The truck tractor is from the venerable Kenworth W900 kit by Athearn. It was built pretty much stock with just the rear duals being replaced. Michael Riffey scratchbuilt the mirrors and the "headache" rack and the rear bumper/mud flaps. The trailer is a 50 ton lowboy by GHQ that was built stock with a paint job and weathering. The load is a box-stock Norscot Cat 315C hydraulic excavator. Michael says he's caught the bug now and has already started his next project!

Posted April 15, 2004