Yeah- thick AND it doesn't like to be stripped. The last few Round2 chrome sprues I've stripped really like to hang onto their clear coating. The mid '90's stuff would practically fall off if you so much as rubbed on it with your fingers too hard- this stuff, not so much.
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Posted 29 January 2012 - 07:23 PM
Thing is, I don't have the same issues with the chrome sprues in Lindberg or Revell kits. Moebius appears to use a clear coat under the chrome plating as Round 2 does, but the chrome comes off pretty quickly. The enamel coat underneath takes a bit longer, but in some cases it's so thin you can get away with just spraying a thin coat of primer over it.
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Posted 30 January 2012 - 04:37 AM
I'd be willing to bet that the *issues* with the chrome plating are due to :
1.) Environmental Standards ( and , yes , I'm factoring China in here )
2.) Shipping Durability
3.) Storage Durability
I've recently bought the 1962 Catalina SD , "Class Action" Monte Carlo , Buick 225 , and 1960 Starliner kits , and the plating looks very nice in each one of 'em .
Not certain if any stripping will be necessary as of yet ...
1.) Environmental Standards ( and , yes , I'm factoring China in here )
2.) Shipping Durability
3.) Storage Durability
I've recently bought the 1962 Catalina SD , "Class Action" Monte Carlo , Buick 225 , and 1960 Starliner kits , and the plating looks very nice in each one of 'em .
Not certain if any stripping will be necessary as of yet ...
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Posted 30 January 2012 - 09:00 AM
This is an A-Team van i built when they first came out, I was going to refurbish it but i have a sealed original issue kit in my stash. But you can see there are some similarities but not everything.
Edited by gray07, 30 January 2012 - 09:01 AM.
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Posted 01 February 2012 - 01:58 AM
I'm sure looking at this model really takes you back!
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Posted 01 February 2012 - 02:23 PM
Has anyone noticed that the emblems are for a 30 series? Isn't a 30 series a 3/4 ton??
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Posted 01 February 2012 - 02:34 PM
One ton, actually. But it has the five bolt wheels if I recall correctly.Has anyone noticed that the emblems are for a 30 series? Isn't a 30 series a 3/4 ton??
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Posted 01 February 2012 - 03:45 PM
Chuck, uh so was a G-20 a 5/8th ton or Heavy duty axle . The G-10's were the light duty vans . Ed Shaver
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Posted 01 February 2012 - 04:01 PM
Correct, but NO G30 ever came with five-bolt hubs.
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Posted 01 February 2012 - 04:31 PM
You could sidestep any wheelbase/ lug nut issues by doing something like this...
Wait, THIS one has SIX lugs...
Wait, THIS one has SIX lugs...
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Posted 01 February 2012 - 06:14 PM
that is AWESOME in it's sebbentiness. shades of shortened '57 Chebby wagons.... and, you could use the section cut out, to lengthen ANOTHER van!
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Posted 01 February 2012 - 06:56 PM
Thats what I thought! I figured a 30 series van should have had 8 lug wheels.
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Posted 01 February 2012 - 07:51 PM
I guess that's not so weird.. the Monogram F-250 always had five bolt wheels, and the most recent versions of the AMT '79 F-350 had no lug nuts on the wheels at all. 
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Posted 01 February 2012 - 08:19 PM
Am I seeing things, or does that cut down van have a '69 1/2 Six Pack Super Bee/Road Runner hood scoop on the roof?
Think that may have started out as a 125" wb van too.
Think that may have started out as a 125" wb van too.
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Posted 02 February 2012 - 03:10 AM
You could sidestep any wheelbase/ lug nut issues by doing something like this...
Wait, THIS one has SIX lugs...
Is it the angle of the photo, or does it look like the van's been turned stubby? Shortened?
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Posted 02 February 2012 - 04:47 AM
Virgil, tha van was shortened CONSIDERABLY through the middle . I knew a guy in the old Metroplex, ( Dallas Texas ) Van club that did one . he had to run "Wheelie Bars " on it as i fwhen ya took yer foot off the clutch the motor's torque would litterly make the van come off the front at a light . Ed Shaver
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Posted 02 February 2012 - 05:23 AM
Is it the angle of the photo, or does it look like the van's been turned stubby? Shortened?
Yea Virg, it's been shortened, looks like took out the entire section where the side door(s) should be on a 125" wb van. Speaking of the 6 lug set up on it, did the Chevy/GMC trucks from the early 60's-'72 have a 6 lug option that was the same pattern as the more recent GM trucks? That could more easily explain the 6 lug setup on this one.
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Posted 04 February 2012 - 02:19 AM
hi all .
i am concidering getting this kit ... but i was wondering if anyone has any ideas on how to lower the ride hight ?
if so could you please upload a pic on how its done please
thanks
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i am concidering getting this kit ... but i was wondering if anyone has any ideas on how to lower the ride hight ?
if so could you please upload a pic on how its done please
thanks
stu
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Posted 04 February 2012 - 06:32 AM
The shorty van is sweet!...Id drive it on the streets.
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Posted 04 February 2012 - 08:31 AM
hi all .
i am concidering getting this kit ... but i was wondering if anyone has any ideas on how to lower the ride hight ?
if so could you please upload a pic on how its done please
thanks
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To get it really low, you'll need to find another kit to steal the front suspension from and maybe flip the rear axle to the yops of thd leaves, which will alsp require that portion of the subframe to be notched.
