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Anyone ever seen a good how-to for these? I considered making them like you would make a spring, but these are simple accordions, not wound. Any hobby shop type products that might work? Or maybe hobby beads?

I've had this project in the box for almost a year now gathering parts. I wanted to build a replica of my 1:1 rig-

 

 

I started with a used/painted Revell VTS kit. I pulled the engine and axles (318, 9.25 rear, Dana 44 front) out of the Revell Gone Fishin' Ramcharger. It's really the only kit out there I found that has the right axles, and it just happened to have the 318 engine. I'll need to update it a bit to 5.2 specs, but no big deal. I pulled the wheels from the AMT Jeep kit, tires are from Ma's Resin (BTW- absolutely great quality and customer service). I spent months trying to find one of three kits out there (all too expensive to pull one piece out of) that have a Torqflite 727 trans, which is the only thing available that looks like a 46RE trans. I ordered it from MAD modeling, it's the only thing I don't have in my hands yet. I'll just need to change the tailshaft a bit and add a transfer case to make it work.

 

 

The biggest challenge was updating the dash/interior from the 1997 truck to the 2001 truck. There aren't even any diecast models out there in the 1998-2001 years. Luckily, the Lindberg Dakota has the older dash style, which is pretty darn close to the later Ram style-

 

1998 Ram-

 

2001 Ram-

2000 Dakota-

So I sectioned out the Dakota parts to extend them to fit the Ram dash-

 

 

Build thread- http://www.modelcars...showtopic=57225

Revell 1992 BMW 325i, built as a SCCA SOLO style racer. This was a fun build, since I do this type of racing. The hood still needs to be sealed, and yes, the paint is supposed to be flat





I really need to get a better lighting setup for pics........

I will be adding some numbers, class letters, and SCCA decals in a few weeks when I actually have a color printer again.

I've been using Photobucket for years now, so I never needed to look for anything else. Only recently, when I started parusing the model car forums, have I seen Fotki.

I'm curious to know why so many people here (as well as on other car model forums) seem to prefer it over any other hosting site. It may just be me, but no matter what day it is, or what computer I'm using, half of the photos I see hosted there don't show up. Or, a photo will show up one day, but not the next. Is it just me?   I would think that you would want anything you hosted to actually show up for other people browsing.

Thoughts?

Has anyone actually built one of these up? I'm just curious to know what's needed from the two donor kits- Charger SRT8 and Magnum SRT8. I picked up a Revell Uptown Charger SRT8 (the required kit), but the Uptown kit is a screw together deal, and I'm guessing the Uptown magnum is too. Can I use the Uptown magnum, or do I have to use the regular Magnum?