Jim B

Your battlestar is coming along nicely. How well does the kit go together? Did it come with the P/E?

Your Dodge came out really nice.

Refer unit looks good, and I like the two-hole wheels. If you don't want to go with a specific company, I suppose you could always just go with Ryder Leasing.

That is a really nice looking transkit. I think the onc from Romania is a complete kit, though, now that I think about it.

Very nice job on converting it to a daycab. Great build. The colors are really nice. I like the added details.

Nice looking Ford N-Series. Now, if only the resin conversion wasn't $200!

This is looking great. Where did the Detroit Diesel logos come from?

Interesting build. I like the orange. Dude, you don't do anything small, do you?

1) Was your introduction to modeling at home? Yes 2) From whom? Dad 3) What kind of models (cars, planes, trains, etc)? Cars, then branched out to aircraft, ships, & trucks 4) What did the person who introduced you to modeling do for a living ? At the time he was a guidance counselor at the local high school. 5) How old were you? ~5 6) About what year was your introduction? 1972

Nice! Anyone make an ISM?

That would be SOOOO cool!

Nice looking ZiS.

Check with Dave at AITM: http://www.aitruckmodels.com/pages/kitsparts.html

They look great.

You know, Mike, it doesn't look half bad. I think you did a pretty good job with it. I like the colors. Engine looks good, too.

Glad to be of service! Personally I wouldn't put any chrome on the engine, but that's me. The huses in the hosebed are sewing elastic (the kind used for cuffs on blouses) that I picked up at Jo-Ann's Fabrics that I stained light tan using Minwax Oak Stain (don't stirr it up, just use the liquid from the top of the can). I think I uses 2mm & 5mm. The couplers are brass tube cut to length, and the nozzels for the 1-1/2" line & the booster reels are resin items that I got from a friend. The fog nozzel on the tailboard & the Saimiese on the intake on the curbside pump panel are also resin items.

Isn't it a 1000 Series? I didn't think the 900 Series had the chrome along the bottom bumper, just the chrome stripe under the windows. But yes, the Century Series has a wider cab.

Looks like it's coming along. I did one a couple of years ago, and this is what the American-LaFrance experts told me: Frame - black or red (I used semi-gloss black, but that's me) Engine - it's a Detroit Diesel 8V71 so it coule be either Detroit Diesel Alpine Green or red Transmission - red oxide or (you guessed it) red Pump - frame color (or red!) Wheels - chrome or body color (more common) Interior - body color Seats - flat red Dash, steering wheel - semi-gloss black Interior floor, engine doghouse - silver (to simulate the diamond tread plating) Tailboard & running boards - dulcoat to tone down the chrome Ladders - either flat aluminum or wood brown with white tops Do yourself a favor, and replace the hard suction hoses with 1/4" tubing. It will save you a lot of headaches. Also, you can replace the booster lines with #18 red electrical wire. It's more to scale. These pics might help. Interior: Frame: Over all: Hope this helps!

I thought the Revell of Germany Kenworth was 1/25? That's what the box says.

LoneStar is a 2011, and the ProStar is either a 2012 or 2013. Yes, all of the AMT kits are from the 1970s and the Revell/Italeri kits are from the 1980s & 1990s. But if you want soe really old stof (1940s, 50s, or 60s); you have to go resin or scratch-build. Frontier Resin Designs has some cabs from the 1950s: http://www.ebay.com/sch/frontier_resin_design/m.html (never used them, so I cannot attest to their quality).

Nice looking Big Horn. That's one tough Dodge. Funny though, he says it's a 1980, but I thought Dodge was out of heavy trucks by 1977. http://www.ebay.com/itm/1980-dodge-big-horn-CAB-1-25-/330924064884?pt=Model_Kit_US&hash=item4d0c9c8074

That kit from SourKraut is the cab from Tim Sherman (All Seasons Collectable Toys) that Porky bought out. I'm telling you, contact Porky.

P&P Resins offers a White 3000. It's not listed on his site yet, but he has it. How do I know this? Because I bought one from him.

Check with Illini Replica Conversions (illinireplicaconv@ameritech.net). They have the KW Bullnose & the Peterbilt Bubblenose, and various other older truck cabs. http://apps.aitruckmodels.com/Gallery/

Great looking F1.