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I have done three of these. No glue required (Snap-Tite) even when the box says you need it.

I've read some good things about these, and it seems like there are many here being built.

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They are very easy and simple to build. It doesn't take very much work to make these a very nice truck. A little lacking on detail, but a great way to cut your teeth on customizing.

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Great score Sam. Im glad to see you finally got an Autocar. Hopefully its the first of many.

. The Autocar isnt my first, just my second, but not the last of many hopefully!
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Today was a good day....

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The Freightshaker and Diamond REO are the recent Round 2 reissues, but the American LaFrance is a mid '80's reissue. I"m really pleased with the White Western Star, though... it's an original '74 kit... dinky Goodyear tires, crappy decal sheet, crunched box, and all. :)

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Ladies and Gentlemen, children of all ages. I have for you something as rare as my fellow coworkers actually performing productive work, I present to you the Challenge Mixer, made possible by my good friend from North of the border, Mr. Doug Spencer.post-10426-0-72682800-1426110172_thumb.j

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It's the 38 footer, I had no idea there was 44. I have a Chevy duallie in the stash that I have in mind, but I may have something else. I'm a Chevy guy and I have a hard time buying a Meng F350. But I may do something special. Only time will tell. I need to build the Outlaw newer Camaro to go with it. This should be a nice set up when it's done, someday.

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It's the 38 footer, I had no idea there was 44. I have a Chevy duallie in the stash that I have in mind, but I may have something else. I'm a Chevy guy and I have a hard time buying a Meng F350. But I may do something special. Only time will tell. I need to build the Outlaw newer Camaro to go with it. This should be a nice set up when it's done, someday.

I say get one of Frontier Resin's GMC Cannon ball cabs and "do something special" ! :P

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I've had that Dual Drive less than a week, and it's pretty close to finished. No buyer's remorse there. :rolleyes:

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What you don't see is that the interior is done, and the cab is now painted.

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It's the 38 footer, I had no idea there was 44. I have a Chevy duallie in the stash that I have in mind, but I may have something else. I'm a Chevy guy and I have a hard time buying a Meng F350. But I may do something special. Only time will tell. I need to build the Outlaw newer Camaro to go with it. This should be a nice set up when it's done, someday.

Yeah, the 44' was the very first release when Galaxie first issued them back in the 90s, then for some reason all later releases were the 38'.

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I've had that Dual Drive less than a week, and it's pretty close to finished. No buyer's remorse there. :rolleyes:

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What you don't see is that the interior is done, and the cab is now painted.

Dang Chuck!

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Ladies and Gentlemen, children of all ages. I have for you something as rare as my fellow coworkers actually performing productive work, I present to you the Challenge Mixer, made possible by my good friend from North of the border, Mr. Doug Spencer.attachicon.gifIMG_20150311_174211.jpg

Man does that bring back loads of memories for me of building in my moms basement as a kid....awesome find...! congrats!

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Dang Chuck!

Don't get too excited... when I went to install the interior, the cab seam split. That wouldn't have been so bad, had it not shattered the paint, torn the decals, etc.. So, that one's going to sit on the bench a bit longer until I redo the cab... this time I'll reinforce the seams, and maybe trim down the front and rear of the interior tub just a smidge. I knew things were going a bit too swimmingly on that particular project... :rolleyes:

In the meantime, the chassis looks pretty sweet just sitting there without the cab. :lol:

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In the last week, I scored an Italeri Superliner, a Coke Louisville Hauler, an original issue Paystar dump, 3 sets of Moebius wheels, and a few sets of 2 hole budds from Double Take. That'll keep me busy for a week or two.....

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