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Yes I will, I will make sure to have some of those valve covers then.

Funny you say that, I am actually getting ready to make some 8V92 valve covers for my BRBO build. I have the masters made, I just need to make molds and then cast them. I can hook you up with a set when I have them done.

I got some stuff about 2 years ago, but I am pretty sure they are out of business now. Nobody has been able to get in contact with them for a year or so.

Sorry guys, I am out of them and the mold is getting pretty torn up. I am not sure when I will have time to work on new molds for that hood.

I used the snap kit 8-bag suspension on this one that I built. The bags and axles are separate from the frame. I did cut round disks out of styrene to top off the bags where they mounted to the frame. It isn't 100% accurate to the real suspension, but it is pretty good, especially for the price.

Alright, I have had a lot of projects going at once, but I did have time to work on a couple pieces while I was spraying some parts for the other builds I am finishing up. For this build I am going to use one of my 3D printed grilles. I am also going to debut my new spoke wheels, on the drive axles at least. These go together just like real spokes. I just finished the molds for these parts earlier this week, so these are the first ones cast.

Sorry for the slow response guys. The wheels pictured were made for a 1-off build that I am working on for a customer. I had another set of masters made, but I was not happy with how they came out, so I need to get another set of masters made. I have recently been bombarded with part orders for my existing parts, so for the time being these wheels unfortunately have landed on the back burner until I can get caught up with existing orders.

I buy coated wire from McMaster-Carr. You can select the outside diameter and the color, which I like. Since it is wire, it is flexible and stays where I put it. I drill a small hole in whatever is getting the hose, then I insert the end of the wire with a little glue. I am curious to see what others use.

That length would be the wheel base, and it is different on each truck. When the truck is ordered, the person buying it can specify what wheelbase they want, so there is no right answer. I would suggest that you go to truckpaper.com and look at peterbilt 359's with a daycab. Look for one that has the look you are going for and see what the wheelbase is on it. I do this for a lot of my builds to get the look that I want.

Man,I am definitely new to this compared to you guys! About 5 years ago I came across Tim Ahlborn's old website with pictures of his truck models, and I was blown away! I started doing some research and found this whole world of model trucks and aftermarket parts. So I bought an AMT K123 kit, some spoke wheels, and a set of torsion bar suspension. Perhaps it was a little ambitious for my first build, it did not come out all that great. I loved it though, and continue to get better with each build. It wasn't long before I was casting my own parts and scratch building. Here is my first ever model: Just last week I decided to take it all apart and rebuild it, but slightly different. Here is where it stands today. I am hoping it comes out a little better this time.

It was a tough decision on what I wanted to build, but I think I have settled on a K125. This old girl is going to get a few goodies added to her along the way. The plan right now is a torsion bar suspension, 8V92 engine, and some resin wheels. Stay tuned.

That was only true of the old 2-stroke detroits. Detroit came out with the Series 60 engine in the mid 1980's (which was a 4-stroke like the cummins and cat engines) and that motor was designed to pull at low RPMs like the others. The 2-stroke detroits did not make much power at low RPMs, so you had to rev them up, and they were built to run like that. They did not get very good fuel mileage, but neither did anything during the 60's and 70's. Power and fuel mileage have come a long way in the last 30 years.

They are Italeri tires from some of their European truck and trailer kits.

Yeah, I always liked that color of blue. I was checking out Daily Diesel Dose this morning and it looks like Terpening just bought a few Western Stars to add to their fleet. http://dailydieseldose.com/at-the-dealer-cats-and-stars/

Sorry, I do not offer any at this time.

Thanks for the tips! Do you normally thin your artist oils or do you use them right out of the tube?

Beautiful! What did you use to weather the tires? Is that artist oil as well, or did you use an airbrush for those?

You blew this one out of the water! I love all of the little details, it looks real!

The problem is that any new kit will cost more to produce than a reissued one. The cost for the molds and development costs have already been covered during the original issue of any model, so a reissue is much cheaper to produce. For a new kit you have so much upfront cost that needs to be recovered in a short period of time, there is no way to compete with the cost of a reissued kit which now would have no development cost.

I am confused as to why "serious truck guys" would only want to build modern trucks? I would consider myself a serious truck guy, and I am relatively young for this hobby. The thing that attracted me to this hobby to start with was that I could build trucks from 30-50 years ago. I never got to experience these first hand (as I am only 28 years old), so I would build based on photos and having a finished model made me feel like I could come closer to experiencing them. Don't get me wrong, I love modern trucks as well, but I have no problem just scratch building what I want. I have scratch built a W900L, Freightliner Cascadia, detachable gooseneck lowboy, and a Timpte super hopper. I see tons of amazing scratch builds and resin conversions being built. I don't see how the lack of kits hurts the serious truck builders. It seems to me it only hurts the casual builders.

Great! Start posting all of the kits you bought on their facebook page. Show them how much you enjoy their current models. They need to see how many of us truck builders there are out there.

I say it because it is true. Want to see more truck models on the market? Go out and buy the ones that are currently out there. Sales speak way louder than any email or request on a facebook page ever will.

I've always liked the saying "real models are built, not bought". I see a lot of the serious truck guys just finding ways to build what they want instead of begging and waiting for the model manufacturers to make what they want. Another thing to think about, the best way to get a company to come out with new offerings is to support their current offerings. This is true for model manufacturers, as well as aftermarket manufacturers. If the sales are not there in a specific segment, then what incentive do they have to come out with more offerings in that segment? People always beg me to make resin parts, and when I do, 9 out of 10 of those people never buy one, they are already onto begging for a new part. If you haven't been buying all of Moebius' current big rig offerings, then don't just bug them to make new ones, get out there and buy a bunch of what they already have. I don't care if companies come out with new things or reissues of the same old stuff, I will still buy it and find a way to enjoy it all.

I just drove under the Onondaga Parkway bridge and counted the signs. There are 10 signs in the 1.5 miles leading up to it, 8 of which have strobe lights to get attention. Then the bottom edge of the bridge is covered in a 2ft tall orange reflective material spanning the whole length of it, which another sign on the bridge itself. I don't know how, but people still manage to hit it!

I drive under he Onondaga Parkway bridge every day on my way to work. One day this summer someone was trying to head down that road with a camper that was too tall, and it tripped the height sensor. There are normally a ton of signs and flashing lights, but when the height sensor gets tripped a few miles before the bridge, extra lights and signs start flashing saying "Stop! Over height vehicle has been recognized!" There are even extra lights that light up and flash on the bridge itself. I don't know how anyone could drive past all of those and hit that bridge, but it still happens about once a year now.