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Well, Guys, I figured out what tractor I'm gonna use with my car hauler.....It's this Pete 378....I'm using an old sleeper from a 377 and I stretched the frame a couple of inches....(For some reason, I don't feel I've done anything unless I stretch 'em)....So I did....I made my own fuel tanks, again, as the kit fuel tanks just ain't gonna cut it....All the 378's I see with these tanks just look like there's something missing underneath....Hopefully this makes it look better....And, of course, it's been painted "fleet" orange....

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that's gonna look sweet! your a machine, I don't think the paint is dry on the freight-shaker, and here you have a trailer and 1/2 a truck done already!

p.s. the car hauler shoulda been orange, you threw me off with a new color :D

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Nice 378 so far!....Any chance of getting ahold of those Italeri fuel tanks? :blink:

Sure....I've got these things comin' out of my ears....I'll bet I have about 3 sets laying around at the bottom of the parts box....Just send me a PM, and We can discuss it.... :)

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that's gonna look sweet! your a machine, I don't think the paint is dry on the freight-shaker, and here you have a trailer and 1/2 a truck done already!

p.s. the car hauler shoulda been orange, you threw me off with a new color :D

Actually, I did intend to add some orange accent strips to it, but I decided I wanted to be able to display any tractor I built in the future with it......So... :)

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Made some more progress....

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I'm also hoping to make a headache rack for this one, too....I think I'm going to end up with a good one, here....We'll see, though....

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It looks like it´s gonna be a cool rig. Next time you take pictures, try to dust off the in progress model a little. I have the same problem with my pics. I keep forgetting to dust off the sub assemblies and the camera always makes the dust particles a lot bigger than they realy are.

Keep on great work.

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Thanks, Guys....You know what? All that dust came from another project I had going on in the garage....It's sheetrock dust.....It got EVERYWHERE!!!!! I'm STILL cleaning it out and off of stuff....

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Thanks, Guys....You know what? All that dust came from another project I had going on in the garage....It's sheetrock dust.....It got EVERYWHERE!!!!! I'm STILL cleaning it out and off of stuff....

Goodluck blowing it all out of your nose to! ^_^

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JT the inside of the cab looks awesome, You did a real nice job on the dash. The stretch looks good! JT I have a question, is that the earlier 378 kit from Italeri? KUDOS on the truck another great creation!!!!!!! :rolleyes:

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Got this bad boy almost finished.....This is the gist of what it's gonna look like....Now it's on to customizing this thing.....Gotta add some chicken lights all around.....The next time you see this one, it'll be under glass.....

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Thanks guys for looking and commenting.....Thank you very much....

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