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Yeah you are right Robert, but to modernize that idea you still need two nice air ride suspensions either in resin or maybe from a donor Moebius reefer, and I said maybe since I have never had the chance to buy the reefer yet so I don't know how correct the suspension is. As for the topic subjects, I remember that trailer, it was a grain hauler, and a member of a club I was in had that hooked to the Pete 359, beautiful setup! I wouldn't mind the carrier, I have one and would like a few more.

That's about as funny as a screen door on a submarine!

Yeah, buy it and move out of Communist Cali!!

While the original question was what trailer would you like to see REISSUED, I sure wouldn't mind seeing these on store shelves either! (HINT HINT MOEBIUS!!)

Been there, done that and didn't even get a stinkin t shirt! A little back on topic, I've been considering a rolloff build.

Three blondes were walking in the woods when they came across a set of tracks. The first blonde said "I believe these are bear tracks" and the second said "No, these are clearly deer tracks. The third blonde looks at the other two and says "Neither of you know what you are talking about, these are rabbit tracks." The three blondes were still arguing what type of tracks they had found when the train hit them!

Thanks for reminding me of this pic I have!! It's a little hard to see, but if you look closely at the rear tandem of the trailer, you can see the brake drum sticking out like I described a few days ago.

Also, if you ever look under a rig with super singles, you'll see that the brake drums hang out from behind the wheel, which is because of the narrower single tire versus the wider duals. I myself hate super singles, I come from the old school where truckers driver 18 wheelers! Also, duals make it much easier to limp to the nearest exit or truck stop should a tire go BOOM! I have (unfortunately) driven a couple bobtails with super singles, and they seemed to "walk" around in the lane much more than a dual setup does. I'll stick with my true 18 wheelers!! Killer flames, I might just have to get a set of those masks myself for a couple Stars I have planned in the ole brain!

Geeee, I didn't know that!! The problem is, the 40' chassis only has attachment points to attach ONLY a 40' container to it! There need to be two more attachment points in the middle of the chassis to be able to attach 20' containers to the 40' chassis, and though they are shown on the box art, they are NOT included in the kit. The chassis found in the kit is not even close to the box art, as it is set to European specs and also has a spread axle that I had to modify to make the chassis more like an American chassis.

Interesting, but it appears to me to just be the containers, no chassis to go with them?? Being 20' though, they would be a nice flatbed load or an enterprising resin caster could make a conversion for the 40' chassis to mount two of the 20' boxes to that chassis.

Yes, there were two styles of T-Tops offered on the Gen 2 cars, the wide bar tops were by Hurst, if I remember correctly, and the narrow bar tops I believe were GM Corporate.

Not a problem at all Richard, I'm just glad I could help out. If you want any other pics of other weird and interesting trucks, they had a few oddballs there at the museum.

Thanks for the info Bill, and maybe that is why I don't remember it, that was a little before my time! As for the "Stomper" series, were those the ones with the claws that came out of the tires? I had one of those when I was a mere lad!

Yep, I'm chomping at the bit to get life back in order so I can spend some time with the ole girl again. I have some new goodies to put on her and some plans in store to try and make this baby a true largecar!

Oh, and also I forgot, the problem with the wheel wells not lining up may not just be short vs longbed, it may be due to the fact that tow trucks are chassis cabs from the factory, and the wheelbases depend on what is ordered. My 1:1 is an ex wrecker that has a regular 8 foot bed on it now, and the wheel wells line up, but there is a gap of 6 inches between the bed and the cab.

Are you sure you don't mean AMT for the second gen Blazer? I know AMT recently reissued a 70s era Blazer, but I wasn't aware of Revell having one too.

I know, I know, it's Revell's latest release!!

x3 what Robert said! In the last pic, are you building a Zacklift removable tow boom for it?

And if you get the high dollar chrome stuff, it's Hillbilly Chrome!

Well, some big dummy didn't even think of taking a pic of the back when I seen it at the truck show! Luckily for you though Richard, that same big dummy went to the Iowa 80 Trucking Museum a few days after the show and it was already back on display in the museum!

The only thing that is adjustable as the kit comes is the rear top deck. It probably (and if I had thought about it beforehand would have tried) would not be too hard to make the trailer racks fully adjustable though.

Thanks Dave, hopefully someday I can get back to working on it, life has been getting in the way since Dec 2011 and it has went beyond back burner all the way to storage. Happy I could help out.

I've always heard them called Webb wheels, but that may just be another name for the Dayton wheels. As for them not being currently used, that is incorrect. They are still used in vocational applications and used for container chassis such as these.

You're welcome Dave.

In my opinion, if this is your first rig build, I'd start off with something easier first, like Revell's Peterbilt 359 or Kenworth W900. They were, when first released, a snap kit and nicely detailed for being snappers. Also in the line of car carriers, Revell of Germany makes a 6 car modern carrier, but it is not a current issue. They are nice kits, and if you can find one for a decent price on ebay, I highly recommend it. Here is one I have on Revell's 359. It is also very sturdy, all the cars on the lower deck and the middle car on the upper are all diecasts. If you really have your heart set on a cabover, I would either go with the KW or Pete. The downfall with the Freightliner is the cab and sleeper are two pieces, and I have heard that there may be some fitting issues getting the two halves lined up correctly. I have the kit, but have never started it yet, so I'm not sure how tough it really is to get it to line up correctly. The other two are one piece cabs, so you don't have to build the cab like the Freightliner. All of them, no matter the choice, need to have the frames built unlike the Revell snap kits, and if you get the frame glued together crooked, the rest of the build will be off as well. If you do want to tackle the frame, just have some sort of jig that will hold the frame square as the glue dries. Other than the frame for a first time rig builder, detail on all is decent, just as long as you keep in mind that all of AMT's trucks were originally tooled in the 70s, so expect some flash and some lightly molded in detail. They may not be modern, but they still aren't bad kits.