chuckyr

I just saw a funky Lonestar today dressed in scarlet red with a matched Great Dane Stainless 50 foot reefer set up. I still think the Midland livery is my first project when it hits the shelves.

Skilled builds.

It appears we will be getting all of the accoutrements!

Thanks Tim!

assist Very nice! Do you plan on making her a vintage period trailer?

Those aren’t trucks. They’re cars with longer chassis.

Those Road Commodes were generally fleet trucks. I have never seen one as a o/o rig.

These sleepers really don't do much for me.

LOL!

I suspect either they used Euro trailer height dimensions or used metric measurements instead of inch/foot measurements.

Well if you want to be totally honest. Big rig models have always been just a portion of the over all model universe, even in their heyday. However try finding an Ertl Great Dane reefer van trailer model on ebay for anything but a hefty sum and you will understand that an accurate modern trailer subject is way over due! There are an enumerable amount of 1/144th scale aircraft Carrier models, Airfix has recently offer a 1/24th scale Mosquito WWII air craft model and not too mention all of those huge 1/16th scale. 1/8th scale... models. Where would you display them? The same place you display all of your other tractors, just take a few of them of the shelf and make room for a trailer or two.

I don’t agree with many of your assessments. There are many modelers who have as many years as you do on this board building and scratch building big rig kits. Notice I said big rigs and not trucks. There is a difference between building big rigs and pick ups, SUV models. Conduct a side by side comparison of a Revel or an AMT Peterbilt of any era and the Italeri 378 or 377. The Italeri looks more in scale by far than the Revell. Cutting out the door panels is much easier with a separate panel then a tub. 1/24th scale, being slightly larger allows for that much more detail and since Italeri has been the only manufacture over the last 10 to 15 years or so to offer any new North American big rig subjects as Tim pointed out, the old 1/25th scale is no longer considered the standard for big rig subjects. It may be for cars, but not for big rigs. The scale difference is discernible particularly with tires and wheels and with van trailers. However, I am thrilled and appreciative of a new big rig subject coming to market and hope there will be many more as well as accurate modern semi trailer subjects to mate to the tractor to come.

Moebius Models implicitly stated to me that if the kit sells well, there definitely will be more big rig kits.

So will the cab be a multi-piece panel set up ala Italeri, or a one piece ‘tub’ in the style if the old AMT and Ertl kits? The multi piece system, I have found to be superior. It, by its natural permits more scale detail, truer door and cab panels and is easier to cut for opening doors. I talked to Moebius and thought 1/24th scale would have been better, but they decided on 1/25th scale.

That is a nice thread Sergey. You must translate for us.

Yea and brittle!

Yes, I had them uploaded here. modeltrucks25

Try Tiny Pic.

A scan of resin IH cabs offered in the past from Pinecrest.

The Moebius Models Lonestar kit has been started under several topics already. Moderator please merge these threads for convenience.

Good question. The kit was adequate. It had minimum detail even for that time. It was more popular among Euro model truck builders. In 1978 Volvo introduced the N10 into North American (US and Canada). Years later the N12 was introduced with a more powerful engine. The N series in North American was a rare site indeed.