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Nice work on the dio.

This is a cool truck.

Nice job for your first truck

Nice job on the weathering.

very nice work. I love the interior. Nice job detailing the engine.

Thanks 4 sharing these Dave.

I like the new ride. I wish you luck. It sounds like you're happy. I have a friend who worked for Werner, and he left because of the "nit-picking". I met this friend when I worked for Marten Transport. Marten turned out to be much the same given the stories he told me . Although when I started out with them, I couldn't bear the thought of any other name on my truck's door. Their attitude changed that after I was there 2 years. There's only so much condescension a person can take.

I remember building that one in the early 90s. It was black, and had yellow and orange stripes and a big #4 on the win fairing. Monogram kit. 1/32 snap. Long gone now.

The wipers are a nice improvement. Nice job overall. I do wish the cab was one piece, though.

Sweet project.

Outstanding

I agree with what you're saying here. Although, they wouldn't even have to buy the plane ticket. A phone call/fax/some emails to Utility or Wabash National, perhaps Great Dane. They could've gotten some general dimensions. I have brochures from Utility that provide all sorts of dimensions. Generally the "box" itself is just over 9' ft tall without the suspension and framework. Usually 9'2"-9'4". Oh well. It probably was, as you theorized, a case of making it look close enough to an American trailer.

Jim, regarding the "Americanizing" of the Container trailer, I should've clarified. I'm speaking of the chassis. The box is accurate. I figure it would look more appropriate behind an American made truck. If anything, I may end up scratchbuilding some chassis as the one in the kit is typical of European container chassis from what I can see. Usually American container chassis have the suspension all the way to the rear, not slightly forward as in the kit. And the rear of the frame needs to modified as well. Although there are different types, the kit really doesn't represent any I've seen here in the states. I would like to find different shipping company decals for it. KFS had a sheet for awhile, but I've not seen it since. Oh well. There is a really cool use for the kit chassis if one is scratchbuilt. An old Car Modeler article shows how to make it into a logging trailer. The type pulled by a regular 5th wheel, not a pintle hook like the AMT logger.

Your Dad's rig is SWEET! I love those colorful paintjobs of the 70s. Nice. I like what I see of the logger's wheels. I have an original issue that I built, but I used different wheels. The kit's wheels had little pits between all 5 of the holes. These look far superior.

Here is the 2002 T600 I used to own. You can see both handles in the pic.

As far as the small compartment doors on the sleeper, those are fine. The ones on the driver and passenger doors are the ones that need to be corrected. If I find any pix of my old truck's doors up close, I'll send them to you.

Nice stripe work.

Nice Job. Jim is correct about the door latches. If it has Daylite doors, it had the rectangular latches. I owned one and drove several as company trucks. That's the way they were. I'll be looking to pick one or two up myself. You did a nice job.

Cool builds. The tailgate on the green one is wild.

very impressive work.

They have a handful of garages in the Bronx, but they have a salt yard in Brooklyn by the East River and that's where these old trucks are. I thought I would be going to an old pier on Manhattan's West side north of the USS Intrepid musuem where many of their retired trucks are kept. Thankfully I won't be. No need to go through Manhattan. At least, not this time. I was told it was a Mack. It's going to Bay St' Louis, MS. I remember watching their white Macks out of my window as a kid b4 I left the city @ age 10. Kind of neat 4 memory's sake. As to the driving, I don't mind. I just hate doing it without the aid of sliding tandems. On my RGN, the wheels are all the way at the tail end, and cannot be slid forward. My 5th wheel is as far forward as it goes. However, I don't have too many turns to make according to what I saw on the map. It just means I have to make my turns extra wide. I always did anyway

Chuck, I'm glad you mentioned that. The only other 1/24 trailers that come to mind are the Italeri Container trailer, although the frame needs to be "Americanized", and the Beall tanker. The reefer seemed easier to find, though. The height is the only inaccuracy I'm certain of. What are the other problems with it? I know it's been highlighted, but could never really find out what. I have a couple of these myself. What's the deal with the suspension? Thanks in advance.

very cool. Thanks for sharing

Well, remember that the trailers in 1/25 can be described as 1970s vintage, so 96" widths are the rule with those. Trailers 2day are 102" wide. Now if you take Italeri's 1/24 reefer and hook it to, say, the 1/25 scale AMT T600, it looks like a 102" trailer. The 102s are wider than the trucks. The width difference can be seen by the driver in his/her mirror on a real truck. The problem is that when you hook certain trailers to a 1/24 scale tractor, certain things make it noticeable. For instance, Using the big 1/2 fenders on a 1/24 scale tractor, you will definately make the narrowness of the 1/25 scale trailer more apparent. You will notice this especially with vans, or flatbed kits, as they are full width. The AMT tanker, wouldn't be really noticeable. The reason I say this, is that the fenders will stick out from under the sides of the trailer. The edges of some 1/2 fenders will on a real truck, but not very much. It can be done, you just may have to make certain mods, or use some simple visual tricks. You can put anything you want together. Ultimately, it's up 2 you. No one here will put you down for it, although a contest judge may frown upon it.

Look in the archives of Truckmodeler.com, there is a blue International Paystar built by Frank Rich with a garbage body. The archives are slowly being updated, but there have been a few garbage trucks there. A ford C600, A Ford LN 8000, along with one or two others. Funny I should stumble on this thread now. I'm going to Brooklyn, NY to pick up an old garbage truck as my next load. NY Department of Sanitation. Anyhoo, I'll snap some pix of it.