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Gallery: Rick Mark's 1950 Peterbilt 390 |
Driver's side view. Wheels & tires were available
through RNK Conversions (unknown when they will be available
again) . |
Passenger's side view. Air cleaner was scratchbuilt
by Rick. |
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| Rick used an early prototype
380 kit to build the awesome 390 dump unit seen here.
He cut off the resin fenders and used brass sheet to form
new ones, covered with treadplate sheet. A lot of work,
but the results speak for themselves! Rick was the proprietor
of RNK Conversions, a former producer of outstanding accessories
and conversion kits for model truck enthusiasts. |
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Silver State Specialties was created in 1999 to offer quality resin
accessories, replacement parts and conversion kits, suitable for
many 1/25-scale plastic model kits. SSS specializes in accessories
and parts for plastic model pickup, SUV, 4x4, and heavy truck &
trailer kits. 1/32-scale and 1/35-scale parts and accessories
will be available in the future for model truck kits, such as the
1/32 Monogram Snap-Tite and ERTL snap-together kits, as well as
1/35-scale Revell, Italeri, AFV Club, Trumpeter, Airfix, Heller,
Tamiya, and other military model truck kits. Some of these
smaller scale model kits are quite well detailed, and a wide variety
of photo-etched, resin, and other accessories are widely available
for most of these military truck model kits. What's even more exciting
is the line of 1/24th & 1/25th-scale military model kits and
conversions we are in the early stages of developing, to nicely
compliment your ERTL, AMT, Italeri, Revell, and other brands of
truck models.
Silver State Specialties is working on resin accessories and complete
kits for G- gauge outdoor garden railway trains ("Large Scale")
in 1/24th-scale. Some patterns have been completed, and many more
are under construction. These kits and accessories will include
complete Beyer-Garratt style of locomotives and Narrow Gauge ore
hopper cars, as well as 24-inch & 30-inch gauge industrial equipment
in this same scale.
SSS also has master patterns partially completed for many 1/16-scale
model truck accessories and conversion kits, mainly for the Monogram-Revell
1/16-scale model truck kits. Some projected accessories for
these 1/16-scale kits are front drive axles, different wheels and
tires, air cleaner accessories, pusher and tag axles, oil filters
and engine accessories, and possibly different engines. Cab
& hood conversion kits remain a possibility for these monsters
as well, but are still years away from being offered as there are
more pressing projects to push forward with first. But someday
they should be available!
Thank you for your continued support, your loyal business, and your
patience with us!
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