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A very long time ago, I purchased the Monogram 1/32 Mack “R” Conventional & Fruehauf Tanker. It’s a nicely detailed snap kit, and for the most part went together well. That’s an awful lot of tape, glue, & rubber bands for a snap kit. The kit came with stickers to detail the tractor & trailer, so those had to go. I picked up some Chemical Leaman decals from Model Truckin’, & I was in business. Revell graciously provided the decal sets from their recent reissues of the Mack & tank trailer. The kit came with 10-hole disks all around, so I swapped them for spokes from the Mack C600 fire truck (Thanks, Greg.) & the Fruehauf reefer. I also bobbed the front bumper & corrected the fit of the rear mud flaps. Fleet Unit Number on the tractor is from Microscale, the Pennsylvania license plate on the tractor was downloaded from Rick Kretschmer’s License Plate Archive, and the Pennsylvania plate on the trailer is from The License Plate Shack. I also made the little bracket for the DOT hazmat placard on the rear of the trailer. I don’t know if Chemical Leaman ever hauled gasoline, or used this type of trailer, but they do now! Color is Testors Dark Blue. Here are some of my inspiration photos from Hank’s Truck Pictures (remember them?): Here is the model. Enjoy! Interior: "Engine:

Here is my completed Revell 1/32 Fruehauf Reefer trailer. It is essentially box-stock with the exception of the 10-hole disks from the Monogram Fruehauf Tanker Trailer. The main color is Rust-oleum Semi Gloss White, and the wheels & rear doors are Rust-oleum Chrome. Reefer unit is Tamiya Gloss Pure White. Also, since The Polar Ice Company is located in Troy, MI, I put a Michigan plate from the Model Truckin’ Chemical Leaman decal sheet on the trailer. Here it is being pulled by the Monogram Kenworth T600A I finished in 2008: And here it is behind the Revell Ford LTLA9000 Aeromax my son built in 2012: Riddle me this: why do the Revell-Monogram 1/32 trailers have a big ole’ kingpin while some of the tractors have fifth wheels with pins sticking out of them?

Here's a quick look. Before and after of Lindberg's old 1/32 Pontiac Grand Am. A snap kit of only fair detail. The body and exterior trim are okay. The chassis and especially the interior leave a lot to be desired. Despite being a snap kit, I did use glue. But, no paint. This is what you get straight out of the box.