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X's 2 Alain, Your work is nothing short of amazing.. I always enjoy following you builds. Be Well Gator

Gino , I am lovin the Winslow stripes! They look great. Be Well Gator

Good choice for a tractor unit. And the trailer fits well. It is amusing that you want to open the doors on the trailer. For years the AMT trailer had doors that opened and most people glued them shut. Though in the last few years people have really started to detail the interiors on the trailers . Looking forward to following this build. Be Well Gator

Cool inspiration truck ! And now Clayton has some direct Custom truck competition !! lol Looking forward to watching this build. Be Well Gator

Kurt, That is a great choice. i almost picked that one myself. I know you will do it justice.And maybe even showcase some of your products ?? Be Well Gator

Nice looking truck. it is obvious that a lot of planning and building skills went into this project. Be Well Gator

You did a nice job on that little guy! lol Those Aoshima kits are not bad for the money if you want a quick fun build. i just picked up three kits last month. Working on the Pajero now. Be Well Gator

Good looking Jeep ! Looks like you did a real nice job on this model. Be Well Gator

Cool idea and a good looking model . As for the palm trees. hey the snow got bad so he drove to Florida !!!! lol Be Well Gator

Awesome job on this build ! The end result in my mind justifies the results. To answer your question On which is easier. I would think it would be the freeform custom build . I find trying to replicate something accurately to be very frustrating. And I just build what I want ,how I want. but that is just me! Be Well Gator

That looks pretty good ! It would look really good in a service station dio. Be Well Gator

Well you certainly nailed the rusted old truck look ! In the proper setting that would be a very convincing model. Be Well Gator

Mattias, TThat is a cool little build. As for doing better on it? We all could /should do better . But did you have fun with the build ? I would guess that you did ! Be Well Gator

Pat, Looks like you are not wasting any time on this one. Nice fab work on the compressor! Be Well Gator

Looks like a fun build to me ! " Necessity is the mother of invention . " I'd bet that there was more than one made out of those old cars back in the day? Be Well Gator

yeah ! Now that's what I'm talkin about ! That is bad a** ! I love it. The drieven front axle looks real good on that tractor. Be Well Gator

Looking good ! Dan. Be Well Gator

Sean, Looking good thus far ! I know what you mean about doing the heavy work fast.Then bogging down on the fine tuning. It is tedious but I do kinda enjoy it !? lol Be Well Gator

Looks like you are off to a good start ! Be Well Gator

Thanks guys for stopping by and your support. Got the frame put together last night , along with some of the suspension .Also assembled some ancillary parts as well. pictures coming soon. Be Well Gator

Thanks Gino! I am having fun with it for sure. Be Well Gator

I have four unfinished. Not in any particular order. The Pete tridem, the resultant Pete single axle, and a Pete twin screw. All three are snap kits. The last one is Volvo conventional, The ERTL kit with the metal frame. The Tridem with the new winch mocked up. Second photo the tridem and the single screw. Be Well Gator

Well I finally made up my mind what to build for this contest. The Revell Alaska hauler converted to a heavy dump .using the Italeri heavy duty dump body. Not sure yet on what wheels and tires I will use. Be Well Gator

The third cab is in the body shop after having a couple of modifications made to it. Two more pics of the winch mock up. be Well Gator

My editing skills are not the greatest This picture was supposed to be further down the page. Here is a mock up of the winch . I have been wanting to update this thread for a while now. This build has morphed into three trucks now. All Petes.The Tridem ,the resultant single drive. And a standard dual drive. The other two are in various stages. The tridem, is what I have spent the most time on. I cobbled together a winch for the read cat walk the parts came from the Revell Euro lowboy.