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Beautiful Freightliner, Steve! And the chassis Details on that Pete are great!

Thanks! So am I! 😊

Or use the Revell soft rubber tires! They're quite flexible for several rim sizes! Otherwise use printed rims! If you know someone with a 3D printer I could design some as you like and send you the .stl file. I did it for Ron, If you like, just tell me and send me a PM with the rim design you like or a picture. Glad you like the truck. Thanks! Oh and the rims would be 26" If I calculated correctly, not 22.5!

Thanks, I'm quite satisfied with it! 😊

Thank you Steve! I'm sure they would look pretty good on that truck but I'll keep that Idea for a later project! I'm always open for new ideas and a lot of you guys have so much trucking experience that you can share lots of ideas concerning the customizing of trucks which I'm always thankful for! Concerning the 3D printing you may be right. I do spend a lot of time practising design skills. My next build will show that I do approach some challenges in a new way. Hopefully no more printing lines or at least very much reduced! But I won't tell you yet what it'll be! Just that it's gonna be another rare one! First comes the showcase! 😉

Hi James, No problem! The inside diameter is 26mms. The outside is 42.5 mms! They're nice tires! Look pretty good! Don't wanna hijack, just for you to see how they look!

It's hard for me not to go on with the trailer but I just don't know where to put it. I designed the showcase though and shortly I will purchase the materials so I can begin building it! It will create space for about 4 complete rigs and about 10 tractors which will give me some space in my workshop where a bunch of them are standing in a row. Some have their own shelf in the next room and in here. In total I have 30 American trucks and 3 European ones. As soon as the showcase is finished I'll post some pics and then I'll start printing the trailer parts!

Looks really promising. The 1/43 kit with two Petes, one wrecker, one tractor was one of my first kits. Guess I was too inexperienced so they turned out everything but good. Later sometime, after I had built some more 1/25s I tried to recover what was possible of those two and they actually stood on the shelf for quite while. Maybe I should redo them someday. Don't know If they're still available! Anyway, I'll be watching this, not just of nostalgic reasons!

Looks pretty good! That engine tubing is far ahead of my knowledge! I'm not sure if I really want to learn that! It would mean loads of work more on builds to come! 😆

That's looking really nice Jeff! Those bolts are something. I've never tried those. Maybe I should. They're almost too small for printing, at least for a filament printer. Of course I would print them in place on the engine or where ever needed but these engine bolts are even too small for that! Popcorn and beer are in place, keep going!

Really nice stuff! Can't wait to see the yellow monster climb one of those! 😊

Maybe some should build a heavy duty truck with a flatbed for it? 🤔

Looks really nice! Love the colors!

Looks pretty good to me too Steve! I think the length is Just fine! Of course it's your build and your vision! Keep going!

Hope you don't have to walk the line with it! 😄 Looks really good! 👍

Looks perfect Steve! A classic American truck. The cab reduction looks just great. Even when you know it was shortened and "de-aerodyned" you can't see it. Very precise and clean job!

Maybe they put some sort of long cage box on it to transport the cotton?

Wow! I must learn this plumbing stuff! Especially which line goes where. Just amazing what it does to the authenticity of an engine and the whole truck.

Looks great! Has something Yin-Yang like! A dark side and a bright side combined in one truck!

That's gonna be a nice looking Pete! Especially the modern touch created by the rectangular head lights. Good idea to also make cab lights and horns the same shape! Keep going!

Looks really nice! Color combo fits well! Good job! 👍

At first sight it looks like they put the cab on the wrong way! With that long chassis you could make a steel or lumber truck out of it.

Jeff, Im sure this is gonna be far more than mediocre! Can't wait to see this grow! Hope you guys left one seat vacant in the front row?

A cabover with a set back front axle? Don't think I've ever seen that before! Looks interesting!

Thanks very much Guys! Actually yes, I have thought about that epoxy stuff. I'll have to gather some more information about it. Saw some tutorials about it but they don't give you much info on the application itself and If the stuff smells, ...! The idea is in fact interesting though! Thanks for the suggestion.