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  1. Yes the two-stroke diesels has a distinct sound, it's hard to tell them appart from the sound and I have difficulties hearing if it's a 6-71 8V-71 or 92, or 12V-71, they all sound very similar to me.
  2. Well that's probably true, but the engines were most likely tweaked and modified some as the one in Super Boss produced around 1000 hp and the one in the Bandag Bandit around 1300 hp. He must have liked Detroit Diesels as the Boss Truck Of America also had a 12V-71, The Papa Truck and Hideout Truck had 8V-92T's and the Hurricane had a 6V-92T Tri-Turbo
  3. Many make cycle fenders for rods out of the outer ring of spare tire covers, they are pretty much the right width.
  4. Here is a link to a Car Modeler article. Air Suspension http://public.fotki.com/modeltrucks25thscale/model_magazine_articles/car_modeller/cm03_sept_1990_truc/cmsep90p1.html Air brakes http://public.fotki.com/modeltrucks25thscale/model_magazine_articles/car_modeller/cm03_sept_1990_truc/cmsep90p2.html
  5. Both the Tyrone Malone Super Boss and Bandag Bandit KW W900 race trucks has 12V-71 engines, they are not exactly the same as the twin turbo arrangement is different on them, they are the only ones I know of, but on the aftermarket there are some available, except for the ones already mentioned I know P & P Resinworks has one because I have bought them from him twice, Melbourne Model Truck Accessories had a couple V12's but I don't think they are in business anymore.
  6. The first model truck I built was the AMT T-540 White Freightliner Dual Drive sometime back in 77-78 at age 13-14, the next one I built was the AMT/Matchbox PK-6120 Movin' On Kenworth W925 both brush painted with Humbrol paint...I still have them, the KW is still in one piece but the Freightliner has had an accident and are in pieces. I have built more trucks after that but I don't remember the order and what years.
  7. It depends on what Ford hemi it is...the only true hemi Ford did was the 427 SOHC with overhead cams and the "semi hemi" was the Boss 429. These engines are from two different engine familys, the 427 SOHC also called "cammer" is a FE based (332-428) and the 429 is a 385 family (429-460), the FE family has 4.63 inch bore spacing and the 385 family has 4.90 inches and these familys share nothing so you can't change the heads from one to the other in the real world. But these are models so you could probably make it work, it depends on how realistic you want to be.
  8. Revell has included quite a lot of options within the 32 Ford tooling allready but the tooling could of course be improved and refined further. There are four engine alternatives in the six different kits done so far from the basic 32 Ford tooling, a 302/5.0 Ford with either a sigle 4bbl carb or EFI wich is in all kits except the Rat Roaster, a 392 style Hemi came with the 5W Coupe, a 59 AB Flathead came with the Tudor Sedan and a blown Chevy Small Block came with the Rat Roaster Roadster, any one of them could be put in either of the kits. Wheel options has been 5-slot mags, American Racing Torque Thrust, Wire Wheels, Steelies and ET wheels The chassis is the same for all versions tho' with hairpins added with the 5 W Coupe kit, and yes there are brake master cylinders in the kits, it's under the floor as on most of the real 32 Ford street rods built today and the improvements I would like to see for the chassis I mentioned in my earlier post.
  9. Better yet, it has four...but it's Ford modular engines and a Ford Econoline. http://www.motortrend.com/news/10-wild-and-wacky-2015-sema-show-builds/ go down a bit and you'll find it. http://blog.amsoil.com/one-truck-fourengines-gordon-tronson-s-equadoline-turns-heads-in-amsoil-booth-at-sema
  10. I've seen that type of truck combinations all over the Los Angeles area and I wondered what they hauled, gravel is one thing but I have also seen these dumping asphalt for road paving.
  11. I can't understand why the CB radio is going out among truckers, at least long distance truckers, yes the cell phone is great for longer distances and one to one conversation but for shorter distances the CB must be superior, no operating cost, you don't have to dial, you don't need to know the phone number, several can be in the conversation and you hear what everyone else is saying...and if you don't want to hear, shut the thing off. For communication on the road I would prefer the CB.
  12. I agree with the suggestions for a Revell 32 Roadster reissue, I would like to see a more old school chassis with 33-34 style X center cross members and rear transverse leaf spring instead of the weird air bags, if a quick change axle is used the chassis needs a Model A rear cross member and spring, ladder bars or split V-rods for the rear end. And an I-beam front axle to go with the hairpins as hairpins and tube axles don't go that well together, As the Rat Roaster was supposed to be all new tooling I thought Revell would do a correct replica of the real car, but as often happens with model kits...they took shortcuts and used most of the chassis from the previous 32 kits wich is totally wrong for the Rat Roaster car. The model chassis is as I said pretty much the old 32 chassis and has a 32 style center cross member, air bag/coilover suspension with ladder bars, tube front axle with hairpins, the real car has a X center cross member, K-link and coil over rear suspension, I-beam front axle and hairpins.
  13. They still do, I believe it's only the 4014 that's missing, many other locomotives are still there at the Rail Gigants Train Museum. Union Pacific chose the 4014 for restoration as it was in the best shape of the 8 still remaining, and most likely easier to move than the others including the 2 wich are displayed indoor, sitting in the So-Cal climate since 1962 hasn't done so much damage to it as on most of the others on outside dispay.
  14. You had a Big Boy almost at your back yard Clayton, the 4014 was on display at Pomona Fairpex Railway Museum until November 2013, it's now undergoing restoration to running condition in Cheyenne, Wyoming. I've seen it once when I was there, but just from outside the fence.
  15. Very Nice Sean.
  16. Nice work! I have found out this regarding the Duel truck, 4 trucks were used ,the #1 main truck was a 1956 repowered with a Cat 1674, thus the yellow horisontal air cleaner, and a Fuller 10-speed, the surviving movie truck wich was the #2 truck had a Cummins 262 hp engine with a 5-speed Spicer main transmission and 3-speed "Brownie" auxiliary transmission, both were 281 single drive with tag axle and Page & Page 60/40 suspension. #3 was a 1964 351 and used very sparingly in some extended scenes, #4 was a mid 60's 351 made up to look like the Duel truck but was not exactly in the movie but was used in an Incredible Hulk episode where some Duel movie shots were used and the "#4" truck was used for new scenes in the Hulk episode. If you don't want to do an absolutely correct replica of the movie truck this doesn't matter much tho'.
  17. I can understand if rental trucks get stuck under low bridges as they often are driven by people who doesn't know or understand how high they are, but professional truck drivers should know what bridges or overpasses they can go under. Here in Sweden this kind of thing happens quite frequently and the drivers are often charged for reckless driving if the Police come to the site and he can get his drivers license suspended, as I said, the driver is professional and should know better.
  18. Yes the Heller Ferguson is comming very soon if it haven't arrived yet. It's strange that the tractor molds wasn't in the deal when Round 2 bought the plasic model side from RC2, they apperantly kept the Ertl brand and sells diecast tractors from John Deere, Case/IH, New Holland and Versatile.
  19. Nice work! I don't blame Richard for changing brands, he wanted to race a Dodge Daytona wing car in 1969 as he thought it would be unstoppable, but the Chrysler brass said "you are a Plymouth guy" and didn't give him one, so he ditched Plymouth and went to Ford who gave him the Torino Talladega for the 1969 season, Ford took the top 2 spots in the series and Petty finished 2nd after David Pearson. 1970 Plymouth came out with the Superbird and Petty was back.
  20. One of my favourites too, this I'm gonna follow.
  21. The Revell AG Volvo F12 kits are not related to Italeri as far as I know, I have both makes of F12's and the difference between them are quite noticable. The layout is totally different, the Italeri Volvo F12 trucks has a cab made up of several pieces that you glue together and are single drive leaf sprung 2 axle trucks in 1:24th scale, the Revell trucks has a one piece cab with separate roof and are leaf sprung dual drive 3 axle trucks in 1:25th scale, the rear suspension are of a six rod type on them. AMT/Matchbox also did a Volvo F12 kit, that's also a 2 axle single drive like the Italeri kits but in 1:25th scale.
  22. I believe the engine parts came from the Jo-Han Ford Maverick or Mercury Comet Pro Stockers, they for sure looks like the engines in them.
  23. Here is a Weld Draglite wheel for those who don't know how they look. http://weldwheels.com/shop/media/product/e01/draglite-0b9.jpg You have to click on the link, I tried every way I could think of to get the picture to show in the post but no success, it was a lot easier with the old forum layout than with this one...I can't figure out how to do it in this one.
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