chunkypeanutbutter

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   chunkypeanutbutter added a post in a topic Revell 1/24 ford ranger pickup    14 Oct 2016

   If you're talking the F-150 Ranger as was recently re-released, it's a bit light on detail in the typical eighties Monogram style. Fill the tops of the axles and diffs, and you'll need to make a firewall. 
   
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   chunkypeanutbutter added a post in a topic Your fav writer..    24 May 2016

   I have a bunch of old MI issues as well, '74-'78, I believe. 
   Favorites of mine? Scott Adams (Dilbert creator) and Walt Whitman. I read a lot, but not much from the same authors.
   
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   chunkypeanutbutter added a post in a topic Auto ID #207 Finished    20 May 2016

   ...and the logo's a tortoise!
   
   This has brought about by, during a photoshoot in an airplane hangar, a tortoise wandered into view of the camera. The bemused creators had found their logo.
   
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   chunkypeanutbutter added a post in a topic Truck Kits You've Scored Recently    18 May 2016

   Got an MPC Jeep CJ-7 Autoscape kit, never started, unopened bags - $3.50 at Goodwill.
   
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   chunkypeanutbutter added a post in a topic "Obscure" Languages    16 May 2016

   https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EPGf77t9hRA
   
   
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   chunkypeanutbutter added a post in a topic Auto ID #207 Finished    16 May 2016

   One of my all-time favorite cars.
   
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   chunkypeanutbutter added a post in a topic Favorite British band    15 May 2016

   Blur.
   https://youtube.com/watch?v=6oqXVx3sBOk
   
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   chunkypeanutbutter added a post in a topic One car for life    14 May 2016

   In August I will be. 
   
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   chunkypeanutbutter added a post in a topic Desert Corvair    13 May 2016

   I would've too, had I cared.  I might go back to it, I seem to do that a lot - it's good enough for the shelf as it sits.
   
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    chunkypeanutbutter added a topic in Under Glass    13 May 2016

    Desert Corvair

    A quick "hammer-together" build of a few nights. I started with the reissued AMT '69 Corvair. It was originally going to be an SCCA racer, but I painted the body in a Rustoleum texture rust paint kit and a little weathering chalk sealed with Rustall #3 Dead Flat as a test body. Then it went in the box again due to a lost engine and lost motivation.
     
    Fast forward to last week. Whilst looking for wheels, I found this again. I decided on finishing it quick and dirty. Front and rear bumpers were cast away, the right headlight bucket was taken off and replaced with a single light, and the rear tires were upgraded to Goodyear Polyglas units. Every wheel is different. The fronts are from the kit, the rear right is from the Lindberg '34 Ford Pickup, and the left rear is from the AMT Deora. The interior is actually from an original issue buildup my father did, weathered with white and grey charcoals and equipped with the custom steering wheel. The body is painted, as detailed before, in a Rustoleum rust kit, which may be discontinued. It was weathered further with dark and light rust powders and Rustall #4 Ground Silt around the lower body as any "desert rat" would be.
    Here's what I'm blathering about.
    
    
    
    
    A few nights of here-and-there work and some neatly cut corners result in this model which looks great on the shelf.
    Questions, comments, criticisms welcome.
    

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    chunkypeanutbutter added a post in a topic One car for life    13 May 2016

    Well, if we can go the racing route, I'll take a McLaren MP4/13... traffic would be a breeze.
    
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    chunkypeanutbutter added a post in a topic All the rest part 2?    13 May 2016

    More framing done.
    
    
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    chunkypeanutbutter added a post in a topic One car for life    13 May 2016

    Nineties. Ech.
     
    I'd go for a 1998 Buick LeSabre. Nice ride, decent looks, adequate horsepower, comfortable seats, large trunk, solid build quality overall.
    
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    chunkypeanutbutter added a post in a topic All the rest part 2?    12 May 2016

    Thanks. It's based off an amalgamation of The Bug, a woods buggy I saw hauling logs when I was younger, and the early sand buggies.
    
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    chunkypeanutbutter added a post in a topic All the rest part 2?    12 May 2016

    Here's the shed, 50% framed...