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1960 CHEVY Apache
mikemodeler replied to yura1961's topic in Model Trucks: Pickups, Vans, SUVs, Light Commercial
Outstanding, incredible details and paint! -
MPC Dodge Trucks. Baja Brute and Off Road Camper
mikemodeler replied to stavanzer's topic in Truck Kit News & Reviews
Don't be surprised if Round 2 comes out with a 4wd version of the long bed in the next year or two, it's a natural. The question is if they can find any of the parts shown above. -
Won't be buying anything in the video, but when that 64 Chevelle hits I will be lined up to get a few.
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I want to say it was about 2 weeks, maybe 2 and a half. He ships from Canada and I was expecting it to take longer but was pleasantly surprised. I believe he will only let you order what he has in stock to avoid long waits on orders.
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Round 2 Can We See The Chevette and stock Vega Again?
mikemodeler replied to oldcarfan's topic in Car Kit News & Reviews
So I have a weakness for the beloved Chevettes and have a couple of unbuilt model kits as well as a half dozen promos. Here is a sampling of what I have; -
Autocar Holmes Wrecker
mikemodeler replied to Warren D's topic in Model Trucks: Big Rigs and Heavy Equipment
Nice looking rig. Are you going to add any lights? -
1965 Dodge Pickup by RMR
mikemodeler replied to landman's topic in WIP: Model Trucks: Pickups, Vans, SUVs, Light Commercial
Looks like the axles out of a GM truck, is that from a Revell kit? -
Any update on the Moebius '71 F-250 lifted 4x4?
mikemodeler replied to Matt T.'s topic in Truck Kit News & Reviews
That would have been my guess, thanks for sharing. -
The Future of Revell...for 2024 at least.
mikemodeler replied to niteowl7710's topic in Car Kit News & Reviews
The Jeep CJ-7, the Bronco half cab, the '57 Bel Air, the 64 Impala and the 68 Firebird are all due out next month. -
International truck models?
mikemodeler replied to junkyardjeff's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
There is a 70ish IH 1100 pickup offered by Robert Burns (Too Many Projects on FB) that is a cab and bed. He also has some first gen Scouts. Zaina here on the forum offers some early '60's IH pickups that are 3D prints, a bit more detail than the above 1100 pickup. -
I am in agreement on the bench seat and while we're at it, for many of the other trucks out there that were kitted with buckets. That Revell 64-66 C-10 grille has always bugged me. For the Dodge D100, check out Harts Parts Resins, he has some grille options for the Dodge pickups along with hoods. The Olson Bros had some nice tool boxes for pickups, maybe someone could expand upon them to include boxes for medium and heavy duty trucks?
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AMT 1960 3-in-1 Ford F-100 Pickup Truck
mikemodeler replied to rekcirb13's topic in Truck Kit News & Reviews
I am in Charlotte and suffer the same fate. I have made Wes's Model Car Corner my go to shop for new issues like this. He's near Johnson City TN and it usually is a next day or 2 day ship time, depending on how fast the trucks are running. Here is the link: https://wesmodelcarcorner.myshopify.com/ He also has a FB page and posts information on it regularly as well as nearly every week he has a live show on Thursday nights where he opens up new releases and shows what is in the box as well as shares news and updates on kits and what is in the pipeline. -
He came on the country music scene about the time my wife got me into country music and he was one of the entertainers I enjoyed. Sad to see him pass from such an awful type of cancer but he is at peace and no longer suffering. The band in heaven just got a little better.
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I'm no expert but I will hazard a guess that the holidays and extra volume of mail and packages overwhelmed a system that was already struggling. I got Christmas cards into early January that had been mailed mid December so not surprised magazines were delayed.
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IIRC, the truck has the 2wd front suspension in it so one could build it as an LRE, just need some decals. If nothing else, swap the suspension with the recent 78 Dodge long bed kit and you will have what you need to build it. On a side note, I have pre-ordered a couple of the Warlock kits but can see getting a couple more later. Conversions and replicating some old trucks I remember from my youth will keep me busy.
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1996 Chevrolet C-3500
mikemodeler replied to av405's topic in WIP: Model Trucks: Pickups, Vans, SUVs, Light Commercial
If you really want that blue but don't want to use Duplicolor, check out MCW as they have many factory colors to choose from. Nice work on this truck, I need to get cracking on mine. -
Always enjoy watching your builds. They are clean, well executed and full of tips that are helpful. You always seem to pick the unique kits to build, which adds to the fun.
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Being an all new tool and not having a sample on display, I would guess we will see this in the second half of this year. Kit development takes time and they are probably working to bring these show related kits out at the same time.
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So I am not going to name the vendor, but had something happen to me that irked me. Was on an aftermarket website last fall and was interested in an item listed but said it was out of stock, add your email to notify you when it's back in stock. No way to pre-order it as that isn't their policy. No worries, kept checking to see if it was back in stock periodically as there was a bunch of other stuff I was wanting to order. Fast forward to this past Saturday when I got an email stating the said item was back in stock. It had a link to the website to check but I didn't see the email until yesterday as I spent half the day Saturday at the ER (long story) and didn't get back to the 'puter until yesterday. I went to check on the item and it showed "sold out" and a disclaimer saying that once it was sold out, there would be no more of them made. I emailed them and asked what gives and basically was told "Sorry, we sold out fast". Now they admitted that there was a large list of interested people that they emailed but didn't think they would sell out that fast. I'd think that if you had a large number of inquiries that it tells you people want it and maybe that is the number you make, or something close to it, no? Oh well, guess business is so good that they can have that attitude towards it, but so can I. Lesson learned.
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AMT 1960 3-in-1 Ford F-100 Pickup Truck
mikemodeler replied to rekcirb13's topic in Truck Kit News & Reviews
Thank you Steve for the insight and explanation, as a modeler one can hope there are similar projects in the works that prove to be mutually beneficial. but the '60 was something I didn't even know I wanted. LOVE it when a manufacturer does that. Chuck took the words out of my mouth with his above quote. -
Would be cool to know which kit that originated from, would love to build one myself. Wonder if anyone offered or offers those decals?
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Cool car, I don't remember that kit but I did grab one of those at my local True Value Hardware store as a promotional item back in the '80s. It should be interesting to see what car Evernham will use for the resurrected IROC series.