SpreadAxle

This is a col build.

That looks great. Very convincing weathering. You're bringing back memories for a lot of us who grew up seeing these trucks everywhere.

You did a great job on this.

That's cool. Tennessee Highway Patrol has one as well from what I hear. I don't know if they still use it, but I think it's a Pete and marked like a patrol car.

That looks great. I love the color combo as well.Very nice work.

Huffer looks good.

OUTSTANDING!!! YOu should be proud to have that on your shelf.

https://www.cybermodeler.com/special/kits/kit_auto_manuf.shtml According to the table in this link, July is the scheduled release,

Thanks for the info on the o-rings. The info about the steering was interesting. I now work for the post office and the mail trucks have basically the same setup. The front wheels are closer to one another than the rear wheels. It makes for a truck that basically "turns on a dime" as they say.

Bare with me as I am trying to remember an article from November 1990. This comes from that month's issue of Model Railroader. It had an article by Art Curren on called Modifying Athearn's 24 ft trailers in HO scale. If I can get my hands on a copy I will post it. To make a round nose, He basically rounded off the roof and floor at the front. Then, a skeletal frame of styrene strips placed vertically was made to form the basic round shape. After that, a sheet of thin styrene was wrapped around the skeletal round nose frame. Then everything was closed off and detailed. The trailers came as tandem axle 24' trailers in the box, usually wearing railroad names. If anyone can get that article, it has several different mods for these trailers to give them a variety of 1950's styles.You just have to translate everything to 1/24-5 scale Another idea is to use the IMC/Testors/Lindberg van or flatbed. They are 36 feet in length and can be shortened. They are generic enough to work with any 1950s/1960s truck.

I absolutely love this. Great job overall. I'm lovin' the trailer mods, too. What size o-rings did you use on the suspension? I've been wanting to try it myself.

He has a Freightliner page, but I saved the pix from his old site where he explains it. I can send you a copy.

Jerry at modeltruckin.com has a set called Dozer Replacement decals that have the correct markings for this kit.

WOW!!! Nice work!

I really hope this is true. So many versions can be built from this kit, or 2 kits. The tractor is a K123. Look at the steps and grab rails.

Excellent. This kit lends itself well for conversion into a drop deck.

Cool. I'm glad it's returning.

Tim Ahlborn has pix on his site. Tee main thing is to cut the 1/2 moon shaped bumps for the headlights away from the cab, then lower them. After that, it's a matter of putty work once you get them positioned where you want them.

You did a nice job shortening the cab.

Very nice

It sounds like you have some cool projects going.

Very nice detail work.

Great job so far. The engine looks great.

Very nice. I really like the modification to the trailer sidewall. It looks nice with the small tires.

I may not have lowered them enough, but this is how far I lowered mine. The frontal shot of the real thing is a great reference. I never thought to look at the headlight height in reference to the vent on the passenger side. Good luck with this build and I look forward to seeing how it turns out.