what about getting Ford LTL 9000 ?

[matador88]

it looks like i am officially in love with ford ltl 9000 now. but the kit is not available anywhere (italeri, revell - ebay /com, ca, uk, de, at, au/, online shops..)

but i can get the wrecker version. and its for normal price (about 50€). but i dont like wrecker. so are there any possibilities for conversion, rebuild, parts...? how challenging it would be? how expensive? and is it worth it? isnt waiting for reissue, ebay, or flea market better option? plus i`ve heard its not one of the best quality model and building is not too easy.

ideas guys? thanks.

[mackinac359]

Buy the kit, eliminate the wrecker portion and build it as a tractor. The sleeper will be the small Freightliner/Generic sleeper unless you could find the larger sleeper for the kit, or buy a resin daycab rear wall panel for it.

Tim

[matador88]

is this rebuilt just matter of adding some (resin?) 5th hitch and thats all? i am not experienced in such type of builds, so asking..

[Kostas Parchas]

Matador88 hi,

I have the recker kit and I am planing to get 4 or 5 kits more in the future.

The LTL 9000 is the best looking FORD truck for me.

As Tim said, buy the kit and don't use the wrecker body. The kit contains everything you need to build it as a long distance trackor. It will have the 36'' sleeper but you can build it also as a day cab by using resin daycab panel, or with a biger speelper by using the 60'' sleeper of the Freightliner FLD 120 kit.

As about the wrecker body, don't worry about it, Italeri parts likr the wrecker body, are designed to be used on several models, so you can use the wrecker body on another truck, either on US or EU truck. If you searche the web, you will found many fine examples of models (SCANIAs, VOLVOs, DAFs, MERCEDES, MANs, MACKs, PETERBILTs, KENWORTHs) with this wrecker body.

Greetings,

Kostas.

Edited July 2, 2011 by Kostas Parchas

[matador88]

thanks guys, kit is bought.

now i would like to use this topic as inspiration. if you have some great color schemes, throw them in please!

[bandit1]

Matador88 hi,

I have the recker kit and I am planing to get 4 or 5 kits more in the future.

The LTL 9000 is the best looking FORD truck for me.

As Tim said, buy the kit and don't use the wrecker body. The kit contains everything you need to build it as a long distance trackor. It will have the 36'' sleeper but you can build it also as a day cab by using resin daycab panel, or with a biger speelper by using the 60'' sleeper of the Freightliner FLD 120 kit.

As about the wrecker body, don't worry about it, Italeri parts likr the wrecker body, are designed to be used on several models, so you can use the wrecker body on another truck, either on US or EU truck. If you searche the web, you will found many fine examples of models (SCANIAs, VOLVOs, DAFs, MERCEDES, MANs, MACKs, PETERBILTs, KENWORTHs) with this wrecker body.

Greetings,

Kostas.

don't forget about the western star ... LA FIRE DEPT. RECOVERY TRUCK!

[Kostas Parchas]

don't forget about the western star ... LA FIRE DEPT. RECOVERY TRUCK!

When Italeri's guys designed this kit, they had in mind how they could earn more money without spendnig much and then, they thought that the Westernstar could be a very nice kit with an ecxelent theme as a wrecker of the LAFD. They were right it is a nice kit BUT, before they procced to the production they never thought to test fit all the parts and the result is that the cab and (freightliner 36'') sleeper are not fiting corect. The roof of the cab is much higher than the sleeper. Please follow the link below to see what I mean.

http://www.wettringer-modellbauforum.de/forum/index.php?page=Thread&threadID=21506

The member of that forum nick named CarandTruck-Fan had build the model and he did a very nice job, his model is very nice and very well pictured but this model is not corect and thats not because of a mistace of the builder, but because a mistace that Italeri did. That makes me angry, Italeri should invest a day cab panel for this, or they even could use a western star cab.

Kostas.