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Customized 1:53!

It is always fun to see product customized products. Here are some photos from California based collector Zach Zayas. Here is how he did it:

I grafted a single axle rearend onto it to make a single axle with a little bunk. The trailers were scratch built and are basically the same as the Panella set I did before.

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