chuckyr

I might have. I was a subscriber back in the 70s. Many of the same articles were in Car Modeler Magazine and Scale Auto Enthusiast Magazine back in the 1970s, but the Blueprinter articles were complete. I remember an article on how to modify the Transtar 4070A to a day cab. The Scale Auto Enthusiast version seemed to be a first draft. The author still trying to figure out how to make the modification as easy as possible. Going as far as stating that Ertl was in the process of introducing a new version of the Transtar cabover and he needed to see what differences the modification would entail. Whereas the Blueprinter article, which was several months later had all of the kinks worked out, along with step-by-step photos of the modification process. Actually, I haven't looked at those articles for years. I have put my mind to modern truck kits and subjects. I haven't completely ignored the old stuff, just way more interested in the 21st century.

This is my original scan to The Truck25 Foki account. An invaluable resource for Big Rig trucks and Big Rig models created and maintained by a Dutch truck model enthusiast. I have all of the original Blueprinter newsletters.

Hino Motors is a subsidiary of Toyota.

We can only hope. The problem is, as more time passes, advancements and new subjects keep being introduced.

There are a few smaller model companies that are filling the void.

Personally, I'm very disappointed. Italeri hasn't offered an all new tool American truck model subject since they offered the Volvo VN kits way back in the early 2000s. I have been emailing them, writing on their FB page, posting on forums they would listen to, harassing and cajoling them to offer some new American big rig truck and trailer subjects for years. I have gotten questions directly from them such as, what specific subjects would you want, how much would you be willing to spend, what kind of detail would you like and how would you feel about kits with limited drive train detail. As recently as 2016, Italeri had an on line survey specifically about truck kits. They actually took the time to tally all of the suggestions and present them on their FB page. This was one of at least two surveys Italeri presented on their FB page since it was established. Evidently, the survey was just a ruse. In fact, the new Scania s730 announced last year has been shelve. Someone said on FB that don't expect any new truck kits from Italeri, at least until 2020.

I purposely left that page out. I only post information on trucks. Not Sports Utility Cars!

Wonderful.

Nice heavy hauler.

A well researched and well executed subject.

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LOL!

Depends on what you are using it for.

Ahhhhhh!

Scale hardware is defundt. R B Motion sells. their stuff now. http://www.rbmotion.com/index.php?route=product/category&path=71

I have been using Tichy Train Group bolt heads. https://www.tichytraingroup.com/Shop.aspx?SearchValue=bolt+heads

Forget Joshua, me!

Snip!

Meng http://www.meng-model.com/index2ss.php?id=205

Meng Model bolt heads. http://www.meng-model.com/index2_new.php?id=214

Nice old stuff. What about the new stuff. The new year means new kits!

Moebius did tell me that they were working on super single tires and wheels. May be they will be on a new flat bed.