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Well, I'm calling it done. There are little details I could add and some things I could improve, but I'm not risking ruining it. 

I've loved this truck since 1974 when I first saw it on the TV in my childhood home in Liverpool GB. The fact that one of my dad's heroes, Merle Haggard, sang the theme tune just made it perfect!

I've wanted to have a proper model of it ever since. I've made a few poor efforts many years ago and I've looked at some of the "replicas" you can buy but they all fall short of the mark. So here in 1/32 scale is my Sonny Pruitt's Sundance. 

Starting with an assembled AMT Snap-Fit kit from eBay and a Monogram Fruehauf dry van I hand built the torsion bar rear suspension, quarter fenders and sleeper roof then did all the mods I made to my other AMT W900. On the trailer, functional landing gear, F2 lightweight suspension and fitted a side door. The AMT kit is terrible but it has good bones. All my boring details are in the WIP. 

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Drew up my own licence plates but couldn't bear to cut the step hole in the front bumper so might use a black square decal in the future. 

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I am thinking of making a W.Chandler truck in the future. 

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"Big wheels rollin' Movin' On"

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Beautiful job from start to finish, you have done more than enough justice to this old AMT snap kit that was never meant to be this good! The accuracy of details on Sonny's KW is spot on, your endless research has really paid off. The tractor trailer combo is awesome, looks like official screen shots from season 1.

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What a fantastic job you have made of this truck & the others, Building in this small scale to a high standard is no mean feat. Great job.

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Looks great! Nice fleet of K-whoppers. Hard to believe that's 1/32! It's fun watching the show on YouTube. Truckin' was never like that, and it sure isn't now!

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52 minutes ago, RoninUtah said:

Looks great! Nice fleet of K-whoppers. Hard to believe that's 1/32! It's fun watching the show on YouTube. Truckin' was never like that, and it sure isn't now!

I know, this is from the book "Hammer Down" which I've had since 1978:-

 

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15 hours ago, Pete68 said:

Ok Steve how many more of these hidden gems you have? Wow excellent builds. 

Thanks mate. I've just been working my way through the scrapyard really. 

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