My Australian trucks built early in 2009

[Madd Trucker]

[disabled modeler]

Really nice trucks! great work!

[Simon]

Really impressive trucks, Richard. Three gravel trailers, I can't even find one!

I have thought of trying a Revell/Italeri Australian truck myself, how did it go together? Were the extra parts (diesel tanks, air snorkels etc) included in the kit? Did you find it to be a good kit?

Edited January 18, 2010 by Simon

[falcongeorge]

where did the front wheels on the western star come from?

[studioman3]

Nice lookin rigs ya got there

Tim

[Madd Trucker]

Thanks for the feed back I will post someof my oother rigs when I get better pics.

Simon the Revell kit went to gether good just have to work with the exhaust a bit The Italeri one also went together good and yes all the parts shown are in the kits the 3 gravel trails are old orginal releases and the dollieis was also scratch built except the head ache rack on the Western star it was scratch built by me from a pics I saw in the internet .

Falcongeorge the front rims was in the kit

[falcongeorge]

Thanks for the feed back I will post someof my oother rigs when I get better pics.

Simon the Revell kit went to gether good just have to work with the exhaust a bit The Italeri one also went together good and yes all the parts shown are in the kits the 3 gravel trails are old orginal releases and the dollieis was also scratch built except the head ache rack on the Western star it was scratch built by me from a pics I saw in the internet .

Falcongeorge the front rims was in the kit

Thanks. A little new for me, but it might be worthwile to pick one up and pull a mold of the front wheels.

[mardtrp]

the head ache rack on the Western star it was scratch built by me from a pics I saw in the internet .

Any chance of showing the picture you got the design of the headache rack from?

Did you change the wheelbase, from how it came in the kit, to what is actually allowed on Australian roads?

OK, the models are allright, but if you had taken a look at the Western Star Australia site, then you might have noticed that when a vehicle is right hand drive, the windscreen wipers are positioned differently and sweep in the opposite arc, than what a left hand drive vehicle does.

http://www.westernstar.com.au/wstar_au/gallery.asp?id=4800

If anybody else is going to do an Aussie Western Star, here is the link and all relevant information is freely available, to turn one of these models into something that can be found out on Australian roads.

http://www.westernstar.com.au/wstar_au/index.asp

mark

Edited January 19, 2010 by mardtrp

[fridge2538]

Most model manufacturers of truck kits forget to change the wipers to the right hand drive position when they do a right hand drive version. It is usually an easy job to correct the fault with some filler and a dremel type tool.

Thanks Tony.

[Madd Trucker]

mardtrp ,, no they was built as was in the box and on the rack unfortunitly no I cat and I dont remember the site as my comp crashed a few months back and I lost most of my web sites,, also thank you onthe tip on the wipersand for the sites on Aussie trucks my next build wil l be a bit better

falcongeorge I also think those rims are in the Italeri truck accesseries kit