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They were unfinished aluminum. There are some pics on Hanks truck pictures forum under Freightliner.

The original AMT kits retailed around $5 in the early 70s adjusted for inflation Moebius kits are about right. A kit of a new subject modern or not must be commercially viable. A kit that would be highly sought after by serious builders may not be commercially viable. In other words it must sell well enough to the casual masses to recoup development costs. A hardcore builderwill find a way to model a subject either by scratch building using resin etc. As far as who suffers well that's just reality as with everything it comes down to the almighty dollar. The manufacturers are here to make a profit not to please anyone.No profit no manufacturers. Again I go back to the original subject of this thread what's new for 2016. Happy holidays to all.

Actually I've been a truck modeler since 1970 and been in the trucking business as a driver and owner for 30+ years.

I say reissues and new subjects both something for everybody. Oh and since no ones pointed this out those old kits people complain about being reissued were of new and modern subjects when they were originally released. This is really a lame argument. Car modelers have subjects of all vintages no complaints there. Same for aircraft,model trains etc. Isn't it time to put this thread to bed?

Tires remind me of the old 10.00x 22.5s they used to make . Super job

All about the emissions folks.

I would say between a 3406 and n14 it boils down to personal preference over all. I've seen both do a million plus miles with nothing but simple maintainence. The 3406 n14 and 12.7 series 60 pre egr were the best engines ever made hands down. The c15 isx and dd 15 would probably be just as good if they weren't so over loaded with emissions equipment. Certainaly enjoyed this thread 10 thumbs.

Oddly enough the allis chalmers big al was the buda 844 with newer injection and turbo tech. And the paccar engine is of DAF design. DAF being a DUTCH truck manufacturer owned by paccar.The maxforce13 was a joint design between navistar and MAN a austrian truck builder. The maxforce 15 found in moebius kits is a c15 cat with navistar injection and emissions. By the way cat had 2 engines they tried in trucks in the 40s with no success but reentered the truck market in 1962 with the 235 hp 1673 installed by a cat dealer in new ih emeryvilles for denver chicago trucking..Popularity wise Cummins held the crown till the late 80s when the series 60 detroit came out. As far as million mile untouched engines go I would give that to the n14 cummins based on the fact there were far more n14s than 3406s built both were great engines and better than anything made today.

May not be photoshop but talented hot rodding.

Last one I saw was a 68. I remember someone put green shag carpet on the doghouse and custom plywood box housing the kraco 8 track and fuzzbuster but hey it was the 70s LOL.

Interior green. Similar to ww2 aircraft and rr locomotives, Can be found in both model rr and milatary paint sections of your lhs usually called interior green.

Actually none of them were ever hot sellers. They go together well and are decent kits but are very simplified by 1/24,1/25th scale standards as they were aimed at the youth market. But there is tons of room for super detailing.

Actually the allison v 12 is physicaly much larger than a detroit v 12. The detroit v 12 is a whisker under 14 litres the same width and height as an 8v71 and a little longer than a 6 71. As far as the allison goes Tyrone Malone put one mid engine a coe freightliner many years ago as a wheelstander. Last I knew it belongs to Gary Riese as well as the Super boss and other Malone stuff . Certainly would be a neat project.

Apparently the molds still exist.

Most any Cummins or Detroit of the time were available so you have tons of options.

Gary reis also owns the fiberglass mold for the rear part of the bandit/superboss.

Insanity!

There have been several small companies that have made big rig conversions for pu's of varying degrees. The Revell kit you mention dates back to the 70's as the sneaky pete kit. I've seen one's close the kit but not exact.

Same cab as the flat top Prostar maybe you can get a look at one of those.

Yes there seems to be many popping up in the truck paper. Stretched out with a spread axle Moebius reefer is what I'm thinking

Thank you.

More likely because it involved the "evil wal mart" being sarcastic. Either way what happened to professionalism?

IH now offering Lonestar with single bunk.

Iron lung Cummins were Cummins gold basically resembles old Cat yellow. Cummins used Cummins gold into the 60s.

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