chuckyr

Mother, Jugs & Speed. LOL! Bill Cosby and Raquel Welch.

USA has the strictest emissions laws in the world. Scania still uses V8 engines. In North America we use in line 6. Scania V8 would never meet our mile per gallon goals. The Scania tractors sold in the North America were under powered.

Ingenious! Thanks for the tip.

KW (K500) uses the DAF XF cabs for heavy duty and oil field tractors, since KW ceased cabover production in the late 1990s. KW, Peterbilt and DAF are all subsidiaries of PACCAR. MACK, Renault and Volvo are all owned by Renault. Renault has owned an interest in MACK since the early 1980s. The Mack/Reanult Midliner shared a cab. This was the first joint venture Mack and Renualt had. Mercedes Benz L model was offered in North America during the 1960s and 1970s. Scania offered trucks in North America during the mid 1980s and early 1990s.

With the recent low sulfur emissions mandate for all highway diesels, Euro and North American engine standards are basically becoming the same, however, Euro length laws restrict tractors to cabovers and North American truckers don't really care for cabovers. At one point from the mid 1980s till the early 1990s Scania did sell in the US. Mostly in the Northeast and upper eastern Midwest. Scania trucks were/are set up like old Macks. In other words, they offer everything Scania exclusively. Engines, drive trains, suspensions, wheels. etc, which was an issue for truckers that wanted other manufacturer's engines. They didn't sell many, but left a good reputation. Scania's are sold in Mexico and make there way across the border quite frequently.

Great subject. I can't wait to see how you tackle the valves an gauges.

You're on your way to completing several authentic rigs. I like when model trucks are correct for the era they are representing.

There are several aftermarket wheel suppliers.

Heavy Duty!

You're going to be doing some traveling!

You bring back a lot of memories!

She going to be a work horse. I like the flat fenders. It makes it more modern looking.

That's going to be a classic!

I hear ya! I generally keep the front wheels and replace the drive wheels with something more accurate.

What's all the complain about?

So you can continue with the Prostar hood.

LOL!

It's not that easy. Acquiring the licenses these days ain't cheap. Moebius already has the International license, so an International 9900 or Prostar is no problem. However a Mack license is a different story. AMT/Ertl have a Mack license so they can offer a new Granite.

Thanks Jimbo. I never knew about this stuff in scale model sizes! And in the Dayton, Ohio area too.

Just trying to grease the wheels! ...and after Moebius Models releases their highly successful International LoneStar tractor, they begin work on the their International ProStar tractor and Great Dane Stainless Steel reefer trailer model kits. I'm just sayin'

It can't hurt! More books, more information! I highly recommend the books I mentioned.

Did you post any completed model projects?

Me too! I used stainless steel food grade tubes. No polishing necessary needed. That stuff is hellava expensive, but my job had so much they said I could take as much as I wanted. It makes great exhaust pipes also.

Firstly, congratulations on having your Western Star and Ford Aeromax models featured in the Italeri model gallery. You are at least the second modeler from this board to have their truck models on the Italeri web site. Yes, there are several excellent books on North American truck brands. One of the best is the Crestline series of books from the publisher Motorbooks International. They are, Ford Trucks Since 1905, International Trucks and Dodge Trucks. The are in black and white, but they chronicle virtually every model and model year of tractor these manufactures every made! Each book has over 300 pages and at least twice that many photographs. They were originally released in the mid 1990s and to my knowledge, they are out of print, but can be found from sources if you search the Internets. I highly recommend them as references for any truck enthusiast.