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Wow. You don't muck around. Back at it already. Ben

Very nice! Ben

Can't see pics. Cheers. Ben

Very nice. Great to see a classic Mack in the works. Ben

Loving watching this. Ben

Very nice! You work quickly

Very nice. Auslowe does a great 6 spoke wheel and tyre set in 1/32. I've used them in the past and they're great as the spider is separate from the rim and the tyres are rubber. Ben

Wow! Very nice. The heat effects look ace. Is this going together as well as a tamiya kit? I have one in my stash and hope to be able to use carbon fibre decals like you are. Will be watching. Ben

A mack camel back or neway is accurate for the value liner. Ben

3D printed wheels made to fit new ray tyres. I got them from luckpro7 on shapeways. A little grainy, hopefully the primer will smooth them out. Ben

Wow. I won't be getting one but am glad to see them back. Looking forward to more Mack gear. Ben

The struggle is real.

Looks good. Ben

Another of the best truck models out there. Easily top 5. Ben

Wow! What a great kit and awesome work too. Ben

Looks good Ben

Very nice. Ben

Auslowe stocks some parts separately that are still good for American super liners. Mk1 head lights, Crossmembers and camel back suspensions, E9 V8 etc.. The italeri kit can be converted reasonably well to an American spec by narrowing the cab and using an amt cruiseliner front end for the mk1 or using the dm600 front end for the mk2. In Australia we kept the r series from rails up until the year and 1999/2000. There was an article about converting the italeri kit to make it acurate, I think it was in scale auto. Hope this helps. Ben

Great news for Australian Mack fans.

Thank you all for your kind words. The level of modelling on this site is remarkable. I'm always inspired by everyone on here. It makes me want to build some thing special and way out of my depth. I haven't finished a model in a while and hopefully I get a couple more projects off the bench next week so I can go full steam on this one. Ben

Wow! I feel lazy seeing this. Inspirational. Ben

Very nice. Ben

Wow!

Fuel tanks done. Fuel tank mounts adapted from left over moebius lonestar fuel tank mounts. I thought you guys would like to see the bonnet in progress. Enjoy.

Great idea about the front bumper. I'm thinking it will make the painting easier. Ben