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you guys should be thanking me everyday you see these reissues. since I got back into building, I have been buying oop kits, and sure enough, within two years they have all been slated for reissue, you're welcome:D

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12 hours ago, tbill said:

you guys should be thanking me everyday you see these reissues. since I got back into building, I have been buying oop kits, and sure enough, within two years they have all been slated for reissue, you're welcome:D

Thanks Tom, would you please buy an Autocar Dump?

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Haha, don’t worry, I have one of those too, so it shouldn’t be too much longer for that to be reissued :D

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I have an opened original release kit in the closet that I scored on ebay in 2005 for 25 bucks to the door!

Pulled a few of the 1:1's from Chicago to up around the Detroit area in the early 90's!

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Does anybody know what is going on with this kit?

Also can this kit be used for a standard flatbed? I have been looking for a regular flatbed, but don't want to pay $75 for it.

Thanks

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The new release hasn't shown up on ebay or the local hobby shops yet, but the round 2 YouTube video shows it coming back this fall, along with the Mack DM800 and the Peerless logging trailer. It can be used as a standard flatbed if it's not extended. I built an original kit back in the 90's as a covered wagon.

41933332035_3f5d543e3d_z.jpgW900 & Great Dane covered wagon by Jim Gavin, on Flickr

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I picked up  two   today   at  Hobby  Town    great  decals in the   kit   I  didn't notice  any warpage  but  was  suprized  by  the   factory  spec   sheet included

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On 10/4/2018 at 8:03 PM, Madd Trucker said:

I picked up  two   today   at  Hobby  Town    great  decals in the   kit   I  didn't notice  any warpage  but  was  suprized  by  the   factory  spec   sheet included

What decals come with it? Can you please post a pic?

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The finished kit.  It was an easy build other than the cross bars on the extension superstructure not lining up exactly.  The long deck was warped but my darling wife reminded me that flatbed trucks have a hump to not sag when loaded. The load is 7/8 diameter wooden dowels painted to look like pipes.  The red plastic ends are Caplugs used where i work to seal the ends of copper tubes during transit to our building.  Hold-down chains and rub rail hooks are from Hobby Lobby. Straps to hold the load together are rubber bands painted black with a Sharpie.  A Mack DM800 is on the shelf to be constructed to pull the rig.  Also a pic of the kit decals.

 

Enjoy,

Joe

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Glad to see it has Oversized load decals in addition to the Wide Load ones that Round2 was advertising. As it's certainly Oversized (by length), but it's by no means too wide :P

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