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You could do that but you will have some problems to solve to do a similar build. First...the cab is too short in the AMT K123 kit (if that matters), it has a 86 inch cab and the Revell kit has a 108 inch V.I.T. cab and yes you can of course lengthen it as you in this case will have two cabs. Second...the rear suspension on the AMT kit is a Hendrickson Walking Beam and I don't know how you can do to modify that to a Tri-Drive as the beam that holds the two drive axles are hanged from the center, the Revell kit has a KW AG 100 air ride wich is easier to do a Tri-Drive with...the AG 100 suspension from the AMT K100 Aerodyne is available in resin from Melbourne Model Truck Accessories wich is complete with drive axles and prop shaft but you'll need two sets to do a Tri-Drive...of course everything can be done but I don't know if it's worth it. Another way to go is to base the build on the AMT K100 Aerodyne kit, in that case you only need one more suspension kit and some wheels, and you are close to done...you don't even have to lengthen the frame as it's probably long enough as it is. But Revell AG has reissued some of their truck kits recently, the Peterbilt 359 Tractor and the 359 Wrecker, the KW W900/T900 Tractor and W900 Wrecker, so hopefully they will reissue the K100 kits soon....I have suggested that at their "Share Your Dreams" site a couple of days ago so you can go in there to vote for it. http://ideas.revell.de/ideas/item/4054/

How different a 428 is to a 429...one cubic inch....no I'm kidding...the answer is very. The 428 is a FE family engine together with 332, 352, 361, 390, 406, 410 and 427, and the 429 is a 385 family engine together with the 460...so they are two totally different engines...the 429 is both longer and wider than the FE and the outside apperance of the two don't have much in common. If you want to do a 429 a good engine can be found in the Revell Pro Modeler 70 Torino GT and the Revell 70 Torino Cobra, they are the best there is and I think someone has casted them in resin.

That truck kit was available from 1986 to 1989 and another version called The Oriental Express from 1990 to 1994, a fun thing is that you could build it either as a dual-drive or tri-drive as there were frame extensions, a third drive axle with suspension and wheel set in these kit. I bought a Revell AG Kenworth K-100 VIT "Australia" truck (only dual-drive) back in the mid to late 80's and they were also available as Aerodyne at the same time with a different roof section, and I think the last issued Revell AG KW K-100 kit was about 10 years ago so I think they are long overdue for reissuing.

Well I'm not born yesterday either,,,and I have had my truck drivers license over 20 years and have been around trucks and cars all my life...so my statements aren't taken out of thin air. But you do it your way and I do it my way and we are both happy.

Well Cat used their engines for different applications with different horsepower ratings, so if it's lets say a 3408 or C15 the on-highway, off road, train, marine and stationary engines are based on the same engine series. So if the engine looks like a 3406 it is a 3406, a 3408 is a 3408 and a C15 is a C15 regardless of what it's used for...it's just different versions and some things may differ as the placing of the turbocharger, with or without aftercooler and so on.

Well the wheels and tires are pretty much generic for all the NASCAR kits as are the chassis...so it might not help much...but show them to us. There has been a couple of different wheels in the Monogram/Revell kits, the early Monogram NASCAR kits had nine hole Bassetts (GM cars) and five hole Bassetts (Ford cars) and those were chrome plated, and non plated eight hole Bassett or Aero Wheels (all) on the later Revell/Monogram NASCAR kits, the chassis are "front steer" (GM) or "rear steer" (Ford), that is where the steering box is located, in front or behind the front axle. AMT also did NASCAR kits for a while but in 1:25th scale, they were even more detailed than the Monogram/Revell kits and most...if not all... were molded in grey plastic..

I don't know but after what I have seen it seems like 3400 is a series of Cat engines wich consists of the 3406, 3408 and 3412, at least that's what's coming up when you do a Google search on Cat 3400...I haven't found any specific engine called 3400.

Most likely...3400 is the common name for that engine series.

The autoparts store and the Caterpillar, Cummins and Detroit dealers should have the correct engine colors on spray can...I bought Detroit Alpine Green at O'Reilly Autoparts in L.A. and Cat Yellow at the Cat dealer over here. By the way, old Cat yellow is at least pre 1970's so most of the on-highway truck engines should be new Cat yellow.

You can read about the Peterbilt model numbers and what they stand for here. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peterbilt The number designations on the engines I'm not completely sure about as the designation of the older Cat engines are somewhat confusing and only makes sence to Cat themselves. But I think in this case the first 3 stands for Diesel engine, the second number, 2 or 4 in this case, stands for wich family group the engine belongs to and the last two numbers 06 and 08 is the number of cylinders. Cat deviated from this numbering system when they introduced the 3116 and 3176 in the early 90's, first number was 3 for diesel engine, last number was 6 for number of cylinders and that's like before, but the middle 2 numbers were for displacement per cylinder (1,1 and 1.7 litres)...so it confused things even more. But later in the 90's they changed the designation to the easier to understand C13, C15, C18 and so forth...the C stands for Cat and the number for displacement in litres...easy as pie.

I don't know how much I can be of help Robin... But if the NASCAR kit was molded in color it must have been a Monogram brand kit from sometime in the 80's, they had many kits molded in colored plastic back in the day and some in metallic plastic...I do have a Monogram 1970 Dodge Challenger molded in "Metal Glow" red and an Shelby Cobra 427 S/C in "Metallic Flake" blue, both kits made in the mid to late 80's. The "Metal Glow" plastic was somewhat transparent and brittle and the production of these metallic plastic kits didn't last very long. Late in the "Monogram era" most of the kits made were white and I don't think any NASCAR kits were molded in color under the "Revell/Monogram" and "Revell" lable, as far as I know all were white.

Well the Mustang kit allready has a Hemi...but a Ford one. If you want to do Shirley's car it's easier to use the recently reissued MPC Mustang Funny Car Kits as a starting point as you only have to change decals. The Jo-Han Funny Car kits will most likely never be re-issued again but these are the latest issues under the Seville ownership under the 90's and the availabillity on those are quite good and the prices aren't that bad...if it had been the original Mickey Thompson and Gene Snow issues it would be a bit different, they are the same kits as these except for decals and boxart but has greater value and are more of a collectable. So you do right building them as models are for building.

I bought a resin Peterbilt 352 110 inch double bunk cab on ebay a little while ago but it wasn't a tall 352H...I would love to get one tho'.

Very nice builds.

Nice to know. But...as far as I know they are called Fuchs...the other way it's very close to another "four letter word".

The paint on both of the looks like glass...nice work guys!!

The 352H is also slightly taller than the 352 "Pacemaker". If you look at the pictures in this thread you see what you need to do to do a 352H from a regular 352...no you don't have to open any of the doors but otherwise it's a good guide. http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=83936 It will for sure involve some work modifying the cab to a 352H but I'm sure you could do it.

Very nice job indeed Alan, it has been a pleasure following your progress with all your Tyrone Malone builds...and I'm glad I could help you out. I'm looking forward to see how the Evel Knievel Pete comes out...as Doug says it looks to be a 110 inch double bunk tall cab 352H.

That's one way of measuring it, a total wheelbase of a vehicle or vehicle combination is from the center of the first steer axle to the center of the rearmost axle on the vehicle or vehicle combination. But when you are specifying a truck when you order one you don't measure that way, it has to do with weight regulations and how you distribute the load...for an US truck tractor the effective wheelbase is measured from the center of the steer axle to the centerpoint between the rear axles as in the first picture in my reply above. International trucks has wheelbase options between 167 to 280 inches...so in this case the distance between the center of the front axle to the centerpoint between the axles in the rear tandem is 280 inches wich equals to 284.5 millimeters in 1:25th scale...or 11.2 inches.

I know the former Jerald McBee later Tyrone Malone Defiance Freightliner wheelstander truck with Allison 1710 was allowed to run no faster than 80 mph for exhibition runs.

Since you mentioned the Defiance Truck I thought I would help out with what I have found...It can be built with an AMT White Freightliner, an AMT Parts Pack Allison 1710, some modifications and some scratchbuilding...so it's not impossible, it just some work and determination involved. The Hurricane is probably harder to do as it needs a lot more work and modifications...but for sure possible if one wants to. Revell has a nice dual axle trailer to do the trailer towed behind the Hideout Truck for the Smokey Bear Corvette, the AMT dual axle display case box trailer or a Galaxie Limited tag along dual axle box trailer could be modified to resemble the trailer towed behind the Papa Truck. Malone also had other trucks, the light blue Old No 8 KW K100 108 Inch flat top cab with dromedary body wich pulled the living quarters trailer, the blue with white, blue and yellow stripes KW W900B Aerodyne wich pulled a lowboy trailer and the Old Blue 67 KW W900 truck wich pulled the Little Irvy trailer.

Yes it would be an exhibition car only, not allowed to compete. The Gas classes had quite tough rules and the cars was close to street legal, and many of the car people call "Gassers" are in fact not a true gasser as no alteration of wheelbase was allowed, you must have lights and fenders, engine couldn be moved back no further than 10% of the wheelbase and so on.

A nice build of one of my favourite racing cars.

I have bought stuff from P & P a couple of times and got great service and nice parts.

Have a look here Alan, there are some pictures of the Defiance Allison 1710 V12 Powered Wheelstander Freightliner at the link. http://public.fotki.com/superboss1/stage-coach-diesel-/page5.html If you go to the next page there are also some pictures of the highly modified Detroit Diesel 6V-92 powered Hurricane Kenworth truck, these two trucks together with the Super Boss, Papa Truck, Hideout Truck and Smokey Bear Corvette...and I think the Boss Truck Of America and the Little Irvy Truck...now belongs to Gary Reis at Stage Coach Diesel Motorsports Museum. The Defiance wheelstander truck was originally brown with white, red and yellow stripes and was built by Jerald McBee from Oregon and here is an article from the February 1980 Overdrive Magazine with the truck as it originally was. http://public.fotki.com/modeltrucks25thscale/truck_magazines/truck-and-trucking-/1980-overdrive-magazine/02-overdrive-magazi/february-1980-defia.html#media Click on "next" to get the other two pages. Malone must have bought it from him sometime in the mid to late 80's and repainted it pink.