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Steven, .040 is the best thickness to use. I haven't looked at my sleeper for a long time. I went back and looked at it and it is .040" sheet styrene.

Nice work, William.

Awsome work Dennis! The trailer goes great with the KW, and the dozer.

I like the decal idea by AJ as well. As far as parts go here's my list; 1) 10 hole chrome wheels from the Kenworth K100 Aerodyne kit 2) Front six spoked wheels and tires from the Autocar dumptruck kit 3) Rear air ride suspension from the International 4070A kit. 4) Rear suspension and axle from the Ford Louisville Delivery Truck kit. 5) Six spoked wheels from the Volvo N10 tractor kit.

Brent, There are no kits of the 110"or 120" sleepers for model trucks. There are no aftermarket model builders making them either that I know of. The best thing you could do is scratch build one yourself. You can do this by using .020" or .030" sheet styrene.

Nice job JT!

Nice job on the Pete Clayton. Are you going to build the flatbed doubles to go with the truck?

Nice job on the trailer KJ. The super singles look great too. Talking about those fairings under the trailer, me personaIy don't like them.

George, Great work on scratchbuilding the cab. Don't know if you know this but, you can buy a resin cab conversion in 1/25th scale of the Mack B-61 from American Industrial Truck Models. Here is a link to theri site. http://www.aitruckmodels.com/

Outstanding work Justin! I sure like it.

Wow, this is a great topic. The worst part of building for me would have to be painting the cabs, hoods, sleepers, etc. "bodies". I'll get the body work all done, sanded real nice, everything is straight, and just the way I want it, then I'll shoot some paint on it and it will not come out the way I expected it to. Orange peel is the biggest thing to try and avoid when painting. I have gotten better over the years, with all the tips and tricks I've learned from friends. I've had cabs/hoods not come out right the first time and strip them and repaint them 2 or 3 times before I got it right! Ahh! It's just like anything else though, the more you do it the better you will be at it.

Dennis, Nice work on the Diamond Reo. I like everything about it. The way you made the road is a great idea and looks great too.

Great job!

You can try these two companies. American Industrial Truck Models and IIIini Replica Conversions Here are the link. http://www.aitruckmodels.com/. The link for Illini Replica conversions is on the front page of American Industrial Truck Models at the bottom right. AITM is great to deal with and the castings and service is great. I have never dealt with Illini before, maybe somebody here has.

Mark, Great work on the 358. The snap together Pete 359 can be built into some many different things and the model is very accurate. Keep up the great work a thanks for the inspiring us all.

Cool, double wind jammer!! JT are those colors flat?

JT, Great job on both builds and congrads on the wins. My buddy that lives in Houston almost went to that show, but couldn't make it. I haven't been to that contest in several years. Maybe next year I'll get there.

John, Another great website for trucks and trailer of any type and alot of multi axle trailers is Hanks' Truck Pictures. Here's the link; http://www.hankstruckpictures.com/ You can get tones of model truck ideas there.

Oh! Well you did a good job moditifing them, they look good. Funny thing is I have a set of those fenders! I didn't notice until you pointed that out!

Dennis, Great job on the winch truck. I like the rear diamond plate fenders you built for it. Again great work.

Looks great! I like it.

Kurt, You did an excellent job on the Pete dump truck. I really like it.

Kurt, Outstanding work on the Pete. I've been following your progress on it all the way. You've been working on this one for a while. Great work!!

Ken, That's a great find for sure, but that model is a W900A not a W900L. Kenworth didn't come out with the W900L until the early 1990's.

KJ, You've done a great job so far. What did you do and use to make the quilted doors and Carrier reefer unit?