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It's a shame that thes tough machines are slowly (or fast) disappearing from the interstates...

Well, almost - no, just kidding, but it was a nerve-wrecking experience to put all the chrome-foil onto the body...

Here are some old Cadillacs built in the mid 80's: JoHan's 1964 and 1968 kits and an 1958 X-El (ex-JoHan) promo which has been disassembled, repainted and foiled. The built kits will also receive some polishing treatment and bare metal foil too.

I would prefer the re-issues over the originals anytime: fresh plastic, better tires and new, usable decals. I love old school trucks and have sold off most of my Revell and Italeri truck kits (except the Ford LTL and some Peterbilts). My holy grail was the brown 359 California hauler (T500) which i got via ebay from Canada some years ago, but most kits here are re-issues.

We want this kit back !!!! Whenever I look at yours, I want to take mine out of the box and start building it. Very nice!!!

We need more cabovers, don't we?

Here's an old Mack Cruiseliner built in '84 (paint scheme from Lou Kroack's book "Collecting an building model trucks") - will also be restored and will run for Overnite transportation.

Jim, this will be a fantastic looking Kenworth - the paint scheme is soo good looking!!!

Very nice paint scheme on this great old Cabover, Angel - i think the FL Looks more intimidating than the KW K100 or the Pete 352 .

Great truck, Chuck - excellent weathering and rust (could be the "sister truck" of the old Pete Duel tanker) ! Very realistic looking!!!

Here I found another one from the past : built ca. 1985 = many mistakes (NO internet, no reference pics) - will also see some kind of restoration/correction!

Hey KT, aggressive looking Freightliner and gorgeous Allied KW - by the way, do you see drom box trucks still on the road or is that a thing fom the past? I hope that there is some orange paint left - I too would like to paint some of my truck in that color!!!

awesome trucks, Mark - especially the Freightliner daycab and the KW K100 - very impressive!

Here's another oldie , built in 1987..., needs also some rework!

my contribution: Revell AG's KW Aerodyne Coe (first edition)

Thanks JT -it is more or less built out-of-the box.

Dan, it's more than 25 years now, but as far as I can remember, there were no big issues as early ERTL kits went together very well. I don't know about the reissue, but my version had lots and lots of chrome parts, far more than a workhorse would ever have.

I don't know if the original ever existed, but in the late 80's I resprayed my (then ERTL) DM600, swapped dump body, plow and salt spreader from amt's Ford and voilà (decals are also from the Ford snow-plow). Spare wheel is from Italeri.

Certainly not my best truck but one of those few which might come away without a bigger restoration though the cab/hood/fender/bumper combination was brush-painted (!) with Humbrol enamels, built over 30 years ago (most of my built-ups will be redone in the future), looks like a rather new truck which saw lots of mud in its first working days... This should be reissued together with the IH Cabovers!

First Gear also made very nice trucks - I have bought myself 2 Mack B61 from ebay USA, a tractor and a wrecker with a Holmes twin boom - very heavy diecast models with good details (photo-etched exhaust shield for the tractor, metal chains for the wrecker, see pics) - hood ornaments and rear-view mirrors are still in the boxes.

looks quite good -I foundone on the Internet for about 19,00 $, but shipping for about 44,00 $ !!!

I just received a ca. 1977 issue of the exterior post van "Dohrn"version which has 2-piece plastic tires. I never knew that amt truck/trailer kits had such tires. Got this kit from a German ebayer, kit was opened but complete. The instructions don't show this type of tire. Any ideas?

superb models, Matt - I especially like the Stirling Moss-driven Rob Walker 250 SWB - is it the Gunze hi-tech kit?

Nice car with a beautiful color - there are way too many red Ferraris around - especially newer models!

Very nice tanker combo, Axel, with great photographs! You truly give me some inspiration for my Freightliner kits, these workhorses look much better and more realistic than those overdressed Chrome-monsters.