chuckyr

Ben Wicker's tires and rims are top notch quality. Will yours be up to his standards?

I like those rims.

Your by yourself in my book.

Looks like a Kenworth T680. http://youtu.be/doZdpH1n4wE?list=UUVb9_pwbvG99tK1apahFyIg

Talk to Italeri. They have a license.

Because it's a pick up.

...and the wrong exhaust for a diesel.

For the wrong exhaust and wrong engine designation, the should give it away!

Absolutely! It was designed that way.

Don't forget the hubometer.

Your wheels are good. I recommended them, Most truck modellers, at least on this forum are not exclusively truck modelers. They will build a truck model as an accessory to their cars models. You read it in the posts. Making a car trailer for their cars, turning a tractor in to a rat type car and those that do want trucks, turn them in to show trucks. Lowering the suspensions like low rider cars, spread axle trailers, super stretchedt frames. From my observation, commercial, fleet model subjects are on the bottom of most truck modelers lists. I would love to see steel budds as kit wheels, but I would guess, the typical modeler wants shiny chrome.

SMH!

It's a Transtar. I posted it back in post #79. It could be offered by Moebius. The Prostar has a 113 BBC and the Transtar has a 107 BBC. Shortening the frame, a new hood, modifying the firewall and modifying the steering would do it. Of course a different engine for the sticklers of engine representation would be needed to quiet the whining of that aspect of the model kit. Several fine examples of two-hole disc wheels are available by a number of aftermarket suppliers. All types of accessories can be found to make your model anything you want. To me, that is the fun in building. If all of these options and variations are put in to a kit, the price would be astronomical. Just like buying a real vehicle, the more you want, the more it costs. And of course chrome can be removed by the builder.

I like the ProStar better than the LoneStar. I'm not into a lot of so called "bling" on a big rig truck. To me they can look cartoonish. I have learn that many that like chrome this and chrome that, lowering trucks suspension, cutting the roofs and lowering them, turning them in to hot rods are not truck modelers first. I prefer models of typical working and fleet trucks. To do one of those and make it look real is the sign of a very skilled truck modeller.

Yes, Mack would welcome model kits of their trucks. I was told that from a Mack representative. The issue is are there any model companies that would go through the process of getting a license from them. I think Ertl/AMT Round2 LLC still has an active license agreement with Mack. The R600, Cruiseliner, DM600. DM800 and 1/32nd scale Superliner have been reissued over the years. Revell has an active license agreement with Mack. The recently reissued Mack Bulldog and 1/32nd scale R600 confirm this. I'm not sure if those license agreements entail producing modern, current model subjects.

http://www.auslowe.com.au/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.tpl&product_id=281&category_id=16&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=27 http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/?showtopic=40781

Licensing is generally not expensive. What many businesses want to do is to protect their products or services image. Mack, for example is a major collector brand. Belt buckles, old toys, graphics to name a few are highly collectable by Mack enthusiasts To maintain the value of such items, Mack tries to protect the .integrity of the items that bear their name. Caterpillar is the same way. Kind of like Coke Cola, If you were to make one or two of an item with a particular businesses trademark for your own personal use, this would not be a problem. But if you try to sell them, then this would be a problem. Also, businesses want their produces or services to represent them to the standard in which they want. That is why Moebius has to get final approval from International for the model trucks they offer. And finally, bootlegging parts is pretty much stealing. All the effort and money to create is gone out the window when someone else uses your investment to make money without crediting the original creator.

They look right.

Revell Share Your Dream Vote Mack Pinnacle Rawhide Edition 1/24th - 1/25th Scale http://ideas.revell.de/ideas/item/2622/

OK, I was looking at the wrong pic. Those are nice.

They're floats, not super singles. Check out the side wall and tread.

I would like to see some drive axle super single tires.

Let it go.

A new Transtar?