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Wow, maybe I should just vote and keep my mouth shut more often! I voted and didn't make a reply and FINALLY ended my losing streak, WOOHOO!

Get it right, a TWO TONE blue Wienne Wagon! Boy, first guess gets it! Even though I couldn't find the pic used in the video, I did find this one. I ran the U.S. in a Classic XL just like it for just a little over a year.

I was just a little bored the other night and was checking out YouTube and found this video of one of my most favorite trucking songs. It has some very nice pics in it and might even give you some ideas! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mALtxruPgAU I also noticed one of the trucks in one of the pictures could possibly be one I used to drive! I want to see if anyone can guess which one, and I'll start with one clue, it's a Freightliner.

I like it. That was the 2001 race that car won, and it's sister #3 car that was driven in part by Dale Earnhardt Sr. and Dale Jr. came in second, if I remember correctly, right?

No problem! They look like they were made for that body!

The only school buses I know of are from Resin Motor Replicas. http://www.freewebs.com/rmrresin/nf125.htm They are all older buses, the newest I found was a 56 Ford. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/flamefink/rmrresin/Buses/56Fordbus.jpg

ME LIKEY!!

I seen a Chevy S10 with a bed like that one time. Of course, that was after it was dropped from a car carrier! Looks like an interesting project, I'll be watching.

I don't know if anyone has them in resin or not, but if you pick up the recently reissued AMT USA-1 monster trucks, they have them in the kit. If you need a pic, I have an old built up of it and would be more than happy to take a pic of the axles so you could see if they would work for what you need.

Well, let me be the first of a million! I personally use Testors Model Master line enamels and the good old stand by Testors enamels for most of my brush painting needs, but I also highly recommend Tamiya's acrylics as well. Pollyscale acyrlics are also very nice, you can find them in the model railroad area of your favorite hobby shop, hopefully! The Pollyscale paints are nice for weathering colors especially, because they offer colors such as mud, dirt, concrete, aged concrete, and so on. Here's just an idea of the diversity of my paint box. As for spray paints, I've had nice results with most all of Testors sprays, from their regualr and Model Master lines to the "Colors by Boyd" and the new Custom Lacquer system. My old stand by has always been DupliColor auto paints, especially for factory stock colors. Nothing replicates the 1:1's color better than the paint made for the 1:1! EDIT: Well at least I was the first when I started typing this post!!!

And if you are referring to a coupe such as this, there is no need, because that pic is straight from Revell/Monogram's website. That kit has been out since the mid 80s! Now if you mean a notchback style coupe, you do have a good question, but it may have been due to the fact MPC had a notchback coupe in their lineup long ago. Maybe Monogram never saw the need, even though I'm sure Monogram would have made a much nicer kit!

And some of the odd parking brake systems, too! Trucks like Ryder and Budget 24 foot vans in the non CDL weights use a drum mounted to the driveline of the truck for a parking brake. I used to drive heavy duty wrecker, and it was more or less on the job training when I started, and I found out about driveline parking brakes the hard way! I was dropping a 24 foot van off at the local International dealer, and it was company policy to drop the driveshaft so it would not destroy the transmission during the tow, so the rear portion of the shaft was in one of the wrecker's toolboxes. I had to sit the front tires on blocks of wood to get the tow bar out from under the front axle, and I did that and was putting the axle attachments back in the toolbox and to grab the driveshaft piece to reinstall. I heard a small thud and looked back at the truck and seen it rolling away from the blocks and straight towards the street! I ran after it and grabbed the front bumper and somehow held the truck back from rolling to the street. I still do not know to this day how I was able to hold it, but I held that truck until one of the guys from the dealership brought me some wheel chocks. After he chocked the wheels, I said I don't know why the truck did that, the brake was set, and then the mechanic told me to look at something under the truck. He pointed to the small drum right behind the transmission and told me that was why the brake didn't hold, because that was the parking brake!

I'm guessing you mean whether it was sent parcel post, first class, or priority mail, etc., right?

Yeah, Will, what Dave said is right on the money. I also had a similar experience with a trade with another member here, and the kit I sent him got there in about 3 or 4 days. The one he sent for some reason had not arrived to me for almost a week and a half, and there was no tracking number on it, so we thought it was going to be gone forever. Luckly, he had is return address on it, and it ended up back on his doorstep. The second time he put the tracking number on it, but whatever the problem was had been corrected, too, so I ended up with it getting safely here. That is one other important thing though, make sure the return address is on it, too. There are one or two members I've traded with that don't do that, and I think one didn't even have a tracking number, either. If the case above would have happened with the one with no return address and no tracking, it would have been gone forever!

That's cool, gotta keep those Duke boys stocked up!

Ok, I was just hoping you weren't going to say rust, since that particular front clip was fiberglass!

Looks nice, Jordon. I do have one question, what is the orangish color on the front clip for?

Even though this is sorta on topic and sorta not, you are right that diesels do not create enough vacuum on their own, not even to operate the power assist booster on diesel pickups. I have a 1:1 Ford F350 diesel, and it has a belt driven vacuum pump. It's sole purpose in life is to supply vaccum to the power brake booster. Ford also, at least in the early 90s trucks like mine, a 90, also used a HydroBoost brake system on the heavier duty Super Duty, which equals an F450 or F550 today. These drew the power brake boost from the power steering hydraulics.

Yep, DW, you are right, the wheels in the Ford dually are a match to the the ones on Squad 51. The real wheels, as well as the kits, are a Budd 4 hole wheel. While I don't have a pic of the wheels from the kit, the kit has the same wheels as my 1:1 dually, with the exception of the four wheel drive hub on my 1:1. The kit wheels have the correct grease cap for the two wheel drive like in the Squad 51 1:1 pic. I'll definitely be watching this, it is still one of my favorite TV shows. I still watch it now, a TV station here runs it every night at 10 PM on their Retro station.

I don't know if there is or not, but I'll be more than happy to help you thin the herd!

Yeah, sure, Clay, I'll allow it. But what happened to the decals in the second pic? I want to see this loaded with Roscoe's police cars!

It's ultimately your choice, but it wouldn't hurt to extend it in my opinion, especially since I'm more than likely going to change my entry!

No problem, Bradley, and it sounds like the Kenworth is not far enough along that it would be a problem. I hope you do decide to join us!

No problem, Bradley, I have those two builds to finish, too, along with a few others! I can't remember how far along you were with the Kenworth, but as long as it's not too close to being finished, you could enter it along with the Petes. I'll add you to the list, just in case, and sorry, but I don't know how I missed this post yesterday. Good thing I was rereading today.

Sure thing, Rick, I'll add your name to the list, and the B model sounds like a great idea.