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When I was doing some research for my build basically by keeping looking at parts of the film by rewinding my VHS tape (yes it was back in the eighties) the hood ornaments turned out to be a rear view mirror of sorts.

There is a full article of mine about building the Duel Rig in a copy of MCM from a few years back. Should be available as a back issue. It was in the days before 3D printing or any resin transkits became available but quite doable as a conversion to the AMT Peterbilt 359 California Hauler the old fashioned way. I used the kit's front wheels that are wrong and discovered my mistake long after I had built and fixed the model to a base! The correct type is shown in the picture in Hakan's post.

Nice one Matt ! A brilliant conversion job if I may say. You pulled it off well. Reminds me that I have an old ( 1/25th scale I think ) Frog/AMT Cobra kit kicking around that had been built and stripped I think with a similar narrower body style that I was thinking about retro building an AC Ace from. Whether it will ever come off the shelf of doom, who knows?

Medical bills in the USA sound really scary to me without having adequate insurance or having some savings like you had behind you Bruce. People criticise our National Health Service over here in the UK but so glad that it anything serious goes wrong health wise, I will get treated without racking up a massive bill and possibly having to argue with an insurance company afterwards.

Nice to see a subject model engineered in the traditional way in metal using standard machinery and hand skills. You cannot substitute these sort of skills with a design drawn up in 3D Cad to download to a 3D printer. Really interesting thread to follow being a retired engineer.

Nice model. A very futuristic looking car in its day.

Rick, to those readers on here who are not engineers you might have needed to explain what a Z stop is. Basically there are three axes. X axis is Horizontal Left to Right motion. Y axis is Horizontal Front to Back motion and the Z axis that Rick refers to is Vertical Up and Down motion. The Z stop would be to limit the down motion so that the tool makes very light but consistent marks on the material.

Not just a deal. More of a steal at that price !

Very competent conversion to make a very unique model. Brilliant work Michael. The standard Volvo Amazon is a very nice looking car in its own right too. Just out of casual interest Ixo Collections make a 1/8th scale kit of the Amazon that looks really good.

Yea! I'm getting a bit disappointed about having nothing to irk me today ! Wait a second ! I'm getting irked at my disappointment about not getting irked ! Problem solved ! Lol.

And I always thought that 1/8th scale model cars were enormous. These Ectomobiles are a tad more than enormous ! I mean, where do you put such things in an average home? Tried the link to Blitzway's website. Found it really wanting in places on my tablet as I could not look at anything properly on it. Or was it just me? I gave up on it in the end.

Still, not a lot!

Still, not a lot!

I expect the knuckle dragger security team were waiting for him to wander into an off camera area and impress on his mind his bad behaviour.

Not a lot!