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I've had good luck by gluing the interior tub to the cab mounts and then install the cab. On the last one I built I had to trim the windshield glass a bit, a bit of thick flash if I recall? Tim

There is an 80's Autocar DC near Sault Ste.Marie, Michigan that your Autocar reminds me of. The 1:1 A-car is in rough shape. Yours is very Michigan Special typical. Tim

Dave Nobody makes a T660 yet. Tim

Go with the Revell of Germany T600. The AMT/Ertl T600 was a mish-mash of W925 kit frame and T600 cab/hood/sleeper. It appears that AMT started to make a fresh kit but then cut corners and modified 20 year out of date W925 parts to complete the kit. As Matt said, nothing on the AMT/Ertl T600 fit. Tim

How about a Cat for something different in the W900? Tim

Looks like you're off to a good start! Tim

Pat I never got it? Tim

Pat I might have some that need paint stripped off. Email me off board. Tim

Here's the URL to Roger Snider's website: www.rogersnider.com Tim

Those are photographs by Roger Snider, he has several books about the Japanese show trucks. Here's one of Roger's non-show truck photos.. Roger was at the Peterbilt Denton open house and I had a chance to see his books. Really interesting subjects! Tim

That's a tremendous amount of work there! Tim

When THC contracted with Testors for a limited run of the trailers in the 90s, they used the Italeri 1/24th tires and they fit perfectly. I'll bet they fit the Dodge too, but might be a bit tall. Tim

Chris The T600 turned out nice. Tim

Looking great! Tim

I received my order of parts from Matt Burnett at Monkey Claw yesterday. Very nice! The parts are smooth with minimal clean up of some pin holes at the bottom of the castings. The hood is glass smooth. His raised roof (he calls it MagnaRoof) fits the Italeri PB cabs for the UltraCab raised roof with the big sleeper. Here's what I bought: 378 SBFA hood (older, '87-03 hood). It came with the hood, fender sections, headlamps. You will need a 377 or 378 kit. 36" flat top sleeper '87-current year ('05 and newer will need the door release handles reworked). Comes with the Unibilt sleeper mounts and cab backwall. 63" flat top sleeper '87-current year ('05 and newer will need the door release handles reworked). Comes with sleeper extenders, Unibilt mounts and cab back wall. Having these available in resin will save me from having to cannibalize Revell of Germany 359 sleepers for the roof caps to make the 1/24th scale flat top sleepers. www.monkeyclawmodels.com Tim

Tim Very nice !! Tim

You are off to a really good start. You are correct, it is a most challenging kit to build. The door hinges are fiddly to work with. Tim

Go to my site, then the Contents page and near the bottom is the link to Movin'On. There is a photo/scan with the paint names but not the codes (drat). Tim[ quote name='Cornpatch' date='Nov 4 2008, 08:53 PM' post='132127'] docf225 Go to this site WWW.TIMSTRUCKS.COM as you look thru here you will find a link to the Movin On site. Pictures and all. You also might want to ask Tim what the colors are on that truck are, he will probley know. Hope this helps you. Jeff

Last report is that it is lost. The original W925 tooling was altered for the T600 kit. Maybe the new guys with AMT will have the toolings repaired in the future. Tim

Check the craft stores for small jewelery chain, or the thrift stores for old costume jewelery. Tim

I think a W923 is a suspension change (not sure). W900, but the kit has W9xx cab doors. Same engine as the W925 "Watkins" kit.

The basic truck was a factory build, fenders, bumper, hood, radiator guard, etc. The headache rack was aftermarket. I was told by a KW person that these carried the W900 designation and were a custom ordered item for Hill & Hill. To,

Chris Nice color choice. Tim

SWEEET!! Tim

Kurt yeah, I was quite pleased. The reaction from those attending was great. I was nice to have those that have designed them and built the real ones comment on my work. As for transportation - I packed everything loose, sort of. I built a 2nd level in the bed of my truck. Both upper and lower covered with thick/plush carpet. I parked models side by side (front facing forward) on the lower level, about 3 inches apart from each other. To access these the carpet was slid rearward. The upper level had models parked along the edge of the upper level (full width of the truck bed), and I used towels as padding along the walls and front of the box. I draped the black table cloths (sheets) over the backs of the models to keep them from bouncing around. Inside the cab (crew cab pickup) I folded the rear seat and put an old coffee table on top of the floor, and a piece of plywood on top of the table creating 2 levels. The models in the lower level of the pick-up box suffered no damage. Three models on the upper level were damaged. My black/white roof 378 vaulted forward after a particularly large bump near Green Bay, Wisconsin on the trip down. The 378 smacked the green 350 COE. It launched forward and smacked the red PIE 351 tanker. The 350 lost its cab and horn. The 351 PIE lost its cab/hood, exhaust, a headlight and air cleaner. The 378 suffered a scratched bumper. On the return trip the yellow Waukesha snow plow lost a hydraulic plow cylinder and the orange 379-127 lost a spot mirror. Not too bad for all those miles and bumps. Once I got home I managed to break off the grille gaurd/bumper off the gold/red 389 and a couple of antennas. Tim