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does any body know????
Posted by Anonymous on Friday, April 1, 2005 4:55 PM
hey do any of you happen to know what company"s build semi truck models?. I have some idea's to scratch build a picker truck, but i cannot seem to find any on the internet or i am just looking i all the wrong places. your help would be appreciated Wink [;)]
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, April 1, 2005 6:18 PM
at my LHS they have a lot of semis, but i never really looked that hard at the boxes, but from what i can remember (how the box looks) maybe revell (i saw a peterbuilt model the other day...)....im not that sure.... they also looks kinda older... sry, if this doesnt help much..
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, April 2, 2005 12:38 AM
Hi Snow -Man, There are lots of model Semi trucks on the market. Italeri and Revell do loads of 1:24 scale and eBay have about 3 pages of them (Toys & Games > Model Kits > Trucks).
You don`t show where you are located but there are both European and US models to choose from.
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, April 2, 2005 12:46 AM
Hi, I`ve just realized that the info I gave about eBay may not be correct (depending where you live), mine is eBay UK - yours may be different.
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Posted by hct728 on Saturday, April 2, 2005 8:00 AM
See pages 4 & 11 of the Hobby Heaven catalog for some currently available truck kits: http://www.modelcarkits.com/hhcatalog48.pdf
There are quite a few semi's available, what are you looking for, Peterbilt, White, GMC cabover...got a pic you can post?
Here's one current release:

Oh yeah, all the parts for this semi tractor are included in the AMT Peterbilt Wrecker kit, too
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Posted by DanCooper on Saturday, April 2, 2005 5:15 PM
Euh, maybe a stupid question, but why do you call those SEMI trucks ? Overhere in Belgium those are called trucks.

On the bench : Revell's 1/125 RV Calypso

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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, April 2, 2005 8:35 PM
not really sure dan, and yes i know it sounds strange but that is what they are called over here in canadaWink [;)]
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Posted by hct728 on Saturday, April 2, 2005 11:18 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by DanCooper

Euh, maybe a stupid question, but why do you call those SEMI trucks ? Overhere in Belgium those are called trucks.

"The cargo trailer cannot move by itself because it only has wheels at the rear end, hence the name semi-trailer: it only carries half its own weight."
See:
http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?method=4&dsid=501&dekey=semitrailer&gwp=8&curtab=501_1
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, April 3, 2005 9:08 AM
Dan, good question - I`ve often wondered why they were called semi`s. The explanations given sound quite reasonable.
Over here in the UK they are simply known as Artics (Articulated tractor unit)
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