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I figured just in case some of you didn't see my post for my possible community build in the Community Builds section, I'd put a post up for it here, too. Here is a link to my Community Build section thread: http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=36073 I'm wanting some feedback for not only interest, but a couple other things as well. Check it out and tell me what you think! Oh, by the way, I would not be starting the actual CBP until after the first of the year, we'll get the holidays out of the way first.

The other night, myself and a few other members were talking about tractor trailers in the chat room. Then the idea of doing a community build came up, which I had actually been thinking of beforehand. What I would like to do now is just test the waters and see how many others would like to participate, so are you up to it? There would not be many rules, the only major requirement would be the truck must be road legal. I'm thinking more along the line of anything you would see if you would pull into any of the nation's truck stops, not any crazy rigs powered by jet engines or Space Shuttle booster rockets. Now, that doesn't mean you couldn't build something like AMT's Super Boss or Bandag Bandit race trucks, but they would be the load on a truck like the Papa Truck or Hideout Truck haulers AMT produced for those kits. Also, that does not mean you could not customize your truck, there are many highly customized trucks running the U.S. Interstates every day. Trucks customized just like this one I'm currently working on are fine, that's where I got a lot of inspiration for this build from, seeing nice rigs like it in America's truck stops during my driving career. I was also, at first, considering allowing American rigs, but after thinking about it and talking it over with a friend of mine on the phone the other night, that just would not be fair to our friends from down under and across the pond. Since I know there are talented builders in the truck forum from all across the globe, I figure it best that any truck, American, European, Australian, or otherwise can qualify, just staying to the one main rule of being a road legal truck for that area of the world. I would like everyone's feedback and their thoughts, not only on participating, but also on starting points as well. I'm an active participant in quite a few CBPs, and some require a fresh, unstarted kit to start or a built up that will be disassembled and rebuilt, while some others allow a partially started kit as a starting point. If we would go with the partial started point, the kit can not be near completion, like these two or my bullwagon. I also just want to let you know, too, just because I said tractor trailer in the title and have mentioned it quite a few times, and the pics are all of combos, this does not mean that you have to build a full unit. Anything is welcome, from a Ford C-600 or Ford Louisville delivery truck to a tractor only or even a heavy duty wrecker, trailers are purely just an option. If this idea does get off the ground, the main rule is have fun with your build, just keeping in mind it has to be a road legal truck, and being a trucker for a little over 12 years, I know my DOT regs! I'm also thinking, since I have five builds for three different CBPs, including my Ford livestock hauler, that have to be done before the end of this year, I will not start the official build thread until late December so we can start after January 1st, we'll get the holidays out of the way first! Who knows, maybe you can even ask for a truck kit for Christmas for the build!

That's why I told my LHS to get a case just for me!!

That's great news, Dave. I'll have the family give me an IOU for my Christmas and birthday so I can get two! Of course, that's on top of the ones I'd by myself for each occassion!

Here you go, Harry. I don't know how correct this is, but I found these two sites both saying the 2012 Viper may be based on an Afla Romeo supercar. http://www.autoguide.com/auto-news/2010/09/2012-dodge-viper-looks-like-the-alfa-romeo-8c.html http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2012-dodge-viper-ideal-versus-reality/

I just wish I still had the pics from long ago when there was one here in Wheeling, WV and my brother was in it!!

Thanks, Paul, with that added info, only the VTS would be a true box stock entry, and I'm sure it would draw attention with that killer paint job! You may want to still ask, because all shows run the rules differently, but I doubt the wiring on the Chevelle and the disc on the Merc would be allowed for a box stock category.

Well, Paul, what do you exactly mean by "pretty much box stock"? If all you did was painting, then box stock should be fine, box stock does not go by the painting guides in the instructions. If you added anything aftermarket, then your out of box stock, you would have to go to one of the other categories. Also, make sure you take the instructions to the show with you, almost every show I have been to require the instructions to be with the model when you enter it. If the club hosting the show is worth anything, they should have members that will be more than happy to help make sure you register in the correct classes.

Here is some info and pics I found on the Internet Movie Cars Database: http://www.imcdb.org/ They used both a 1973 Kenworth W-925 and a 1974 Kenworth W-900 A for the show, according to the site, and from the pics, both bunks are correct. The 1973: The 1974: I also found this pic of under the hood, even though it is not the greatest, and it is labeled on the site as the Cummins VT903. A great idea if you would want to build both trucks, use the AMT kit for the short bunk 73 model and use Revell of Germany's Kenworth W-900 for the 60 inch bunk. I forget offhand who offers aftermarket decals, but I have seen a few different aftermarket decal makers offering better decals. Jim , I'm not sure if there are any differences kit wise, since the only AMT Kenworth I ever had was the Movin On kit, but I'm almost sure the kit was marked as a W-925 on the box. Without having any of the other issues, though, I don't know if the suspensions were correct for the W-925.

Harry, really like most everyone else has said, that would really depend on the show itself. I know in my former club's show, the Ohio Valley Scale Modelers, most if not all of our classes were divided by subject, not scale. The first show I attended way back when before I had joined the club, I had a 1/12 scale Camaro in the box stock, if I remember correctly, class and a 1/87 scale big rig in the heavy commercial class in among the 1/24(5) scale entries. As long as you would have had the instructions with the Pocher kit, you would have had no problem entering our box stock category! As for the rules we used for our box stock categories, when I first joined in the early 90s, it was strictly whatever came in the box, only paint was allowed for detail. That meant no BMF, no aftermarket decals, no anything that was not in the kit. If it was not on the instruction sheet, we did not consider it box stock. Of course, after BMF started becoming more and more popular, we did allow BMF, but drew the line at that. Decals had to be the kit decals and detailing materials, such as the Monogram "High Performance Series" kits that came with wiring for the spark plugs and radiator hoses, had to be in the box when it was bought and on the instructions.

Yeah, Dennis, for once a question I can't answer! I know the extra lights are chicken lights, and trucks with a lot of lights and chrome are chicken trucks, but why do we call them that!

Wasn't there a Corvette from XXX too?

Oh darn!!

Ok, thanks Richard, that was what I kinda figured, but wanted to make sure. Unfortunately, all I have is from the snap kit.

Very nice!

It's a good thing I checked this out before I went to the laptop on the model desk!! Oh well, another keyboard bites the dust!! Looking good, Bro!

It's a good thing I checked this out before I went to the laptop on the model desk!! Oh well, another keyboard bites the dust!! Looking good, Bro!

Richard, by Revell Pete, do you mean the Revell snap kit or the Revell of Germany kit?

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WOW, Marty, I haven't seen the Simon & Simon Camaro since I was a kid! I had that one when I was just starting in the hobby, and have the reissue Camaro Revell put out a few years ago just because I remembered how nice it was for being a snap tite, oh how I'd like to have the original again, though!

Actually, Chuck, I think the Ford Explorer you're thinking about is the Jurassic Park Explorer, but they might have done a Baywatch version, too.

I never knew of the motorcycle, but they did the F-14 with the movie marking, an A-5 (I think) and another plane as the MIG copycats.

Now that you mention it, I don't know how I forgot that! That's been one of my most wanted for years, right up there with the Movin On Kenworth.

Wow, Mark, thanks for that info! I figured the real Banshee concept car wasn't used for the car and knew it looked similar, but I had no idea the actual base was the Stealth! Ah, the magic of Hollywood!

It might be worth it to someone, but not me! Ok, on the serious side, I don't really see how anyone could consider a mass produced article like that rare, and if I remember correctly, that isn't even 10 years old. I'm sure with the fact there is a reserve on it, too, chances are the sellers reserve is probably much higher than $50. I'm not sure, I'll have to check the next time I go up there, but I think I might have one like that in the closet at my mother in law's!