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  Re: truck wheels: 5563 vs 5571
 
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)
 
  Re: truck wheels: 5563 vs 5571
 
(...) 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. (25 years ago, 26-Dec-99, to lugnet.modelteam)
 
  Re: truck wheels: 5563 vs 5571
 
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)
 
  RE: truck wheels: 5563 vs 5571
 
(...) I received one for Christmas. Haven't built it yet but did look close enough to confirm that yes, the wheels are the same as the 5571's. Speaking of trucks, any Model Team fans who haven't seen Dennis Bosman's Trucks and Construction Machinery (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.modelteam)

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