White Freightliner Single Drive Tractor

I'm not sure why, but for me big rigs are very fascinating. So what's better then having building big rigs model kits and specially vintage ones? This new kit from AMT is great, just the other ones that they have, but it also has its flaws. I'm in the middle of the building process and the the main thing I found rather annoying is the fact that AMT didn't cut the extra vinyl in the supplied wheels. You have to work carefully with an Exacto knife in order to remove the extra vinyl / plastic from the center of the wheels. I did write to AMT about it, but once you spend the extra time to remove the excess plastic, you are good to go. The instructions are good and AMT included a color index on them, so when you put together the model kit, you know exactly which paint and colors you need to use. My rate for this model kit is: 8.5/10

For me, Amt was the pioneer in producing 1/25 scale truck kits. I built the original T-500-500 Peterbilt in 1970. This Freightliner kit continues in the AMT tradition---good parts fit, good level of authenticity, and parts interchangeability with other kits. With resources from other AMT kits, kit bashing and customizing is easily accomplished if that is your thing. Of course, box stock is great also. I would encourage all truck modelers to push for more reissues of big rig models like this one.

look forward to building these , hope to start soon have 4 in progress now .