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I have been registered on this forum now since early November so I suppose I had better say hello.

On a recent trip to Arizona, I woke one morning at the hotel I was staying at to find a Peterbilt Big Rig parked on the road outside (see picture below). This sighting reignited my casual interest in classic American Big Rigs. Being a young kid in the late seventies and early eighties my programming on TV consisted mainly of American TV shows and movies. Things like "Smokey and the Bandit" and "BJ and the Bear" were a big influence on my interest in Big Rigs. I can recall building a Lego Big Rig inspired by the K100 from "BJ and the Bear" when the show aired in the early eighties here in Ireland. While aviation, and helicopters in particular, have always been my main area of interest as an enthusiast and modeller, I randomly googled truck kits after my recent trip to the USA and came upon this forum. Reading the topics in WIP and Under Glass relating to trucks has really caught my attention and one particular niche area of truck modelling is proving very interesting - that of building the 1/32 snap together/snap-tite model kits of the late 70's and early 80's. 

I got into a modelling rut of starting models and not finishing them. I then lost access to a modelling work area when our little girl arrived two years ago (as good a reason as any to loose the modelling room!). I am going to have a new work area set up in the New Year and so I am keen to get back to model building again. The ambition this time is to finish a few kits! The snap together kits can be built from the box with no glue and even unpainted, look quite good. However, I have admired the work of Rockford and others on this forum who take these simplified kits and add some additional detail and fine paint jobs and are able to turn out some really good replicas of the classic Big Rigs. This appeals to me and it's something I would like to try. I hope that building this type of kit will prove to be a relaxing antidote to more complex and complicated aircraft kits.

I have noticed that weathering is not necessarily a big part of truck modelling - some do, many don't. Finishing your truck model in a paint scheme and markings of your own design is also perfectly acceptable - something that is frowned upon in the aviation modelling world. That approach to finishing a model is quite refreshing and different and is a good thing, I reckon. I've enjoyed reading the various topics on trucks here so far and the generally positive and encouraging attitude adopted by many here with regard to the modelling work of others. I have a few kits on order and they should arrive in the post fairly soon. I've even ordered a 1/32 snap tite Pontiac Trans Am kit, my favourite American muscle car!  Thanks for allowing me to sign up to this forum. 

Liam.

 

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On 12/2/2024 at 8:49 AM, Blue Monday said:

Finishing your truck model in a paint scheme and markings of your own design is also perfectly acceptable - something that is frowned upon in the aviation modelling world.

Not only is it perfectly acceptable, it is applauded.

Welcome to the forum, Liam. Sounds like you have some model building ahead of you. This is a great place to get back into the groove. Enjoy.

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