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  1. Don't know if anyone wants to see this,but here is a photo tour of a 1:1 car that Ed Bolian bought to fix up into a 2904 winner. The 2904 is one o the spiritual descendants of the Cannonball. The car seems pretty generic but there are some good shots of the fuel cell and some of the electronic surveillance devices used. https://edbolian.com/a-photo-tour-of-the-2904-winning-mercedes-s55-amg/
  2. I bought two of the Aoshima food trucks from Lionheart Hobby and decided to do something different with them. This is the first completed one. I decided to turn it into a pint-sized overland truck and this is the result. Walmart has some interesting toys that proved to be a good source for parts. The Maisto mini trucks are 1/43rd-ish scale and are a good source for small vehicle parts. I bought a couple of them for $3.79 each and broke them down for parts. As for the actual Kei truck, it has steerable front wheels and I reversed the steering knuckles to raise the front and put a beam axle on the rear to raise it. The wheels are from the little Maisto trucks and scale out to about 12-13 inches in 1/24th scale. In my head, I figure you could use UTV wheels and tires to make it work. The roof light bar and the spare tire are from another Maisto mini truck and the winch, headlights, and taillights are from a Jada Toys 1/34th scale Jeep, another good source for smaller sized parts and tires. The Kei trucks are really tiny in real life, a lot of ranchers in my area are using them for utility vehicles. My pictures aren't great, but I used a 1/24th Welly Porsche Cayenne as a size reference.
  3. I unpacked another moving box and found these two trucks. I built them probably 20 years ago and they've been in display boxes since then. The paint jobs were better than anything I've done since. The first is an unpainted eBay glue bomb that I repaired and painted. The chrome was bad so I soaked it in bleach and then painted it with Krylon Dull Aluminum and some clear gloss. The black truck was a ModelHaus resin kit that I cut off the bed on and then used parts from an AMT 53 Ford truck for the frame and bed. For the bed mounted spare I carved a hole into the left rear fender and used aluminum foil to fill the hole. It was painted with Duplicolor primer and Krylon gloss black. The new issue trucks with the separate bed should make a stepside conversion easier and the width and length on the 53 truck bed and frame is perfect for short bed 1960 truck.
  4. I need to remember what you said. I also have occasional leg pain when walking through hobby stores! I've never seen this kit. Looks like fun.
  5. I've heard of using grease splatter screens as a source for fine mesh, but no one in my area stocks them. Even Walmart has been out of them for a while. I was at Hobby Lobby today getting some cloth for my wife and I noticed they are starting to put out stuff for a small housewares section. Sure enough they had just put up some splatter screens. I got one approximately 12 inches across for $3.79. It's smaller than half the size of window screen and I can see a lot of uses for it. 1/24th tire for reference.
  6. Really great job! I love restoring these old diecasts and you've really made this one look good.
  7. Just an update. I'm calling this one done! I found some decals off eBay and got them on. I put the roof rack on and got the snorkel air intake in place and it's ready to go offroading.
  8. I'd love to have this kit, the boat looks cool and I'd forgotten about those cars. I wonder how many of the 1:1 Arrows still exist in the world?
  9. The Le Moo 2 as it was called was a truck that was on my If I win the lottery list!
  10. Nice! You did a great job. I may have to add one of these to my wish list.
  11. Looking good. I have this kit too and am looking for ideas.Thanks!
  12. I'm glad Chrysler has the sense to offer a hybrid version. I'm in the market for something new and a couple of vehicles sort of look fun such as the new VW van, but a pure electric vehicle will not be in the running. Like a lot of America, I live in a rural area and I don't want to have to worry about charging time or availability.
  13. I'm glad to hear this stuff is good. The Hobby Lobby and the Hobby Town I went to were all out of Tamiya stuff and I'm running low. The Hobby Lobby nearest me just started carrying the Mr. Surfacer and I'll give it a try.
  14. I've been thinking of getting a food dehydrator to cure paint more quickly. None of the thrift shops around me have had one, but they have tons of knock-off Yeti cups. Anyway, I remembered my father in law has one that he doesn't use and was going to ask about it last weekend. The whole family was visiting the in laws. As if on cue, my millennial niece came by and the first thing she said was that she is going to be a herbologist and wanted to borrow the food dehydrator. She grabbed it and then set about checking their yard for harvestable weeds. Oh well, you snooze, you lose. I may break down and just order one off Amazon.
  15. That's a good start! Have fun with it, those Tamiya Porsches are nice kits.
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