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William Phillips
Omaha, Nebraska
William is a fan of Autocar tractors. “It was never considered glamorous, but this truck encountered few rivals in its day, and certainly none was more interesting to look at than Autocar,” he says. He built an AMT 1/25 scale Autocar A64B tractor box-stock except for a scratchbuilt exhaust stack rain cap and functional butterfly hood on the passenger side. He painted it with Tamiya red and black over Mr. Color primer and topped with several thin coats of Tamiya clear. “After stripping the chrome, I applied Spaz Stix to improve the look of polished metal,” he says. “Bare-Metal Foil was used where needed.” Finally, he placed a stuffed bear in the passenger seat to keep the driver company.