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This is very common on model kit bodies, because these lines looks to be mold lines from the molding tool wich is at least made of two parts that can be put together and opened up to get the molded parts out. Model kits are injection molded where the hot plastic is injected under pressure into the modling tool made of steel, a one piece body is complicated to do and the mold has to be in at least two parts or more for the body to be able to come out of the mold when the plastic gets colder, and these lines are where the modling tool is joined. So you can safely sand them away as they are not supposed to be there.

I know Mo'luminum has 10 hole wheels but his wheels are marked 20 and 22 inches, allthough they are tubeless wheels and there are no 20 inch tubeless tires for trucks on the market and the closest to 22 inch is 22.5. I think he marked his wheels 20 and 22 as they fit the AMT tires and if you look at diameters on real tube tires and tubeless tires the 20 and 22.5 has close to the same outside diameter and 22 and 24.5 has close to the same outside diameter and the 20 tube tires was replaced with 22.5 tubeless and the 22 inch tube tires with 24.5 tubeless. These are the ones I'm talking about. http://moluminum-com.3dcartstores.com/22-inch-10-hole-truck-wheels-_p_42.html Yes he can be entertaining...but he needs to research the subjects a bit more before he puts out such a video and call them facts, because much of the information he puts out is not accurate, you need to protect your back on this because there's allways someone who knows more and will slap your wrists if you don't have your facts right, so you have to be able to back up what you say with facts when you do something like this. I have seen his 10 killer facts video about the Duel truck too, it's also full of inaccuracies, but less than the video of the BJ truck as some are correct. The man who I know has researched the BJ and the Bear subject most is Lance Cormier, and it's from him I got most of the information about the BJ trucks together with some other information i found here and there, he has the serial numbers on at least three of the trucks used in the series and as far as I know he can back up his statements. Same with Cam Lavin and the Duel truck, he knows mostly everything about it as he has researched the truck for a long time, he has the factory records and build sheets on the truck (and many other trucks) so I trust what he says to be correct information. So what I try to share is the information I've got from reliable sources and what I've seen for myself watching the TV series or movies again and again looking for details.

All the "facts" in the video are not correct and many of the so called BJ trucks in the video was not the ones used in the show, so don't go by that. First of all, Kenworth did away with the different chassis designations way before the TV series, so they all are K100C's. As far as I have found out there were appearently 5 trucks used for the TV series including the 2 stunt trucks used, 6 if you count the flat top used in the pilot show...not 3 as was said in the video, 2 were 1978 models, 1 was a 1979 model and 2 were 1980 model Aerodynes, and the flat top from the pilot show, I believe 3 of them has survived and Paul Sagehorn has one of the 1980 trucks serial #288162 wich is mentioned in the video, one is in Australia, and another wich is the sister truck to Pauls serial #288261 is under restoration somewhere in the US. The trucks are similar but the 2 1980 trucks for season 3 were indentical at the time as they were bought new from the factory especially for the show and only 1 more was bought new, the other 2 was used trucks made up to look like the TV series truck. The BJ trucks should have had 24.5 inch wheels as it was very popular back in the day on highway trucks, the truck owned and restored by Paul Sagehorn wich is one of the 1980 season 3 trucks does have that, Paul also found one of the original Brown trailers and restored that too. 1:25 24.5 inch wheels are not common in kits, the AMT Aerodyne kit has tubeless 10 hole Alcoas but they are not really correct as the rims on the outside to inside of the rear wheels are flat, they should have a "ditch" in the middle for mounting the tires, but they use the same 11.00-22 tires as the White-Freightliner and the parts pack tires...so the outer diameter is about the right size. The Revell Germany wheels...well I don't know what to say abut them other than they are not good and not realistic. The Revell Germany kit is the closest to the 1980 trucks, they have a twin turbo Cummins NTC475 that can be converted to a 400 if you take off one of the turbos, it has a Fuller transmission and the wheelbase is right, the interior is the correct VIT interior but the seats are wrong, it should be the VIT highback seats with diamond button tuck and KW bug emblems on the head rests, the interior of the BJ truck was speckled beige.

All Mk II and Mk IIB's has the clear velocity stacks and even the Mk IV's had the clear stacks inside the air box wich was aluminum on some and clear plastic on some, the Mk II had one and the MK IIB and Mk IV had two for the dual carbs.

I know the 1987 AMT/ERTL issue had the flotation tires but the most recent issue does not.

If you're not into get the details correct you can get this Kenworth K100 Aerodyne and get decals from Modeltruckin.com and you're on your way.

Same kit different decals and boxart...and it's not right for any of the BJ trucks used in the series. But Modeltruckin.com has decals for the BJ truck if you want to build one...just be sure to order before August 31:st. A more correct starting point for the BJ truck is the Revell Germany K100 Aerodyne kit as it has the right wheelbase, a Cummins engine and Fuller transmission. The AMT kit has a Detroit 8V-92T, Allison automatic transmission and I belive the wheelbase is too long depending on what frame rails are in the kit, the Tyrone Malone transporters Papa Truck and Hideout Truck are based on this kit and have a very long frame.

We had the same parking brake system here in Sweden, a crank mechanism pulling wires to apply the service brakes manually on one axle when it's parked. Now that's gone since they started to use Maxis on trailers.

That most likely depends on the manufacturer, but most I have seen the lines are run on one of the frame rails or if ot doesn't have a frame near the middle under the floor as that's close to where they are going, that will say the trailer air tank and brakes. Look at this ad. https://www.itagequipment.com/for-sale/2015-iti-48x102-open-top-trailer-12568104

Here is a diagram. On trailers you only have two lines, one supply line (red) wich supplies air to the trailer air tanks and one service line (blue) wich gets the air from the brake pedal and truck brake system and actuate the brake valves and brakes on the trailer, and one cirquit for parking brakes (yellow) if the trailer has maxis. A converter dolly and a trailer is pretty much the same thing and has the same setup depending on how many axles they have.

I haven't dived into that yet but here are some. Most of the US truck kits have Eaton-Fuller transmissions regardless of manufacturer. Here are some exceptions. The AMT kenworth W925 has a Dana-Spicer main and auxillary transmissions, maybe a 5 and 4 or 6 and 4, so it's a twin stick The AMT Kenworth W900 Alaskan Hauler has a Dana-Spicer 16 speed The AMT Kenworth K100 Aerodyne and the Tyrone Malone Bandag Bandit and Super Boss has Allison Automatics The AMT Mack trucks has Mack transmissions

I got #224 in the mail today here in Sweden, so I hope the troublesome mail chain will work from now on after all the problems the last two years. #222 and #223 are still missing in action tho'. So with this rate it looks like I get every third issue because the last one I got was #221.

Badman was not the first but one of the first car models I built back in the 70's and I also built the black street machine back then. I have another Badman kit wich I will build eventually for nostalgic reasons.

Nice work.

It turned out absolutely beautiful Rickard.

Not quite yet, still missing some parts. Nice work on yours.

They used two different trucks might be one answer, but the plates changes during the first season and I have counted to six different plate setups, eight if you count in the plates that changes colors but have the same letters and numbers, the second season the plates are the same throughout the series. Regarding the Marmon.

I haven't yet, I also haven't gotten #222 and #223...so they seems to be missing in action.

The gold emblems were on 1973 Kenworth's in the US to celebrate Kenworth's 50th anniversary, Canada built Kenworth's didn't have them, but they have been used on later trucks too, I believe the 007 Edition also had gold emblems. But for some reason I don't know both the 1974 trucks used in Movin' On had gold emblems and KW bug on the grille, I have several pictures where you clearly can see them, could be that as 1974 was the first year for the V.I.T. package, Very Important Trucker, it could be the reason for them to have gold emblems and all pictures I have seen on 1974 V.I.T. trucks have gold emblems, but I don't know, they do have them. For the Smokey and the Bandit, trucks, the KW bug was painted gold and black on both trucks, but the real gold KW bug was gold and red, allthough one of the trucks used in Smokey and the Bandit was indeed a 1973 and had gold KENWORTH side emblems, the other one had chrome. Here is a picture of KW bug on one of the Smokey And The Bandit Trucks. Here is how it should look for the 1973 trucks. Backside. Here is both the 50th and 75th anniversary emblems. And here is a picture where you clearly can see the gold KW bug and the side emblems on the hood and sleeper are also gold, it has the beige with green buttons V.I.T. interior with highback seats and 60 inch sleeper so it has to be one of the 1974 trucks.

Nice build, I really like it,

Yes you are right. The first two trucks bought new for the series was 1974 Models. The only known survivor from the series is currently under restoration and is at the final stages and it's one of the 1974 trucks. One thing that bothers me is the emblems and KW bug should be gold wich they were in the TV series so they must have been changed sometime under it's life. Here is some pictures from the Movin' On facebook group posted recently.

I'm a subscriber but I haven't got anything after issue #83. I tried to contact them after my friends here in town got their copys of the #84 and #85 last summer but nothing what so ever.

As long as you can adjust the apperture to a small opening to get a good depth of field you can use whatever camera you like.

Looks very nice indeed.

I don't do rollers if I can avoid it for this reason, my models are static display models, not toys.