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Thank you JT, and I did catch one break, the break in my back LOL!! I'm just waiting until I find out how long my wrist will be until it's better so I can at least get back to building again, because as it is right now, I can't even work on a diecast kit I got for Christmas!

I don't know if this is the same style that Ben was referring to or not Jonathan, but here is one a friend of mine bought off of ebay for me. Sorry, that's the closest pic I have off it LOL!

Thanks Chris, but I don't think I will be in that area for a LONG time!! I still am off on workers comp thanks to my wrist that still remains a mystery, but an MRI in December showed no muscle or tissue damage, so it is off to a neurosurgeon February 18 to see if it is nerve damage causing the pain. Adding to the wrist, in the middle of December, I fell down the steps here at home and after I finally decided to go to the hospital just last week, I found that when I fell, I had caused a compression fracture to my L1 vertebrae, so I had been walking around for a month not knowing I had broken my back! Well, since I'm having my back screaming because I have been sitting up for a while, I'm back off to bed and pain pills!!

First of all Jake, which Revell Pete 359 are you referring to, the Revell USA snap together kit or the Revell of Germany kits? I don't have pics of them since I just got the Lonestar for Christmas, but I have all three kits that I mentioned, and from what I have seen so far looking through the Lonestar since I can't work on it until my injured wrist heals, I would have to rate the Lonestar #1 with the Revell of Germany kits being a close second. The Revell USA is very nice for a snap kit, but not even close to the Lonestar.

Average weight of a real Mack Superliner or most any other model tractor is approximately 17,000 pounds. Have fun moving around 708 pounds of model!!!!

I'm actually doing better off the road!

Haha, that sounded a lot like my replies, Terry. As of now, my idle time has been 0 because I don't have a truck right now, I'm off on workers comp due to an injured wrist. At least I have a break from dispatch, now I'm stuck dealing with the crackerheads in the workers comp department.

Yeah Aaron, there should not be any different than this one on the "Yellow Bird" from the tv movie "Christmas comes to Willow Creek". IMCDb.org: Freightliner FLC 120 in "Christmas Comes to Willow Creek, 1987"

I'm not really sure if the R model from AMT has an auxillary transmission or not. If it doesn't, I'm sure you would be able to use the transmissions out of the AMT Kenworth W925 kits. The other Mack kits I have never had any of them. EDIT: By the way, I forgot about the Italeri Superliner, I know for sure it has the same modern transmission as all (except Peterbilt) the other Italeri trucks with the Cummins engines.

Thanks for the videos, Bill. I have never had the pleasure to drive a two stick and it also cleared up a mistake I never knew I was making. I did not realize that the auxillary added ranges to the main, I always thought that it was just adding four more speeds to the main's five.

I'm not really 100% sure Brian, but I don't see why you couldn't use the same transmissions for both the I6 or a V Detroit. As for the speeds in them, I have driven OTR trucks with as little as 9 forward speeds and and many as 13, and many of the "largecar" owner operator rigs go up to 18.

Very nice job! What trailer did you use for it?

Don't let the price of the Revell kit put you into something you wouldn't be happy with Mike. I would concider anywhere from $75 to $100 reasonable for it if I were buying another. I have this one mated to Revell's Pete snaptite, and only two of the cars in this pic are plastic, the Impala in the middle of the top deck and all the cars on the bottom deck are diecasts.

I've had one of these in the stash that has actually had road time in the 1:1!! I have always planned on building like the 1:1 I drove, including the shortened side fairings and the 470 Series 60 under hood. Italeri did a nice job on the update to the 120, not simply repopping the FLC, including even correcting the air ride in the rear.

These work Robert. I hope so since I don't have the truck anymore!! By the way, the little white square in the middle of the air dam is the qualcomm antenna. As an added bonus, this is the newest (as far I know of anyway) Qualcomm unit in the trucks called the MCP200. This is what the home screen looks like as set up on Werner trucks, and sorry it is blurry. The screen is touchscreen and this is how it looks in the stowed position in it's mount, and the unit has a slide out keyboard. As an added bonus, I was lucky enough to have the NaviGo navigation turned on, as I guess my truck was a test unit for it since it was not available fleetwide. This is what the nav screen looked like, and even though it shows me on the road, I was in the driveway! That's all my wrist will put up with for now, typing is very hard with one hand in a splint!!

Actually, the newest ones are white square boxes and would be easilly replicated by a white square piece of stock. At least that is what my Werner Peterbilt had on it, and it was completely hidden by the roof air dam. If I can find a pic that shows it clearly enough, I'll post one.

After looking at the link posted, the company deals in mostly fiberglass truck caps, so those trucks don't haul much weight at all, and shows no need for a tandem axle truck. Curtainsides can vary, but they are mostly a cross between a flatbed with a roof and a van trailer without sidewalls. As a driver, most companies consider usually anything under 300 to 500 miles a short haul. They are just long enough to make a sleeper necessary for the return trip.

I have to agree with Aaron, don't let the snap label put you off to the Pete or Kenworth from Revell. It has a full engine and almost as much detail as a glue kit. Here is my unfinished Pete with the Revell of Germany car hauler and it's load of mostly diecasts.

It's still around, just got to get life back on track so that I can finish it! It's been a pain not being able to work on anything for these long months!

AMEN BROTHER TRUCKERS!!! Just remember, if you bought it a truck brought it!! AMERICA IS DIESEL POWERED!! I know when I'm sitting in the truck stop or chatting on the CB, we are rarely talking Ford or Chevy, but Peterbilt or Freightliner! Here is some fine pieces of fine art in my book! And those are just a couple of fine works of art I get to share the highways of America with, and even sometimes the most ordinary truck like mine can become a beautiful piece of art with the thanks of a South Carolina thunderstorm!

I have always been a firm believer in not worrying about the slight difference between 1/24 and 1/25 scales, over small lengths it does not matter to me. I have this custom that is 1/24th scale and the trailer is 1/25th. Something to keep in mind Robert, not all trailers are like todays with a 102 inch wide dimension, many older trailers like the older 70s Wilson trailer in my pic above are only 96 inches wide. That makes the trailer narrower than the tractor, and the difference is so slight in width between the scales that even a new Moebius Great Dane should not be narrow enough to look like an old 96 wide when used on a 1/24 tractor. These two pics are of a 1/24 scale Italeri container (which is also a 96 inch wide older trailer, I scaled it at one time) and the 1/25 Wilson, and I don't see any noticeable difference in width at all. Also, I have driven 1:1s that have looked like these pics with older 96 inch wide trailers.

Even though it would be nice to see at least some nice custom decals like the ProStar in the opening post, I don't see what the problem is with making a custom out of existing kits. I'm still in progress on this probably forgotten beast, life stepped in and put a big hold on it! Once I get out of the 1:1 big truck for good (which will be VERY soon!!) I have plans for more customs, and all from existing kits. I had my doubts on building a large car and had this one planned for over 10 years before I got over the fear of cutting the frame in half and stretching the sleeper, but I'm glad I did! EDIT: By the way, the fenders are from Eric as well as some other goodies for it not in this pic. His work is top notch!

This would be the one you want to keep looking for, Sean.

Yes, the 353 does have the 359 round fenders as well. The kit is the same kit as the 359s posted, just with the square fenders as a option.

Thanks for the pics, Lee. I've always planned on using this as a load on a lowboy truck.