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Could be, I am building this for "fun". I am using as much of the kit components as possible.

Here is the truck mocked up. Still in rough form: (FYI I still need to install an engine into the Autocar)

So far so good. I had to separate the back part of the fender from the hood. The W9000 kit is fitting up well.

Back in 1977 a friend of mine had a magazine about big rigs. It had everything from Autocar to FWD. The magazine had a cool photo of a KW C500. So after 33 years I am finally able to start building one.

My Fuji America Touring Bikes: 1976 1980 1985

Years ago I rebuilt a CH-47 Chinook model. I needed to fabricate windows. I noticed that a 2 liter pop bottle had the contours I needed. I used the old part as a template and made an outline on the bottle, then cut out the new parts. I may be able to do the same type of thing here. (If I do it I will post instruction for you).

I'll see what I can do.

That figures I will probably figure out a way to vacuum form a window.

Mine did not come with any glass.

Thank you.

Thank you - this was the look I was going for:

Thank you, I still have pieces of the original truck somewhere -

Actually, this is the second time I built a gravel train. Back in high school, (1981) I built one and added lights. Unfortunately that kit was destroyed. When I was in the Army. This was an attempted to build an updated version of the old AMT kit. I went to a local gravel yard and took photos and measurements. I think I added a scale 8 inches to the top of the cab and 6 inches to the bottom as a skirt. I widened the radiator and lengthened the hood. This was based on on actual truck.

Painted and mocked up.

Great job!

Yes. So far it seems pretty close to the true form of a T2000.

I started this one back in 2006 -

It's looking good. I have not build a complete kit since 1995 so I am in the same boat. Jump in feet first with the airbrush. I am warming mine up as we speak!

It was a real kit-bash. If I remember correctly the chassis was Revell G and the cab was AMT. (The cab had much nicer detail than the R/G. The firewall was R/G as was the engine. This was built pre-internet so I had to get reference material from KW. Some of the engine bits were from a Monogram S-10 model.

I built this back in 1995 for a small local contest. She is a little dusty, but it was a fun build. I have a matching lowboy for a trailer.

I had to round up some parts. Primer today and top coat later this week.

LoL! It is brass sheet and brass piano hinge soldered to the brass. I used to be an airframe mechanic so I just pounded it out.....in 1988 I reworked the cab and radiator to the proper dimensions.

I have been building trucks since I was 10 (1975). I stumbled across this site and it has motivated me to finish my an Autocar Constructor I modified from an old AMT kit. I started this in 1988! Here is where I am at today. I plan on painting it red and displaying it as part of a gravel train.