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First of all, the W/T grille is not what this style of truck has, the W/T is a single headlight version of the grille found in the late 80s early 90s AMT Chevy pickup, not a grille for a box truck. Second, you may think the rear hubs kill the look of the F350's rear wheels, but sorry to tell you that is the way the 1:1 looks! I should know, I have the 1:1 of that kit!

LOL Bob, that's funny right there, I don't care who you are!!

Go for it! A local club I was a member of had our scale truckers display our builds at a local chrome shop's show here, and it went very well with the 1:1 drivers. I will give you one tip dealing with the drivers, if you have details like chains on AMT's flatbed holding the kit's coils in place, make sure you chain it right! I had that happen at that display, I didn't have the coils chained right, and my older brother who hauled steel told me the night before and I didn't change the chains, and I heard it from every flatbeder that looked at it! There are some of us here like me who drive or have driven, so you have the right people to ask.

That is a nice color Derrick, what is it? I think that would look nice as a frame color for a couple Lonestars I have in mind that are going to be painted red.

I'd also like to add to Bob's statement, you could also use this version, the regular dry van:

Thanks Derrick. I'm just waiting for life to stop getting in the way so I can settle back down and finish her!

YEP!! Derrick, are you planning on adding anything else to help stiffen the frame? If not, I would suggest you do or your frame will droop in the center. The frame on my Ford custom that I referred to earlier is a scale 38 feet in length, and before I added some rectangular tubing to the top of the rails, she did sag in the middle. If you want to check mine out, just go to the "On the workbench" section here in the big rig area and about halfway down on the first page you'll see "Ford LTL 9000 Custom with Livestock Trailer", that's my 180' custom sleeper.

Oh, by the way Derrick, there is an "On the workbench" for the big rigs too. You might want to see if you can get a mod to move the thread there for ya. The truck stop is just like a real truck stop, just for shooting the breeze and not working!

If you think it's such a child's hobby, WHY ARE YOU HERE?!?!?

WOW, and I thought my custom Ford was long!! I'll be watching this to see where it's heading.

That's for dang sure! That's like me, the doc says everything is fine but it has taken it's toll. I don't have any screws or anything, but just on and off pain.

No, not really, taking a tumble down the stairs was what started the back problems, I had a compression fracture to my L1 vertebrae. Even though I did put in my fair share of hard miles and long days, but don't tell the DOT!!

I think he's just trying to be like a certain Hawaiian bounty hunter!

The sad part of it is Bob, I am one of the young'ns!! I'm olny 37 years old!

Yes, and the operative word in that excerpt (or is that too big of a word for you) is SHOULD!! I am by no means with that statement trying to force my opinions or building style on anyone! If you or anyone else wants to add extra detail and get it wrong, that's fine by me, it's not sitting on my shelf!!

Thanks Dan, and maybe next time if I'm not in a big truck again, I'll even bring something along!

Don't be putting words into my mouth I'm not saying! I'm simply stating that is MY BUILDING STYLE, NOT YOURS OR ANYBODY ELSES!! YOU BUILD YOUR WAY AND I'LL BUILD MINE! I'M SORRY I'M A PERFECTIONIST!!!

Thanks Marshall.

I was not trying to criticize in any way, just merely stating the fact that if you spend the time detailing a model, you might as well GET IT RIGHT! I believe if you read this excerpt from Mr. Smith's post, you'll see my point: If you don't want to spend the time adding details and just build something, then there is now issue. The issue is when it comes to wanting to spend the time adding details, them the builder should at least take the extra time to research the project and get it CORRECT!! When it comes to building contest models, judges know more than you think! If a firing order is wrong, at least one will notice, and with the show I was a part of and judge of for many years, the ones who did take the time to research and build correctly walked home with the hardware, and the "good enough of the girls I go out with" attitudes went home emptyhanded and with hurt egos! I bet not many here even realize if you look closely at the intake manifold from Revell/Monogram's 1970 Buick GSX, the research for the correct firing order is already done for you, it's engraved right on the manifold! I guess all in all, you'll probably say I'm narrowminded, or that I'm just a talentless hack, but I by far am my own worst critic and not from the "good enough for the girls I go out with" crowd. If having details incorrect suits you, that's fine, but I guess my rivet counting critic inside of me just can't build that way! If I'm going to detail or even superdetail a build, I HAVE TO HAVE EVERYTHING INCLUDING FIRING ORDERS CORRECT! I have many projects I have spent years researching, mostly NASCAR builds (which will put me on more haters lists), that I have been researching a car built for a certain race and making sure all the small contingency sponsor decals are located in the right place. I'm just not happy throwing a Wrangler Jeans decal on a driveshaft and saying it's good enough for me, because it isn't, so be happy and put me on the rivet counter haters list too, because I won't build something I'm detailing out halfBLEEPed!

If most that have posted in this thread don't even want to take 30 seconds to look up a correct firing order on the internet, do you really think they will take the time to mask molded in hoses and details to make them look better?!?!

Yep, that's what I thought too, I used to pull an identical trailer. All of the 53' flats I have seen have had the deck overhanging the rear axle by 5'.

Funny, I don't remember any Corvette having 6 lug wheels. Of course, since you do state AFTERMARKET, they aren't genuine Corvette wheels anyway, they are probably just some cheap knockoff of a standard GM Rally wheel, and more than like a 6 lug Chevy truck, and the last I checked, the Vette WASN'T A TRUCK!!!

I'm sorry to offend anyone by this statement, and I really don't care if I do, but I believe the whole point of this thread is that if you do add details, they should be CORRECT! It is called research people, and whether it's as simple as adding a few spark plug wires and other small details or going the whole way and fully detailing the entire car, the details should be CORRECT! I know when I'm working on detailing something, especially if I'm building something for a contest, I want it done right, not just halfBLEEPed together. I, by far, am my own worst critic, and I take the extra time to research the project and have enough mechanical knowledge to know what details should go where. If that means taking 5 or 10 minutes to look up the firing order of a 70 Mustang Boss 429, you better bet I'm spending that time to make sure the firing order is CORRECT! The amount of resources available today on the internet should mean even the smallest detail should not be overlooked and wrong. The bottom line is this, IF YOU ARE GOING TO ADD THE DETAIL, YOU SHOULD SPEND THE TIME RESEARCHING THE PROJECT!!

Oh what a disgrace to a Mustang! I think I just threw up a little! Harry, at least if you're going to make a Mustang ugly, do it to the 71-78 body styles, they are ugly to begin with! Oh, and now you must donate your 1:1 to a Mustang lover (preferably me) for this!

Just be thankful it wasn't much worse. I had a 79-81 1/12 scale Monogram Trans Am that was only partially built in the back window of my 1:1 79 Firebird while I was still in high school and after a day at school, the T/A suffered much worse! The kit was a T-Top and no glass installed at the time, and the windshield top and T-Top bar was melted completely to where it was touching the dashboard!