February 28, 2010
Tim's Model Trucks
Welcome to the home for my photo collections of my model trucks and Peterbilt trucks.
Peterbilt is my favorite, so this site is heavily laden with Peterbilts model trucks and photographs. This is an obsession that started when I was given an AMT T500 "California Hauler" Peterbilt 359 model kit back in 1970. I've been lucky enough to tour the old headquarters in Newark, California and the Madison, Tennessee plant back in the mid 1970s and the Denton, Texas plant. I've struck up friendships with former and current Peterbilt staffers, and made countless friends in both the trucking and modeling world, all due to my love for the Red Oval.
My modeling started as a young boy growing up during the late '60s and '70s in Madison, Wisconsin. By 1980 my interests had moved away from model building and trucks. In 1999 my passion for the Red Oval and model building was rekindled. Since then I've built over 300 trucks and trailers, selling several custom built models to truck owners, for 7 years I hosted the Plastic Cowboy/TruckModeler websites, and since 2003 I write the monthly Trucker's Corner column in Model Cars magazine.
In the fall of 2007 I was honored to have my photographs of my Peterbilt models featured in the Welcome Center inside the Peterbilt factory in Denton, Texas. In October of 2008 I was thrilled to have a display of 50+ Peterbilt models in the Welcome Center as part of the Peterbilt Denton yearly open house. It was great showing off my models to the folks who design and build them. In October 2009 I returned with another display and a great time was had.
Special Note: This is the new version of Tim'sTrucks the original version is still up at http://timstrucks.site.aplus.net/tim.htm although some of the page links don't work. If a photo is not a thumbnail, you can right click and "view photo" for a larger image.
On the workbench and recent builds
The Showroom - Real Peterbilts
Model Cars Magazine Truck Modelers Forum
www.timstrucks.com
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Photographs on this site are copyright to Tim Ahlborn and their original photographers. Peterbilt is a registered trademark of PACCAR and is used for demonstration and model building purposes. Photographs and information copyright to the original copyright and trademark holders. Use of my photographs is by permission only. Please contact me at tim@timstrucks.com for permission to use or questions.