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this looks great. nice work. i love the color

wow. all i can say is wow. This is by far the worst kit i have ever built in my life. up to now every single piece has been warped. everyone. i even exchanged it with hobby lobby 3 times, and they are all the same. only my love for this truck is pushing me forward. i have contacted AMT to try to get replacement parts for the ones that are so bad, i dont think i can fix it. i have the same kit that i abandoned several years ago that is turning out to be my only relief. on the old one, i had messed up the bed pretty badly, and the body was really messed up. on this one the hood, the both of the bed panels, the bed floor, all so twisted and warped, its hard to work with. unfortunately for me, the bed was what i messed up previously so i couldnt take anything from the old one. at this point i have managed to get the bed together and mostly square. i also got one of the bed panels glued in straight enough that it doesnt look warped. the other panel is really twisted. i tried putting it in hot water, and twisting it back. and trying to tape it in shape, so far nothing is helping. i ordered one from amazon, in hopes that its really old stock, that isnt warped, but i dont think so. it looks like the 2019 ones are warped and the 2017 are not. the 2017 have the body mismolded a bit on the bottom, but everything else is generally ok. the 2019 has the body corrected, but everything else on the body is warped. if the amazon one is 2019, i am going to return it. i dont have interest in ever building this one again. i love the 1978/79 ford truck design so much, which is the only reason i am continuing. i have seen this kit built nicely, so i know it can be done, but i am hoping its not too much for my skills and patience. i will post pictures once i get the other bed panel on, but i think its going to need to wait for either the amazon order or the amt replacement parts shipment. i dont think im going to bother with the other pieces until i get a good panel or can fix this one.

Its the raft from the toyota snap. The 4 wheeler is the one from the ridge runner set. I dont have a 3 wheeler kit

this one has me hopping mad. i got the AMT 1978 ford pickup firestone kit from hobby lobby to work on over the weekend. I get home and break open the parts bag and find the panel is really warped. really bad. i put it back in the box, drive all the way back to hobby lobby (30 minutes away) and exchange it for another. in the car, i open the box to verify the parts are not warped and they dont look warped. I drive all the way home and open the bag and find there is severe damage to the part that i didnt notice at when i was at the store. it looks like someone grabbed the part with their thumb when it was still not dry and pushed in the plastic. i tried for about 1 hour to fix it, but i couldnt get it perfect. i spent full retail price on it because i really wanted to work on it over the weekend. i was so focused on making sure the part wasnt warped, that i didnt even notice it was pushed in. i should have taken it out of the bag and inspected it closely. i ordered another kit from amazon and ordered a replacement part from AMT because i am not going back a 3rd time. its my own fault for not checking it super closely, but what are the chances that 2 kits have unrepairable damage. i guess i will work on the engine and chassis or something until either the amazon kit comes or the replacement part, whichever comes first. i dont mind having a second one of these kits because i love the truck, i am just so annoyed by this Went one last time and got a good one....too soon. Bed pieces warped. Im trying to tape to flat

about 1 month ago i found there is an arbys about 25 minutes from my house. i went there for lunch and it was delicious. i have gone 3 times more after that, and each time it tasted worse and worse. last night i went there and the roast beef was so dried out and gross. by the time i got home, i felt sickly and went to bed at 9:30. this morning i woke up still having stomach issues. i guess thats it for me and arbys. i just wish that first time i went it wasnt so good. if the first time i went, was like any of the 3 times after, i wouldnt have gone back. teach me to trust an arbys attached to a gas station

i just skimmed through this whole thread. the old horse and buggy really interests me. i wish i had seen this thread back then, although i wasnt going to stores then, so probably it wouldnt have mattered. also, im surprised that 48 ford police car was at 10 dollars last year, that is a great kit

for sure or maybe model king. im just very surprised they used the car pulling the car. Although i build car kits, i prefer to build truck kits. honestly, for me sometimes nice box art is just as interesting for me to look at as building the kit. regardless of what truck was chosen, i would have bought this if they had a truck pulling it.

So they only change the model stock twice a year? Does this thread contain the onfo about the fake fire and other stuff. Im interested in reading it

I wish there was a truck pulling the trailer

Does ollies rotate the stock often. I mean have different selections? The kits i got are nice but really im not going to buy another set of these. None of them were on my must have list. i got them cause they were cheap more than anything.

i wasnt surprised they brought back the noid. this new generation has yet to come up with any original ideas

i went there tonight. its quite an interesting store. they had about 7 or 8 different model cars and some 18 wheelers and a firetruck. i got a 75 gremlin, a vw scirocco, a 69 gtx and i got the fire truck. i have never been interested in fire trucks before, but for 20 dollars, its worth a look.

I had never heard of ollies before. However there is one not too far from my home. Do they typically stock plastic models or is it just random.

It came with the revell ridge runner set from the 80s. Its an incredible kit. I wish fhey would release it again

This is the 4 wheeler i built. Looks like its ok in the time period https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_Odyssey_(ATV)

I didn't see any addon items. However, i wasn't looking for anything either. It was a crazy night.

I had not heard of his store until i found the set. I had looked every where for it. Unfortunately the revell Germany site doesn't ship to the usa. I went to ebay on the uk, it, Germany sites and emailed several sellers that it and he was the only one willing to ship it to the usa. I bought 2 but it was 45 gbp to ship it. However it got to me in 2 or 3 days. Was shocked by the fedex email that it was delivered. I would definitely buy from him again as he was incredibly good to work with

Oh, thats where i got my bronco buggy set from

Who is dce?

I am building a diorama with a truck, a 4 wheeler and an inflatable raft. I have a couple of questions about how things were typically. I would like the diorama to represent the era correctly. 1. For the inflatable raft, would 2 adults typically wear a life vests when going on the raft on a calm lake? 2. Would those same 2 adults likely wear a helmet on a small 4 wheeler? 3. In this era, would ores on an inflatable raft be made of wood or plastic or metal? Any help is greatly appreciated

I ordered it last night. With shipping and tax it was just over 45 dollars. to mme that is a lot for an amt kit. Normally thry are 25 to 30 total, and cheaper if at hobby lobby

i dont know if anyone has seen this, but its a limited edition to 500 of the 78 ford courier stepside firestone. i know its a rebox of the old kit, but it hasnt been around for a bit. its quite expensive when you add in the shipping https://www.autoworldstore.com/collections/amt/products/amt-1978-ford-courier-pickup-super-stones-auto-world-exclusive-1-25-scale-model-kit

the store i got it from in the UK is sold out now too. i was going to post the link.

Tired boy

I mostly watched the new movie conjuring devil made me do it. I fell asleep during it, but the parts i saw didn't keep me interested. im going to rewatch it when im not tired. The show i really like was the reef. It was free with Amazon prime. Based on a true story. i thought it was excellent https://www.amazon.com/Reef-Damian-Walshe-Howling/dp/B07PH3YKC5/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=the+reef&qid=1623253585&sr=8-3