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The twin steer Pete is awesome! Great work!
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Great to see you back! Awesome job! I really like the pete twin steer. Seems like no one bothers making those.
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Nice job on the Mack MR which is now renamed Terra Pro. Hopefully we can get a new casting of this model in 1/50 as this truck has great potential.
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Looks good! One little trick I learned for those little Peterbilt logos is that you can paint over them, then gently swab them with a dipped Q-tip in thinner (minimal!) and it will reveal the logo. Buffalo Road Imports also sells new decals for those areas too.
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Dan85 wrote:Looks good!
One little trick I learned for those little Peterbilt logos is that you can paint over them, then gently swab them with a dipped Q-tip in thinner (minimal!) and it will reveal the logo. Buffalo Road Imports also sells new decals for those areas too. Good to know 
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R Jordan wrote:Nice job on the Mack MR which is now renamed Terra Pro. Hopefully we can get a new casting of this model in 1/50 as this truck has great potential.
Roland. Kaidiwei (The chinese knock-off model people) made this recast of the first gear Mack MR with Wittke front load refuse body, It's listed as 1:24 scale but it seems to be around 1:45-1:50 scale. 
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WCollins, If it were truly a re-cast, wouldn't the scale be 1:34 just like the original First Gear model? Randy M. Smolenack RMSmodels@aol.comrandy.m.smolenack.civ@mail.mil
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/COLLECTABLE-1-50-KDW-DIECAST-RED-GREY-GARBAGE-RUBBISH-TRANSPORTATION-TRUCK-/111599826517?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19fbde3655&nma=true&si=h59SOL2rujGpnD%252BS8FQO%252Fqon1J8%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557As it has been explained to me by someone who contacted FG about it, when FG updated its 1/34 casting the files etc were sold to this company and they rescaled it. If you look at some of their other listings you can see that they (likely illicitly) purchase the files for a model, resize it, and then sell it. If the first gear side loader in 1/34 was updated we would likely see this company with a 1/50 scale model of that.
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Thank you very much Willam and Adam for the infomation you have made my day and also another thank you to towoc999 for rekindling my quest on this truck with you custom photos. DHS Diecast Forum is one of the greatest places for collectors thank you Chuck.
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Nice job Andre'
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For those who are wondering, this is the Kaidiwei Mack vs the Conrad  
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The KDW Mack MR is perfect just have to change the rims and tyres on the model as they are larger in diameter by 2 mm. Besides that the truck is spot on. It would be more measurable to use a First Gear truck than Conrad in this photo would show. < img/  img> <img/  i g> Here is a Custom of the KDW <img/  img> <img/  img> Roland.
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