Jim B

That's a good project. I was thinking of a setup like that myself. Looks like you're off to a good start. So you know, a single-drive Peterbilt 359 (as shown in your photo) was a 289. I don't know when Peterbilt stopped using the 2XX designation for single-drive trucks, though.

Glass Gatorade bottles. Yep, we're old! I'll look up those companies. Maybe there are some pics on the Web. I think a set of tandems like I saw in San Diego would look cool behind the Peterbilt 288 I have planned. We'll see how that goes! There are some decent pictures in "Big Rigs in Action" by Robert Genat. Most of the trucks he photographed are in California. Southern California by the looks of the photos. The one thing that irks me about the book is that he only manages to spell "Peterbilt" correctly TWICE in the entire book!

We were mostly in the downtown San Diego area, and didn't venture too far from the city. We tended to hit the touristy areas (The Zoo, Old Town, SeaWorld). I didn't see any of the 57ft trailers with COEs, though I would have liked to.

Yup! That works. Thanks, Clayton.

I have the 358 hood from P&P (no, it's not for sale), and I don't think it was a Bill Drennen kit.

So a couple of weeks ago I was in San Diego, CA, for vacation; and I was looking at the trucks on the roads. The trucks in California are very different from the ones we have here in New York (well, a lot of things are different about California, but that's another story ). One of the setups that caught my attention were single drive axle tractors pulling tandem single axle belly-dump trailers. I'm not sure about the rest of the country, but I'm pretty sure that wouldn't fly here in New York. Especially driving them down city streets! Now, about these set-ups. Are both of the trailers 28ft semi-trailers with a dolly under the second trailer; or is it one semi-trailer and the second one is a full trailer (no dolly & two axles). It's more of an academic question as scratch building something like that is way out of my league. Thanks.

Nice looking Chevy.

Those are some nice looking Swedish trucks. Something doesn't seem quite right with the tires on the Scania 142H. They don't seem to be seated on the wheels all the way.

Fantastic!

Thanks, Sean.

Nice job!

You can change/edit your topic title be editing your first post. I've built both the Chevrolet Titan/90 & GMC Astro/95. They were decent kits. Some fit issues if I remember correctly. The air horns & wipers are oversized & probably should be replaced; and the new reissues have the exhaust piping for different exhaust configurations but not the stacks. Here's my Astro. Replaced the spokes & spring suspension with disks & air ride suspension from the GMC General; horns, wipers & stacks are P/E. Added deck plate from wire mesh & 1/4 fenders from the GMC General. In retrospect, I probably should have left the spokes on the rears: Here is my Titan. Like the Astro, I converted the exhaust to dual outboard stacks. The stacks here are the spare stacks that AMT gives you to make a single stack version (one from the Titan kit & one from the Astro kit). Wipers are P/E, and horns are from the Revell USA Kenworth W900 (or maybe they are from the Revell USA Peterbilt 359).

Trailers are definitely a personal preference. I, too, have a small-ish work desk and limited display area so I don't build a lot of trailers. I do have some to hook to my tractors when they pose in front of the camera, but I do not display them with my tractors in my office. They just take up too much room.

Nice job on weathering the Snow Speeder. Looks quite realistic.

Nice A-Wing. Nery nice job.

Thanks. Unfortunately I haven't found any reasonable (read unexpensive) 1/144 scale figures that I can cut up & place in the cockpit. These models don't have cockpits, per se, but a pilot would be visable from the shoulders up in the open canopy.

Here are some pics of the finished product. It's more of a "display" than a diorama. I just wish the pics came out better. (Even thought it's blurry, I kind of like this shot.)

Maybe the problem with the ProStar is that it doesn't have enough "bling" to appeal to the car modelers like the LoneStar did. Sure, us "truck guys" like the ProStar because it's a modern truck that is very popular with fleets and some O/O, but it really isn't that flashy to attract the non-truck modeler. Do I think Moebius made a mistake with the ProStar? Not at all! I just think it has a more limited audience than the LoneStar did. I built the LoneStar & I enjoyed the kit; so I will purchase future truck kits from Moebius.

Now that I don't know. You'll have to build the frame & engine, and see if it works. Good luck.

From the factory, the following engines were available in the Bison: Detroit Diesel - 6V71N. 6V71T, 8V71N, 8V71T, 6V92T, & 8V92T Cummins - NTC290, NTC350, & NTC400 Caterpillar - 3406 Although the engine from the RoG K100 (Cummins NTTC475) wasn't offered from the factory, the Bison could be purchased as a Glider Kit so that engine could end up in one.

The information that I have says that the AMT kit is a 1977-78 Chevrolet Bison with a 116" BBC. Also of note, the kit has a 8V92N in it; but from what I can tell only the 8V92T was offered, not the 8V92N. As far as the kit goes, I haven't built the Bison (yet), but I have built a General; and the fit was pretty bad. Even by AMT standards. If the Bison kit is anything like the General, and I have every reason to believe that it is because it's basically the same kit, it will try your patience.

The Chevrolet Bison was the not-so-popular cousin of the GMC General. They were out there, but not that many. Some fleets used them (Yellow Freight for example), and some were used by local haulers. Check Hank's Truck Pictures for some good reference pics.

Looking nice. What's a 349?

The one in DeWitt doesn't have the California Hauler because I got to it first. Hopefully they will be getting more. I do know that Walt's in Camillus is supposed to be getting some more in soon.

Managed to pick one up at the local Hobby Lobby as well. Got to love the 40% coupon! Now I just have to figure out what to do with it. I was thinking of maybe a 288 or a 289.