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Re: truck wheels: 5563 vs 5571
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lugnet.modelteam
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Sun, 26 Dec 1999 00:32:11 GMT
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In lugnet.modelteam, John Cromer writes:
> I've never seen a "two-axle cabover" big rig, so,
> now that my experience is being expanded I might not think it looks
> so dumb. It just seemed that Model Team was becoming juniorized and
> more expensive all at once. I'm used to a new Model Team model every
> year that costs less than 10 cents per piece. Spoiled, I reckon.
The truck is based on European design. They do have two-axle cabovers in
Europe. Mercedes-Benz builds a ton of them, I think they are called the
Mercedes-Benz Actros. Saab/Scania and Volvo also build them.
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 | | Re: truck wheels: 5563 vs 5571
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| In lugnet.modelteam, Mark Herzberg writes: [snip] (...) So has does anyone actually *own* a 5563 yet? And are the wheels the same as the ones on the 5571? They certainly appear to be the same from the catalog shots. John C. (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.modelteam)
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| | Re: truck wheels: 5563 vs 5571
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| Maybe I over-reacted. I just hate to see a line of models get cheaper-looking and more expensive at the same time, at least that's the way it seemed to me when I first looked at the new catalog's Model Team pages. I've never seen a "two-axle (...) (25 years ago, 29-Sep-99, to lugnet.modelteam)
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