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Yes, the only modern US truck kits are the International Lone Star and Pro Star, everything else is from the 70's, 80's and 90's.

The suspension on the Italeri Freightliners and all other US trucks except the Peterbilts are the old Western Unit Stabilaire suspension Peterbilt used before the did their own Air Leaf, Freightliner called this suspension Airliner and it has been replaced with Airliner II. So yes, this suspension has been used on other trucks and if you look at the AMT Peterbilt 359 original and recently reissued California Hauler and 352 Pacemaker COE you see that they have the same suspension.

Yes the rear axle has the links inside of the frame and the mounting points on the axle near the differential housing, and the forward axle has the links as the picture above...the links are outside of the frame and the mounting points near the wheels. So it can't be that hard to make it work, and dual drive axles with power divider and drive shaft must be easy to find...you need a donor for the chassis and drive train and they can be used from that kit except for the suspension. The 1693 Cat engine on the other hand is a bit more difficult as no kit has the right one and the closest you can get from a kit is the 3406 in the Revell Snap trucks wich is too new, but KFS has a 1693TA in resin and white metal...a bit expensive but if you want to do the model right you need one. Further information is that the movie truck has the KW Splendor interior in beige and black tuck 'n roll and low back seats, looks to be air ride for both, the sleeper steps are not square as in the AMT W925, they are the later ones wich is rounded at the bottom, the battery boxes, (there are one on each side) have diamond plate covers rounded at the top and no step in them as the 1974-forward has, and the drive wheels has a quite agressive tread pattern and the wheels looks like they would be 10.00-22 lock ring Alcoa wheels. Ohh I forgot one thing, the grille KW bug is gold with black KW and stripes.

Nice.

I usually gather all parts needed before I start a project and I have plans to do the "Bandit" truck together with some more movie, TV and other famous trucks and I have done a lot of research to be able to get them as correct as possible. I don't min sharing the results of my research with my fellow modelers so if I can help out I try to. I just have to find some inspiration to start something...I have had a severe case of builders block lately and I don't think I have finised a model in 5 years...hopefully that will change soon.

Cool pictures of cool cars. ?

Absolutely stunning. I can't complain on anything on this superb model, great job. ?????

Yes that would most likely work for the forward axle, if you cut the second torsion bars and turn them around so you get the links on the inside for the rear axle it would probably look okay. If you have the AMT W925 or a K123 you can use the axles from them as they are clean without any mounting points, because you need a power divider for the forward axle and drive shaft between the axles. You can use the AMT W925 to do the movie truck, at least one of them was a 1973 so some slight modifications needs to be done to the cab such as door handles and vent windows, or you can use a Revell Germany W900 with a short hood and short sleeper, or modify the Revell snap W900 Aerodyne to a day cab with a short sleeper from the AMT kit. I think the engine in the movie truck was a Cat 1693.

Everything is possible. But the links from the axle up to the torsion bars are on the outside of the frame on a single drive like the Super Boss and Bandag Bandit and that would be right for the first axle. On a dual drive tandem the links are on the outside of the frame on the first axle and on the inside of the frame mounted near the center on the second axle so the front and rear axles turn the torsion bar the opposite way. Here is a picture of the dual drive setup.

1:24 scale is larger than 1:25 (higher fraction number smaller scale) so that would be strange. But it could be how the dimentions are on the 1:24 scale trailer in question, the one AMT is reboxing is a North American style trailer and not a European style.

No, I have not heard of any 1:43 scale truck kits up for reissue

They use the same basic instructions for both the Arnie Beswick car and the Dyno Don car, except for different head picture on the instructions, decals and boxart both kits are the same. The "feul" I can live with and it says the same in the Beswick instructions, but I find it more intriguing that on the drawing it looks like the starter should go in between the water pump and cam drive cover but in the text it says that it goes to the right side of the engine...but not where, and that side of the engine is not not shown in any of the pictures so if you don't know how it looks on a real engine you get no clue of the right position. The correct position is of course on the right (passenger) side of the engine beside the crank case at the front of the bell housing. Moebius Models may do nice model kits and the instructions for their kits are flashy and printed on good glossy paper, but they are not the easiest to understand as they have quite vague drawings and explanations. If you compare the Moebius instructions for the International Lone Star and Pro Star truck kits and the instructions for the Revell Germany rebox of the same kits you can see what I mean, Revell did their own instructions for these kits and they are much clearer and easier to follow than the Moebius instructions.

Nice progress.

I like it. ?

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I need at least two.?

Nice model Ken.

Very nice.

Before I bought my AITM Rubber Duck resin kit I asked Dave if I only could get the parts I needed to convert the AMT R600 and he said he could do that...but I thought about it for a while and changed my mind and decided to get the complete kit instead. So he is good to deal with.

We have quite liberal regulations for old classic cars in Sweden, if they are over 30 years old we don't have to pay any tax on them and they only have to go through our traffic safety inspection once every 24 months, if the cars are 50 years and older they don't have to be inspected anymore if the most recent safety inspection was done within 24 months or after and most insurance companies has good policys for them. So these cars are cheap to own...but we don't use them as daily drivers and not many use them in the winter so they don't run many miles per year. But we might have to go back on topic now.

I have been around some Ford FE engines in my day and I have two right now...allthough they are 390's, one is in my 1963½ Galaxie 500XL and the other one I'm building a 445 stroker out of. Yes I'm interested as there aren't any egnines for the Mk II's available.

Nice models. Calypso Coral is the same color as the older Poppy Red, and it really pops.

I get the messages too, but I stopped using Photobucket when they started to ask horrendous money for their service about 3 years ago and went over to a paid Fotki account, Fotki was much cheaper at the time and easier to use and I have never looked back.

Looks great. I can't see much wrong with it as you seem to have nailed it down to the dry sump oil system. Are you ging to make this available??

Well you see most of them at car meets in the summer time...otherwise you don't see many on the roads as daily drivers. So most of them are enthusiasts hobby vehicles.