CDA

Well, my wait is over! The truck came today! Now i get to stare at it for the next few months. I was mistaken, it wasn't in celophane. Ain't got it to my hooch yet, to take it all in yet. Well, thanks ya'll for the comments when I told ya I found one, and thanks for readin this one! CDA

Thanks! After picking through the links, and getting an eye full, I found all sorts of stuff for my project!

scummy, I understand completely that time is money! My whole family on my dad's side is or were truckers. Don't wanna keep the wheels from turnin, just wonderin what the chances of goin on a run would be if one ever made it out there. I'm in the Army, as a truck driver, but the Army is all automatic. Alot of Americans never learned to drive a stick shift. Let alone even seen a 10 or more speed. Some guys an Army truck is the first thing they've ever driven! Thanks fpr the heads up! CDA

Thanks a bunch! More eye candy! Say, an American tourist, came out to aoround Alice Springs, or another Road Train hub, What would be the chances of said tourist goin on a run in a road train? Not drivin of course.

Yep she had no power steering, he hated when they traded it for the Transtar

Tose old style front hubs, looks like you just modified the rear ones correct? Did you narrow the front axle any? My Granddad drove an old Emeryville, it had a front axle like that.

I have a bunch too! Alot of the re-releases I don't have the boxes to, cuz there's not enough room in my Garage! The way I see it, I will be retiring from the Army soon, they are there for me when my wife wants me out of her hair. It is addicting. You see one you ain't got, or have to have, even though you have 2 already, You see it in your head, the project you have for it. Am lookin for a cattle trailer while I am hthinkin of projects.

I love ya'lls trucks! When I was a kid, a friend of my grand dad's went to Australia and brought back pics of Road trains! Love to ride in one! Got a couple questions. Can you back one? i've heard stories of people backing them, in America, if you tried to back doubles, it would look like a small train wreck. Some pics I see, the prime movers have floatation steer tires some don't. Si it a company or driver prefference? How do you couple multiple trailers? I found some pics of interiors or your trucks, WOW! Acouple had two sticks, not just a 3x4, or a 4x5, but a 13 spd stick next to a 4spd, then an 18, with a 13.Could see the red and grey splitter buttomns on the sides. Can that be explained? The headlights on yalls trucks are mostly four big round lights. Are they brighter? Last one, I swear, when turning, I imagine you need to make a WIDE turn, or are the dollies, and trailers made to track better? CDA

Like to see that episode!They have come up with a bunch of new armored stuff since the war started! Its wierd to see all these trucks and stuff now, as compared to when i was here in '03 when we first crossed. Some trucks didn't even have doors!(before they started retro fitting everything with AC) Then in '05, we couldn't even leave Kuwait unless we had the latest armor.

Could've asked this in the first question, I have two of the Revell Road Train trailers. How far off are they? I know the model isn't even 40 scale feet. The trailers over there are '45 correct? How about the draw bar on the converter dollies, how long are the real ones?

Got a question. I am like an insect to bright lights when it comes to the Road Trains over in Australia. How accurate is the Australian Truck? I see from crusin the net some have the bigger round headlights, and some have the regular lookin square ones. It's also missin the rear fenders. is there anything else I'm not seein, that could be corrected? CDA

Awesome, thanks

Thanks ya'll for makin my mind up!

Oh yeah, I konw that feeling too! My wife doesn't understand my obsession with trucks, but she supports the fact that I at least have a hobby. On top of the 1/25- 24 trucks, in Korea i everybody had the RC cars, so i found that Tamiya makes a truck! Eeeexcellent! So, 7years later, all together around $2000 later, I have a 1/14 "Peterbilt" With lots of extras. Shes threatened to make me eat that one! She flung it out in the yard once! Glad the only plastic is the cab. Thats the only part I had to replace.

Most of are probably thinkin, "who cares", but i gotta share it. As I am currently stationed in Kuwait, I am an Army truck driver working in an office. This is my 3rd trip over here, first time not driving. Anyway, between making slide presentations,goin to meetings and staring at this computer, I will see whats goin on in the world, and take a minute to continue my 20+ year search for the elusive AMT T541/ 546. I been dying to get one, but don't need it bad enough to pay Evil Bay prices. Round 2 savin it for last I guess. So a web site called www.modelexpress.com, who usually has a few rarities, ended my search. They had the Georgia Pacific box cover one for $99! I felt my whole body go numb! They ship it tomorrow! Still has the shrink wrap! Part of me wants to build it, the other says leave it wrapped. What do yall think? Got no glue, or anything out here to even think about starting a truck. Feel like a kid at Christmas! CDA

Awesome detail so far! Pig Pen would be proud!!

In '03 when we invaded Iraq, my convoy was getting loaded with more ammo to haul way up into Iraq. As I sat and waited, here comes a single tractor- trailer, a flat-bed. He had 2 MP escorts, a fire truck, and an ambulance with him. They didn't stop at the office with any paper work, just kept slowly rolling deep into the ammo yard. The load wasn' covered, but I had no idea what I was looking at. Looked like wierd metal crates. The load took up the entire length of the 40' trailer. I thought what the hell is that? So I ran to my convoy commander to see if he saw it. I said what the f%*k was that, he simply replied, we need to get the f%*k outta here. We were loaded and left before that truck and his escourt left.

Veteran Gear Jammers, For the past couple months, I've been surfin the web searchin for an old Food Distributor called Select Foods. They were based in Hendersonville, NC from the '50s, till the early '80s. They hauled for the S&W cafeterias in the southern states. Hanks web site doesn't even have any pics of their trucks. They ran Internationals, the little gas jobs, Emeryville's, then the Transtar's until they went under. No one ever thought to take pictures too much I guess, so the only thing left is a sign from a tractor door, and one of the signs from a trailer. Anyone ever heard of them, or seen them?

Arjan, thanks a million! that must have just been added.

Yep, thats the one, tryin to find som info about them. Maybe I'll get ambitious, and try to build one. Thanks a million!

WOW Tim! you never cease to impress! My parents built a Transtar and Fruehauf trailer for my Grand Dad, when it first came out when he drove for a company called Select Foods, they used to haul to the old S&W cafeterias here on the east coast. (get back on track here) It got pretty bad messed up while on display, when the cleaning lady and her feather duster came in. He gave me the honor of repairing it some years later. Will try & find some pics.

Kinda off the truck, path here, but is that a Southern Pacific pike you have there? Thought I spotted a Cab Forward! My Grand dad used to work on those in their hey day. Charlie

Like the sound of the pusher axle! You and yer guys be safe! I'm headed that way in Nov some time also. Plan on takin on of my kits to work on to keep me occupied!

Chris, If you have any of the AMT Cummins kits, the turbos are all about the same if I am not mistaken. Or, if you get crafty, use the first turbo, and sprues for the plumbing. Just an idea. CDA

Cool! news about the Pete! Saw it ONCE, at a K mart in like '82! No word on what Round 2 will release for next year?