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I saw this video on another forum of moving a 14"/45 caliber gun barrel from the USS Arizona (BB-39) & a 16"/50 caliber Mark 7 gun barrel from the USS Missouri (BB-63) to a new memorial in Phoenix, AZ. It's a pretty cool heavy haul video. https://www.youtube.com/embed/0dFIZX_RXuU

Thanks for the tips, Jurgen.

Nice looking Mercedes.

I remember it, too. Great looking combination, Pavel. The weathering is very nicely done.

Fantastic job on the old Mack. It looks perfect. What did you use for the tarp & tie-downs on the trailer? It looks so realistic.

Thanks for the comments, guys. Sorry to hear about your BIL's problem with his kit, Ray. Jonathan, those "flakes" are from glitter hairspray, not the kit. There was no cutting, filing, or shaving of any of the parts. I sprayed a black poster board with the hairspray to make it look "spacy". Pick one up, they're pretty cool.

Don Loomis used to make a turbine engine for the Astro, but I do not currently see it on his site: http://my.inbox.com/photos/escort500xl/index.aspx

Several years ago I received the Metal Works Space Shuttle Discovery in my stocking for Christmas. Well, I finally built it this afternoon. It wasn't a particularly difficult kit to build, and it sort of looks like the orbiter; so I'm going with it. For those of you who are not familiar with these kits, they are photo-etched stamped stainless steal. Here are some photos of the completed kit:

Great looking Studebaker, Sergey. Very well done.

The closest model to a 379 is the Italeri 378. Just needs to have a couple of minor hood adjustments, and the cab is correct for a 379.

Ok, so I don't know if this counts as I didn't take a picture of it. Rules of the internet, you know. Anyway, I was heading home from New Haven, CT; North on I-91 when I spotted a Freightliner Columbia in the Southbound lane. Now, while spotting Freightliner Columbias & International ProStars on the highway isn't all that hard (they're everywhere); this one was a little unique. The driver (I'm assuming that it was the driver) had removed the horizontal bars from the grill area, and replaced them with a Mercedes-Benz emblem. Looked kind of cool, actually.

Looks great, KJ.

Well done. I like it.

Very sad news, Gator. Thank you for posting, though. Muleskinner helped me with plans for some builds.

Thanks for the information. That makes a lot of sense.

Thanks, Joe.

Thanks, JT. I'm sure many people missed this because I finished it in November 2009.

Thanks, Blair.

That looks nice. Thanks, Ken.

Thanks for the compliments, Greg. Charlie, many of the updates to this kit I got from The Scale Firehouse & from you. I even built a Morse Gate from one of your tutorials. Came out pretty good, too.

Should be an interesting project. That's a nice looking AeroChief sitting next to it.

I don't think the C-Series was ever issued as a dump/snow plow. That was the LNT8000.

Sorry for the late reply, Marc; but yes there has been progress. Just no photos yet. I have paint on the radiator, hood, & bed; and I have the cab completely assembled. I'm going to Boston soon for a week, so I hope to have an update to this when I return. Who knows, maybe I'll even finish it!

Can't say as I've ever heard of a Coleman before, but it should be an interesting build. That wheel is amazing!

Well done, Brian. It really has that fleet look to it.