Jim B

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.

Looking great! I think your lighter is a little out of scale, though. This could really be any major US inner city, not just LA. Just by changing the police car it could be Detroit, New York, Newark, or just about any place.

Nice tough looking Superliner. And I like that paint job on the Ford LTS9000 (or is that a Sterling?)

I think you're talking about Rick Mark of Industrial Model Design. Unfortunately, Rick has closed up shop due to lack of interest.

Looks fantastic. Now you just need some snow!

That a great conversion. I really like how it came out. Was this a diecast, or more of a plastic toy?

Good looking refurb. I like the white over yellow.

Nice base & nice General. I like the red Georgia clay look of your groundwork.

I like the mods. Those are some seriously beefy tires.

Definitely the spokes.