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That would be soooo cool!

Very sharp!

Nice Harley Special! Looks good, the flat black trim makes for a mean looking machine. Belle job Bruno!

Hey Chris! How is this bad boy going? Any progress?

Yeah Matthew that would be appreciated! There are not many pictures of cab backs to show the hoses, the wires, well just about all the equipment usually seen on the 1:1's.

Who knew there was such a beast! From the picture, I see fenders similar to a 70's Kenworth W900. If I saw correctly, this was to be offered with 600-700 hp? In those days, that was seldom heard of!

This one looks MASSIVE! I used to have this 1:16 Pete as a teen. Nothing to do with this one. You have done an impressive job, nice detailing, nice new parts, love the paint!

Just saw this today... Looks good, Just enough chrome, well coordinated colors for a well sorted rig. Nice!

Exactly what I was going to say!

Lookin' good, like those stripes! since you lopped off all the axles, you must be using aftermarket wheels, aren't you? And the tire that's holding the front of the truck up is going to be used for the rear wheels too?

One place where lotsa chrome is nice. Very cool looking rig!

Hey Ben, whatever happened to these?

The paint scheme and color suit it great. The Wilson trailer is a perfect fit with this tractor. Nice rig!

I have some coming in from P&P to go with other trucks, but I'll mock them up on this one just to see how it looks. If I like it I'll probably reshape the fenders to look like a later model.

looks great!

And those rivets are from Microscale? Nice. Your model is off to a great start.

Excellent!!! Yessss, can't wait to get those now!

Just noticed, rubber mud flaps too!! Clever!

That's going to be a nice project! Tyrone was one of the first truck customizers, wasn't he? At least he was one of the better known ones.

More pictures of what I want to do here Picture this in black. Or in white, looks good too. I added the cab skirts, the stripes, the rear fenders and an exhaust stack. So I could see how it would look. I also lenghtened the back of the front fender to match the battery box. Don't mind the white strip at the bottom of the battery box, I was trying something here. So this is a modified picture with a lenghtened bumper. It would be about 2-3 mm lower than stock. I was thinking of square headlights instead of the stock round ones to make it look like a W900L... Not done yet though. The two lines beside the bumper show what was added. I used the "paint" program to do these so they are a little rough.

This is my latest project, the Revell W900 Aerodyne. I got the inspiration from "Cool Hand" Luke with his Revell Pete 359. It won't be as elaborate, but I picked up some of his ideas to modify my truck. Some of the mods will make some of you cringe, I don't really care 'cause this one is for fun and practice only and not meant to be accurate. The kit is cheap (inexpensive) and doesn't include any brakes anyway... So, first to be modified is the suspension. I filed away some 3 mm off the mounting point on the front leafs cut the rear mounts and ground about the same off the rear airbags as well. By the way I think it's easier to do this on the Kenworth than the Pete. I wanted to lower the cab on the frame as well but I didn't want to mess with fitting the hood again with the cab. So now it sits pretty much where it's supposed to anyway. After some thinking... I decided to lower the battery boxes and fuel tanks a little and add some cab extensions at the bottom. I also lenghtened 5 cm (or 5 scale ft) the frame right behind the cab with some evergreen stock. I got tired of playing with the kit's tires and I broke an axle so I got rid of the back ones. Though I tried fitting some Italeri tires on and since they fit better than i thought so I still might use the kit rims with them. The front ones fit pretty nicely so I kept them. I will fit the DD 8V92 from the GMC General, since it's supposed to be a "show" truck, I tought it would look better under the hood. I got some green and gold Peterbilt "half arrow" decals from Modeltruckin and tought of painting the body black with a decal matching green frame but it might just end up black as well. I ordered some rear fenders from Eric at P&P so those will go on with a custom rear bumper and brackets. The frame is boxed and I cut the back end off as I found it a little too long at the back. So it's a start. Positive or negative and constructive comments of interested people welcome... Now, the pictures: Overall look and lowered stance Front wheel to fender gap and press button hub cap New frame lenght step cut on frame Temporary wheels from Freightliner, notice cut airbags Kit bumper to be replaced with wider Texas style based on kit bumper shape Showing lowered front suspension mount front axle was filed at the mounting points. This makes the front end a little weak for my taste but this truck won't be working very hard anyway... Another view showing the front wheel with the button cap. I cut off the prongs from the cap with Xuron shears and ground them a little. Then I glued them on the wheels with epoxy 5 min. More to come later...

Chosen your subject yet? Another suggestion would be the AMT IH Transtar 4300, it goes together very well, has nice details, front wheels steer and gives good results. As far as trailers go, I think the Moebius reefer is going to look good right out of the box.

That is interesting. Hold on to to that thought, I might need some of those pics,

Well the ones you're showing at the top look great. They do add to the working truck look.

So either you buy the program and that 20000$ printer... Or you make your own with plain white or transparent decal paper. You're not out of the woods yet, cause you cannot reproduce metallic colors such as silver or gold. You can't reproduce pale colors or white (there is no white ink, duh...) on tranparent unless you are applying the decal on a white surface. BUT, it does a fairly nice job on most applications. You have to think it out some before producing anything. Colored stripes on transparent does a nice job of replicating a "candy apple" effect over metallic paints, by the way. Oh, and don't forget to seal the ink on that decal with a clearcoat some time before dipping it in water... Trial and error, like Larry and Jerry said. But it's nice to say I did it myself.