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For AMT truck models I think the Kenworth K100 Aerodyne is the latest as the kits from that tooling came 1979-80 and should be less difficult to build than most of the other AMT truck kits wich are much older, the T600 kits are issued later (1990) but they are based on the old W925 kit from 1971 and are a bit more challenging. Most truck kits has multi piece frames and separate suspensions, and the Italeri kits has multi piece cabs so if you want to build an easy truck kit I would go for the Revell (former Monogram) Kenworth W900 Aerodyne or Peterbilt 359 snap/glue kits, they are cheap and easy to find and quite easy to build so they are good start kits.

The distributor on most engines are cam-driven, the crank drives the camshaft through the timing chain or gears and the distributor and oil pump drives from a sprocket on the camshaft either at the front, rear or middle of the engine if the cam is inside the engine block as most V8's have, or at the end of the camshaft if it's a more modern OHC or DOHC engine. In the Ford 427 SOHC case you can take out the distributor drive in a couple of places, the regular front position (for Ford) as there is a short cam blank with a distributor gear instead of a regular camshaft in the engine block to drive the distributor and oil pump, or you can take the distributor drive out somewhere on the timing transmission, either at the front of the regular timing chain sprocket or at the ends of the camshafts...as long as you get the right timing wich is half the RPM of the crank it doesn't matter where you take it out.

It's a frequently asked question and it's easy for everyone to find if it's pinned at the top of the first page of the category the topic belongs to. The moderators are the only ones that can pin a topic.

You don't have to shout boys. The 1:24th scale kits listed are of no interest to me, especially if they are Italeri kits.

They used diesel over here too to prevent the asfalt from sticking but with all environmental issues nowadays they have gone over to some sort of vegetable oil instead...it doesn't work better by all means but some say it's safer for the environment.

On all of the pictures I have seen of the pre-production trailer when it was on display at a model show recently it has dual mount tires, the first I have heard about singles is in this thread...so I don't know what Moebius will do...hopefully duals.

echoxrayniner here on the forum has done some from pictures I sent him as I saw a voind in that department. Here is the lnk to his post in the aftermarket category.

It would be nice if they did I don't know, they seems to be focusing on European trucks more lately and it was many years since the did the US truck kits they have, and I don't know if they sold well. But as the truck kits they have been doing lately they it looks like they have forgotten the market outside central Europe when you see what they offer...the market in the rest of Europe, the US/Canada, South America and Australia can be decent too and they don't have much for them. An example, they do kits of our domestic Volvo and Scania trucks but not in the configuration we have most of here in Sweden and in nothern Europe...all trucks here are COE's due to lenght regulations and load capacity but the configuration are different and our truck combinations are a lot longer and have almost double the payload the short 4X2 COE tractor/trailer combinations have wich most of the kits they offer are. And the Australian truck combinations are even longer and heavier than what we have...so I definately see a market niche there.

Most of the Italeri European truck kits configuration is short wheelbase 4X2 COE's, it's a popular configuration in mid Europe but I think it's boring and the truck without trailer looks if it's going to tip over forward under braking. I would be happier if they did more 6X2, 6X4 or 8X4 wich is more common where I live up in the north. But as I said in my earlier post, I prefer the US trucks.

Regarding the Italeri truck kits...I stopped buying truck kits from them at least 20 years ago with a couple of exceptions, the Volvo VN 780 when it came out and the Peterbilt 378, the reason I don't buy them is the very few versions of trucks they offer as most of their European truck kits are two axle single drive tractors, and the vast inaccuracies of the kits as most of them haven't been updated in many years except for cabs and some other parts, the rest can be up to 40 years old and it doesn't look right on a more modern truck, and the lack of right details on some things like wheel hubs, wheels and such. I have just seen a couple of pictures of their new tooling Volvo kit and it looks like they have updated the last one to more modern specs...FINALLY...but it's still a boring two axle single drive tractor....so more versions please before I buy anything more from them and they have to be accurate...otherwise they will not get any of my money. Italeri have to realize that all trucks in Europe aren't two axle tractors...there are lots of other versions out there too that lots of people likes to build, and it gets very expensive when you have to get at least one kit or maybe two, and lots and lots of aftermarket stuff to be able to build the truck you want. So I have only US truck kits in my stash as it is now because I have allways liked the look of them and I don't have to get as much aftermarket stuff to be able to build what I want. I also would like to see more modern American truck kits and not just the Pro Star and Lone Star, and there are several I can think of that I would buy if they were offered...and of course more trailers. The wheels on the new Moebius trailer looks to be dual mounts to me, at least on the one they have showed recently, so I also hope that's is correct...super singles doesn't make it in my book either...steer wheels yes...but not on drive axles or trailers.

I have the same problem on my old Revell AG Kenworth K100 V.I.T Australia, the front tires are shot.

I have not seen the KTA 600 on his website...does he have one in the works?

Nice!!

Nice interior and I hope the paintjob will work out for you. This kit is a part of the last batch of all new tooling kits AMT/ERTL did in the mid to late 90's before the RC2/Learning Curve bought the company...not much new from them after that.

I'm not aware of any model kits of Tri-Five Chevys with a sixbanger, all kits I have seen have V8's. So the Revell box art artist has most likely done a misstake.

I bought mine from P&P Resin Works some years ago...but I don't know the availabillity for that engine now. But you can try to contact him. ordersppresinworks@gmail.com

Great build Ken, I love to see your work.

Very nice work so far.

Those instructions are for the new tool 56 Chevy wich came out in the early 2000's, the instructions he asks for is for the old tool kit from the 60's wich is a different kit all together. I have browsed all Revell albums at the Drastic Plastic Instructions folder as they usually have instructions for most kits, but they don't have anything for the old tool 56 Chevy, I found instructions for the old tool 55 and 57 and the new tool 56 kits. I have a set from the old tool 56 Chevy and I scanned them for you, they are not exactly from the kit you have but they have to be quite close as they are from the same tooling .

I bought a model kit from Dennis (Model Express) once several years ago...he sent the kit over here no problem at all.

Well I had saved all this information in my files for my own use and I thought it would be useful for everybody...so that's my main reason for doing it. But I can't take credit for everything because I haven't done all the legwork myself, I have found the information here and there on the web (including here on this forum) and I just put it together in a list so it would be easy to use.

Yes it's a nice one.

Nice indeed.

Yes of course. Allis Chalmers Plum Crazy Purple Caterpillar 1145 - Cat Yellow 1150 - Cat Yellow 1160 - Cat Yellow 1673 - Cat Yellow 1674 - Cat Yellow 1676 - Cat Yellow 1693 - Cat Yellow 3208 - Cat Yellow 3306 - Cat Yellow 3406 - New Cat Yellow 3408 - New Cat Yellow 3412 - New Cat Yellow C5 - C19 - New Cat Yellow with Black valve covers I have found out that Caterpillar changed the color from Old Caterpillar Yellow, also known as Hi-Way Yellow, to New Cat Yellow on their machines in June 1979 and that could be the case with the engines too. So if that's correct the engines would be Cat Hi-Way Yellow from January 1932 until June 1979, after June 1979 New Cat Yellow...except for the cases when the truck manufacturers had their own colors as listed below. The old Cat Hi-Way Yellow were a brighter shade yellow than the New Cat Yellow wich is more to the mustard shade. Cummins H/NH and HS/NHS/NHRS ("Iron Lung") series 672 and 743 cui 50's and early 60's - Cummins Gold close to old Cat yellow NHC250 - Cummins Beige NTA370 - Cummins Beige NTC350 - Cummins Beige NTC400 - Cummins Beige NTC475 - Cummins Beige N14 - Black (cast aluminum valve covers are red and stamped sheet metal valve covers are black) V-903 - Dark grey or Black Signature 600/ISX CM570 - Red (may have chrome or black valve covers) X15-Red Detroit Diesel Series 60 - DD Alpine Green or BlueGreen 6-71 - DD Alpine Green 8V71 - DD Alpine Green 12V71 - DD Alpine Green or Silver (usually turbocharged models) 16V71 - DD Alpine Green 8V92 - DD Alpine Green or Silver (usually turbocharged models) Chevrolet 1940s to late 1950s - Medium grey Late 1950s to 1963 I-6 engines Chevrolet engine blue, V-8 Chevrolet engine red (orange) Ford Ford 331 Flathead truck engine - Dark Spruce Green OHV 1954 to 1961 - Red 534SD - Ford Blue GMC GMC 1940s - Avacado GMC late 1940s to early 1950s Dark Green GMC 1950s Crimson Red GMC 1960s V-6 Alpine Green, V-8 Red Turbine - Red International V-800 - Metallic blue Maxx Force - Dark Blue and Silver Mack - Pre 1990 gold, Post 1990 grey, or blue / grey if equipped with an intercooler ENDT675 ENDT676 ENDT865 4cyl (Mack AC) - medium grey Super tip turbine - red The Maxidyne engine colour was gold, the Maxiydyne truck could easily be identified by the gold dog on the hood. The Thermodyne, Econodyne motors were all painted GREY, these had a chrome dog fitted. If any other brand of motor was fitted, Cummins,Cat, GM-Detroit, then it would have a chrome dog fitted as well. Exceptions, some truck manufacturer's use their own colors instead of the engine builders color AutoCar - White through 1968-69 then manufacturer color Ford - Black until 1965, Ford Blue until 1982, Ford Corporate Grey Diamond Reo - Red International - Red "International paid Cummins, Detroit and Cat about $25 per engine to have them all painted IH 2150 Red for many years. The practice ended in the '70's, as I remember, and we (International, my employer) pocketed the 25 bucks. Concerning the blue International V-800 in the Paystar, marketing decided that International's new big bore engines should be blue to distinguish them from the competition" Peterbilt - White through 1984 then engine manufacturer color (there are exceptions as white engines can be found in trucks after 1984 and manufactures colors in trucks before 1984) Caterpillar was the last engine manufacturer to stop painting them white. Kenworth - White through 1975 then engine manufacturer color (there are exceptions as white engines can be found in trucks after 1975 and manufacturers colors in trucks before 1975)

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