Petetrucker07

I just picked up 3 cans of Testors Chezoom Teal. I know it's been out of production for awhile. I'm wondering what the shelf life is for Testors Enamel?

Looks great man. It came out very nice. Too bad about the show. There will be others.

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I agree with you. Driving safe for the conditions or waiting it out are the best. The CB is useful so you can make the decision to wait or ease it on down the road, like the Walmart driver at the end of crash video. He eased up to scene and stopped without incident. From what I gather from the video and others I've watched of this deal, the visibility was about 100 feet. This deal here, I'm gonna go out on a limb, it was caused by excessive speed. Blatantly obvious by the video. The CB could've helped this situation, or it may not have. But if people had an idea what was going on, they could've made a wiser choice than hammer down. I also understand why guys don't turn them on. All the stupidity that gets jabber jawed about by the Radio Rambos, or the village idiots.

I think, majority of the time, the crew at MCM do better than ok. They depend a lot on volunteers and regular people who do the best they can with what they have or can afford.

I have to agree with things are changing. I hope there is a resurgence of the truck driver. Not trying to turn this political, but the government wants control of this industry in the worst way. When things happen like what happened in Wyoming, it only fuels their fire. I wish people could just pay attention. That's a lot of the problem.

Looks great Tom. Hope you can get the decal issue taken care of soon.

That right is what really bothers me about morons like this on the road. It gives those of us who are still true trucker drivers a bad name. The truck driver is a dying breed. The steering wheel holder is spreading almost like a wild fire. This accident was caused by and involved steering wheel holders. Real truck drivers would've communicated there was a serious issue or, like what I would've done, parked the truck till the conditions were safer. This is a prime example of poor judgment.

I agree Mark. The days helping another driver, talkin to another driver who mat be tired, in need of some wire to fix a light, bear reports, traffic reports, weather reports and anything else is just about gone. The large fleets are kicking out steering wheel holders left and right. People getting into truckin because it's job is the way it's goin, and I, like you, don't like it. Andy brought up a good point of the sign boards, letting people know of road and weather conditions should have been used. But, that probably needed government approval on some level, local, state, whatever. But, I'd almost put money on this. I bet at least half of those trucks did not have a CB at all, then half of the other half did have 1 but not turned on! I'm sure I'd drivers had a CB, had it got dang thing on, the driver that died in this crash may still be alive. It really tweaks me the wrong way that this happened. First and foremost, driving WAY to dam fast, not communicating with the other drivers on the road, and just out and out being irresponsible. I take a lot of pride in being a truck driver, 3rd generation same as you Mark. This really sickens me. The initial wreck could've been limited to a few trucks instead of the 20 something. I know the conditions were bad, things happen. But it never should've gotten this bad. Many failures and irresponsibility led to this. As Andy said, TOO BIG OF A HURRY. I heard an expression from an old time driver, "if that load being late is gonna sink the ship, the ship was sinking anyway". Really, there's no good reason to be in a hurry, especially in those conditions. If the loads gonna be late, reschedule. There is nothing, anybody can load on my truck that is worth the life of the public in their cars, the life of another driver, a pedestrian or myself. Bottom line, people, in general, need to slow down. Truck drivers need to take pride in their work, respect it, and be the responsible professional driver. The public in their cars need be responsible, be safe, give trucks room and be courteous. Just a side note, people need to realize this, the engine alone in most highway trucks weighs more than Honda Civic. Nevermind the fact that most trucks, like mine, are 80000 pounds loaded.

Exactly!

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IxlvxvG8zOE http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=h9_iv_AtFJg This accident really aggravated me. If truckers nowadays use the CB radio most of that could have been avoided. That combined with unsafe driving, driving WAY too fast for the conditions. Truckin is definitely not like it used to be. But it also made me glad that I Drive in Southern California. I don't run in that kind of weather and I am really glad that I don't for that reason.

Congrats my man. That's awesome!

You did it again brother. My jaw literally dropped. You do some absolutely amazing work. You have some serious skills man. Well done, very well done. By the way, I'm still standing by for that KW.

Here's a thread on a water truck build. Don't know if it helps at all. http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=92633#entry1247196

The advantages if working in a machine shop. Awesome work.

Welcome to the board. Glad to see you quit smokin. As long as you have fun, you'll have a great time in this hobby.

Looks great Angel. Nice job on the lift axle.

It took my HL a year to get the reissued Ca Hauler on the shelves. I'll still check from time time though.

Man, you make this look so easy. You got this outlaw drag car building down to a science. Amazing work.

I'm gonna go out on a limb, I WILL be there next year. I gotta be there to represent the heavy commercial catagory. I'll bring some just to display, not compete and a few to compete. I went by venue Wednesday last week. I was very impressed by the facility. I had to save my pennies so I could buy a few things that Ed at Hobby Depot had on hold for me, other wise I would've spent more than I did that day. Lookin forward to next year.

Very very cool. I love it. One of these days I'll build 1 of mine. I can hope it comes out this badass. Well done man, well done.

Hate; Ca that takes too long to dry for whatever reason. Mirrors on AMT big trucks. Decals. Seams. Likes; Everything else. Mainly taking the finished pictures. When I'm out on the road all week, I really like being able to see my finished builds whenever I like.

The amber ovals are primarily for turn signals on trailers. But for custom show truck builders like me, I'd put them everywhere a regular round would go, both colors. I put 10 to 12 lights on the light bars I make. Which they mount resin full fenders in front and back. I put the same amount of lights on the front and back. But I'm 1 builder, not a group.

Just about there man. Lookin good. I really like the orange upholstery. Lookin forward to seeing this done.

Right now, I have 6 in process builds. 3 are Farley close to box stock, the others are quite involved, 2 resin conversions and 1 big bash up project. I'm new at using resin body conv. so for me that's a big stumbling block. The bash up is a first for with graphing a completely different rear section, resin motor. For me, I don't want to rush these. I want them to be my best. Even if it takes however long to finish. So a lack motivation exists on these. I need to be in the right mind set and level headed.