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Mobile Unit & Goliath semis
Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2005 2:13 pm
by walter h. anderson
Here's a really good question to toss out to the Message Board.
What kind of semis were the FLAG Mobile Unit and Goliath?
There's a model store close to where I live, and I might be able to build 1/25th scale models of these fine semis.
Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2005 3:20 pm
by knightdriver
Goliath was a - 1980 Peterbilt 352 Cabover
FLAG Semi was a - 1982 GMC General
Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2005 4:38 pm
by Lyn
Uh, are you sure you really want to call Goliath a truck?!??!??!?!?!?!?!
Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2005 5:14 pm
by pewter 02ws6
Lyn wrote:Uh, are you sure you really want to call Goliath a truck?!??!??!?!?!?!?!
Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2005 5:32 pm
by knightendo
Lyn wrote:Uh, are you sure you really want to call Goliath a truck?!??!??!?!?!?!?!
otherwise he'd be.... ?
Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2005 7:59 pm
by knightdriver
uhmm,
Who called it a truck?
You working in the right thread?
Is this thing on. Testing, testing.....
Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2005 1:14 pm
by walter h. anderson
Well.....
From the outside, Goliath
does look like a semi (with the trailer to hold the South African commandoes and the missiles from Red Bluff), but I don't know about a "truck".
I think the hardest part of building models of these semis would be the logo painting on the trailer sides for the FLAG semi, not to mention the metal grate on Goliath's front and Goliath's rocket launchers above the cab. I still know I can do it, though.
Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2005 4:20 pm
by knightendo
walter h. anderson wrote:Well.....
From the outside, Goliath
does look like a semi (with the trailer to hold the South African commandoes and the missiles from Red Bluff), but I don't know about a "truck".
I think the hardest part of building models of these semis would be the logo painting on the trailer sides for the FLAG semi, not to mention the metal grate on Goliath's front and Goliath's rocket launchers above the cab. I still know I can do it, though.
only noticed during the recent showing (and HOW many times have i seen goliath? lolololol) that the front of the grill, the actual front of each thin strip of metal is black, try painting THAT lol. and the model in the show of goliath couldn't even get the amount of grillwork right!
and it must be an american/british thing, you guys call them semi's, we simply call them "big" trucks lol!
Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2005 10:42 pm
by TurbomanKnight
knightendo wrote:
and it must be an american/british thing, you guys call them semi's, we simply call them "big" trucks lol!
Devon- "Michael we'll be in the big truck"
Michael- "The big what?"
Devon- "The BLASTED truck, then !!"
Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2005 11:01 pm
by rhdaussiekitt
we call them semi's down under
but out in the out back of australia we call them road trains
as there usually about 4-10 semi's in length, try passing one of those on
our dirt roads..