Jim B

Isn't Joann Fabrics great! A member on another board used 2 mil vinyl to make his tarp for his covered wagon. Oh, Kostas, one thing to consider. The AMT flatbed is from about 1975 or so, and the width laws were different then. The AMT trailer is 96" wide, where most of the newer 53ft trailers are 102" wide. Food for thought.

Kostas, Try here: http://public.fotki.com/modeltrucks25thsca...jan_1995_conve/ This article should give you some ideas on converting the trailer into a 53ft trailer.

Looks very clean. Nice build. Yes, Dul-Coat might do the trick.

Did you check with Don Mills Models? Sourkraut has the KFS slamlocks.

Thanks for the pics, Ray. Those are what I needed.

Many people use Alclad, and some people use "Poor Man's Alclad" a.k.a. Dupli-Color Bumper Chrome.

But, Honey, it followed me home! Can I keeep it?

That's not a bad price, $15. Shipping's a little steep, $13.

Looking good, Ray. I like the 8V92 you've put in there. Any ideas on color choice?

Well, thanks. Tim's the real Peterbilt guru, though. I'm sure he's built several of these kits.

A chemical tanker? You'll either have to convert the AMT tanker, or scratchbuild one. Phil Jensen has a "How-To" article in his book "Building Model Trucks". It's an older style, but it's a start.

It's actually pretty easy as the cab & sleeper are seperate; and the sleeper is a crawl-through type. The cab is already set to make it a daycab.

I know of a member here that is working on photo-etch door latches for the Kenworth cabs. All styles of the slam-lock. Hopefully we'll see something this Spring.

Eric, thanks. You might want to check your references on the door latches. I don't think the "house style", for lack of a better term, is used on the daylight doors. I'm pretty sure they're rectangular. Those studio sleepers look really nice. They definately look nice with the W900L hood. Would they work with a T600 hood?

I'm interested, too.

How would one "Americanize" the container trailer? What about the other Italeri trailers?

You've got some nice looking builds there.

Heading to NYC? I don't envy you, Ray. NYC is tough to drive in with a car let alone a tractor/trailer. Isn't the NYC Sanitation Department up in The Bronx?

Some friends & I were discussing this exact same thing at the Fulton show this year. One thing that came up was that the 1/25 AMT kits are based on the older width laws (96", I think), while the newer Revell of Germany & Italleri 1/24 kits are based on the newer width laws (102"). That might cause some diesrepancy as well.

Nice! Tha's pretty shiney.

Kenworth stopped painting engines white around 1973-74, and I think Peterbilt stopped around 1985-86.

Check out the videos Shelf One - Shelf 20. They're a lot clearer.

Thanks for the tour! Some of your "pending projects" look quite promissing.

Nice group of trucks you've got there. A little low for my taste (looks like they'll get stuck on speed bumps), but nice job. I really like the old Chevrolet.

Looking good, Kurt. I agree with Dave; that will look good behind that Mack.