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I actually found one of those at one of my LHSs a couple years back from a collection they were selling. There isn't really much difference in the base kit from the regular W900, and actually has all the parts for the regular version too. After I discovered that, I put it on the shelf because I'm kinda undecided of what version I actually want to build.

I would love to see this kit again! I had one when I was a kid, but lost it in a fire in 1997. I was actually modifying it to a single axle.

That is funny!! I do have plans to edit the Wenie Wagon from the pic and replace it with my Ford I've been forever working on for a mural on the back of the sleeper. I figure it's fitting since I have named that truck "Thunderstruck".

I got this pic at a rest area outside of Newberry, SC on I-26 in August, 2012 on the edge of a summer storm. It wasn't an easy pic to get, I had to set the camera on "burst" mode and then go through the multiple pics to find one that came out the way I wanted, it took almost a half an hour with night closing fast to finally get the pic.

Actually Dave, with a little help from Google, the trailers I found in the era of the AMT kit are capable of 50 tons, which is double the weight you stated. Here are links to two 50 ton tri axles very similar to the kit. http://www.truckpaper.com/listingsdetail/detail.aspx?OHID=5635995 http://www.truckpaper.com/listingsdetail/detail.aspx?OHID=5452409 At a weight limit of 50 tons, that means that it is capable of 100,000 lbs, so an empty Payhauler at almost 72,000 lbs would be no problem for the Loadcraft tri axle.

I found this detail sheet while researching my Payhauler: It may be a little hard to read, but it says that the empty weight of the Payhauler with the 16V-71N like the kit is only 71,800 lbs. I'm not sure what the load limit on the lowboy is, but I figured with the 3 axles on the lowboy and a third tag axle on the tractor, it should haul the load just fine. I mocked one up on the AMT lowboy and it does fit the bed, even though the outer tires hang over the bed. I'm not sure on total height, it looks like the diagram says the Payhauler itself is 12'6", so it would probably be pushing 14' or a little more on the deck, but I was also planning having mine with escort vehicles and a high pole escort if it does come in over 13'6" on the deck.

Yeah Chuck, usually in hot rods the last thing I like to see is a GM engine under a Ford hood!! It's just not right!! Even though I know Detroit was a GM brand then, anything beats a Cummapart!! I figure 16 cylinders breathing through the big exhaust (8 inch stacks) that I'm planning on getting from Ryan Mlynek's Rhino's Truck Parts will say "GET OUT OF MY WAY!!" very nicely! Also everyone, this will probably not be pulling the bullrack for long, if at all. I have decided to get a Moebius Reefer to put on the fifth wheel. I figure that with some aluminum foil treatment like I did on this reefer would be a nice chicken hauler! Who knows, it may even see a Walmart trailer after the smoothside roll door version comes out, sorta like my dream work truck. Good luck getting into some of my stores with it though!! One more addition to the build, it will actually be wearing this as a company name: Yes, that IS my last name, NO it is not my company, and I don't know if I happen to be related to the owner or not.

Yeah Kevin, it isn't really a bad kit for the money, especially considering it was (and still is) a snap kit. The only big issue with this and the similar Peterbilt kit is the fit of the kit tires to the rims, they don't behave well. I have the Pete and replaced the kit wheels and tires with ones from another kit.

Also Pat, Miles is in the US and you are in Canada, so I don't know what the exchange rate is between your dollar and ours, but that might explain the difference in price. As for it being cheap in quality, as the others have said, it and the Kenworth W900 that is like it are actually very nice kits for the money. They were once snap kits and still are, but they still build up nicely. I have one in progress with the Revell of Germany auto transporter that is scheduled for reissue this year. The only issues that are a pain are the tires, they do not fit the wheels well and I swapped the kit wheels for some wheels and tires from an Italeri Peterbilt, but the only other real issues are the snap points that attach the chrome of the battery boxes to the frame and the points in the back of the cab for the interior.

Long ago in a time before cameras on phones, I was running with a NASCAR convoy of the official's rigs on I77 just north of Charlotte as they were coming on the interstate from an exit. I actually chatted with them on the CB and ran with them for a few miles, that is until they all lined up together and dropped the hammer where my 65 MPH Wenie Wagon couldn't keep up!

Haven't you ever heard the old saying "Little boys never grow up, they just get a bigger sandbox!" LOL

That should qualify, some places only require that you be a former night janitor LOL!!!

Well, I finally decided to knock some dust off of this and do a little to it tonight. Well, OK, not much dust was knocked off it! There is a surprise lurking under the hood though, it now has it's motivation! I have always been a Detroit man, and what better for this big custom than BIG Detroit power. Series 60, good engine, but just not big enough. 8V71 or 8V92, still just not enough. Buzzen Dozen, we're getting close! A custom rig needs a custom engine, and she's got that, a custom 16V-71N!! Thanks to Clayton (Petetrucker07) sending me some extra Detroits from his stash, I took one of them and a partially started one from a GMC General long on the shelf and cut the bell housing off of one and glued that block to the started one I had (which was replaced in the General with one of the others he sent me) to make this beastly motivation. It seems as if it will fit fine under the hood and still needs a little massaging to fit level and behind the radiator, and I have to figure out an oil pan setup, because the oil pans are made to line up with the front mount, which obviously the second half doesn't have, and air induction will need to be custom made, but at least this beast now will have a beastly heartbeat!!

Here's my daily driver when I'm at work, 2013 Cascadia. I deliver in eastern OH, most of WV and western PA hauling dedicated for the Walmart Grocery DC in Wintersville, OH.

I think it is very simple Harry, move the two existing "Pickup" sections to the auto section of the forum where they belong, not in the "Truck" section that should be for the hard working vehicles that keep the country alive, and move the posts not dealing with Class 8 trucks or emergency/work vehicles out of the "Truck Stop" subsection. I agree 99.5% Aaron,except with the line I highlighted. I see many custom rigs working and getting dirty, but while looking good doing it. Yes, get the little tuners and lowriders in a car section, but the fancy rigs still have a place in the "Truck" section no matter what.

Yeah, and looks nothing like the seller posts the pics of in his sales. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Resin-1-25-Dodge-Dually-conversion-kitbash-kit-2-Fenders-4-wheels-Tailgate-/221646756338?pt=Model_Kit_US&hash=item339b2d19f2

Good eye JT, I missed the down gear the first look. Yeah Clayton, but if I remember correctly, you posted one from in Cali a few days ago, right? I thought the rare 57 was only a Texas beast!

No JT, I'd say it's a 53'er with Greg being in NE OH, and I notice the fifth wheel looks like it's back as far as it can go, so that could be why it does look longer.

Wow, the only time I seen a 57' was in Texas, the only place I thought they were legal, but that was a while ago too. I know Werner used them there, that was where I seen them, on the Dallas yard.

I have the Big Boy also, and it does look much better on actual HO track. I have mine on Kato track with roadbed. Just as a little size comparison, this is the Big Boy next to a Cass Scenic Railroad Shay and caboose.

Snake, I paid about the same for the Lincoln Mint I posted!

OK, I have read through and been following this sometimes very comical thread and feel it's time to end the year with my two cents worth. First, with the whole "flaws" issue, and I'm going to stick more to comments on Moebius' big rig line here since I don't really have a care for any of their car line because I'm just not into what they have issued so far and only bought a Hudson to build a 1/25th scale version of Doc Hudson from "Cars". Sorry, but 50s subjects just don't do anything for me, and since I'm a trucker, the trucks and trailers do! Overall, I think in the truck line, they did one "H" of a job, the bodylines of both the Lonestar and Prostar look like the 1:1, and catch the look of what they are to represent, and the 53 foot swing door trailer does equally, not to mention new modern rigs were HIGHLY missing from the truck modeling world. I'm not saying they are "perfect", because that horse has been beaten long enough in this thread, but also in my eyes, what might be "perfect" for one may be far from "perfect" for another. The same also applies to "flaws", and even as much as I like the Lonestar and the trailer, they still have glaring detail "flaws" in my eyes. Now, I'm sure there are those of you saying "You're contradicting yourself with that statement!", but before you get your fingers flying to put me in the "jackwagon" bandwagon, hear me out. I have one Lonestar already, and plans for quite a few more over time, and a trailer and plans for at least two of the new coming smooth side trailer when it hits the shelves, and have seen enough of the Prostars online and been behind the wheel of the 1;1, I just haven't seen a need to purchase one because I'm more of the flashy show rig type and not the mainstream fleet truck type, which is all I see a Prostar as, a fleet truck. Yes, I do like Moebius' rigs, but also at the same time see them "flawed" in details, and here's why. As has been said over and over here, major design flaws, NO. BUT......and this may be many of the problems with the "flaws" arguments in this thread, there are many "flaws" in both the trucks and the trailer that I think could have been different or are just plain missing that make the kits "flawed" in MY eyes. A couple of the biggest, and this is again MY OPINION ONLY I would have liked to seen the stacks different in the Prostar, since Moebius did change other pieces to more "fleet" style parts from the more custom setup of the Lonestar upscale "chicken hauler" dress ups. I'm not a fan of the Lonestar stacks either, just my personal taste. Also, I would have liked to have seen the lights on the cab of the Lonestar separate items instead of molded in, because not all have them and sanding off the bezels make the lenses useless on other builds. I know these are just minor details to most, but still a "flaw" in this trucker's eye that could have been handled differently, but the next is just a "Why would they do this??" headshaker for me, and in my opinion, a major detailing flaw concerning the trailer, and both deal with the nose of the trailer. The front bulkhead is nicely done, and the connection point for the electrical cord between the tractor and trailer is spot on, believe me I deal with this piece in the 1:1 world everyday because I pull Great Dane trailers 99.9% of the time at work, but in Moebius' world the trailers must not need brake connections! This is one of the big detailing "flaws" that, again in MY eyes, is a detailing "flaw" where Moebius missed the mark. There is no hint of the connectors (called gladhands for those who don't know much about the trucking world) anywhere, but they are just as an important detail as the well done electrical connector that is between the gladhands. The other big missing detail is the control board on the reefer itself, without that on the 1:1, your ice cream melts! Again, the unit is nicely done (and again, I deal with the ThermoKing unit it represents on a daily basis) but it is just missing that major detail in my eyes. This is just my opinion, and I know there will be the "That's just rivet counting" probable comments, but just little things this rivet counting trucker notices when it comes to truck models. I even told a fellow friend and resin caster years ago that a model I judged of his at a show my club used to have his build was nicely done but he left out one detail in his otherwise nicely detailed build, he didn't run an air line up the shifter for the air splitter! His jaw dropped and said laughingly, "I'll put one on my next build just for you!" Second and lastly, with the whole debate on subjects like the Revell Mustang "it's fine for me" vs "glaring flaw not worth the money" debate, I tell the model companies what I think with my wallet! If those of you "it's fine for me, we should just be happy for new kits" crowd would just think of how many hours of hard work (after taxes) you actually work to buy the mediocre junk, maybe you wouldn't think that before you buy a misshapen Mustang and demand a better product! Moebius will literally get hundreds of dollars of my hard earned money for their truck kits, since they are about $50+ a kit, but Revell won't see a penny for a Mustang from me!

I don't really know what you mean by "TRUE" 1/25 scale, unless it's just one of those 1/24 vs 1/25 "scale Nazi" type comments, but there was a very nice (in my opinion anyway) 69 GTO in the "Lincoln Mint" diecast kit series, even though it is probably: A. 1/24 scale and B. The dirty "diecast" word. I think it does look very nice on the shelf, even though I did lose one of the closed light grilles due to the age of the build and had to substitute one of the "headlights on" grilles but had not thought of putting the headlights themselves into the grilles before they went into the parts box, thus getting the no eyes "winking" look.