chuckyr

They offer MAN and Scania trucks in Mexico. If you live along the southern US, Mexico border, I'm sure they are a not-so-common site. Thanks to NAFTA.

Over engineered for North America. Euro trucks use some technologies that are beyond what North American trucks use such as diisc brakes and until recently, synchromesh transmissions. Euro trucks are too complicated for the North American market. Many Euro manufactures tried many times in the past to conquerer the North American market with their Euro designs only to fail. The Volvo F86 in the early 1970s, the Mercedes Benz L series of the late 1960s and Scania trucks of the 1980s are just a few examples that have come and gone. Euro trucks seem to be successful in South America, Australia and South Africa along side North American trucks, but some how haven't captured the interests of the American and Canadian trucking industry.

Modeling at it's best!

Any word on this stuff?

Are you sure you are posting on the right board?

As Tim said, Ford never had the rights to Sterling. Daimler Chrysler purchased the heavy truck division of Ford in 1998. Several years before the purchase, Ford had released their final truck series, the Aero Louisville Line. This series had the Ford name for only two years. After Daimler Chrysler acquired the Ford truck rights, they labeled the former Ford Aero Line Sterling.

Thanks for the reply. You mentioned that it could be built as a dry van and the front bulkhead would be exposed at that point.

Just asking questions. This is the time before final production, then the real complaining by some will begin!

Wow, talk about minutia! Dave, I don't want to appear to be a rivet counter, but will there be rivet detail on the front bulkhead? BTW, does the suspension clearance between the van body bottom and the tires appear accurate? The gap appears excessive to me.

Looks really nice. Looks like there is some nice detail relief on the front bulk head and rear door panel. It looks like the trailer glad hand mounting plate is recessed. No doubt you will have the proper decals for the Thermo King SB unit. It's good that you don't include molded - in wire and hose details so you can leave it up to the modeler to add the real thing for maximum authenticity! I'm not concerned about the plating since I will strip what's on the kit off any way. Kit plating is always to thick and obscures the fine molded detail. Air brushed Alclad or Bare Metal Foil will achieve the thinness most realistic plating possible. Besides, those rear door latches and hinges need to be painted and highlighted anyway. It would be nice if Micro Scale would start offering some actually and accurate trucking company decals in 1/25th scale for this kit.

This guy made this diorama in 1/64th scale. A 1/25th - 1/24th scale diorama would be huge! http://hankstruckforum.com/htforum/index.php?action=profile;area=showposts;u=84

That ProStar would look good hauling some I beams on an aluminum spread axle flatbed trailer.

If trucks were cars I could buy into this way of thinking, but trucks are tools use to generate income. Just as old muscle cars may have a nostalgic appeal to some, the old muscle cars are costly and inefficient, even with respect to today's muscle cars.. Dusenberg's were fine cars, but they were costly to operate as compared to the Model A of the day. Even thought the latest long hood Peterbilts, Kenworths, Freightliners and others may have visual similarities to the old (classic) trucks, they in actuality have much more in common with today's aerodynamic models. When the bottom line of profit is involved, nostalgia has little to do with paying the bills!

Looks like an old school GMC General!

Where would you get such a notion?

I use them too. The Dutch Model group has been posting some old Overdives on their Fotki site.

This needs to be posted in the model trucks board!

Looks great. That Alsa Mirra is kinda expensive.

Welcome to the forum. You are skilled.