Jim B

Great stories! 'Cackling like a madman"! I don't care who you are; that's funny.

Thanks, Chuck. That's a good idea for the W900. I already have three in the stash, but I can always use another one!!!

Thanks, Mike. I am hoping to make a Blur Mule eventually. I have the decals from JBot, but that's about it.

Here's my version of the "White Line Fever" Red River Shipping trailer. I know that there are some differences between the AMT kit & the trailer used in the movie, but I'll live with them. The Red River Shipping decals are from JBot; while the Fruehauf, "Wide Right Turn", data plates, & license plates are from the AMT decal sheet. The Nevada plate is from the "Bixby Livestock" decal sheet that I picked up from Model Express a couple of yeas ago. I posed it with a couple of different tractors just to see how it looked. I kind of like it with the 359 Although the Astro does look good, too. The W900 is one I built back in 1986, and it shows! Maybe I'll rebuild it if I can ever find those decals again.

My sister is a VP over at Matell for the Barbie line. We had a discussion about this a while back, and she told me that their Legal Dept. will go after anybody even using the name Barbie. Doesn't make a difference who they are. Why? Because if the don't, it actually sets a legal precident, and can be used by the defence against Matell in the next case, "You didnt go after XYZ, so why are you going after my client?" These companies are protecting their intelectual property by going after people who copy thier parts or logos without permission. If it has their name or logo on it, it can be taken as the company authorized he manufacturer of that part, and if it fails; well, that just another can of legal worms! The two companies that I know of that are probably the must agressive in copyright infringement are Caterpiller & Harley-Davidson. In fact, the Pentagon was even getting involved with this for military models. They wanted the model manufacturers to pay a fee to reproduce their equipment. That made military modelers "really happy"!

Looking nice. Here, this might help with your trailer: http://public.fotki.com/modeltrucks25thscale/model_magazine_articles/car_modeller/cm26_july_1994_conv/

Excellent builds, Charles.

Some decent looking builds there. That's a lot of rain!

Now that I'm not sure of, but Plaskit does offer them in Resin in several different spreads.

I believe it's called a walking beam.

I don't think the M39 series was around much in the US Army much after 1980. It was replaced by the M809 series then the M939 series. The M39 & M809 shared a lot of the same components (cab, hood, etc.) If these are actually Diamond T M39 trucks they would be really rare as both International Harvester & Diamoind T stopped making them in 1953 when Mack & Kaiser Jeep won the contract. Diamond T produced them from 1951-53.

Check with Daniel. He has both.

Well, that depends on what you want. Do you wnat trailer suspensions or truck suspensions? Check with Daniel over at Plaskit (plaskit_resin@yahoo.ca)

Nice old 5-ton. Did the Dutch Army use those as well?

I do use Photobucket to share my builds with the world, but I also keep an Excel spreadsheet if the models I've build, models I intend to build, kit information, dates, etc.

Interesting. Is that a Mack DM behind the B61? With the length restrictions in Europe, I would have guessed that COEs would be more popular that conventionals.

Coming along nicely.

Nice book review. What i want to know is what song do you use at the begining of your videos, and what song do you start this video off with?

Wow! Makes me wish I could read German.

That's sweet. Don't see too many of those. In fact, I think this is the second Big Al I've ever seen in a model.

That's different.

Should be a nice project.

Nice looking Euro-truck. I like the DAF XF Series.

Thanks.

When did Mack switch to gold for their engines & transmissions?