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Hey Everybody in the Vehicle section! I have never posted in the Vehicle section and really almost never visit this section. I have noticed tho, that almost all the builds are cars. I don't build cars. However I do build very large trucks. The only other large truck build I have found lately is Old John's 1/24 Italeri Dump Truck, (nice build, John). This build will be a very large scratchbuild 1/25 scale ex-military truck turned civilian crane truck. SO! ' you ever have one of those moments when the "New Model Syndrome" hit so hard you can't get anything else done. I never had till now. I have always finished a build before I start an other. Something happened I can't explain with this one tho. Thanks to Sgt. Squarehead in his Feb. 7 posting : JGSDF Convoy (placeholder), he posted these two photos. ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!!!!!! I never recovered, and have spent the last three months getting the references I need for this build. Crane KS-6571 + Maz-543! Seeing how my fascination with BIG Russian Trucks has taken over my build site, I might as well do something about this right now, and add another build to the insanity of the, "Insane Truckworks" of my build desk. As it turns out, I have found a ton of references and vector drawings for Maz boy. However, I have only found photos so far for Crane Jane. Remember the Maz-357 build? This was built at 1/20 scale and measured 32cm. the Frog-7... measures 35cm at 1/25 scale. A smaller scale at 1/25 than the Maz at 1/20 scale. But a larger truck model. This new beast will be the biggest model I have built. At 1/25 scale, the naked frame alone, will measure at 46cm!! and another 15-20cm for all the overhang. That's bigly huge for my work desk. And I'm also hoping that Jane will reach about 90cm tall when fully extended. I'm really excited to start this scratch build, giant Work Truck. I'll build the most tedious parts first. Starting with... TIRES!!! I hope I get some interest, being new to Vehicles, and maybe some of you guys will like a large truck amongst your cars. Thanks for letting me hang out here for a bit. I'll be back shortly with tires. Rich