Aaronw

I have the Hasegawa kit, I don't remember if it has an engine but if it does you won't be able to see it without a lot of work, because the body is one piece. I can check when I get home at the end of the week.

Um, shouldn't those be trains? Not saying you are trying to stir something up, but since you are curious. He's not unique that way, there are actually several members who rarely or never post photos of any kind. SOme still use that film stuff and don't know how or don't want to transfer that to digital for posting, some have trouble with the whole photo hosting bit. Not saying this applies to George, but I could see some older builders feeling uncomfortable posting their builds if they feel their best work is behind them due to failing eyesight or their hands not being as steady as they used to be. Lots of reasons really, I've got 1200 posts and rarely post my work because I've really been into building non-automotive models the past two years or so, and recent posts made it clear some here don't want to see it unless it is a car of some sort. I like seeing what others are building and building models is a rather solitary hobby, this lets me see what others are up to, and I do occasionally finish something automotive related.

Very nice, I really like the yellow one. I've seen a few of these custom trucks in real life but as a modeler it must be hard to get that custom look while making it still look like a functional working truck as you did.

Well then I'd say you succeeded, because you really captured that look well.

That is really different, it reminds me a lot of the 1930s streamlined trains (which are my favorites). http://www.louisvilleartdeco.com/feature/Transportation/Trains/Trains-index.html

A used car hauler seems like more fun to me anyway. Much more variety open to you that way, mixed brands and years are no problem. You could even mix an old weathered farm truck with a nice shiny hardly used Corvette or Thunderbird only driven to church on Sunday Sunday Sunday by a nice old lady.

Nice to see one of these being built, the Cherokee / Wagoneer is a neat old truck. I assume the chassis is from the Revell Honcho? Looks like you have things off to a good start. I hadn't noticed RMR offered the older style grill, I've been wanting to build the Honcho as an old military Kaiser Jeep M715 and that grill is a lot closer to that than the one in the kit.

The tanker will be released on its own, but the truck trailer combo has been released first.

Edit works now, thanks.

Round 2 is listing the C-600 stake truck as a 2010 reissue. The last time it was out the kit included the parts to build it as a tractor or stake truck (a much better deal than the C900 tractor only version currently available). Tower is showing a price of $25 or so putting it at a similar price to the Kenworth kit, if price is the reason you are looking at the KW. If resin is an option I know of quite a few trucks you can use for the 40s-70s including some 1950s KWs. AITM and RMR have quite a few trucks that fall into that period. Another option would be to use the truck and trailer as is, I don't think it is that unusual to see a 20 year old trailer behind a new truck, worst case load it up with used cars instead of new. Not car trailers but my brother was complaining about the state of the trailers the first company he drove for was using, many were built in the 60s and he was pulling them just a few years ago, so they were easily 30-40 years old.

I don't know about the KW (yet), but the similar Peterbilt snap kit is very nice and not what you would expect from a snap kit and the price.

You only get 5 lines which includes spaces. Also no HTML tags, so you will notice the links in my sig are now just the addy, not the nice title of where you are going.

No kidding, its bad enough when you are using it so kind of expecting it. I left mine on by accident one time and was out in the garage at night looking for something when out of the blue that thing kicked on, I almost keeled over right there. After climbing back down out of the rafters and a few choice words I unplugged that little

Are you ok with reviving a stalled project (I have lots of those). I found this on my bench and really want to get it going again. The idea is for an industrial pumper at a mining site. It was inspired by a real truck.

Unfortunately it is not as simple as just printing the decals. The artwork has to be layered for each color which can be time consuming (and not something I have much of). I can recommend diecast and decals as a custom printer. I bought some decals from him before I got the printer, he does nice work. If you don't have a large need for custom decals (and it takes a lot to match the cost of buying a printer), he is a great alternative to buying your own printer. http://www.diecastanddecals.com/ I see he is on vacation, right now and obviously getting backed up on orders listing a 6-8 week turnaround. The fact you already have the artwork may speed things up. He walked me through my first set of decals, which was a great help in learning more about designing decals. It also moved things along since he just had to tell me what to fix then print when it was already to go.

If you have a Micheals near you watch for sales, they frequently have brushes on sale from 25-40% off. They also have a good selection of quality brushes. I'm finding I prefer the synthetic brushes as the tend to shed less. I've also heard that if you use acrylics the synthetics are better as many natural fibers do not last as long with water based paints and cleaners. I really haven't seen that to be a problem. I have quite a few sable hair brushes that are still doing well after 8 or 10 years of use with acrylic paint, so that may be a myth.

Thanks Harry, easy enough to work around, more of a just let you know or am I an idiot post.

Ok, I'm using IE8 with the Comfy skin. When I hit edit the window comes up so I can edit the post, but there is no button when you are done to actually post the updated post. Am I missing something or is the posted edited post button missing?

Thanks, I didn't notice the bolt pattern, but looking at the photos I was talking about you can easily see the 5 bolts on the front wheels. As you said, should be an easy fix. I've been to the stovebolt site before, it is a great reference for older Chevys and GMCs.

Oh, and the wheels question is a question, not a challenge. I'd like to know what is wrong with them, not saying they are not wrong. Can't seem to edit for some reason.

How are the wheels wrong, I've seen very similar wheels on 30-40s US trucks?

Count me in, I'd have to turn in my glue if I passed on this one.

The nuclear winter theory was shown to be flawed and exagerated. When Saddam lit off all those oil wells in 1991 it tested a lot of the nuclear winter data and found it had less impact that they had expected. Not to say a nuclear winter apocalypse setting should be eliminated, just that it is no more accurate than the desert like Mad Max climate. As long as we are not limited to a specific end of civilization setting, I've been wanting to do a zombie apocalypse grocery getter for awhile now. I was going to do it in the death race build but it didn't really fit.

The Opel Blitz fire tanker is available from several online shops. I've seen them used with 40-50s Chevy and Ford trucks to make a heavy duty American truck. Opel was connected to GM before WW2 so the running gear is supposed to be pretty accurate for an older Chevy. I've seen similar wheels on pre-war US trucks, so they should work fine up to the early 50s. Tower has one of the lowest prices for the kit I've seen. I use them a lot, good service, and really fast. http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXRYX3&P=SM If you are not interested in the fire equipment, send me a PM, I'm sure we could work out a deal to take it off your hands.