

Very nice Dave. I do also have this kit from AITM and it's really good, but it's still waiting to be built. I haven't decided if I want to build it as is or if I will use the parts needed from it and add them to an AMT Mack R series to do a full detail model...well the future will tell. The only thing I know is that I don't want to use a Detroit Diesel engine...yes the movie truck did have the DD sound in most of the movie but the air cleaner in most scenes suggests the engine should be an ENDT 676 Tip Turbine as it has two inlet hoses going in under the hood...and that particular engine can be found in the AMT Mack Cruiseliner...Mack trucks with any other engine would have air cleaners with only one inlet hose going from the cleaner to the engine. I also will change the designation on the hood from the RL700L decal that comes with the kit to RS700L.

The Detroit is way too clean...they allways leaks oil. Just kidding. Nice start.

I got that Big Boy Locomotive some years back and it's a cool kit, it's 1:87 scale so it will fit a H0 train set as Michael said...but it comes with enough tracks to fit the locomotive and tender. The Big Boy is one of the largest steam locomotives made and I saw the 4014 at Pomona Fairgrounds CA some years ago while it was still there, but it's now moved out of there for restoration....good and sad at the same time, good because it will be restored to running order, sad because we can't go there and see it anymore.

I have a pending order since a year or so back, and I have allready paid trough Paypal, I contacted them a while ago asking for my things but they were still out of stock...wish I knew that when I ordered. I think when things are out of stock there should be a notice on the webshop so you don't order them, who knows when they will be back in stock again...if ever.

That Mercedes-Benz Actros called "Highway Hero" is from Finland owned by Mika Auvinen, and it won the Nordic Trophy this year 2014 at a large truck show held here in Sweden every year......I think it's painted by Terje Aspmo Based on the paint job and the way he styled the grille I think Mika rather would have had an American truck than a German Mercedes as there are 4 different US trucks on there, except for the Lonestar on the trailer tank there is a Peterbilt on the other side, a Freightliner and a Western Star are painted on the sides of the trucks tank. Mika Auvinen has more trucks in his fleet, another Actros called "Xtar", a Scania called "Gunfighter", a Scania called "White V8", another Scania called "Shogun" yet another Scania called "Aces High", two other Mercedeses called "Gladiator" and "Gladiator II" and finally another Mercedes called "Outlaw"...all are bulk trucks for cement or animal feed or whatever he hauls...here is his website with more on his trucks http://www.kuljetusauvinen.fi/index.php I personally think these trucks are "too much" and I prefer a simpler cleaner paintjob on a truck and not so much clutter as it usually is on the Nordic Trophy contenders nowadays.

Yes of course...I found them now...I looked at the wheel sets at the bottom on that page but they were not the right style as they were steel budds...and they have been out of stock for a long time...the ones I'm looking for were in the section above. The truck in the picture in my first post was only for illustration, but I have allready bought the Mercury Sleeper when I bought the 281/351 conversion kit from him some weeks ago...now I have to place an order for the wheels. I haven't decided how I will build the "small Window" Unilite cab truck yet, as a 359 or as a 351...but I want to use these wheels as I think they look cool on an old truck. Thanks guys!

I'm looking for a set of aluminum style split rims for semi trucks for a Peterbilt 359 "small window" project, both front and rear. I know Ben Wicker has them in turned aluminum and they look really good, but they are too expensive for my budget, so I would like to find a set or two in resin. Here is a picture of the wheel type I'm looking for.

Yeah I've noticed...but they are hard to take good pictures of "on the run" so to speak, partly to the speed and the fact that they are moving, and partly to the obstacles that can get in the way in the shot...like the road barrier in the last picture. Here are the pics I uploaded before that vanished when the forum was reset and a couple that I havent posted yet. Outside the SEMA Show in Las Vegas. DSR Racings Semis for Antron Brown at "The Strip" in Las Vegas. Another truck we passed on I 15 between San Bernadino and Cajun Junction CA going up to Las Vegas. And lastly a truck we passed on US Hwy 95 going to Boulder City NV

A Peterbilt spotted on I 15 between Baker and Barstow CA in the beginning of November.

Yes the Mercury Comet is based on the Falcon chassis as the Mustang, the 62-65 Ford Fairlane are slightly larger and only shares chassis with the 62-63 Mercury Meteor.

This one I'm really looking forward to.

Here is a picture I took a couple of years ago at a vintage show about 20 miles from where I live. I for sure looks like a challenging drive as the track width of an old SAAB isn't that wide.

Yes he does. You can buy directly from him or from Slixx as they carry everything froom him.

The purple stuff is hard on metal, it eats away model chrome in a jiffy...so fast that the chrome plating dissappears before your eyes...and as the plating is a thin coat of vapourized aluminum one can imagine it's not that good to use for removing paint on most soft metals. It also takes away the underlaying clear coat , it just takes a bit longer than the actual plating, so it's perfect for removing chrome plating from model parts.

Most of the model kit manufacturers have had their ups and downs and the early kits aren't as good as the more recent kits. I AMT's case they haven't released many all new tooling kits the last 10-12 years but the last things they did from the late 90's and early 2000's are quite good.

Have you checked Competition Resins, he has some slicks.

Congratulations, and to a fairly reasonable price too. I found a couple of these old MPC Stock Car kits myself a some years ago for reasonable money, the Richard Petty Charger and Buddy Baker Charger.